President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called
for strengthening the potential of Kazakhstan’s agro-industrial complex by continuing
the transition to the cultivation of more profitable crops, increasing deep
processing of raw materials, and supporting exports. The sector took a leading
position among all industries last year, driven by a significant rise in
preferential lending for spring sowing. This year, at least 700 billion tenge
should be allocated for these efforts, Tokayev emphasized. Additionally,
affordable loans should be made available to livestock breeders and
agricultural product processors. The President recalled the previously set task
to shift from inefficient subsidies to a more effective model of preferential
lending. His instructions were supported by the country’s farmers.¤¤
«I believe the development of the
agro-industrial complex will positively impact the economic situation of our
country. Moreover, the transition from subsidies to lending, I think, will also
contribute to the sector’s growth,» said Ivan Veselovsky, research fellow at
the Research Institute of Agroinnovation and Biotechnology.
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