Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 27
By Rashid Shirinov – Trend:
This year, almost 1.38 million hectares of land in the Pavlodar region of Kazakhstan will be sown with crops, Trend reports via Kazakh media.
The region’s Agriculture Department informed that this is 113,700 hectares or 9 percent more compared to the last year.
Due to the diversification of the structure of cultivated areas, it is planned to increase the acreage of grain crops by 60,000, forage crops – by 95,000, and oil seeds – by 6,000 hectares.
Agriculture equipment of the Pavlodar region stands ready for spring field work. According to the work plan, the sowing campaign will involve 7,412 tractors, 8,084 harrows, 1,790 plows, 1,204 cultivators, 4,426 seeders and 163 sowing complexes.
It should be noted that this year 2.9 billion tenge of subsidies were allocated to finance spring field work and support crop production. This year it is planned to issue more than 100 loans for 3 billion tenge under the "Agro-Business" and "Ken-Dala" programs. Last year, 173 loans worth 2.6 billion tenge were issued under these programs.
(377.65 KZT = 1 USD on Mar. 27)
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