DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY TECHNOLOGY

The programme in forestry technology is designed to produce technicians capable of assisting in the establishment of forestry plantation and in managing forest resources.

A successful product of this product of this programme should be able to survey, plot and demarcate an area for forestry project and calculated volume of wood on a giving site.

Establish nursery for forestry and horticultural seed production; assist in afforestation project, in establishment of forest plantation and participate in community-forest extension programme; Identify useful trees, shrubs and herbs of economic importance in forestry, and identify disease symptoms in nurseries and in plantation.