Saturday 8 August 2015

DONATIONS FOR A COLLECTION OF CTA PUBLICATIONS FOR THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC EKOWE LIBRARY



The Acting Rector, Prof. Christopher Ahiakwo with the School of Agricultural Technology and the entire Polytechnic wish to appreciate the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in Netherlands for their technical support and donations made to the Polytechnic Library and for the development of a faculty library for the new Agricultural Technology programmes. The Acting Director for Academic Planning/Linkages, Dr. Mrs. Blessing Okogbue with Dr. Kuforiji Afolabi, the Dean of School of Agricultural Technology on Friday, 7th of August received the book donations at the Polytechnic Liaison office from the CTA representative, Mr. Rodger Obubo who is the Group Managing Director of the Bayelsa State Agricultural Development Company (BADEVCO) and a Senior Special Adviser to Hon. Dickson, the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State.



The photographs above have the group from the school of Agricultural Technology at the reception. From the left is Mr. Emmanuel from Fisheries Dept., Mrs. Ebiakpo from Animal Science  Dept., the Ag. Director for Academic Planning/Linkages  - Dr. Blessing, the CTA representative – Mr. Obubo Rodger, the Dean – Dr. Kuforiji, the DHL  agent and Mrs. Afolabi from Agric. Tech. Dept. 

The support also extends to free subscriptions to Spore (an agro-based magazine), ICT update and a TEEAL set for 2016. TEEAL which means "The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library"
features an easy to use interface that allows you to quickly search, save, and print citations. It also provides instant access to the full text of every single article listed in the collection. The information in TEEAL covers several subject areas:
                                                                                             
Agricultural Engineering                        Chemistry/Biochemistry/Biophysics           Food Science/Nutrition
Agriculture                                           Economics/Social Science/Development   Human Medicine/Physiology
Animal Science/Veterinary Medicine      Entomology/Pest Control                          Forestry
Biology                                                Environment/Ecology/Natural Resources    Plant Science/Soil Science

For: The Polytechnic,
Thanks to CTA  - Dr. Mrs. Blessing C. Okogbue, Ag. Director
CTA website: www.cta.int

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