Empowering Flour Millers: Insights from Project Experts

On February 21, 2024 the Ministry of Agriculture in the Kyrgyz Republic hosted a dynamic meeting that brought together project experts from the “Value Chain Agrofinance Project” with the dedicated team and members of the Flour Millers Association.

During this enlightening session, project experts Almaz Davletov and Victor Kiriyak shared valuable insights into the importance and unique aspects of standards and product certification schemes.

Engaging in lively discussions, participants received clear answers to their questions about certification schemes for quality management and food safety. The experts clarified the concepts behind standards and certification schemes, highlighting key players and ways in which producers can receive assistance in implementing these vital measures. Special attention was given to explaining how technical support from the “Value Chain Agrofinance Project” can be accessed to facilitate the implementation of quality management and food safety standards and certification schemes.

This meeting served as a collaborative platform, fostering mutual understanding between project experts and the Flour Millers Association, with the shared goal of enhancing and streamlining standards and certifications within the Kyrgyz Republic’s agricultural sector.