Faulty of Agriculture and Forestry Needs List

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SEQ # Description of Items Unit Quanity Purpose/Justification Beneficiary
1 Money for an additional building . 1 It will serve as a postgraduate building for Agriculture and Forestry Students with additional office space as the present buildings are woefully inadequate Post graduate students and Lecturers
2 Money to enclose the ground level of the Forestry Building . . It will provide needed office space for few displaced lecturers from within the Faculty At least 4 lecturers
3 Money to cover cost of labour and material for a perimeter fence around the Research Center . . Perimeter fence for the Research Centre to prevent against praedial larceny and animal interference Faculty, staff, students and UG
4 Money to subsidise research - technical assistance from external agencies . . Since the abolishment of the research committee, monies available to lecturers for research has been non-existent Lecturers, post graduate students
5 Money to purchase laboratory supplies - consumables . . These are consumables that are needed in each academic year. As well as, these are needed in increased supplies to cater for a larger pool of students The faculty and students
6 Money to cover cost of access bridge to Research center . . To allow for easy access of machinery to the Research Centre The faculty and students
7 Money for Curtains - classrooms and offices . . To spruce up and beautify the faculty that encourages a better learning environment The faculty
8 Money to purchase tables and chairs for staff. . . To help staff members to have a better office environment and experience The staff
9 Money for two additional laser printers . 2 To improve the printable options and efficiency of throughput in the office The staff
10 Money for DSL internet . . To bring effective and fast internet and allow for greater efficiency The faculty
11 Money for computers on all of the lecturer desks . 18 To form part of the intranet and allow lecturers to be more efficient at their work output All lecturers
12 Money for 90ft shadehouse . 1 To support vegetable production on campus that will offer students expertise and serve as a commercial venture The Students, Faculty and UG
13 Money to improve the aesthetics and quality of major offices (Adminstrative Office, Dean, Assistant Dean and HODs) . . Many of these offices are very hot (AC needed), badly positioned and cluttered for want of space The faculty
14 Money to reorganised the Library space efficiently . . Too many long tables are placed in the library resulting in inadequate space for students. It should be reorganised into various cubicles to allow for efficient space use. The students
15 Food science equipment to do basic food science labs . . . .
16 Rehabilitation of Agriculture Building with extension of AG3 and AG4 Labs to accommodate the expanding student numbers Larry . . . .
17 Furnished Room for four (4) Lecturers . . .
18 Additional laboratory technicians . 2 To support the improved laboratories and support postgraduate laboratory work, as well as forestry programmes The faculty and private stakeholders
19 Lecturers . 2 In Agri-business and Extension Education and in area of Animal Production The programmes
20 Project and event manager . 1 To manage and coordinate all research and project activities within faculty allowing lecturers to be more focused on their outcomes The faculty
21 Professor in Agriculture/Forestry . 1 For post graduate research and experiences in proposal writing and manuscript preparation that can assist the faculty to improved its research output The University and Nationally
22 A dedicated webpage for the Faculty . . To showcase the programme, to promote the programme offerings, to emphasize the research interests and output, to highlight students activities The University and other stakeholders
23 Furnished Room for four (4) Lecturers . A forest research centre The site can serve as an off campus site for students to get practical experience and also for forestry research by local and international students University
24 Furnished Room for four (4) Lecturers . An Agricultural Off Campus Centre The site can serve as an off campus site for students to get practical experience and also for agricultural research by local and international students University