Mini workshops for the production of oil from apricot kernels will open in Kyrgyzstan

Published 2024년 4월 20일

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Bakyt Torobaev, the Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan, has inaugurated mini-workshops for apricot kernel oil production in Batken and Issyk-Kul regions. This initiative is designed to bolster local agriculture by providing gardeners and farmers with apricot cultivation and care training, alongside assistance in establishing small processing units. The introduction of processing equipment aims to improve local incomes, food security, and productivity by enhancing the processing and drying of apricots and producing oil. This move is anticipated to increase the production and export of high-quality apricots and their processed derivatives, supporting the local economy.

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Mini-workshops for the production of oil from apricot kernels will be opened in Batken and Issyk-Kul. This was announced by the Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan Bakyt Torobaev. According to him, local gardeners-farmers will be given special training in planting, growing, and caring for apricots, and assistance will be provided in opening small workshops for processing the products. According to Agro.kg, at the exhibition organized by the Department of Processing Industry and Organic Agriculture under the ministry, a screw press for oil in the processing of apricots, a convection drying cabinet, an electronic hygrometer, a machine for measuring apricot kernels, a machine for grinding apricot kernels, a filter for purification of vegetable oil. The average cost of this equipment ranges from $2 to $3 thousand. Oil pressing equipment produces 2-2.5 tons of oil per day using the hot pressing method, and 1.3 tons using the cold pressing ...

Source: Eastfruit