ASTANA (TCA) — A new agribusiness development program for 2017-2021, providing for new mechanisms for the export of domestic agricultural products, was considered at the Kazakh Government meeting on November 29, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
BISHKEK (TCA) — A new project designed to improve the productivity of dairy farms in the country will reach approximately 24,000 households. The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on November 29 approved US$ 5 million in financing for the Kyrgyz Republic Integrated Dairy Productivity Improvement Project. It is aimed at enhancing dairy animal productivity and milk quality on farms in the country’s Issyk-Kul region. US$ 2.75 million of the financing is a concessional credit, and US$ 2.25 million is a grant, the World Bank said.
ASTANA (TCA) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is committing credit lines to help small businesses in Kazakhstan access much-needed financing in the local currency, tenge, the Bank said on November 29.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan’s economy grew 2.7 percent in January-October 2016, Economy Minister Arzybek Kojoshev said at the Kyrgyz Government meeting on November 28, the Economy Ministry press service said.
ASHGABAT (TCA) — The opening ceremony of the Atamurat-Ymamnazar (Turkmenistan) – Akina (Afghanistan) railroad section, the first link of the Asian transnational transport corridor, took place on November 28 on the Turkmen-Afghan border with the participation of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, the State News Agency of Turkmenistan reported.
TASHKENT (TCA) — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors last week approved US$150 million in financing for the Modernization and Upgrade of Transmission Substations Project in Uzbekistan. It is aimed at improving the technical efficiency and reliability of the power transmission networks in the country, the World Bank said.
