Equipment

626 sourced equipment pages: vessels, tools, appliances and built structures.

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Built structures

Tajik bioclimatic cellar (4-ton design)

A project-supported underground crop cellar built in Sughd Province, Tajikistan, from 2011. Its 4-ton design uses managed ventilation for storing apples and potatoes.

Cellars, caves and ripening rooms
Fon Dario jamoat
Illustration of a simple wooden box solar fruit dryer with glass-covered shelves, based on the documented 2017 Nisur workshop design.
Equipment

Protected apricot dryers

Tajik apricot growers use protected dryers to shield fruit from insects and weather. Documented equipment includes cabinet and portable tent designs; fixed greenhouse units are site installations.

Drying kilns and dryers
Tajikistan
Watercolor illustration of apricots spread across a pale ground-laid drying surface in a Tajik orchard.
Equipment

Ground, roof and mat apricot drying surfaces

Traditional Tajik apricot drying used open ground, roofs and flexible surfaces such as reed mats and fabric. These distinct open-air surfaces leave fruit exposed to weather and surroundings.

Baskets, trays and beds
Tajikistan