Business
Institute Plans Products Marketing Campaign
The Nigerian Stored
Products Research Institute (NSPRI), Rumueme, Port Harcourt has said that it is putting everything in place to embark on aggressive marketing and campaign to promote the establishment of food processing and packaging cafes in the state.
Making this known when he conducted The Tide Round on sight-seeing of some of its inventions and products particularly the commercial fish dryer nad the multi-purpose agro produce dryer at the Institute in Port Harcourt, the officer in charge, Robert Simeon said that many people are yet to know what the institute has in stock.
He said that Rivers State being a place where many people trade on fish as well as do fish business the commercial fish dryer will be very helpful in the expansion of their fish processing.
According to Simeon, the fish dryer will help them to dry fish, meat, chicken as well as roast plantain, yam and cocoyam fast and in good number for commercial purpose.
Consequently, the officer in charge of the Institute explained also that the awareness campaign will not only add value to the various agricultural products, but will provide jobs for the teeming youths of Nigeria, and would also help to eliminate post-harvest waste of agricultural crops.
Simeon noted also that when this idea is fully embraced by youths in the country, particularly in Rivers State and the Niger Delta, the practice of drying crops on the streets and poor packaging during transportation of product will disappear.
He however, pointed out that the Institute will be willing to train people and empower them on how to effectively use these facilities.
Corlins Walter