ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture Umirzak Shukeyev and Foreign Minister Beibut Atamkulov recently discussed the promotion of Kazakh agricultural exports and investment attraction into the country’s agricultural sector, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry reported.
During the meeting, enhancing cooperation under Agro-Industrial Development State Programme of Kazakhstan for 2017-2021 was discussed.
In a bid to implement the objectives set by President Nazarbayev’s State of the Nation Address, including increasing agricultural productivity and the export of processed agricultural products at least 2.5-fold, the implementation of the Joint Action Plan on attracting foreign investment in the agro-industrial sector of Kazakhstan and trade development until 2020 was considered between the two ministers. The two sides agreed to update the Plan in recognition of the developing role of the Foreign Ministry in promoting Kazakh investment and exports.
Special attention was given to discussing agricultural investment projects, in particular, in the development of crop farming, agricultural vehicles and equipment assembly, as well as in the attraction of major international companies for dairy products and meat production and processing.
The ministers stressed the importance of close interaction with international agricultural organizations, including the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the Islamic Organization for Food Security, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Ministers Shukeyev and Atamkulov agreed to organize joint trainings on agricultural sector development, focusing on the promotion of Kazakh-made products to priority foreign markets by Kazakh embassies.
The sides highlighted the importance of information support in promoting agricultural exports, as well as the organization of press tours for foreign media and information campaigns on Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector.
