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.
Under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin, the Government held a meeting on production and stabilisation of prices for basic foodstuffs. During the discussion, decisions were made to provide sugar factories with working capital and payment of subsidies to beet growers.
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.
During the Government session, where measures to implement the message of the Head of State were considered, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin reported on the work being done in the agro-industrial complex.
Deputy Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin and General Director of the Agency of Transport and Communications under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Mammetkhan Chakyev held a bilateral meeting to discuss prospects for cooperation in the transport sector.
At a bilateral meeting held on the margins of the business forum "Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan", Deputy Prime Ministers of the two countries Serik Zhumangarin and Jamshid Khodjaev agreed on the joint implementation of 34 investment projects worth $4.4 billion and 7 trade contracts worth $2.6 billion. The agreements are enshrined in a list of relevant documents.
Protective measures on land treatment against locusts on the area of 2.8 million hectares, which is 110% of the forecasted volume, have been completed in Kazakhstan.
The implementation of the programme "Auyl Amanaty" was considered at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin. More than 400 agricultural cooperatives have been established under the programme. 319 received funding for 6.7 billion tenge.
The state and business will join efforts to breed highly valuable pedigree livestock and fodder crops in Kazakhstan. Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin listened to the proposals of Zhersu Corporation on the development of livestock breeding with scientific support of the Kazakh Research Institute of Livestock and Fodder Production at a meeting in the Government.
In Turkestan and Zhambyl regions, protective measures against locusts are fully completed.
At the meeting of the central operational headquarters to combat the spread of locusts, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin heard a report on the situation in the regions.
In May 2024, the prices of food products, which include 19 types of social foodstuffs, decreased by 0.2%. In general, deflation on food products is observed for the first time in the last 4 years.
During his working trip to Turkestan region from 19 to 22 May, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin met with wheat producers of Kazygurt district and cotton growers of Maktaaral district.
Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin discussed current problematic issues with owners and employees of greenhouse farms in Saryagash district of Turkestan region.
During his working trip to Turkestan region, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin visited the construction site of Kazakhstan's largest fattening site for 50,000 cattle.
As part of a working visit to Turkestan region, Deputy Prime Minister Serik Zhumangarin inspected the fields of the districts where mass treatment against locusts is being carried out.
