Postharvest value chain is important in ensuring food safety and security in Nigeria, especially with respect to properly dried staple agricultural commodities. Preservation of these commodities (grains, dried products from yam, cassava, potatoes, fruits, vegetables, fishery, meat, etc) from season of surplus using appropriate and safe storage practice will benefit all actors along the value chain (farmers, processors, marketers, traders, transporters, consumers) in terms of monetary, health and protect agricultural economic values of the country. One of the technologies developed and popularised by NSPRI for non-chemical preservation and safe handling of these durable products is the NSPRI hermetic steel drum produced by Pacegate Limited

The donations the students receive today are complementing the efforts over the education of the girl child and these investments should yield positive results in the lives of the children. I would implore these students to take advantage of this kind gesture from Pacegate Limited to become proud ambassadors of this school.

Sustainability and availability of staple foods consumed in sub-Saharan Africa on a daily basis are very important. He lamented that hitherto, in order to reduce losses, grain handlers had resorted to the use of chemicals, without considering hazardous effects of such, adding that the drums were introduced to arrest wastages and secure the staple foods.