Which regions of Kazakhstan produce and eat the most meat?

According to the monitoring agency Energyprom.kz, in January-September of this year, Kazakhstan produced 57.4 thousand tons of fresh or chilled meat from cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses and equines - this is 8.4% more than for the same period in 2022. The most meat was produced in the Kostanay region: 10.1 thousand tons, plus 26% for the year. The top three also included North Kazakhstan (8 thousand tons, plus 21.9%) and Aktobe (7.8 thousand tons, plus 3.5%) regions. For the full year 2022, the country produced 73.1 thousand tons of meat - 11.4% more than a year earlier. Consumption of meat and meat products in Kazakhstan increased by 4% Kazakhstanis consumed beef the most: 6.1 kg per quarter, an annual increase of 7.8%. The second and third places in popularity were taken by horse meat (1.4 kg, plus 9.2%) and lamb (1.4 kg, minus 2.1%). Among the meat products, Kazakhstanis most often consumed minced meat (1.8 kg on average per person), semi-smoked sausage (988 g), boiled ...