Departmental Vision

The DAEE seeks to contribute to the well-being of the Caribbean and by extension the world by producing students capable of contributing to:

1. sustainable socio-economics practices in agriculture, health and consumerism and
2. solving critical problems of food security, through the provision of high-quality programmes that are based on excellent pedagogy, relevant research and critical thinking leading to effective problem solving and decision making.
    
   This is to be achieved by:-

• Providing access to relevant academic programmes that are effectively delivered, thereby enabling students to have a broader frame of reference for specialised knowledge.
• Fostering ethical and intellectual development through critical thinking, creativity and self-actualisation, thereby enabling students to respond to an ever changing socio-economic environment in a responsible manner.
• Engaging in research activities in our core areas of competencies geared to:
  
  1. exploring solutions to priority national and regional problems and challenges
  2. expanding the knowledge base and
  3. expanding the human resource capacity.
• Integrating the findings of research into our everyday teaching in the classroom.
• Effectively disseminating relevant information to the population.
• Promoting inter-disciplinary teaching and research collaborations.
• Fostering collaborations with stakeholders as evidenced by internships, invited presentation, research etc.
• Fostering an intellectual environment that can attract academic staff and students of high quality and in which ideas contend vigorously.
• Developing the learning environment in a manner that allows students to relate their knowledge to complex situations in the workplace or the world.
• The provision of a high degree of choice among very strong programmes, so to ensure cross disciplinary learning.
• Fostering the process of inquiry-based learning and knowledge creation.

It is against this backdrop that we continue to review our curricula and upgrade our programmes and courses. These changes will allow our graduates to develop depth and breadth of knowledge, specific subject content, analytical and communication skills and ethics that will enable them to effectively problem-solve in the real world and act in a manner that is consistent with good ethics.

The areas of focus in the Department with respect to teaching and research are as follows:

• Food Security
• Natural Resources and Environmental Management and Sustainability
• Nutrition, Health and Wellness
• Agribusiness Management, Trade and International Policy
• Consumer Sciences