With a heavy heart, the Society received the sad news of the demise of her amiable Vice President, Prof. Esther Adeyinka Okubena-Dipeolu, on 18th April 2023. Professor Okubena-Dipeolu was the immediate past treasurer of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) before becoming the Vice President in March 2022. Her memories will continue to be treasured in our hearts. The fellows and members of SRead More…
The Director for African Center of Excellence in Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University, Kano, Professor Jibrin Muhammed Jibrin has taken over as the new President of Food for West Africa. He succeeded Professor Kokou Tona the Director of Center of Excellence for Poultry Science (CERSA) OF Togo. Food for West Africa is a group of seven (7) Centers of Excellence in Africa dedicated to the agRead More…
TITLE: “THE NATURAL TREASURES INHERENT IN SOIL: EXPLORE AND MANAGE IT FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, SUSTENANCE OF LIFE AND SURVIVAL OF MANKIND” Prof. James A. Adediran, was born into a family who was into farming and as he grew up his interest was not in farming because of the nature of the job, but in electronics engineering. Having completed his school certificate education in 1973, and as dRead More…
As part of creating awareness and hype the atmosphere for the celebration of the 2019 World Soil Day, the President of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria, Professor Bashiru Ademola Raji, FSSSN, went on sensitization visits to some institutions in the southwest and north-central geopolitical zones of the country. A. SENSITIZATION VISIT TO BOWEN UNIVERSITY, IWO. I undertook a sensitization viRead More…
At the just concluded 44th Annual conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) at Enugu, FOUR distinguished members were honoured with the prestigious SSSN Fellow. Prof Mohammed Yakubu is the current Provost of the Niger State College of Education, Minna and was the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ibrahim Badmasi Babangida University, Lapai. Prof James Jayeoba is the current Dean of AgriRead More…