The Department of Plant Sciences offers advanced graduate training to produce qualified professionals capable of tackling the problems of improving crop production and management of plant resources and ecosystems of Eritrea. Graduates of the program can help farmers through extension workers with modern and integrated crop production and protection techniques.

Graduates of the program also participate in the restoration of the natural forest woodlands of Eritrea and their sustainable utilization, as well as helping in forest research.

The Department seeks to offer a good foundation for graduates to pursue further advanced education. Students are expected to undertake research that is relevant and directed towards solving the agricultural problems of Eritrea. The Department encourages multidisciplinary and joint collaborative research between departments and colleges within the University, as well as between linkage partners and international institutions.

Faculty and graduate students are also expected to share their experience and professional knowledge to enhance and promote agricultural development through the provision of consultancy services.

Profile of graduates with a M. Sc. degree in agronomy or horticulture

Graduates can:

• Assess, define and evaluate the problems that exist in Eritrean crop production.
• Design and analyze experiments to solve those problems.
• Carry out a detailed integrated research project, from defining the problem to developing a hypothesis through observation and literature search and experimentation, to submission of the work to peer review.
• Understand the methods used for crop production in other countries and where, how, and why they differ from those used in Eritrea.
• Fully appreciate the factors that that limit crop yield in Eritrea.
• Understand how science can be successfully applied to crop production in Eritrea.

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