According to the Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Karashukeev, the meat exports from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan in 2022 increased 134 times (from 0.2 thousand to 26.2 thousand tons), and to the UAE - 8 times (from 0.3 thousand up to 2 thousand tons), Inbusiness.kz said.
“This year, 100 billion tenge was contributed from the republican budget for the implementation of large investment projects based on the experience of the North Kazakhstan region for creation of 65 dairy farms with a production capacity of 373 thousand tons of milk per year, which will reduce the country's import dependence from 39% to 11% ", - he said.
While, the existing state support measures have made it possible to maintain the investment attractiveness of the livestock industry, the minister believes.
“Last year, the volume of investments in animal husbandry increased by 67% compared to 2021 and reached 117.5 billion tenge. A total of 102 investment projects were implemented. At the same time, the largest volume of investments falls on the construction of dairy farms. In 2022, 36 MTFs with a capacity of 52.4 thousand tons of milk were commissioned. Also put into operation 7 investment projects for the construction of meat poultry farms with a total capacity of 41.9 thousand tons of poultry meat per year,” he concluded.
