On 1 August, Kazakhstan will launch a national agricultural census. This will allow for an objective and holistic assessment of the state of agriculture and a reliable source of data for the formation of state policy in this sector.
On the instructions of the Prime Minister, the Ministries of Agriculture, Trade and Integration are constantly monitoring the situation on the potato market of the country.
In addition, to make the purchase and use of ground spraying equipment and UAVs affordable, agricultural producers and chemical treatment service providers are reimbursed 25% of the cost of the purchased equipment. The Ministry of Agriculture's investment subsidy rules have already been amended for this purpose.
Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov at the Government session reported that in the agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan today are more than 300 thousand producers, which provide employment for 1.1 million people, including professionals working professions 595 thousand people or 55%.
Since the beginning of December this year in the regions of Kazakhstan held more than 250 agricultural fairs, which were visited by about one million citizens.
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Olzhas Bektenov is on a working visit to Kostanay region. The key task was to monitor the progress of implementation of instructions of the Head of State, given in the Address to the people of the country "Fair Kazakhstan: law and order, economic growth, social optimism".
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Azat Sultanov at the Government session reported that for the first 11 months of this year, the volume of gross agricultural output increased by 13.4% with an annual plan of 11.6% and amounted to 7.8 trillion tenge.
The effectiveness of using and scaling up the practice of using agrodrones in agriculture was considered at a meeting in the Government chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Azat Sultanov at a Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov reported on the work being done to fulfil the President's instruction to start financing spring field and harvesting work in 2025 already this year.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov participated in the VII Kazakhstan Roundtable on Global Investment (KGIR-2024). More than 500 representatives of business, including heads of leading international and Kazakhstani companies in agriculture, food industry, energy and mining industries, financial sector, as well as representatives of domestic entrepreneurship, investors gathered at the site.
Akims of Akmola, North-Kazakhstan, Kostanay and Zhambyl regions reported on the results of the harvesting campaign at the Government session.
The results of the harvesting campaign were considered at the Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov. The total harvesting area of agricultural crops this year totalled 23.3 million hectares, of which 16.7 million hectares are occupied by cereals and leguminous crops.
The Government session chaired by Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov reviewed the results of the harvesting campaign. The ministers of agriculture, trade and integration, transport, as well as akims of a number of regions reported on the provision of farmers with quality seeds and mineral fertilisers, as well as the sale of agricultural products, including export markets.
Pavlodar region is on the 4th place by the volume of sown areas of cereals in Kazakhstan. Of the total sown area of 1.6 million hectares of cereals and legumes sown on 928.5 thousand hectares, oilseeds - 374.3 thousand hectares, fodder - 281.2 thousand hectares, the rest - vegetables.
Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov held an extended meeting with representatives of domestic agribusinesses, which discussed issues of support for the agricultural sector and the progress of the harvesting campaign. Considered measures to achieve the goals outlined by the Head of State in the Address to the Nation "Fair Kazakhstan: law and order, economic growth, social optimism".
How to solve the problems of farmers, preventing uninterrupted harvesting, was discussed in the Government at the regular meeting of the Operational Headquarters for autumn field work under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin.
