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.
At the Government session Deputy Minister of Agriculture Azat Sultanov said that the total area of irrigated agricultural land in Kazakhstan is 1.9 million hectares.
Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov told about the measures taken to increase agricultural production during the Government session.
In Turkestan and Zhambyl regions, protective measures against locusts are fully completed.
To fulfil the instruction of the Head of State to bring the share of processing up to 70%, the Ministry of Agriculture has developed a comprehensive plan for the development of processing of agricultural products for 2024-2028.
On the instructions of Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of agriculture, Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov, as well as Deputy Ministers of Agriculture during the mass sowing campaign began a tour of the regions.
On 28 March 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin held a regular monthly meeting on preparations for locust control.
At an operational meeting in the Government, held on July 26 this year under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin, discussed the scale of the situation and possible measures of state support in connection with the abnormal heat and low rainfall in some regions of Kazakhstan.
Today at the Government meeting the issue of efficient use of water resources during the growing season was considered. Ministers of Ecology and Natural Resources Zulfiya Suleimenova and Agriculture Yerbol Karashukeyev, as well as regional akims made reports.
Measures for further development of livestock were considered at the Government session, chaired by Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov.
