Contact Information:
Department of Forestry and Wood Technology,
Federal University of Technology,
P. M. B. 704, Akure, Nigeria.
Postal Code 340001. Phone: +234-803-445-5805 Email:vajadekunle@yahoo.com
Project Consolidation Workshop organized by the African Forest Research Network (West and Central Africa Node) at Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana between 17th and 20th May, 2005.
Development in Agriculture and Biological Sciences. First Annual Conference of School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure. 27th April 2005.
Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Indigenous Bioresources Management Workshop Jointly Organized by the National Biotechnology Development Agency and the United Nation University, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), Tokyo, Japan held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka between 15th November and 3rd December 2004.
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture/The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library Workshop organized by Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nation (FAO) and partnership with Cornell University’s Albert R, Mann Library held at the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 21st – 24th Sept. 2004.
Challenges of Environmental Sustainability in A Democratic Government 11th Annual National Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 26th - 27th Nov. 2003.
Community Forestry and Stakeholders’ participation in Sustainable Development. 29th Annual Conference of the Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Calabar-Nigeria, 6th-11th Oct. 2003.
Environment and Poverty Alleviation. 10th Annual Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria (EBAN) held at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State Nigeria (26-28 Nov. 2002).
Forestry and Challenges of Sustainable Livelihood. 28th Annual Conference of Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 4th-8th Nov. 2002.
Recent Advances in Forestry Research and Capacity Building in Forestry Research (CBFR) Training Workshop and Symposium, Hotel Du Independence, Dakar, Senegal (3rd – 8th Dec., 2001).
Inventory Techniques and Models for Yield and Tree Species Diversity Assessment in Ala and Omo Forest Reserves, S. W. Nigeria. Ph. D. Thesis, 2002.
An Analysis of the Socio-Economic Imparts of Forest Reserves on their Rural Communities M.Sc. Thesis, 1995.
Agro-Ecological and Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Farm Forestry in Ondo State, Nigeria. B.Agric. Tech. Project Report, 1992.
Books, Editorships and Technical Reports
Okoko, E. Adekunle, V.A.J.,and Adeduntan, S.A. – Editors: Environmental Sustainability and Conservation in Nigeria – Book of Readings published by the Environmental Conservation and Research Team, Federal University of Technology, Akure. ISBN 978 – 37981 – 0 – 3, 2005.
Onibi, G. E., Agele S. O. and Adekunle V. A. J. – Editors: Development in Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure. 2005.
Adekunle, V.A.J., Okoko, E. and Adeduntan, S.A. – Editors: Challenges of Environmental Sustainability in A Democratic Government. The book of proceedings of the 11th Annual National Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria. ISBN: 978-060-748-X November, 2003.
Refereed Journal Articles
Adekunle V.A.J. and Ajao, K. (2005). Contributions of edible mushroom (A Non-timber Forest Product of Tropical Forest Ecosystem) to rural livelihood in Oyo State, Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences Vol.3 (5): 809-812.
Adekunle V.A.J. (2005). Trends in Forest Reservation and Biodiversity Conservation in Nigeria. In: Environmental Sustainability and Conservation in Nigeria, Okoko, E., Adekunle, V. A. J. & Adeduntan, S. A. (Editors); Environmental conservation and Research Team, Federal University of Technology, Akure Nigeria 82-90.
Adekunle V.A.J. and Y. Bakare (2004) Rural Livelihood Benefits from Participation in Taungya Agroforestry System in Ondo State Nigeria. Journal of Small-Scale Forest Economic, Management and Policy Vol. 3(1) 131-138.
Adekunle V.A.J. and O.V. Oyerinde (2004): Food Potentials of Some Indigenous Wild Fruits in Lowland Rainforest Ecosystem of South West Nigeria. Journal of Food Technology Vol. 2 (3): 125-130.
Adekunle V.A.J, S. O. Akindele and Fuwape J. A., (2004) Structure and Yield Models for Tropical Lowland Rainforest Ecosystem of SW Nigeria. Food, Agric and Environment Vol. 2(2): 395-399.
Adekunle V. A. J. and S. O. Akindele (2002): Evaluation of three sampling techniques for timber yield assessment in Ala Forest Reserve. Nigeria Journal of Forestry Vol. 32 (2): 88-94.
Fuwape J. A., J. C. Onyekwelu and V.A.J Adekunle (2001): Biomass Equation for Gmelina arborea and Nauclea didderrichii in Akure Forest Reserve. Biomass and Bioenergy: 21(2001) 401-405.
Adekunle V.A.J. (2001): Utilization of forest resources for food and health care delivery by rural sectors. Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology. Vol.8, No. 2 pg 3241-3254.
Olufemi, B. and Adekunle, V.A.J. (2000): Problems and Prospects of Landscaping and Environmental Beautification of Nigerian Houses. In: Effective Housing In The 21st Century Nigeria, Akinbamijo, O. B., Fawehinmi, A. S., Ogunsemi, D. R. and Olotua, A. (Editors), Environmental Forum; School of Environmental Technology, FUTA, pg 81-88.
Adekunle V.A.J. (2000): Comparative Studies of Growth Characteristics of Gmelina and Teak Stands and their volume equations. Journal of Applied Sciences Vol.3(4): 1498-1514.
Adekunle V.A.J. (1999): The Socio-economic Impacts of Forest Reserves on Rural Communities. International Journal of Ethno-Forestry vol. 2 (1): 81-89.
Adekunle V. A. J. (1999): The Role of Biomass Energy in Rural Development. International Journal of Environment And Development vol.3 (1): 17-22.
Papers in National and International Conference Proceedings
Adekunle V.A.J. and Alo, A. A. (2005). The yield of Gmelina arborea in two large Scale Aforestation Projects in Southwest Nigeria. In Onibi, G. E., Agele S. O. and Adekunle V. A. J.(Editors), Development in Agriculture and Biological Sciences. Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. 54-57.
Adekunle V. A. J. (2003): Agro-Ecological and Socio-Economic Factors Affecting Community and Stakeholders’ participation in Forestry Development in Nigeria. In Community Forestry and Stakeholders’ participation in Sustainable Development (Akindele, S.O. and Popoola, L. Editors) Proceeding of the 29th Annual Confrence of Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Calabar-Nigeria, 6th-11th Oct. 2003, pg 207-216.
Adekunle, V.A.J. and Ajakaye, O. (2003): Renewable Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation through Fetish Grooves. In: Challenges of Environmental Sustainability in A Democratic Government (Adekunle, V.A.J., Okoko, E. and Adeduntan, S.A. - Editors) Proceedings of the 11th Annual National Conference of the Environment and Behaviour Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 26th – 27th Nov. 2003, pg 257-261.
Adekunle V. A. J., S. O. Akindele and J. A. Fuwape (2002): Impact of over exploitation on biodiversity and sustainable use of tropical rainforest ecosystem (a case study of Omo Forest Reserve, Nigeria). In Forestry and Challenges of Sustainable Livelihood (J. E. Abu, Oni, P.I. and Popoola, L. editors). Proceeding of the 28th annual conference of Forestry Association of Nigeria held at Akure-Nigeria, 4th-8th Nov. 2002, pg 252-263.
