To reduce the country’s yearly wheat importation bill and conserve foreign reserve, researchers have made economic case for inclusion of Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) puree in bread and other confectioneries.

Fishermen Association, Adamawa State chapter, has said that export of smoked fish can generate over N1 trillion yearly for the country. Speaking at a workshop in Yola, Adamawa State, yesterday, on fish smoking organised by the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), Lagos State, chairman of the association, Alhaji Mahmud Ali, pointed out that…

The Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) and Business Support Academy (BSA) have commenced training for over 100 youths and women entrepreneurs through an entrepreneurship technology transfer programme with the aim of addressing unemployment and economic challenges. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the programme, tagged: “Post-COVID-19 Intervention” in Oshodi, Lagos, the Acting Director-General…

Youths and women have been urged to explore entrepreneurship using technologies as means of financial self-reliance, job creation, and poverty alleviation.

The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO) has expressed its readiness to work with the National Association of Technologists in Engineering (NATE), Lagos State branch, to eliminate post-harvest food wastage. Acting Director-General of FIIRO, Dr (Mrs) Yemisi Asagbra, expressed FIIRO’s readiness to deploy its human and material resources to assist NATE in realising its…

I have always been a fruit lover, I take fruits everyday but it was always in chunks. So, when I was pregnant in 2008, I realised I didn’t have a hold on fruits anymore...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that the Acting Director-General of the Federal Institute for Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Chima Igwe, did not obtain a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University D’Abomey Calavi, Republic of Benin.

Some members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities’ Teaching Hospitals Research Institutes and Associated Institutions (SSAUTHRIAI), and Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi branch...

Scientists and agricultural extension researchers have said root, tuber and plantain farmers can make greater returns on their investments, prevent post-harvest losses and contribute to all-year-round food availability and security with value addition using simple processing technologies. A Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) report says on the average, plantain post-harvest losses and transformed (value added)…

Inadequate access to government intervention funds, excessive electricity billing and government’s preference for purchasing from contractors have been identified as major challenges facing indigenous food processing companies.

In an effort to boost breakfast meals with high dietary value especially for children, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), through its technical committee, is developing new Nigeria Industrial Standards...

Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, (FIIRO), in collaboration with Chemical Society of Nigeria, Women in Chemistry has advocated...