OAU Wins 2025 EU Grant for MESITA MSc

Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, has emerged as one of the winners and beneficiaries of the 2025 EU Grant under ERASMUS for the establishment of a Master of Science degree programme in Smart Farming and IoT in Agriculture, named MESITA.

OAU is part of a consortium made up of four Nigerian universities, three European universities and a cloud funding digital ecosystem organisation. The project carries the code MESITA: ERASMUS-EDU-2025-CBHE-STRAND-2.

What the MESITA project covers

The project is for the establishment of a Master of Science degree programme in Smart Farming and IoT in Agriculture across four universities in Nigeria.

It began in Abuja in November 2025. The programme is designed to equip graduates with smart agricultural skills; it also promotes sustainable and climate-friendly farming practices.

The project also encourages university-industry cooperation and supports entrepreneurship and employability in the smart agriculture sector.

Areas covered in the curriculum

The curriculum includes:

• embedded systems
• AI applications
• smart agricultural practices

The programme is meant to support knowledge and technology transfer from the EU to Nigeria. That transfer is expected to drive digital growth and sustainable growth in agriculture.

Expected effect of the programme

MESITA is set to address the educational gap in precision agriculture.

The project also aims to improve agricultural productivity and efficiency. Its wider goals include support for food security, job creation, environmental sustainability, gender equality in agribusiness and climate change efforts.

Participating partners in the MESITA consortium

The participating international and national partners are:

• University of Siegen, USI, Siegen, Germany, International Coordinator
• The Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, UPWr, Poland
• The University of Food Technology, UFT, Bulgaria
• University of Port-Harcourt, UPH, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria
• Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, MOU, Nigeria
• Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
• Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Enugu, Nigeria
• AlumUnite Limited, Lekki, Nigeria

Members of the OAU team

The members of the OAU team are:

• Prof. S.O. Ajadi, Team Leader
• Prof. A.S. Bamire
• Prof. G.A. Aderounmu
• Prof. S.A. Bello
• Prof. M.L. Sanni
• Dr. S.A. Muda
• Dr. R.A. Adetona

What this means for OAU

For OAU, the grant places the university within a cross-border academic project focused on smart farming and IoT in agriculture. The scope is broad, the target is clear; the Master's programme will run across the Nigerian partner universities named in the consortium.

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