Standard Organization drafts new guidelines for indigenous food
Posted by Finintell on Wednesday, 6 February 2019The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) has coordinated the drafting of five new standards on indigenous foods to promote agriculture.
The five standards are packaged millet for pap, corn pap powder, sorghum powder for pap, and Fonio flour, Acha flour.
The initiative was designed to boost agriculture, the bedrock of the economic diversification agenda of Nigeria.
SON also promotes the application of research and technology to boost the production of foods for local consumption and export.