INTRODUCTION
The Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness Management and Agricultural Education boasts of the best selection of staff with PhDs and MScs from world’s leading universities. The department is equipped with highly trained academic and support staff. This goes a long way in ensuring quality training and research in the department. The department recognizes the need of agricultural enterprises to adapt to the changing climatic conditions and therefore, it is striving to streamline its research operations and interests towards creating climate smart farming solutions in order to contribute towards increasing agribusiness productivity and value addition of agricultural products hence global development. The department recognizes the need for partnerships in research and development, therefore it has entered into partnerships and collaborations with several institutions and research organizations. The department also welcomes further collaborations in training and research in the areas of academics and research.
The department has inculcated entrepreneurial thinking and learning in all its courses so as to impart entrepreneurial skills to learners. Despite preparing its graduates for the formal job market, the department is interested producing self-reliant graduates that can as well generate employment opportunities for themselves in the agricultural value chain through the philosophy of competence based education.
Mission
To provide access, generate, preserve and share knowledge for quality, effective and ethical leadership in competency based education, training, research and outreach through nurturing an intellectual culture that integrates theory with practice, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Vision
To be a leading center for the provision of quality education, training and research in Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness Management and Agricultural Education and Extension for sustainable national and global development.
Departmental Objectives
1. To provide relevant higher education training research and extension to enable production of quality and holistic graduates in Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness Management and Agricultural Education and Extension that contribute to sustainable national and global agenda.
2. To oversee quality implementation of academic programs through effective training examination and evaluation.
3. To generate scientific and technological innovations and share research findings with an aim to solve societal and environmental challenges for improved quality of life.
4. To participate in extension services and linkages by holding farmer trainings and collaborating with stakeholders in Agricultural sector