NFMA delegation participates in milling seminar in India
KATHMANDU: Nepal Flour Mills Association (NFMA) representatives attended 'The Future of Milling Vision 2030 & Beyond' seminar organised by the Roller Flour Millers' Federation of India (RFMFOI) in Goa, India, on March 3 and 4.
Held every five years, the event saw participation from over 600 wheat milling companies and experts in food production, safety, and technology. NFMA President Kumud Kumar Dugar led 16 prestigious flour mill companies from Nepal.
Experts discussed monitoring and increasing wheat production through satellite technology and addressed long-term food storage methods. Detailed information on new technologies was also provided through exhibits.
The seminar concluded with agreements on mutual technology exchange, production of technical manpower, and food safety. Nepal's representatives praised the event's informative nature and emphasised its role in enhancing wheat-related industries in Nepal, where wheat consumption is estimated at 1.2 million tonnes.
Although India has banned wheat exports to Nepal for four years, it has decided to export 200,000 tonnes of wheat to Nepal through National Co-operative Export Limited (NCEL) this year. On March 5, the delegations met NCEL Managing Director Unupom Kausik in Delhi to discuss smooth wheat importation.
NFMA President Dugar was honoured at the seminar in the presence of India's Lok Sabha member Praveen Khandelwal. Dugar stated NFMA’s commitment to increasing wheat production, organising storage, and producing quality products while maintaining food security. He also urged the recalculating of Nepal's wheat production using technology.
The programme announced that the Indian government would set up a technical training centre in Lucknow and form a wheat board to provide regular training opportunities for Nepali industrialists and technicians.
