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ASTANA (TCA) — Members of Kazakhstan’s Land Reform Commission voted for an extension, until the end of 2021, of the moratorium on leasing Kazakh agricultural land to foreigners, Minister of Agriculture Askar Myrzakhmetov said on August 13. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — The Union of Farmers of Kazakhstan has spoken against leasing of Kazakh agricultural land by foreigners because it doubts the transparency of such procedure, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported. Continue reading
LONDON (TCA) — Hope could be glimmering for Kazakhstan’s stagnating agro-sector which is more than half a century behind in technology, management and other aspects for sheer lack of capital to invest into crop diversification, quality improvement and other needs to boost product competitiveness. Kazakhstan is the world’s seventh-largest grain exporter, with half of its output available for sales abroad. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan have accused a detained businessman of funding recent mass antigovernment protests against land privatization as part of a plot to seize power, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev has asked members of the land-reform commission to explain to the population that there are no reasons to be afraid of leasing Kazakh farmland to Chinese, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor-General's Office on May 27 said that individuals recently arrested for taking part or calling for unsanctioned mass protests are facing charges of inciting ethnic discord and of attempting to seize power by force, RFE/RL reported. Continue reading
