Organic Agriculture Professionals in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Capacity building funded by donors and dissemination of research finding via annual conferences. We have had 7 annual conferences in various universities located in different parts of the country. Our major source of income comes include annual members dues . On average, participants in each conference is 50 and that amount to about 50,000 naira (equivalent of about US$300). However, sale of annual proceeding is normally income to off-set LOC expenditure. The annual conferences take place September to November each year. Although, we have zonal coordinators in each geographical zone of the country and each can organize training independently of the national body, the income generated does not come to the nationa body. Previous conferences and venues 1. The first conference was held 2005 in University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, the second annual conference held at University of Ibadan, 2006 and the third in University of Agriculture, Abeokuta