Post-harvest losses: NSPRI gives hope to farmers, unveils hermetic steel drums

The Nigeria Stored Products Research Institute, NSPRI, Thursday, gave hope to farmers and investors across various value chains in the agricultural sector by unveiling hermetic steel drums to drastically reduce post-harvest losses. This was made known by the Executive Director, NSPRI, Dr Patricia Pessu, at the Pacegate Limited and NSPRI Media Parley held via zoom. According to Pessu, the essence of the collaboration with Pacegate Limited is to enable farmers to reduce post-harvest losses and improve the quality of food Nigerians consume and also for export as far as appropriate and standard food preservation is concerned.