DIVISIONS OF THE LAND RESOURCES UNIT OF NIGERIA'S MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

Land Resources



Land Resources

The Federal Department of Agricultural land Resources provides services in the following areas:
Soil Survey and Land Evaluation

Land use and Conservation
Soil Fertility Evaluation and Management
Soil Testing
Manpower training through the Federal Colleges of Land Resources Technology at Kuru and Owerri
GIS and Remote Sensing Centre at Kaduna



SOIL SURVEY AND LAND EVALUATION DIVISION

The Division provides advisory services to farmers and other land users in:
    Detailed soil survey of individual's land holdings, community land and local government areas.

    Capability classification of land holdings with a view to separating arable land from those that should be used for recreation, play grounds, grazing, and forestry.
    Suitability assessment of arable land for different crops (e.g. maize, cassava, rice, yams, sorghum).



LAND USE AND CONSERVATION DIVISION

This division provides advisory services to land users in the following areas:
    Erosion control on agricultural lands.

    Conservation agriculture.
    Reclamation/Rehabilitation of degraded lands
    Drought and desertification control
    Land use planning



SOIL FERTILITY EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION

The Division provides advisory services to farmers:
    In the management of problem soils, e.g. acid soils, salt-affected soils, vertisols and soils polluted by oil spillage

    Conducting fertility baseline surveys for appropriate fertilizer recommendations.



SOIL TESTING DIVISION

The Soil Testing Division provides analytical services for soils, water, plants and fertilizers to stakeholders through its Soil Laboratories at Kaduna, Ibadan and Umudike.

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