BACKGROUND

The department of agriculture was established in 1971as the first department in Somalia. The purpose of the establishment is to produce highly qualified agricultural experts. After the collapse of the Somali central government in 1991, the civil war destroyed all the educational infrastructures, including Somali National University, where, after more than two decades of absence, the department of agriculture was re-established in the academic year 2014-2015. The department went through progressive development. After graduates from the department of agriculture, the college decided to add the Department of Environmental Science and, later, the Department of Plant Protection. The academic program was designed for a four year program. The aim is to generate agricultural experts who are able to provide relevant consultancy services for farmers, such as: soil and water conservation practices, pest and disease management, crop husbandry methods, minimizing the use of chemicals and encouraging the application of integrated pest management (IPM) in farming production systems.

Vision

The vision of the department is to be a leading agricultural institution that contributes to agricultural development issues in Somalia.

Mission

The mission of the department is to realize its vision by: engaging the faculty in Educating and training agricultural scientists through a quality teaching process in order for them to meet national needs, producing relevant and focused research for the benefit of the country and its people and ensuring the implementation of expertise through transfer technology and extension services in the country for poverty alleviation.

Core Values

The department of general agriculture Science strives to deliver its mandate with integrity (individually and collectively), commitment, accountability, and respect, continuous improvement of services and products, accessibility to society, gender equity and rational use of resources.

Objectives

• To improve crop production and productivity and ensure sustainable use of natural resources in the country, thereby contributing to improvement of the livelihood of the nation.
• To provide students with basic and applied knowledge and skills of field crops, horticultural crops, industrial crop production and protection
• To provide students with basic knowledge of natural resources: soil, water, rangeland and forestry and their management for appropriate crop production
• To enable students to understand and comprehend problems in dry land crop production and seek solutions through exposure to research, extension and management
• To enable students to gain the skill, knowledge and attitude of conserving and managing crop genetic resources
• To integrate teaching-research activities with extended activities so as to extend the new improved technologies to the farmer.