Olive oil production is planned to begin in Kazakhstan

Entrepreneurs from the Mangistau region began growing olive trees. If the seedlings take root, it is planned to plant up to 10 thousand hectares of land with them, and also begin the production of olive oil. Akim of the Mangistau region Nurlan Nogaev stated this at a briefing at the Central Communications Service. According to him, in the field of agriculture this year, 4 projects were implemented with a total cost of 1 billion tenge. A large greenhouse complex and a meat processing complex were created. This year, businessmen began implementing a new project in the agro-industrial complex - growing olives. “At this time, business representatives have begun grafting olive trees. Two thousand olive tree seedlings have already been planted. Previously, this experiment was already carried out in the cities of Arys and Zharkent. Now seedlings are planted throughout the region. If they take root and the project goes ahead, it is planned to occupy up to ten thousand hectares of land ...