Rodion Rybchinskiy Executive Committee Member of IAOM Eurasia

 Rodion Rybchinskiy Director of Union of Millers, PhD in Grain Processing Technology joined IAOM (International Association of Operative Millers) Eurasia session as Executive Committee Member, representing the Union of Millers of Ukraine. 

 This is a recognition of the high role of our union in the life of the milling associations of Europe and Asia. Ukrainian millers are proud of the recognition of our role in the world flour market.

With its 123-year history, International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) is the world’s largest non-profit organization in the field of grain milling which unites grain millers and trade representatives for the development of education and training opportunities in industry-related areas. IAOM with its 10 directorates in the USA and 4 more in other parts of the world offers an international forum for sharing ideas, technological and educational opportunities, discovery of new products and services and networking.

Eurasian Region of IAOM consists of 32 countries with more than 2 billion of population and a total of 7.1 trillion dollars economic magnitude. At the same time, world’s largest wheat producers and flour exporters are situated in this region. Russia which is one of the top 5 wheat producers in the world with the production of 71.6 million tons of wheat, alone represents 10% of the world’s and 30% of Eurasian region’s wheat production. Ukraine with 25 million tons, Kazakhstan with 16 million tons and Turkey with 19 million tons of wheat production are also among these 32 countries.