ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 11. Kazakhstan's Almaty region plans to increase agricultural production to 946.4 million tenge (about $2 million) in 2024, Trend reports.
Thus, compared to last year, production will grow by 5 percent.
The agro-industrial complex plays a significant role in the regional economy, accounting for 10.2 percent of the gross regional product. In the first five months of this year, the volume of gross agricultural output increased by 5.9 percent, reaching 189.5 billion tenge (about $400 million).
At the same time, the sown area is planned to be expanded to 461,600 hectares.
Significant growth has been registered in livestock farming. From January through April, the number of livestock increased by 2.3 percent.
In addition, the volume of exports of agricultural products amounted to $280.2 million, with an increase of 12.2 percent.
In 2024, 33.8 billion tenge (about $71.3 million) was allocated to support the agricultural sector, including subsidies in the amount of 27.9 billion tenge (about $58.8 million).
Notably, Kazakhstan plans to double its gross agricultural output within five years. In this regard, the government of Kazakhstan is introducing new approaches to the development of the agro-industrial complex. The corresponding document was approved by the government following a meeting in January.
Thus, a roadmap has been developed that provides for measures in each area of the agro-industrial complex.
Kazakhstan will therefore step up its agriculture area diversification. This will consequently lower the proportion of the driest crop and raise the yields of very valuable plants, such as oilseeds. In addition, water-saving technologies are to be introduced, fertilizer application will be increased, and agricultural machinery will be thoroughly updated.
In addition, the roadmap also includes measures aimed at increasing the number of large and small livestock, expanding meat and grain processing, and launching dairy farms, and other facilities.
In general, the implementation of the roadmap will allow increasing the gross output of the agro-industrial complex by 2 times to 17 trillion tenge ($38 billion) by 2028.