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Jun 16, 2016
The American Soybean Association’s (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH) traveled to Myanmar last week to promote U.S. soy and extrusion technology at a conference.
Myanmar’s rapidly growing economy will fuel increased demand for soy protein for humans and livestock. With growing demand for both protein and vegetable oil, interest is high in extruding soybeans, which involves using pressure and resulting heat to produce oil and digestible meal.
Jim Hershey, executive director of WISHH, chaired the conference in Yangon, which was co-hosted by the Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers Association (MEODA) and funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Emerging Markets Program.
More than 70 people, mostly processors of various oilseeds available in the local market, attended the one day seminar.
Also presenting were Dr. Mian Riaz, renowned expert of extrusion, Texas A+M University, and Dr. David Albin, from Insta-Pro Inc. Des Moines, Iowa. Also attending were representatives from the local USDA office, Winrock USA and May Myat Noe Lwin, the U.S. Soybean Export Council’s (USSEC) local representative and head of aquaculture programs in Myanmar.
