Appropriate Postharvest, Handling, Processing, and Marketing of Dried Apricots in Southern Tajikistan
This page was created to provide the information generated as well as the reports created by an USAID Hort Innovation Lab funded project.
Project Objectives
- Evaluate the market and barriers to produce export-quality dried apricots
- Assess food safety challenges and develop guidelines for good post-harvest and food safety
- Compare solar dryers developed at Purdue University
- Develop meaningful collaborations with in-country partners in training of local farmers
Apricot Growers Handbook
Based on data collected and technologies developed, we put together a Growers’ Handbook to provide Tajik growers with market, business, food safety, and post-harvest knowledge to improve their apricot business.
- Section 1: Business planning and market information (download section here)
- Section 2: Food Safety issues (download section here)
- Section 3: Improved solar drying technologies for fruit and vegetable crops (download section here)
You can download the handbook in Tajik in different resolutions (higher, lower resolution).
Other Deliverables
- Business planning workshop, Tajikistan, 2019 (English)
- Apricot market supply chain, Tajikistan, 2019 (Tajik)
- Poster presentation at USAID Hort Innovation Lab meeting, Rwanda, 2018 (English)
- Project video, US, 2018 (English)
Faculty
- Ariana Torres, Horticulture and Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
- Amanda Deering, Food Science, Purdue University
- Klein Ileleji, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
- Peter Hirst, Horticulture, Purdue University
- Richard Stroshine, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University
- Arvind Raman, Engineering, Purdue University
This project is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the Horticulture Innovation Lab Improved Practices for Dried Apricots in Tajikistan and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.