Thematic areas

Agriculture and Agro-Industry

1. Fishery and Aquatic Resources Development 

2. Food security and safety, Value chain, Food processing and value adding

3. Food and Economic Values of Neglected Traditional Crops

4. Apiculture and Pollination

5. Climate Change and Sustainable Development

6. Agricultural Biotechnology and Agro-industry 

7. Plant and Animal Production and Protection

8. Natural Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection

9. Animal Diseases, Veterinary Services, Zoonosis, One Health, Animal welfare

Geology, Mining and Natural Resource Management

1.    Geology and mining

2.    Natural Resource Management and Environment

3.    Physical, Chemical and Biological Sciences

4.    Science, Technology and Innovation

Human Health

1.    Quality Health Services and Pharmacy Practice

2.    Reproductive Health

3.    Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases

4.    Nutrition and Health Care Financing for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

5.    Technology Innovation for enhancing health service delivery

6.    Traditional and modern medicine

Humanities

1.  Cultural Studies, Anthropology and Sociology

2.  Tourism-Industry and Investment 

3.  Language, Linguistics and Communication Studies

4.  History, Archeology and Heritage Management

5.  Environment and Development

6.  Law, Good Governance, Peace, Security and Conflict Management

7.  Human Development, Psychosocial Wellbeing, Mental Health

8.  Quality Education, Educational Leadership and Curriculum Development

9.  Service Learning and Engaged Pedagogy

10. Business, Finance and Economics issues

Engineering and Technology

1. Information Communication Technologies

2. Artificial Intelligence and deep learning

3. Hydropower, Irrigation, Geothermal and Solar Energy; Development Projects

Emerging and Cross cutting issues

1. Global Pandemics, Gender, HIV/ AIDS, climate change, special need education

2.  Child migration and drug use/abuse

3.  Endangered indigenous language, culture and asset studies

4.  Indigenous knowledge/practices