Course Gaps at Umaru Musa Yaradua University
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Programme: B.Eng. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering ×
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ABE 303
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Flagged 6 Aug 2026
At the end of the course, students will be able to: 1. Appreciate the various farming systems in agriculture with emphasis on Nigerian small farm holding including the impact of climate change; 2. Describe the various fa...
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Classification and ecology of crops in Nigeria. Nutrient requirements and mineral nutrition
of plants. Manures and fertilizers. Plant growth and development. Growth stages. Tillage
and weed control. Other cultural practices. Cropping sequences and rotation. Farming
systems. Production practices for specified crops. Conservation agriculture and sustainability
in tropical agriculture.
ABE 505
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Flagged 6 Aug 2026
This course will enable students know control, tools, programming languages, sensors and actuators involved in automation; design and use of robots and drones in agriculture. Students are expected to be able to: 1. Ident...
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Automation: Introduction to automation. Control systems: open-loop and closed-loop,
feedback control, logic control, on-off control and linear control systems. Control actions:
discrete control (on/off); PID controller; sequential control and logical sequence or system
state control; computer control. Automation tools: artificial neural network (ANN);
distributed control system (DCS); human machine interface (HMI); robotic process
automation (RPA); supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA); programmable logic
controller (PLC); instrumentation; motion control; robotics. Programming languages:
introduction to programming language; Matlab programming, R programming, C, C# and
C++ programming, Java and Java Script programming and Python programming. Sensors
and actuators: introduction to sensors, types and applications. Design and selection of
sensors. Introduction to actuators, types and applications. Design and selection of actuators.
Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): Introduction, types and classification of
drones. Architecture (components) of a drone: flight controller; electronic speed controller
(ESC); battery; radio transmitter/receiver; antenna; propellers; electric motor; camera and
its accessories.; ground station; intelligent sensors; intelligent battery; GNSS and RTK
module. Advantages and disadvantages of drones. Design and selection of drones. Working
principles of a drone. Performance considerations criteria of a drone. Application of drones
in agriculture.
Robots: Introduction, types and characteristics of agricultural robots (Agribot). Primary
areas of robotics: operator interface; mobility or locomotion; manipulators and effectors;
programming; sensing and perception. Advantages and disadvantages of robots. Robot
design process. Design of components of agricultural robots: end effectors; grippers;
manipulators. Operating principles of an agricultural robot. Performance evaluation of
robots: productive time, overhead time and working efficiency index. Accuracy and
repeatability of a robot. Application of robot to agriculture.