The provision of the domestic market with Kazakhstani fruits and vegetables exceeds 80%

Published Jul 5, 2023

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The Ministry of Agriculture in Kazakhstan does not support restrictions on the import of cheap vegetables from neighboring countries to protect domestic farmers. However, the government is implementing new state support measures to encourage vegetable growing in the country. The average yield of vegetable crops has increased due to modern breeding methods and new agricultural technologies, and the domestic market is provided with over 80% of fruits and vegetables through local production.

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The Ministry of Agriculture considers it inappropriate to restrict the import of cheap vegetables from neighboring countries in order to protect domestic farmers. But vegetable growing will be supported by new state support measures. This was reported by the Agrosektor.kz portal, referring to the data of the agricultural department. In Kazakhstan, the sown areas of vegetable crops have increased by 10.5 thousand hectares over the past 3 years. This year, 173.5 thousand hectares have been sown. Potato fields amounted to 197.6 thousand hectares Data from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Thanks to modern breeding methods and the use of new agricultural technologies, as emphasized by the Ministry of Agriculture, the average yield of vegetable crops has increased: if in 2019 it was 260.5 centners per hectare, then in 2022 it reached 271.4 centners per hectare. According to the monitoring of production, export, import and consumption of basic food products, the ...

Source: Agrosektor