Welcome to Xavier Jesuit Institute
Agroecology Center!
Xavier Jesuit Institute’s Agroecological Center is a non-profit integral agro-business, which aims at organic crops, and livestock production in Ogbere-Ijebu, Ogun State, Nigeria. Xavier Jesuit Institute’s Agroecology Centre is situated on 538.729 hectares of land in Ogbere-Ijebu, the outskirts of Ijebu-Ode (Ogun State). Ijebu-Ode is a town that is about 110 km by road, northeast of Lagos. Ijebu-Ode has a tropical climate and is about 100 km from the Atlantic Ocean. Ijebu-Ode is an old (existed by the 16th century), but small town of about 157,161 according to the 2006 census (National Population Commission, 2010). The Agroecology Centre emphasizes sustainability, eco-friendliness (organic, minimal carbon footprint), efficiency, and education (research, and educational outreach to rural farmers). The center is beginning small and, over time, will develop into an innovative agricultural faculty of a university.
What We Do
1. Hands-on learning experiences for students and rural farmers
2. In integral agriculture and agroecology practices
3. E-commerce
What We Do
Commitment to sustainable farming practices and community empowerment
Promotion of organic farming
Research on best practices in eco-friendly and integral agriculture
Hands-on learning experiences for students
Offer extension services for rural farmers
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Why Xavier Jesuit Agroecological Center?
Our agroecological goals consist of promoting organic farming, agricultural extension services, integral agriculture, and research on best practices in eco-friendly and integral agriculture.
We strive to form humane persons, who creatively work for the common good through training educational stakeholders for excellence, and being a model agroecological farm in the West African sub-region.
What you need to know
Over the coming years, Xavier Jesuit Institute hopes to position itself toward providing a thorough formation for persons, who would be imbued with proficiency and the requisite qualifications to creatively respond to the pressing challenges of our time and to deliver excellent solutions in the educational and agricultural sectors in Nigeria and beyond.