The area of buckwheat and potatoes will increase in North Kazakhstan region

In the North Kazakhstan region this year they intend to continue diversifying the structure of sown areas, a Kazinform agency correspondent reports. First Deputy Akim of the region Marat Tasmaganbetov said at a meeting of the akimat that the preliminary sowing area is 4.5 million hectares. Including 3.4 million hectares will be occupied by grain crops, 751 thousand hectares by oilseeds and 379 thousand hectares by fodder crops. More oilseeds and fodder crops will be sown. “To ensure food security and saturate the domestic market with socially significant products, the area of buckwheat will be increased from 24 thousand to 26 thousand hectares, potatoes - from 6 thousand to 7.7 thousand hectares,” said M. Tasmaganbetov. This year they plan to apply about 256 thousand tons of mineral fertilizers to the soil. The variety renewal rate is expected to increase to 10%. — Ideally, the renewal of agricultural machinery should be 8-10%. Accordingly, it is necessary to intensify efforts to ...