The Institute organized training on chocolate and soap production with cocoa pod husks for interns. This is in keeping with the avowed commitment of the Executive Director to transform wastes to wealth and empower the youths towards entrepreneurship. It was hands-on, as the students participated actively in the production processes under the guide of the CRIN staff: Mrs. Kehinde Rachael Adeleye, Mrs Nwaokolo Ruth and Mr. Kayiwede Solomon. The beneficiaries were drawn from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-Iwoye (OOU), Osun State University, Osogbo, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho and Osun state Polytechnic, Ire.