Dr. OLABODE JOSEPH AMOLOJA photograph

Dr. OLABODE JOSEPH AMOLOJA

Lecturer I | Lecturer

Faculty of Agriculture ยท Department of Soil Science and Land Management

Specialization Soil Science and Land Resources Management

Office: FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, IKOLE CAMPUS

Phone: 08137241386

Email: olabode.amoloja@fuoye.edu.ng

Biography

Dr.olabode Amoloja, an Agriculturalist, hails from Okemesi Ekiti, Ekiti State. He attended L.A Primary School, Okemesi Ekiti and Omolore Comprehensive High School Irun-Akoko, Ondo State. He attended University of Ado Ekiti, known as Ekiti State University, where he bagged MSc. in Soil Survey and Classification (2014) and PhD in Soil Science and Land Resources Management (2023) under the Supervision of Professor A.S, Fasina at Federal University Oye Ekiti. He has worked with different Organisations; United Nation Development Project (UNDP), Ondo State Ministry of Agriculture and Ondo State Wealth Creation Agency (WECA). He is currently a Researcher and Lecturer at Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State.

Research Interests

Soil Fertility and Classification, Land Evaluation .

Qualifications

Selected Publications

  1. Land Evaluation and Management of Two Wetland Soils for Rice Production in Nigeria
    Authors: Amoloja, O.J. Fasina, A.S., Babalola, T.S., Ajayi, S.O., Ogunleye , K.S., and Ilori, A.O.
    Volume 9, Issue 1 (2026), page no: 127-136. Publication Date: 27/03/2026, DOI: 10.52589/AJAFS-TXEBUVLM (2026)
  2. Spatial Distributions of Soil Chemical Properties in Wetland Soil Horizons of Ekiti State, Southwest Nigeria
    Authors: Ajayi,,S.O, Fasina, A.S., Babalola, T.S, Fakorede, B.M.& Amoloja, O
    Open Journals Nigeria (2024)
  3. Assessment of Nutrients Mineralization in Degraded Soil Amended with Coal
    Authors: SO Ilori, A. O. A., Shittu, O. S., Akande, T. Y., Amoloja, O., Ajayi, S. O
    Applied Tropical Agriculture 29 (1) (2024)
  4. Assessment of Weathering Intensity and Pedogenesis of Lithosequence Located in Two Agroecological Zones of Nigeria
    Authors: AAOA Temitope S. Babalola, Abayomi s. Fasina, Matilda O. Oyewole, Samuel O
    FUOYE Journal of Engineering and Technology 8 (3), 383 - 387 (2023)
  5. Rice Response to Nitrogen Fertilizer on Three Wetland Soils in Ado-Ekiti
    Authors: O Fasina, A. S., Shittu, O. S. and Amoloja
    Nigerian Journal of Soil Science 23 (1), 145-156 (2013)

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