I am the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture in this university.

We have an integrated teaching and research farm on approximately 1400 ha
farm land which was established in 1967. In the last 10 years it has
fallen into a very bad state due to lack of funds and bad management. I
have just secured funding from the University to resusticate all the
farming operations which include animal production units of beef (20ha)
pasture, dairy (100ha), sheep (10ha), goats (5ha), pigs (20 sows), layers
(4000), broilers (1500); agriculture: 2 dams (1.8ha, 0.8ha capacity)
for aquaculture and irrigation and 1 dam (0.5ha) for crop production and
irrigation fields for maize and cassava. 0.35ha of permanent and
horticultural crops including  plantain (5ha), citrus (3ha), oil
palm (10ha), cocoa (9ha), cola (3ha), cashew (1ha) and teak (1ha).

In addition, there are 20ha of experimental plots, 10ha of demonstration
plots, 10ha for student internship programme and 2ha of medicinal plants.

I am looking for an expatriate farm manager with lots of experience in
integrated farming to manage this resustication, rehabilitate the whole
farm and re-establish sound administrative practices. I cannot afford
expatriate salaries, so the person must come within the framework of a
technical assistance programme which can pay for his flight, salaries
and insurance. We pick up all the local costs - housing, local transport,
utilities e.t.c.

Is anyone interested or can get someone suitable interested?
The farm trains about 100 graduates every year. It will be a worthy
contribution but it will be a great challenge indeed.

Funso Sonaiya

PROFESSOR E.B. SONAIYA
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY,
ILE-IFE, NIGERIA
E-MAIL: <fsonaiya@oauife.edu.ng>
PHONE:   234-36-231-320
FAX:     234-36-232401