Kazakhstan creates horse breeding institute to increase breeding horse population

The Kazakh authorities have created an institute for horse breeding and forage production in order to improve the breeding qualities of horses and increase their population. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic. "In pursuance of the instructions of the country's president [Kassym-Jomart Tokayev], the Kazakh Research Institute of Horse Breeding and Forage Production, a limited liability company, was established in Aktobe on the basis of the Aktobe Agricultural Experimental Station. The founder of the institute is the National Agrarian Scientific and Educational Center. The main objectives of the new institute are to conduct research aimed at improving the breeding qualities of horses, actively developing horse breeding and promoting domestic breeds to foreign markets," the report says. It is noted that the institute has set itself an ambitious goal - to increase the population of breeding horses by 6-7% over the next five years. It ...