The Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences (FoAFCS) is at Nyankpala Campus in the Tolon District in the Northern Region of Ghana. It's about 15 kilometres west of Tamale, on the Tamale-Tolon road. It is the university's premier faculty, having begun in 1993 as the Faculty of Agriculture. The faculty’s mandate, like all programmes run in the University, is to combine academic work with field practical in order to achieve sustainable agri-food systems in Ghana. The faculty currently offers two-year diploma, four-year BSc/B. Ed, and postgraduate degree programs in Agricultural Technology, Agribusiness, Agricultural Science Education, Family and Consumer Science, and Food Science and Technology. 

Students in their final year of BSc. Agricultural Technology can specialise in Animal Science, Agricultural Mechanisation and Irrigation Technology, Agricultural Economics and Extension, Horticulture, Crop Science, Agriculture Biotechnology, or Soil Science, while those in Family and Consumer Sciences can specialise in Hospitality Management, Food and Nutrition, Textiles and Apparel Construction and Development, or Child Studies. Students in their final year of BSc. Agribusiness programme can also choose to specialise in Agricultural and Resource Economics, Agricultural Administration and Marketing, and Agribusiness management and Finance. Students in their final year of B.Ed. Agricultural Science Education can also specialise in General Agriculture, Crop Husbandry, Horticulture, and Animal Husbandry options.

The faculty is committed to developing demand-driven programmes to meet the job market's ever-changing labour force requirements. As a result, the faculty is currently working on programs in Food Systems and Climate Change, as well as Creative Design and Technology.

The Diploma programs are intended for prospective students who have not met the entry requirements for degree programs but wish to further their education in General Agriculture, Agricultural Science Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Agricultural Biotechnology. Students who graduate from the diploma programmes with good grades are enrolled in various levels of the BSc programmes based on their final grade.

Vision 
To become an internationally recognized Centre of Excellence for cutting edge research, teaching, management and offering demand-driven and innovative training programmes in agriculture, food and consumer sciences for career advancement in northern Ghana and beyond.

Mission
The mission of the faculty is to create and maintain an enabling environment to produce competent professionals in agriculture and related programmes who would understand the strategic role of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences in the development of Ghana and who can model and promote the best practices and sound values of Education in these areas.

Faculty Core Values
To accomplish the mission and vision of the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Sciences and abiding by the core values  of UDS, the following core values need to be upheld by staff and the students within the faculty:
A = Aptitude
F = Facultative 
C = Credibility
S = Scholarly 
I = Innovations 

The Units
The faculty has Units which form part of the academic structure. Units are lower than a department and are headed by a Coordinator appointed by the Vice-Chancellor in consultation with the Campus Principal and the Faculty Dean. The Units render a specialized, coordinating or supporting services. Heads of Units who are below the rank of Senior Lecturer may be appointed and hold the position for only one year non-renewable.

The faculty has three recognized units, namely:

• UDS Research and Commercial Farm Unit
• UDS Meats Unit, and
• Mechanization Unit