Undergraduate / Rich natural resources vs pollution and deforestation; how my study and degree will help my country? [2]

My country just like its neighboring countries is blessed with various natural resources including forests, minerals, water and wildlife resources amongst others. It is one of the most natural resource endowed countries in the West African sub-region. These resources have made and still continues to make critical contributions to the country's development. Poor management and exploitation of my country's natural resources has been in existence for quite some time now. There has been lots of environmental damages such as air and water pollution, deforestation, destruction of land in my village which poses a lot of threat to biodiversity. The country has over the years evaluated economic costs to about US$516 million of lost productivity due to damage to five types of natural resources: agricultural land, forest and savanna woodlands, coastal fisheries and wetlands, wildlife, and its largest lake.

Pursuing Bio-resource engineering program in your university will equip me with the maximum knowledge and skills to add to what I already have. With this knowledge that will be imparted to me by the professionals at your notable institution, I will collaborate with stake holders already in the field to help exploit these natural resources properly. More advance means of cultivating crops other than the use of lands since majority have been degraded will be put in place to provide more food for local consumption and also for exports to generate revenue for the development of the nation since agriculture contributes a lot to the nation's Gross Domestic Product and it is also deemed to be the backbone of the nation. This will also in turn reduce or minimize the environmental hazards facing the country.

Undergraduate / Environmental issues, water resources. Brief statement about personal goal and academic goal [3]

Environmental issues, particularly with water resources, have always fascinated me since I was in High school. I studied agricultural science because of my deep-seated interest in agricultural and environmental issues. I excelled in mathematics, chemistry and the natural sciences, hence my interest for bio-engineering sciences. My academic goal is to be a Bio-resource engineer and I believe strongly that your institution will be able to equip me with much of what is needed to become the best Bio-resource engineer. My personal goal is to help exploit properly and safely the natural resources in my country and to also help develop the underprivileged communities which are endowed with the natural resources to a better standard.

Undergraduate / An obstacle i overcame to improve the live of another, how i reacted to it and what i learnt from it [3]

As I was pondering in the darkness of my mind, a question that kept running through my mind was how I was going to help my colleagues to get to high school since they had failed some pre-requisite subjects to enter high school. I was preparing for my final exams in high school then so I had to combine my studies with tutorials to my colleagues in my community. I took it upon myself to tutor them, they went to write a re-sit and they performed excellently. Hard work and selflessness helps to wipe off tears from the face of the down-hearted.