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NSPRI Celebrates Corps Members for Outstanding Performance
The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has called on corps members to adopt a culture of excellence in their various places of primary assignment. This appeal was made during a ceremony held at NSPRI Ibadan Zonal Office on December 3, 2024, to honour two exemplary ex-corps members; Mr. Abdulzahir Olamide Alao and Mrs. Suliyat Adejoke Tijani-Ogundele, who served at the Institute. Representing NSPRI’s Executive Director, Professor Sanni Lateef Oladimeji, Engr. Dr Oyewole Shuaeeb Niyi commended the honourees for their exceptional dedication and contributions during their service year.
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NSPRI Trains Agripreneurs on Handling and Storage of Agricultural Products
The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Ibadan Zone, conducted a two-day training for agripreneurs on November 26th – 27th, 2024. This event marked the third phase of NSPRI’s Capacity Building on Postharvest Management of Agricultural Products, focusing on handling and storage techniques to minimize postharvest losses. The training combined lectures and hands-on sessions, starting with an opening address by Engr. Dr. Oyewole Shuaeeb Niyi, the Zonal Coordinator of NSPRI Ibadan, who represented the Executive Director, Professor Sanni Lateef Oladimeji. He emphasized that postharvest losses, reaching up to 40% annually, significantly impact farmers and stakeholders in the agricultural value chain.
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NSPRI Presents N2m Grant Award to Corps Member on Post Harvest Loss Activity
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Ilorin Kwara state has presented a sum of N2 million grant to a serving corps member, who distinguished herself in the reduction of post harvest losses activity. Beneficiary of the 2023 grant award, Miss Zainab Adam, who engaged in smoked fish business activity, was unveiled at the training programme, titled: ”Skills Acquisition For Corps Members On Value Addition To Agricultural Commodities In Kwara State”, packaged by Synergy Impact Consultants Limited.
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NSPRI Highlights Innovation and Collaboration in Scaling Postharvest Technologies at NIFST Event
The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has highlighted the significance of innovation and collaboration in scaling postharvest technologies at the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) event which took place on Tuesday 15th October, 2024 at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano, Kano State.
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NIFST Honours NSPRI Executive Director with Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
The esteemed Executive Director of Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Professor Lateef Oladimeji Sanni was on the 15th of October, 2024 honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST). The award was presented at the NIFST National Conference held in Kano, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of food science and technology over the course of his career.
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NSPRI Calls for Transformative and Collaborative Research
The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) has called on Nigerian researchers to embrace transformative and collaborative research. This was disclosed by the Executive Director of NSPRI, Prof. Sanni Oladimeji Lateef at a one-day Masterclass training held at the institute's headquarters, Ilorin, which was attended both physically and virtually. In his opening address, Prof. Sanni Oladimeji, an erudite professor of repute, highlighted the importance of the lecture series in fostering professional growth and development among researchers. Sanni, in his usual style praised the keynote speaker, Prof. Bolanle Otegbayo from Bowen University for her illustrious career and dedication to research which have singled her out for unequal difference.
