BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 25. With financial support from the Government of Japan, the World Food Program (WFP), established a herb-processing workshop in Kyrgyzstan, Trend reports with reference to the press service of the UN.
In the Kyrgyz At-Bashy district of the Naryn province, a small processing workshop for the manufacture of dried herbs and the extraction of valuable essential oils has been constructed with a production capacity of processing up to 3,000 kg of herbs per day.
"The new medicinal herb-processing workshop will allow the villagers to benefit from cultivation and supply of a large variety of herbs for production of high-quality products utilized in several industries such as cosmetics, food, medicine and pharmaceutics," the UN said.
Meanwhile, over the past few years, WFP with assistance from the Government of Japan has launched 20 small agricultural processing workshops across the country, providing modern equipment and technology to local businesses.