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TF Tarpon Agriculture

Entrepreneurs Test Direct Solar Fruit Dryer

Ongoing Action• At the prompting of WGG, Currans spent three

weeks researching current solar and non-solar fruit drying technologies and produced the concept paper: Commercial Solar Fruit Drying.

• Currans gave PowerPoint presentation Solar Fruit Drying to five Afghan businesses 21AUG at the Kabul Chamber of Commerce.

• Currans is promoting with Afghan entrepreneurs the development of innovative indirect solar food dryers to be built from used shipping containers and other sustainable methods.

Site Assessment 21AUG13• Wise Global Group (WGG) has been very

successful competing for Information Technologies and other contracts in Kabul.

• WGG has strategically determined to invest in the Agriculture sector in potatoes and dried fruit in 2013.

• WGG built in 2013 improved direct solar dryers with significant commercial capacity to produce premium dried apricots.

• WGG is studying cold storage options with the plan to build 500MT apple capacity in next 12 months.

21-August-13