A wide range of uses of chlorella, green alga, and the prospects for its cultivation and uses in Turkmenistan were discussed by participants in an online meeting held recently. The meeting brought together members of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Turkmenistan, scientists, agricultural experts, lecturers and students of the institutions of higher education.

The participants highlighted health benefits of chlorella for humans and its use as biologically active supplements in animal husbandry, poultry farming and cosmetology, means to increase soil fertility and a raw material to produce biofuel. The important issues discussed at the meeting included methods to cultivate chlorella. In this regard, the cost-effective and science-based methods were proposed.