NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstan’s Agriculture Minister Saparkhan Omarov discussed measures to stabilize food at the government assembly on Tuesday, Kazinform correspondent reports.
According to the Minister of Agriculture, work is underway to supply the domestic market with 29 important food products. It added that the source of one hundred per cent and 80 per cent of the domestic market with 12 and 11 products, respectively, had already been established. update imports of six foodstuffs, he said.
The total cultivated throughout the country is 22. 7 million hectares, more than 439. 2 thousand hectares.
The minister said he plans to collect 18 million tons of grain to meet domestic demand and export potential. It is expected to harvest 2. 6 million tonnes of oilseeds, 100,000 tonnes more than last year. According to him, the production volumes of potatoes and vegetables and melons will amount to four million tonnes and 6. 8 million tonnes, respectively.
Increases of 5%, 3. 2% and 9% were reported in livestock, farm animals and goats and horses.