Socio-economic development of agriculture in Akmola region
in January 2022
Economy
The gross output of agricultural products in Akmola region in January 2022 amounted to 19,592.5 million tenge (IFO - 100.7%), including: crop production - 201.7 million tenge (IFO - 100%), animal husbandry - 19,389.6 million tenge (IFO – 100.7%).
In total, there are 8851 agricultural formations in the region, including: 1892 - legal entities (JSC, LLP, GP, PC), 899 - individual entrepreneurs, 6060 - peasant farms.
Labor productivity in agriculture for the 3rd quarter of 2021 amounted to 2099.5 thousand tenge or 99.5% compared to the same period in 2020.
Investments in fixed assets in agriculture in January 2022 amounted to 6.6 billion tenge, or 96% compared to the same period last year.
Exports of agricultural products in 2021 amounted to 1202.5 thousand tons or 96.6% by 2020, in monetary terms – 363.9 million US dollars or 112.6%.
The number of employed population in agriculture of the region is 27.7% of the total number of employed (total employed - 398.8 thousand people, including in agriculture - 110.5 thousand people).
The average salary for January-December 2021 in the agricultural sector amounted to 176.1 thousand tenge with an increase of 18% by 2020 (for the 4th quarter of 2021 - 190.6 thousand tenge with an increase of 12.1% to the level of the 4th quarter of 2020).
State support of the agro-industrial complex
For 2022, the volume of state support in the form of subsidies to agricultural producers of the region allocated 31.9 billion tenge, including in the following areas:
-12.1 billion tenge has been allocated for subsidizing the crop production industry (8 151.2 million tenge for increasing the availability of agricultural products, 3 171.4 million tenge for subsidizing the cost of fertilizers, 789.0 million tenge for seed production support).
-subsidies to support the development of animal husbandry. Support for the development of animal husbandry is carried out in two directions: to increase the productivity and quality of livestock products, as well as subsidizing livestock breeding.
4.7 billion tenge has been allocated for the implementation of these directions.
-for investment investments and subsidizing processing – 10.8 billion tenge (investment investments – 10,653.7 million tenge, for subsidizing costs to processing enterprises - 197.8 million tenge).
-financial recovery and reimbursement of the interest rate on leasing – 4.3 billion tenge (financial recovery - 43.5 million tenge, reimbursement of the interest rate on leasing - 4,279.8 million tenge).
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January 2022, SHTP purchased 161 units of equipment worth 5.7 billion tenge, including:
- combine harvesters - 36 units worth 3.3 billion tenge;
- tractors - 34 units worth 1.4 billion tenge;
- seeders - 36 units in the amount of 0.04 billion tenge;
- sowing complexes – 13 units in the amount of 0.4 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 42 units in the amount of 0.6 billion tenge.
This year's sowing campaign will involve about 14.8 thousand tractors, 16.4 thousand seeders and 1.4 thousand high-performance sowing complexes. The readiness of agricultural machinery is 90%.
Animal husbandry
According to statistics, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms in the region as of February 1, 2022 is 478.3 thousand heads (101.4% compared to the same period in 2021), including the number of cows - 227.1 thousand heads (101%).
The number of horses amounted to 228.1 thousand heads (107.4%), birds - 9,306.5 thousand heads (100.9%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 595.6 thousand heads (105.1%), pigs - 94.2 thousand heads (94.3%).
The region produced meat in live weight of 15.3 thousand tons (101.6%), milk produced 16 thousand tons (99.3%), eggs produced 59.7 million pieces (108.9%).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
As part of the development of the Food Belt around Nur-Sultan, 44 investment projects worth 36.9 billion tenge (with the creation of 632 jobs) are planned for 2022, including:
- 2 - for the construction of fattening sites worth 1.8 billion tenge.
-11 - dairy farming in the amount of 7.3 billion tenge.
-7 - meat farming in the amount of 11.6 billion tenge.
-7 - processing of agricultural products in the amount of 8.0 billion tenge.
-10 - for the construction of granaries and potato storage facilities in the amount of 2.8 billion tenge.
-6 - for irrigation of fields in the amount of 5.3 billion tenge.
-1 - a slaughter point in the amount of 0.1 billion tenge.
Recycling
In Akmola region there are 15 meat processing enterprises with a production capacity of 87.5 thousand tons per year, 14 dairy production enterprises with a production capacity of 137.0 thousand tons per year, 36 flour milling enterprises with a production capacity of 794.8 thousand tons per year, 8 oilseed processing enterprises with a production capacity of 49.3 thousand tons per year.
In January 2022, food products were produced in the amount of 10.7 billion tenge, or 105.5% compared to the same period in 2021.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry – 56%, dairy - 17%, grain processing - 8%, bread and bakery - 4%, other industries - 15%.
Meat processing
These enterprises and workshops produced 6.2 thousand tons of meat in physical terms, an increase of 13.9% compared to the same period in 2021, the volume of sausage production amounted to 216 tons, an increase of 4.3%.
The workload of meat processing enterprises averaged 85.7% (in 2021 – 75.2%).
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 7.3 thousand tons, a decrease of 2.7% compared to the same level in 2021, 119 tons of butter were produced, an increase of 2.3 times, cheese and cottage cheese - 69 tons, a decrease of 16.9%, fermented milk products 592 tons, an increase of 10%.
The workload of milk processing enterprises amounted to 64.3% (in 2021 – 66.1%).
Processing of oilseeds
1.5 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced, a decrease of 13.2% compared to the same period in 2021.
Capacity utilization of oilseed processing enterprises averaged 37.8% (in 2021 – 43.5%).
Flour production
9.7 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, an increase of 40.8% compared to the same period in 2021.
The workload of flour production enterprises was 14.7% (in 2021 – 10.4%).
Development of the food belt around Nur-Sultan
As part of the development of the food belt, a 300-kilometer zone has been defined, which includes all 17 districts of the region.
Currently, 128 enterprises of our region are engaged in the supply of agricultural products, including 68 - livestock products (meat and meat products, milk and dairy products), 6 - poultry (poultry meat, edible egg), 54 - crop (flour, potatoes, vegetables, vegetable oil).
They supply their products to 5 trading markets, 29 trading houses, 10 shopping centers in the city of Nur-Sultan.
There is also a chain of stores "Akmol", where large agricultural producers of the region sell their products, such as "Capital Projects LTD" LLP, "Astana Agro Product" LLP, "Izhevsk" PC, "Gormolzavod" LLP, "Agrofirma Rodina" LLP, "MilkProject" LLP, etc.
Agricultural producers of the region supplied 2.6 thousand tons of dairy products (an increase of 3.7% by 2021), 1.8 thousand tons of meat and meat products (an increase of 4.4%), 16.7 million eggs (a decline of 13.3%) to the capital's market (as of 02/18/2022).