Socio-economic development of agriculture
in Akmola region in January-May 2022
Crop production
This year, the region has carried out spring sowing of agricultural crops on an area of 5096.6 thousand hectares, including: grain and leguminous crops are located on an area of 4609.1 thousand hectares, oilseeds - 282.8 thousand hectares, fodder crops – 184.6 thousand hectares.
Potato planting, taking into account the population, was carried out on an area of 17.4 thousand hectares and vegetables - on 2.7 thousand hectares.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January-May 2022, SHTP purchased 727 units of equipment worth 20.6 billion tenge, including:
- combine harvesters - 71 units in the amount of 6.8 billion tenge;
- tractors - 174 units worth 6.4 billion tenge;
- seeders - 174 units in the amount of 254.3 million tenge;
- sowing complexes - 65 units in the amount of 3.4 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 243 units worth 3.7 billion tenge.
This year's sowing campaign involved about 14.8 thousand tractors, 16.4 thousand seeders and 1.4 thousand high-performance sowing complexes.
Creating farms
As part of the development of meat livestock in 2022, it is planned to create 104 farms with the purchase of 4.5 thousand heads.
As of June 17, this year, 19 farms for 1,392 heads were created (Akkol - 3 farms for 145 heads, Astrakhan - 2 farms for 184 heads, Bulandynsky - 3 farms for 79 heads, Yerementau - 3 farms for 477 heads, Zharkainsky - 2 farms for 74 heads, Zhaksynsky - 3 farms for 160 heads, Korgalzhynsky - 1 farm for 25 heads, Stepnogorsk - 2 farms for 248 heads), 10 farms for 618 heads are in operation.
As part of the development of dairy farming in 2022, it is planned to create 11 farms for 2,4 thousand heads, while 8 farms for 1,574 heads are in operation.
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
As part of the development of the Food Belt around Nur-Sultan, 44 investment projects worth 35.8 billion tenge (with the creation of 552 jobs) are planned for 2022, including:
- 3 - for the construction of fattening grounds and a slaughter house in the amount of 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.
-5 - processing of agricultural products in the amount of 6.6 billion tenge.
-10 - for the construction of granaries and potato storage facilities in the amount of 2.8 billion tenge.
-8 - for irrigation of fields in the amount of 5.7 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 year.
In January-May 2022, food products worth 65.9 billion tenge were produced (a decrease of 0.4% compared to the same period in 2021).
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry – 53.2%, dairy – 14.3%, grain processing – 14.2%, bread and bakery – 3.0%, other industries – 15.3%.
Meat processing
These enterprises and workshops produced 32.4 thousand tons of meat in physical terms, a decrease of 2.3% compared to the same period in 2021, the volume of sausage production amounted to 1.5 thousand tons, an increase of 31%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 34.2 thousand tons, a decrease of 18.3% compared to the level of 2021, butter produced 639 tons, an increase of 13.5%, cheese and cottage cheese – 338 tons, a decrease of 42.3%, fermented milk products 2.9 thousand tons, an increase of 4.6%.
Processing of oilseeds
6.3 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced, a decrease of 39.7% compared to the same period in 2021.
Flour production
97.3 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, an increase of 60.5% compared to the same period in 2021.
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 network of "Akmol" stores, where large agricultural producers of the region sell their products, such as "Capital Projects LTD" LLP, "Астана Агро Продукт " LLP, "Ижевский" PC, "Гормолзавод" LLP, "Агрофирма Родина" LLP, "MilkProject" LLP, etc.
Agricultural producers of the region delivered to the market of the capital (as of 06/17/2022) 61.6 thousand tons of dairy products (an increase of 1.0% compared to the same period in 2021), 13.9 thousand tons of meat and meat products (an increase of 1.0%), 105.2 million eggs (a decline of 8.8%).