News about agriculture
Kazakhstan completes WTO accession negotiations
Kazakhstan has finally agreed upon terms of accession to the World Trade Organization.
12 June 2015 16:31
Nursultan Nazarbayev speaks about Kazakhstan's agricultural sector
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev is concerned about Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector.
09 June 2015 15:22
Food in Kazakhstan is very delicious: EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti
According to EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti, food in Kazakhstan is very delicious and the best wheat in the world grows in this Central Asian country.
05 June 2015 01:14
Saudi Arabia interested in importing Kazakh grain
Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in importing grain from Kazakhstan.
27 May 2015 01:26
Kazakhstan opens national pavilion at Milan Expo 2015
Kazakhstani delegation presented a pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015 on May 1st.
04 May 2015 18:37
Samruk-Kazyna mulls opening subsidiary in Silicon Valley
National Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna is planning to expand into the Silicon Valley and open a subsidiary company Samruk Innovation
15 April 2015 19:04
Producers of milk and butter mislead consumers: Kazakhstan's Agriculture Minister
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov has talked about dairy products, particularly milk and butter, at the Food Security Conference held in Astana on March 13.
09 April 2015 14:29
Kazakhstan plans to harvest 17.2 million tons of grain in 2015
Kazakhstan plans to repeat the last year’s harvest with the gross collection of grain amounting to 17.2 million tons.
01 April 2015 00:52
President Nazarbayev on farming prospects of South Kazakhstan
Through introduction of advanced technology, the agricultural produce figure has grown 2.5 times for the last five years, with some of the products being exported, according to him.
30 March 2015 14:09
Kazakh Minister of Agriculture may stop subsidising grain exports
The Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has proposed to abandon subsidization of grain exports in favour of other developments in agriculture.
05 February 2015 03:10
Several new agricultural plants open in Almaty Oblast
Several new agricultural plants open in Almaty Oblast to contribute to the food security of the region.
22 January 2015 14:46
Eastern Kazakhstan to see massive dairy farming development
43 enterprises of East Kazakhstan Oblast have been selected to participate in a large dairy farming development initiative.
10 January 2015 16:29
Majilis ratifies OIE office on FMD in Astana
The lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament - the Majilis - has approved the draft law establishing an OIE office on FMD in Astana.
29 December 2014 13:48
Gates Foundation grants go to 'rich nation NGOs'
The bulk of the roughly 3 billion dollars given by the Gates Foundation to foster agriculture in poor countries has been given to aid groups based in rich nations.
05 November 2014 11:14
Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast to double agricultural production by 2020
Zhambyl Oblast in southern Kazakhstan plans a massive increase in its agricultural production, the Governor of the Oblast said.
04 November 2014 21:16
Nazarbayev urges to focus on livestock industry development in North Kazakhstan
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev checked on the state of grain crops at Kutuzovka-Alibi fields and the goods produced by the local farmers.
15 September 2014 23:53
Kazakhstan begins experimental cultivation of sweet potatoes for South Korea
Kazakhstan has started experimentally cultivating sweet potatoes for South Korea in three different regions.
15 September 2014 17:18
Kazakh farmers face stringent loan terms, development of agribusiness inhibited
There are several financial constraints for achieving development of Kazakhstan's agriculture, experts say. Alleviating these is necessary to boost the industry and make Kazakhstan-made products competitive internationally.
07 September 2014 12:26
Kazakhstan may lead the global agricultural race: ex-Minister
Kazakhstan is searching for areas where it may have competitive advantage over other countries. In recent months, agriculture has occupied much space in the rhetoric of Kazakhstani politicians.
05 September 2014 15:22
Satellite images showcase drastic differences between agricultures of Kazakhstan and China
Arable lands account for 11.62% of the China’s territory. To sustain the huge population, all the available arable land is carefully cultivated.
20 August 2014 16:53