Annual Report - University of Namibia

Activities of Faculties & CampusesFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCESExecutive Dean: Dr Martin B SchneiderFACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCESThe Faculty of Agriculture andNatural Resources (FANR)continued to operate with sixDepartments from three differentcampuses. Following the approval in2008 to split the Department of NaturalResources into the Department ofFisheries and Aquatic Sciences (locatedat Main Campus) and the Department ofIntegrated Environmental Sciences (DIES;based at Ogongo), second year B.Sc.-DIES students for the fi rst time continuedtheir studies at Ogongo. The Departmentof Crop Science is also based at Ogongo,while the Neudamm Campus is hometo the Department of Food Scienceand Technology, the Department ofAnimal Science and the Department ofAgriculture Economics. Dr MB Schneideracted as Executive Dean of the Faculty.replaced by a new diploma curriculumin 2009, with the fi rst student intake atNeudamm and Ogongo, will be phasedout in 2010. This year also marked theactivation of the new 3 rd year B.Sc.curriculum, which is due for a mid-termreview in 2010. The second year of theRangeland Resources Management postgraduateprogramme saw two studentsfi nalising their research and thesis work.Approximately 40% of FANR’s academicstaff members were still pursuing their postgraduate studies during 2009, both ona part as well as full-time basis. Throughstudy leave the staff members were busyworking on their respective PhD and M.Sc.degrees at UNAM and various Universitiesin Europe, Asia and America to upgradetheir qualifi cations.Academic MattersFollowing the completed integration of theformer agricultural colleges into the UNAMsystem in 2008, the last 2 nd and 3 rd yeardiploma students, still studying under theold government curriculum, continued theirstudies in 2009. This programme which wasThe new Department of IntegratedEnvironmental Science started its fi rstyear of implementation at the OgongoCampus. For the academic year 2009the Department was operating withfi ve lecturers, two technologists and fi vegeneral support staff in the fi eld.Annual Report 2009 -22-