About Us

Institute of Food Industry Development.

Center for Food Science and Technology Solutions

With an ever-growing world population there is an ever-increasing need for accessible, affordable, quality, safe, and nutritious foods.

Since the rate of food production is not equal to the rate of food consumption, the place of food production not the place for the food consumption, and the form the food is produced not the form the food is consumed, there is inevitable need for processing, preservation, storage, and transport of food products.

All these operations require knowledge, research, innovation, infrastructure, expertise, time, and a careful coordination of all these factors to result in sustainable growth of the food industry.

Experienced Instructors

Our trainers and instructors are carefully selected, highly experienced, and linked to the industry.

50+ Courses

Our courses are skills based, scientific, usable, and most current. Graduates adapt easily to changing skill requirements.

Affordable

We offer affordable courses that are in demand for driven careers applicable both locally and globally, affording workforce portability.

Institute of Food Industry Development (IFID) provides the food industry and support industries with training, research, technical support, testing & analysis services. The learning institution offers varied competences at different levels of qualifications and through varied learning approaches including regular training programs, self-paced learning, accelerated learning, and continuous professional development (CPD), through face learning, online learning, hybrid, and industrial learning.

Training Programs

Vision

A people equipped with knowledge and skills to grow the food industry through science and technology.

Our Mission

To provide to the food industry with innovative and transformative technical training and research services.

How we do it.

We offer trainings that are skill based, scientific, usable, and most current. The graduates are easily adaptable to changing skill requirements,

Transformative Careers

Provide transformative careers in the food industry, focused on skills application for effective development and sustainable growth and advancement of food industry and its support industries to match global trends.

Continuous Professional Learning

Offer continuous professional learning, where food industry workers can identify and learn skills and achieve credible qualifications in a flexible and scalable manner.

Food Industry Collaboration

Collaborate with the food industry, to identify skills and technical gaps, and develop inventive careers and bespoke technical support to bolster the growth of the industry.

Graduate Assimilation

Facilitate assimilation of graduates into the food industry through coaching and providing initial experiences through internship programmes.

R&D for Innovative Foods & Technologies

Provide R&D for innovative foods and technologies in the food industry, by providing accessible versatile R&D labs, R&D experts, pilot plants, and learning resources to enable food businesses to effectively develop and successfully place products in the market.

Research Facility

Provide a research facility for internal and external students and research fellows in the food industry.

Food Testing and Analysis

Provide testing and analysis for food products and environmental monitoring for effective food safety and quality management in the food industry.

Resource Center

Operate a resource centre accessible to all learners of food industry and for life-long learning.

Our Core Values

1. Integrity – we run our institution on accountability, responsibility, and honesty.

2. Professionalism – we engage and deploy competent people to deliver our services.

3. Mindfulness – we remain conscious of the needs of the people who interact with us, and we serve diligently, fairly, and decisively.

4. Passion for work – we are committed to deliver exceptional results, proudly meeting organizational objectives.

5. Team spirit – we seek to work together internally and build networks externally for mutual benefit.

The institute is based on the principles of...

1. Inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all – providing flexible, progressing, and customisable learning programs that are readily usable by all categories of learners, and providing for lifelong learning,

2. Industry led solutions – matching knowledge, skills, and services with the requirements of the food industry thereby equipping graduates for full productive employment or entrepreneurship.

3. Innovation and sustainability – continually reinventing methodologies and technologies to build resilient and sustainable food industries.

4. Collaboration and cooperation – fostering networks and working relations in the food industry and related organizations for mutual growth.