The land fund of the region is 22 million 357 thousand hectares, including arable land-1 million 039 thousand hectares, of it irrigated-476 thousand 5 hectares, perennial plantings-30 thousand 246 hectares, deposits-144 thousand 693 hectares, hayfields-458 thousand 303 hectares, pastures-13 million 702 thousand hectares.
The area of agricultural land is 8.3 million hectares, including: arable land-986.4 thousand hectares (including irrigated-437.4 thousand hectares), perennial plantings-21.1 thousand hectares, deposits-88.3 thousand hectares, hayfields-183.7 thousand hectares, pastures-6.9 million hectares.
154,211 applications were registered for obtaining land plots for residential housing. The largest part of applications was registered in Taldykorgan and suburban areas of Almaty.
The rational use of agricultural land is under constant control.