BRIEF OF THE DEPARTMENT
Department of Crop Science which started as Department of Crop Production and later Agronomy was among the pioneer Departments of the Faculty of Agriculture. It was established in the year 2002. At inception, the Department had thirteen (13) members of staff consisting of Twelve (12) academics and one (1) non-academic staff who did the Secretarial duties of the Department. Currently the Department has Nine (9) Tenure academic Staff, two (2) Visiting Lecturers and three (3) non-academic staff.
The Department has a Departmental Crop Teaching and Research Farm at the University Farm. Several members of Academic Staff conduct their research on cowpea, cassava, maize, soyabeans, sesame, sorghum and bambara nut. The Department has a commercial cropping scheme at Mayo-bani, where twenty-one hectares are cropped with sorghum (3 Ha), maize (5Ha), rice (2Ha), soyabeans 5 Ha), cowpea (3 Ha) and cassava (3 Ha).
The Department through the Faculty of Agriculture is participating in the Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) of the Food and Agriculture Organization. A five hectare FAO/TCP Farm has been established where progeny garden of mangoes are being raised. Progeny gardens of citrus, data palm and gum Arabic are in process of being established. The Department has a block of two laboratories for Crop Protection and Soil Science.
The Department is established to provide a broad-based undergraduate training in agriculture which is designed to give a more practical and functional training in various areas. The Department provides training in Agricultural Sciences to meet the needs of increased productivity required in the mobilization of the rural areas. This exercise is based on the philosophy of creating opportunities for progress and profit in agriculture, as the Department is involved in developing appropriate manpower for it. To achieve this, the objectives below are relevant for agricultural manpower development in Adamawa State University.

Objectives
The graduates of agriculture produced by the Department in the Faculty of Agriculture are expected to able to accomplish the following:
1. Engage in production and research that would provide relevant and appropriate solutions to the problems of agriculture and rural development and improve agricultural productivity in Adamawa State and Nigeria in general.
2. Take up employment anywhere in Adamawa State, and Nigeria in any aspect of Agriculture and related areas.
3. Profitably put their skills into operation by establishing and operating their own farming enterprises.

Academic Activities
The Academic staff of the Department are involved in teaching and supervising the research of Undergraduate, Postgraduate Diploma, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy students.
Secondly, the staff undertake research both at Gidan Madara and FAO/TCP farm. The final year Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Master of Science and Ph.D. students also undertake research in Crop Science, Soil Science, Crop Protection disciplines both in the field and laboratory.
The Department is also involved in teaching students that run the Sasakawa programme which is a special programme for HND holders.