The Federal College of Agriculture in Akure, established in the 1960s as the School of Agriculture, is one of the leading agricultural education institutions in Nigeria. Its grounds reflect the lush vegetation of the Ondo State countryside: demonstration plots of cocoa, rubber, and cassava spread across a campus that feels more like a research farm than a university.
The college is not a formal tourist sight, but it gives a sense of the agricultural economy that underpins this part of southwestern Nigeria. Akure's prosperity has always rested on cocoa and rubber from the surrounding farms, and the college has trained generations of the agronomists and extension workers who manage those crops. If you are interested in West African agriculture or the food systems of the Yoruba south, a walk through the campus is worthwhile.