BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 11. Kazakhstan has allocated 140 billion Kazakh tenge ($316.3 million) to finance the spring campaign for the Ken-Dala program, which aims to support sowing and harvesting on an area of approximately 2 million hectares, Trend reports via the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan.
Of these funds, a total of 133.8 billion Kazakh tenge ($302.3 billion) have already been paid to the farmers.
In general, more than 1.4 million hectares have been sown as part of the ongoing spring field work in Kazakhstan. The total planned area for agricultural crops is 23.4 million hectares.
According to the ministry, the plan is also to expand the acreage of various crops, including grain and legumes, fodder crops, sugar beet, sunflower, vegetables, potatoes, and buckwheat.
Furthermore, the seeding process was completed in its entirety. Farmers have formed a seed fund in the amount of 2.3 million tons. For 2023, 11.4 billion Kazakh tenge ($25.7 billion) is provided in local budgets for subsidizing the development of seed production.
The allocated 419,000 tons of preferential diesel fuel have seen about 284,400 tons shipped to the regions. Farmers across the country benefit from an average price of 204 Kazakh tenge ($0.46) per liter, which is one-third cheaper than the market price.
