Miller Magazine Issue: 112 April 2019

38 NEWS APRIL 2019 Future of flour and feed sectors discussed in TABADER-IFP 2019 Food and grain/pulses, one of the biggest problems of the world in recent years, will remain the main subject of the coming years. Many local and foreign non-gov- ernmental organizations and various associations that want to raise awareness in this issue have been offering solutions to this issue. One of these associations is the Association of Cereal and Pulses Processing Technolo- gies, Storage and Analysis Systems (TABADER). TABAD- ER is an umbrella organization for persons, institutions, companies, entrepreneurs, academicians, and research- es in milling, grain, and pulses processing technologies, warehousing and analysis systems. Simultaneously with IDMA 2019 Exhibition organized by TABADER, the chal- lenges facing the sector were discussed at the Interna- tional Flour, Feed, and Pulses Summit in WOW Hotel. During TABADER-IFP 2019 – International Flour, Feed, and Pulses Summit, the future, economy, and challenges of flour, feed, and pulses sector have been discussed. Ahmet Güldal, General Manager of the Turkish Grain Board, Erhan Özmen, Chairman of Southeast Flour In- dustrialists Association; Ülkü Karakuş, Chairman of Turkey Feed Industrialists Union (Türkiyem-Bir); Abzal Saparbekuly, Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Turkey, and Antonina Sklyarenko, Head of Community of Pulses Pro- ducers and Customers, has participated to the summit. At the summit, flour, feed, and pulses sectors were evaluated globally. Future analyzes and predictions of the sectors were discussed and strategic suggestions were put forward for the sectors. The presence of par- ticipants from different countries provided a global view of the problems that concern the sector. At the end of the summit, the Summit Declaration was published at an international level. During the summit, Güldal mentioned TMO’s move to start pulses buying after 25-year-long hiatus and the board’s future policies. “From 1941 to 1994, our board bought chickpeas, lentils, and beans. Because of the Association of Cereal and Pulses Processing Technologies, Storage and Analysis Systems (TABADER) discussed the problems of the sector in detail with the International Flour, Feed, and Pulses Summit it has organized in Istanbul. Future analyzes and predictions of the sectors were discussed and strategic suggestions were put forward for the sectors. The presence of participants from different countries provided a global view of the problems that, concern the sector.