Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept.12
By Nargiz Sadikhova – Trend:
During first eight months of 2019, the gross agricultural output amounted to 290.4 billion tenge in Kazakhstan’s Turkestan region, which is 4.2 percent more compared to the same period of last year, Trend reports with reference to the press office of prime minister of Kazakhstan.
According to this indicator, the region holds the second place in the republic.
Some 121,300 tons of meat (live weight) were sold in all categories of farms in the region; 452,100 tons of milk, 114.8 million eggs were produced. As of August 1, 2019, in all categories of farms the number of cattle amounted to 1.07 million heads, or 104.9 percent of the corresponding date of the previous year, sheep and goats amounted to 4.812 million heads or 101.6 percent, horses equaled 341,100 heads or 108.9 percent, camels stood at 30,100 heads or 107.5 percent.
Last year, 25 billion tenge was allocated for agriculture, and more than 27,500 agricultural producers received state support. In 2018, 72.1 percent of agricultural producers were provided with government services online. In 2017, this indicator was only at the level of 6.6 percent.
According to statistics, 40 percent of the production of fruit and berry products and 73 percent of grapes in the country account to the Turkestan region.
According to the report, additional 7,174 ha of drip irrigation systems were introduced and the total area amounted to 65,017 ha. The share in the republic was 73 percent. As a result of the introduction of this method, water consumption decreased by three-four times, and the yield for vegetables increased by three times, for fruits 1.5 times and for cotton 2.5 times.
In the past two years, 52 water farms have been repaired. As a result, water supply and land reclamation was improved on 45,500 hectares of land and 1,000 hectares were put into circulation.
By the growth of the number of cattle, sheep and goats, horses and the production of meat, milk, the region occupies the forefront in the republic.
(1 USD = 386.34 tenge on September 12).
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