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German company mulls meat production project in Kazakhstan

ASTANA (TCA) — Toennies Holding ApS & Co. KG, Germany’s leading meat processing company, expressed interest in joint agro-industrial projects for production of beef, pork and poultry in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Invest National Company for Investment Support and Promotion reported on its website. Continue reading

Kazakhstan: key directions for agro-industrial sector development identified

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture has outlined the main tasks for the development of the country’s agro-industrial complex (AIC), the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading

USAID and FAO launch agricultural project in western Afghanistan

KABUL (TCA) — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), on January 16 launched the Promoting Value Chains–West project in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reports. Continue reading

Kazakhstan: new mobile app helps to boost capacity of dairy farmers

ASTANA (TCA) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has designed and adapted to the dairy context a mobile app, Collect Mobile, which helps milk processors in Kazakhstan geo-locate current and potential raw milk suppliers, most of whom are smallholder or family farmers. This connection helps to improve their production and therefore their livelihoods, the EBRD press office reported. Continue reading

EBRD and FAO support Kazakhstan’s dairy sector development

ASTANA (TCA) — The modernization of Kazakhstan’s agribusiness sector through the introduction of state-of-the-art information systems, like the Collect Mobile application for milk processors, was one of the key themes in a roundtable organized by the Dairy Union of Kazakhstan and the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs and supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Astana on 29 September, the EBRD press office reported. Continue reading

Jointly with local private sector, USAID expands export markets for Kyrgyzstan meat

BISHKEK (TCA) — In partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Adal Azyk, one of the largest meat processing companies in Kyrgyzstan, has opened a new slaughterhouse in Kochkor district of the country’s Naryn province. The facility is one of only two in Kyrgyzstan that are compliant with international food safety standards, and which hold the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) certification that international buyers require, the US Embassy in Bishkek said. Continue reading