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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan produced more than 8.2 million tons of grain crops in 2016, 87.2 thousand tons or 1.1 percent more than in the previous year, the Jahon information agency reports with reference to the country’s State Statistics Committee. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — How attractive is Central Asia’s agro-sector for investors looking at long-term, sustainable opportunities? Now that hydrocarbons are out of vogue, investors in the region, led by China, are looking seriously at farming as an alternative to make more money out of money. And the best places to do it seem to be the most unlikely looking countries, namely Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. With China expected to cool down on its frantic capital-spending abroad, there is room for other players to join in. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Many sideliners have remained in the dark over what China had in mind on launching its “One Belt, One Road” scheme on the Eurasian mega-continent back in 2013. Especially China’s entry into agro-sectors in neighbouring Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan made people in those countries restless. It is now becoming clear that as developments in China’s food-related commitments are concerned, the plan is part of a much broader master-scheme. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — A record-high grain and other crops harvest has been gathered in Kazakhstan this year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Kairat Aituganov said on October 10 at the Kazakh Government meeting summing up the results of this year's harvest, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — In the upcoming marketing year (July 2016-June 2017), Kazakhstan plans to export 8.5 million tons of grain, Sabit Kashkimbayev, Deputy Chairman of National Company Food Corporation JSC said on September 8 at a briefing on the current state of the harvest campaign in the country, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — By the end of this year, Kazakhstan plans to export 30 thousand tons of soybeans to China, Kazakh Deputy Minister of Agriculture Gulmira Isayeva said at a press conference on September 7, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported. Continue reading
