Kazakhstan: Aport apple variety participates in the FAO program One country - one priority product

The famous Kazakh apple variety “Aport” was presented by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a visit to Italy, where he met with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu. The head of state expressed hope that Kazakhstan’s initiative to promote exports to world markets will be supported by the head of the FAO. ElDala.kz was informed about this by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstani “Aport” participates in the FAO program “One country - one priority product”. “Kazakhstan is widely known as the birthplace of apples. Apples of the Aport variety grow in the vicinity of Almaty, the largest metropolis in our country and my hometown. Translated from Kazakh, “Almaty” means a place of abundance of apples,” said Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, in 1970 there were 3.8 million aporta trees in Kazakhstan, and in ...