In the recent past, there has been the need to protect the Nigerian environment from the threats of degradation arising principally form soil erosion and flooding.  This led the Federal Government of Nigeria to approve in 1980 the establishment of Federal College of Land and Resources Technology, Owerri (FECOLART, OWERRI).

The gesture is to train junior and intermediate personnel in order to participate in the arduous task of checking our ubiquitous land degradation problems and thereby ensuring sustainable agricultural production while conserving the soil.