Green Economy. Promoting the export of organic plums from Aksy to Germany

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Promoting the export of organic plums from Aksy to Germany

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Presentation Content
1. Plum VC Area
2. Background
3. Implementation approaches
4. Project scheme
5. Beneficiaries and partners
6. Green focus
7. Challenges
8. Outlook

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Plum VC Area
Chuy region
Talas region
Issyk-Kul region
Jalal-Abad region
Naryn region
Osh region
Batken region
Key figures:
Total organic area 289 ha,
Number of farmers: 137
out of them
• Female farmers - 37
• Male farmers – 100

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Background
• Aksy is a mountainous and remote region with
limited source of income for the local population.
Among the few crops cultivated, plums are very
important for farmers in this region
• The uncertain supply of plums from Aksy to
Russia faces an equally fluctuating demand for
Kyrgyz fresh plums, depending on harvests in
fruit production areas of Russia, or exporting to
Russia
• With the support of governmental German
programme “The Import Promotion Desk”
potential buyer of organic plums EgeSun was
found
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Why was the plum VC selected?

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Implementation approaches / activities
(1/2)
• Support with facilitation in communication
between German buyer - EgéSan and local
company SunPlanet
• Support in implementing an Internal Control
System to achieve organic certification
• Support in communication between the
cooperative and SunPlanet
• Support the cooperative with the organizational
development
• Facilitating continuous communication with both
customers and certification agencies
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Implementation approaches / activities
(2/2)
• Support the cooperative and the SunPlanet
during international audit
• Support with participation on Trade Fair and
exhibitions
• Capacity building of cooperative staff on
management, planning and certification
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Project Scheme
ASPOC
Produces organic plums
Manages ICS (Internal
Control System)
Supplies organic plums
to SunPlanet
SunPlanet
Purchases organic plums
from the cooperative
Processes plums and export
to Germany/ Egesun
Pays Organic Certification
fees and ICS cost
Control Union
International audit
Issues certificates
EgeSun
Purchases organic
plums from
SunPlanet and sells
it in German market
GESPSD/GOPA AFC
supports with
improving ICS,
communication with VC
actors, organizational
development and
support during
international audit

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Results

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Beneficiaries and Partners
Beneficiaries
Partners
• Organic Farmers
• ???
• GOPA AFC
• ??

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Green Focus
• No use of harmful pesticides and mineral
fertilizers
• Reduction of CO2 emission through
supporting farmers to switch from coal drying
technology to sun dry
• Organic certification
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Challenges
• Fluctuations in market demand in Germany –
German buyer does not always buy what was
initially foreseen
• Dependency on only one processor and
export trader
• Expensive certification and lack of national
certification body
• Frost, hail, and persistent temperature
fluctuations have the potential to significantly
affect the growth and yield of plum crops.
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Outlook
• Explore opportunities to collaborate with processing companies
from Uzbekistan
• Explore Japan market and collaboration with OVOP/JICA
• Find out possibilities to acquire processing equipment and
process plums by the cooperative
• Explore CIS and Asian markets
• Find out other certification agency and separate application for
organic certification.

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THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION!