The AESON annual conference is the largest gathering of Extension Professionals in Africa, orgnized annually it draws participants globally each year is centered on a theme that tallys with the aims, goals and mission of AESON.
Yearly AESON conferences and themes
NO | DATE | VENUE | YEAR | THEME |
1st | 28th February-4th March | Agricultural and Rural Management Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin | 1994 | Issue and Priorities for Nigeria’s Agricultural Extension in the 21st century. |
2nd | 24th -26th September | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria | 1995 | Issues and Perspective in Technology Transfer for Food Security in the Present and future. |
3rd | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile –Ife | 1996 | Towards the Survival of Agricultural Extension System in Nigeria | |
4th | 17th -19th June | Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi | 1998 | Sustainable Agricultural Extensions in Nigerian |
5th | 13th -15 April | University of Nigeria, Nsukka | 1999 | Agricultural Extensions Research and Development in Nigeria |
6th | 8th -10th April | University of Ibadan | 2000 | Agricultural Extension and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria. |
7th | 19th -23rd August | Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi | 2001 | Privatization and Commercialization of Agricultural Extension Services Delivery in Nigeria: Prospects & Problems |
8th | 16th-19th September | University of Benin | 2002 | Stake Holder Participation for Strengthening Agricultural Extension Practice and Food Security in Nigeria. |
9th | 11th – 14th March | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife | 2004 | Structure and Operation of Agricultural Extension in Democratic and Deregulated Economy |
10th | 14th – 17th June | National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi | 2005 | Capacity Building in Nigeria Agricultural Extension System |
11th | 3rd – 6th – April | Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta | 2006 | Changing Perspectives in Extension Innovation System In Nigeria |
12th | 5TH –6TH JULY | University of Maiduguri | 2007 | Agricultural Extension and the Challenges of the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs). |
13th | 8th -11th April | Michael Okpara Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike | 2008 | Developing Agricultural Extension Policy for Nigeria |
14th | 21st -24th April | Federal University of Technology, Minna | 2009 | Food Crisis in Nigeria and Challenges for Agricultural Extension |
15th | 10th -14th May | Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife | 2010 | Challenges to Agricultural Development and Practice in Nigeria |
16th | 21st -24th March | Bayero University, Kano | 2011 | Agricultural Extension Education and the Attainment Of MDGs: Challenges and Opportunities |
17th | 11th – 14th | University of Nigeria, Nsukka | 2012 | Extension Strategies for Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change |
18th | 5th – 9th May | Nasarawa State University | 2013 | Transforming Nigerian Agriculture Through Agricultural Extension |
19TH | 27th -30th April | Federal University of Technology Owerri | 2014 | The State of Agricultural Extension in Nigeria |
20TH | 15th -17th May | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria | 2015 | Agricultural Extension and Sustainable Farm Families |
21ST | 16TH -21ST April | University of Ibadan | 2016 | Repositioning Agricultural Extension for Sustainable Agricultural Development and National Economic Regeneration” |
22nd | 23-26TH April | University of Port Harcourt | 2017 | Mainstreaming Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Extension
Practice in Nigeria |