Exotic crops are planned to be grown in the Turkestan region of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan provides itself with bananas for 1% of its total demand, and also plans to establish the production of other exotic fruits and olives, EastFruit reports. Vice Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Azat Sultanov spoke about new agricultural crops that have appeared in the country. “An investment project for the production of 1,000 tons of bananas has been implemented in the Turkestan region. This is about 1% of the total import of these fruits to Kazakhstan. At present, taking into account the price situation and delivery costs, the cost of these bananas can be competitive on the domestic market. Entrepreneurs have already scheduled the entire batch. Large retail chains are very interested in buying bananas in large quantities. Russians have also expressed interest in these projects,” he noted. In addition, as LS writes, the department has plans to grow olives in the Turkestan region. Read also: Greenhouse complex on 6 hectares for growing tomatoes and ...