USSEC Hosts 2016 QSSB Mission to ASC

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USSEC hosted the 2016 qualified state soybean board (QSSB) mission to the Asia Subcontinent (ASC) from July 29 through August 6. The mission included activities in Colombo, Sri Lanka; Kolkata, India; and Delhi, India.

 
Attendees from the following state boards included: Anthony Stafford (staff, Missouri); Daniel Corcoran (grower and United Soybean Board [USB] director, Ohio); Matthew Gast (grower, North Dakota); Michael Bellar (grower, Kansas); Iowa representatives Karey Claghorn (staff), Wayne Fredericks (grower, American Soybean Association [ASA] director, and chair of ISA), and Rolland Schnell (grower); Tennessee representatives Parks Wells (staff) and Kenneth Moore (grower); Michigan representatives Kathleen Maurer (staff)
and Matthew Stutzman (ASA director and grower); and Indiana representatives James Douglas (grower) and Edward Ebert (staff).
USSEC Stakeholder Relations Manager Will McNair, Communications Manager Lisa Humphreys, Deputy Regional Director - ASC Vijay Anand, and Country Manager – India Gopal Pillai escorted the QSSB delegates on this mission. Local USSEC consultants hosted the team in their respective markets.
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The delegation participated in meetings and activities to bring greater understanding to the differences and similarities between the markets in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India.