Producers

Damira Kampabekova

beekeeper · honey producer · medicinal-herb producer

At-Bashy village, At-Bashy District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Damira Kampabekova is an At-Bashy-based Kyrgyz beekeeper associated with Dordoi Dary LLC, a family-run producer of white mountain honey and medicinal-herb products. Its white honey comes from the highlands of At-Bashy in Naryn Region.

From At-Bashy village, At-Bashy District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan Honey Chronicles
Role beekeeper, honey producer, medicinal-herb producer
Based in At-Bashy village, At-Bashy District, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

About the Producer

A little history

Damira Kampabekova and her family began Dordoi Dary LLC in 2002 as a small business producing white honey, traditional-medicine products, and medicinal herbs. In a 2020 UNDP feature, Kampabekova, identified as the company’s director, said the enterprise had produced medicinal herbs since 2018.

How They Work

Beekeeping in practice

Dordoi Dary LLC is a family-run small business and family farm producing white honey alongside medicinal-herb and traditional-medicine products. Ten women process the honey. The business has 11–20 people and distributes products through intermediaries and local markets.

Where They Work

Location and reach

World Asia Kyrgyzstan

Producer Base

At-Bashy village, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Damira is described as working with bees in her highland village of At-Bashy; the product profile is headed At-Bashy, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan.

Apiary Or Forage

Highlands / mountains of At-Bashy, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

FAO states that Kampabekova harvests white honey at 2,000 m and that the product comes from the highlands and mountains of At-Bashy. The territory is characterized as inner Tien Shan valleys and slopes with wild herbs and flowers.

Retail

Local markets in Kyrgyzstan

The Mountain Partnership Products profile lists local market and intermediary distribution channels, without naming particular outlets.

Products & Specimens

What connects to this producer

Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.

Producer listing

White Honey

Floral source: Wild mountain herbs and flowers; sainfoin is specifically identified as an important local nectar-and-pollen plant, but the available product evidence does not establish this honey as monofloral sainfoin honey.

Documented origin: Highlands of At-Bashy village, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan, at approximately 2,000 m altitude.

Origin detail: Locality

The FAO Mountain Partnership Products profile states that this white honey comes from the highlands of At-Bashy village in Naryn Region. It describes wild herbs, including sainfoin, in the territory but does not specify a sole floral source.

People

People connected to the work

  • Damira Kampabekova Beekeeper; director of Dordoi Dary

Practices

How they work

  • The White Honey is stated to be certified organic through a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) following Bio-KG’s private organic standard.
  • After collection, honey is extracted using heat stated not to exceed 40 °C, then filtered and packed; its white colour is attributed to crystallization.
  • The product is described as untreated and not pasteurized.
  • FAO reports that no fertilizers were used in producing the honey and describes apiary-siting distances as part of the producer’s stated organic-standard approach.
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