On December 8, 2018, Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev visited Interfruit LLC, a dried fruit processing facility in Uch-Korgon, Batken oblast. Joined by USAID Mission Director Gary Linden, Prime Minister Abylgaziev familiarized himself with the facility and how it sources locally grown fruits to supply global markets. Interfruit LLC is a Kyrgyz-Tajik joint venture established in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 13 December, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon
On August 15, 2018, President Sooronbay Jeenbekov toured the new edible oil and garlic processing facility in Uzgen as part of his visit to Osh and Jalal-Abad oblasts. The new facility, a joint investment of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and ElDan Atalyk, will employ 73 full-time workers and purchase large quantities ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 16 August, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project, Uzgen
On June 19, 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Altyn Aimak LLC, a Kyrgyz-Tajik joint venture, inaugurated a new dried fruit processing facility in Kara-Bak village in Batken Oblast. The Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic, Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev, toured the facility which is expected to employ 35 full-time workers and benefit ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 20 June, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project
As part of the Kyrgyz Republic’s Investment Promotion and Protection Agency observance of “the Month of United States Trade and Investment” in June 2018, the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek opened an exhibition of American companies that operate in the Kyrgyz Republic and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) economic programs and investments in the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 14 June, 2018 | Topics: Agriculture, Economic Affairs, News | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project
On June 5-6, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted an Agriculture Trade and Investment Forum, bringing together around 200 international and domestic investors, buyers and agribusinesses. The forum featured business-to-business meetings, discussions, presentations and product exhibitions designed to link Kyrgyzstani producers with produce buyers, and to generate investor interest in agriculture. During ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 8 June, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project
Over the last year, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) facilitated more than $6 million in exports for local Kyrgyz businesses in the garment industry and agricultural sectors. These export opportunities expanded production, introduced international quality control standards, and improved business processes. The Director of USAID’s Economic Development Office, Luis Hernandez highlighted the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 2 March, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID’s Business Growth Initiative (BGI)
On November 30, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and AgroProduct Asia inaugurated a world-class fresh fruit consolidation and packing center in Kadamjai rayon of Batken oblast. The facility is capable of storing 6,435 cubic meters of fresh fruits. The advanced technology enables the center to pack and sort up to 500 tons ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 8 December, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project
New fruit drying and cold storage facilities have begun purchasing produce from farmers in and around Osh. Together, the two fruit drying facilities will process over 1,000 tons of produce per year, while the storage facility can store up to 40 tons of apples. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) partnered with several ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 13 November, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) assisted fifteen women farmers from mountainous areas of Osh and Naryn Oblasts to launch greenhouse vegetable production. In 1800 m2 of greenhouses they plan to grow cucumbers and tomatoes to sell during the off-season. These partnerships promote women’s entrepreneurship in agriculture and provides much needed additional income ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 5 October, 2017 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project
In partnership with the United States Agency for International Development, Adal Azyk, one of the largest meat processing companies in the country, opened a new slaughterhouse in Kochkor district of Naryn. The facility is one of only two in Kyrgyzstan that are compliant with international food safety standards, and which hold the Hazard Analysis and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 18 September, 2017 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: USAID, USAID Agro Horizon, USAID Agro Horizon Project
BISHKEK – From August 9-10,
USAID’s Agro Horizon Project (through Public Association “Agro Lead”) sponsored business-to-business meetings in Bishkek and Osh for agricultural producers. The meetings enabled 58 farmers and small and medium enterprises to explore commercial opportunities for the supply of fresh and processed agricultural products to Frunze, one of the country’s largest chains of supermarkets. Nine participants ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 25 August, 2016 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Business, USAID, USAID Agro Horizon
Aravan – The Aravan Agro Service more than doubled its potato yield and profits in 2016 by partnering with the United States through the USAID Agro Horizon project. Moving to early potato production with high quality seeds and training on effective sales and marketing techniques allowed this cooperative of 217 farmers to increase production from ...
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By U.S. Embassy Bishkek | 6 July, 2016 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Aravan, USAID, USAID Agro Horizon
