FIIRO held the next in its Distinguished Guest Speakers Lecture series on Friday, October 5, 2012 at its head office in Lagos. The occasion had Prof. Keith Tomlins of Natural Resources Institute, UK as Guest Speaker while Prof. Albert Ebuehi of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Lagos, Akoka was the Chairman. The Lecture was titled: Consumer Acceptance of Foods containing Carotenoids.

The Project Steering Committee (PSC) of the Support for Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops (SARD-SC) held their first meeting in IITA-Ibadan, Nigeria.

Acting Director General for IITA, Dr Kenton Dashiell welcomed members of the PSC on behalf of the Director General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga.

During the meeting, members discussed annual work plans, procurement plan and the overall management and implementation of the project. They expressed great satisfaction at the progress made so far in project implementation considering the short period the project has been fully operational. The annual work plan and budget for 2013 were reviewed and approved by the committee.

PSC members who attended the meeting included Dr Mahmoud Solh, Director General, ICARDA; Dr Gloria Elemo, Director General, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos; Dr Ramadjita Tabo, Deputy Executive Director, FARA; Dr Oliver Samson, Director, Partnerships and Capacity Building, Africa Rice Center; Dr Catherine Mungoma, Director of Crops Research Zambia; and Dr Chrys Akem, Project Coordinator, SARD SC.

The Management team of the Institute of Administrators and Researchers of Nigeria (IARN) led by Prof J.E Etinagbedia made a courtesy visit to the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) on Wednesday, 13^th June, 2012.

The visit was to look for an avenue to collaborate with FIIRO in terms of providing professional training services for researchers. It is also meant to facilitate collaboration in the area of organizing “Training of Trainers” Workshops on effective Food Administration, Quality Control and Industrial Safety issues.

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