Section 2: Objectives of the University.

The objectives of the University are to:
a encourage the advancement of learning and to hold out to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex or political conviction the opportunity of acquiring tertiary education in Agriculture;
b develop and offer academic and professional programmes leading to the award of diploma, first degrees, post-graduate research and higher degrees with emphasis on Agricultural research, planning, adaptive, technical, maintenance, developmental and productive skills in the engineering, scientific and allied professional disciplines;
c produce socially mature men and women with capabilities not only to understand, use and adapt existing technologies in Agriculture, but also to improve on them and develop new ones;
d act as agents and catalysts, through post-graduate training, research and innovation, for effective economic utilisation, exploitation and conservation of the country's Agricultural resources;
e offer to the general population particularly in the area of Agriculture as a form of public service, the results of training and research and to foster the practical applications of these results;
f establish appropriate relationships with other national institutions involved in training, research and development of technologies in the Agricultural sector;
g identify the problems and needs of the Agriculture sector in Nigeria and find solutions to them within the context of overall national development;
h provide and promote sound basic education training as a foundation for the development of Agriculture in Nigeria, taking into account Indigenous culture and the need to enhance national unity;
i encourage and promote scholarship and conduct research in restricted fields of learning and human endeavour;
j relate its activities to the technological, social, cultural and economic needs of the people of Nigeria; and
k undertake any other activity that is appropriate for an Agricultural university of the highest standard.