About Us.

NIFST provides professional support to Members and the Food Industry, advances and promotes Food Science and Technology as a Profession cum Discipline and contributes to Nation building. Over forty institutions of higher learning in Nigeria offer this discipline.

Established in 1976, NIFST membership has grown to well over 6,000 members spread across ten active chapters representing all the geopolitical zones in Nigeria. NIFST membership also extends beyond the shores of Nigeria with members resident in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Ghana etc.

In April 1979, NIFST became a certified member of IUFoST and is visibly the largest Body of Food Professionals in Africa today. The National Secretariat of NIFST is situated in Lagos State of Nigeria.

Activities of the Institute include; Consultancy, Symposia, Seminar, Training Workshops, Lecture Series and Career Talks organized either solely or in partnership with other Government Agencies, Research Institutes or Professional Bodies.

Through the teachings and practice of Food Science and Technology, NIFST has contributed tremendously to the phenomenal interests in the study of Food Science and Technology as a course and the growth of the Food Industry in Nigeria.

To date, NIFST has organized 33 Annual National Conferences where members converge to brainstorm, discuss/proffer suggestions on thought-provoking issues related to the Profession, Food Processing and Food Security.

NIFST is responsible for the publication of the Nigerian Food Journal (NIFOJ), which serves as Nigeria’s only organ of information dissemination on current Food/Food Related Research Findings. The Food Journal was first published in 1983 and has remained an annual publication of the Institute to date.