Podravka organized educational workshop for producers of wheat

To ensure sufficient quantity and quality of safe from the cooperative production of wheat intended for processing in our company, Podravka experts have organized a very successful educational workshop on the problem of mycotoxins in wheat grain. In the introductory part of the

workshop, PhD. Zdravko Matotan, project manager of Podravka, said that the common desire of Podravka and manufacturers as a partner in the production of wheat intended for processing in Podravka it to be as successful as possible for them and for us. That manufacturers achieve better yields and higher profits while Podravka to receive the agreed amount and quality of safe wheat processing. Mycotoxins and wheat quality issues are of utmost importance to all in this process, and these are problems that are due to the overall climatic conditions all equally significant burden. That is why all of the major common goal - improving the quality of wheat.

All the experts and producers attending training appropriate welcoming words of welcome in Podravka addressed and a member of the Podravka Miroslav Repić who stressed the fact that from the standpoint of the market is extremely important for Podravka that has vendors who comply with all necessary certificates, which thus provide the top quality raw material from resulting top-quality products. Since due to increased amounts of mycotoxins in domestic wheat Podravka often been forced to import, the desire is to precisely through such education comes to the quality of domestic raw materials. Announced in the context of long-term and stable cooperation that will guarantee a certain price level and purchase.

A large number of farmers who were in the meeting room of the administration building Podravka impact of mycotoxins on human health and their control in the process of processing wheat spoke, and Dr.. Jasmina Ranilović, Podravka director of quality control. Then the doc. PhD. Zeljko Jukic with the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, said the agro-technical measures such as prevention of disease classes and mycotoxins in wheat grain, Marija Horvat, B. Sc. ing agr. from Bayer CropScience Croatia spoke about the protection of wheat from disease classes, and at the end of mr. sc. Vesna Popijač from Podravka quality control on the traceability of wheat production and pest management. In the final discussion involved a large number of farmers who have also had an exceptional opportunity to the beats of top experts answers to several questions from the production of wheat. In the end, all participants were divided and certificates of participation at this workshop.