The Ministry of Agriculture promised to provide Kazakhstanis with domestic sausage and fish by 100% by 2024

Published Oct 18, 2021

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The Republic of Kazakhstan's Minister of Agriculture, Erbol Karashukeev, has unveiled the national project for the development of the agro-industrial complex, aimed at ensuring the domestic market is well-provided with food amidst the pandemic. The project also focuses on export policy and import substitution of key items including poultry meat, sausages, cheese, apples, sugar, and fish. The Ministry plans to achieve 100% self-sufficiency for these products, excluding sugar, by 2024 through various government support measures such as concessional lending, subsidies, land resources, infrastructure, and market protection.

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Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan Erbol Karashukeev today at a briefing at the Central Communications Service explained the goals and objectives of the national project for the development of the agro-industrial complex. According to him, the coronavirus pandemic has shown that the main task is to provide the domestic market with food. Therefore, along with the priority export policy, the issues of import substitution are comprehensively resolved. The Ministry has identified the most imported items - poultry meat, sausages, cheese and cottage cheese, apples, sugar and fish. As the minister noted, to date, specific investment projects have been identified and are being implemented in each of these areas. To achieve this goal, a number of government support measures will be ...

Source: Agrosektor