The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development staff strength at a glance.

Front view, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

1.0                 Structure:

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is structured into eighteen (18) Departments made up of six (6) services departments and twelve (12) professional departments. 

1.1             The services departments are:-

i.              Human Resource Management

ii.             Finance and Accounts

iii.            Planning and Policy Coordination

iv.            Procurement

v.             General Services and

vi.            Reform Coordination

1.2            The Professional departments are: -

                i.              Federal Department Agriculture

                ii.             Farm Input Support Service

                iii.            Fisheries and Aquaculture

                iv.            Veterinary Services

                v.             Animal Production and Husbandry Services

                vi.            Agric Business and Market Development

                vii.           Rural Development

                viii.          Agric Land and Climate Change Mgt Services

                ix.            Food and Strategic Reserve

                x.             Extension Services

                xi.            Cooperative and Farmers Organisation and

                xii.           National Agricultural Quarantine Service

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at a glance...

1.3            STAFF STRENTH

The total number of staff of the Ministry stands at 5,150 (Five thousand, one hundred and fifty) as at December 2017.  The breakdown is as follows:

Headquarters staff                                -              1,855

States staff                                                -          3,295

Parastatals/Agencies of the Ministry are 39.  They are:

S/N	PARASTALS
1	AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & RURAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (ARMTI) ILORIN
2	NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRIC. MECHANISATION (NCAM) ILORIN
3	VETERINARY COUNCIL OF NIGERIA ABUJA
4	NIGERIA AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CORPORATION (NAIC), ABUJA
5	NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (NIAS), ABUJA
6	NIGERIAN AGRICULTURAL QUARANTINE SERVICE, ABUJA
7	AGRIC  RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NIGERIA, ABUJA
8	NATIONAL  AGRIC  SEED  COUNCIL  ABUJA

S/N	INSTITUTES
9	NATIONAL CEREAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NCRI), BADEGGI, NIGER STATE
10	NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, VOM JOS, PLATAEU  STATE
11	NATIONAL ROOT CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UMUDIKE
12	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OIL-PALM RESEARCH, BENIN
13	INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, ZARIA
14	NATIONAL ANMINAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE ZARIA
15	NATIONAL HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INSTITUE, IBADAN
16	LAKE-CHAD RESEARCH INSTUTE, MAIDUGURI
17	NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH, LAGOS.
18	COCOA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IBADAN
19	INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & TRAINING, IBADAN
20	RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NIGERIA, BENIN.
21	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER FISHERIES, NEW BUSSA, NIGER STATE
22	NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RESEARCH LIAISON SERVICES, ZARIA.
23	NIGERIA STORED PRODUCT RESEARCH INSTUTUES, ILORIN

S/N	COLLEGES
24	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF PRODUCE INSPECTION AND STORED PRODUCT, KANO.
25	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCE TECHNICAL, IBADAN
26	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, AKURE
27	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE MOORE, PLANTATION, IBADAN
28	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, ISHIAGU. EBONYI
29	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FRESHWATER FISHERIES, NEW BUSSA
30	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF ANIMAL HEATH PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, VOM JOS
31	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY AND MEDICAL LAB. TECH, VOM.JOS
32	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF FRESHWATER FISHERIES, BAGA, MAIDUGURI
33	FEDERAL COLLEGE FISH AND MARINE TECHNOLOGY, LAGOS
34	FEDERAL  COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, IBADAN
35	FEDERAL COOPERATIVE COLLEGE, KADUNA
36	FEDERAL COOP. COLLEGE, OJI-RIVER, IMO
37	FEDERAL COLLEGE, LAND TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI
38	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF LAND RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY, KURU, JOS
39	FEDERAL COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE, DADIN-KOWA

Department of Human Resource Management

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,

Area II,

Garki, Abuja.

 http://www.fmard.gov.ng/

                                                             DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

          For the effective discharge of its mandate, the Department is structured into two broad Divisions, namely, Training & Staff Welfare  and Appointment, Promotion & Discipline divisions.  Each of the Divisions is sub-divided into Branches and Sections. While the Department is headed by a Director, the Divisions are headed by Deputy Directors, Branches by Assistant Directors and the Sections by Chiefs.