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Kazakhstan looks to raise crop areas in Turkestan region

Kazakhstan Materials 17 September 2021 11:58 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan looks to raise crop areas in Turkestan region

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept.17

Trend:

General Director of Kazakhstan’s ‘Kazvodkhoz’ republican state enterprise Altay Yelzhasov made a working visit to the Turkestan region, Trend reports referring to the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources.

During the visit, Yelzhasov held a meeting with farmers in the Shardara district and discussed the issue of irrigation of the Zhaushykum valley, one of the most important projects in the district.

At the meeting, the director general said that special attention will be paid to increasing the number of newly irrigated lands in the district. In case of implementation of this project, the sown area in the Turkestan region will increase by 12,000 hectares. As a result, permanent jobs will be created for the rural population.

Yelzhasov also got acquainted with the work on automation of the construction activities within the ‘Reconstruction and increase of seismic resistance of dam on Shardara reservoir’ project in the Shardara district. In this regard, the management of the ‘Kazvodkhoz’ branch in the Turkestan region introduced a number of proposals for discussion.

According to the ministry, since Shardara is an agricultural district, the majority of the population is employed in agriculture, and given that the irrigation system is basis for the agro-industrial sector, the implementation of the mentioned project is very important for farmers and residents of the district.

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