Socio-economic development of agriculture in Akmola region in January-October 2022
The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
The gross output of agricultural products in Akmola region in January - October 2022 amounted to 973,590.8 million tenge (IFO - 118.8%), including: crop production - 708,099.6 million tenge (127.7%), animal husbandry - 264,228.7 million tenge (IFO - 100.3%).
In total, there are 8891 agroformations operating in the region, including: 1949 - legal entities (JSC, LLP, GP, PC), 842 - individual entrepreneurs, 6100 - peasant farms.
Labor productivity in agriculture for the 1st half of 2022 amounted to 844.3 thousand tenge or 107.3% compared to the same period in 2021.
Investments in fixed assets in agriculture in January - October 2022 amounted to 82.4 billion tenge or 85.7% compared to the same period last year.
Investments in fixed assets in food production in January-October 2022 amounted to 18.5 billion tenge, which is 2.7 times more than last year.
Exports of agricultural products in January - August 2022 amounted to $250.4 million, or 110.5% compared to the same period in 2021.
The number of employed population in agriculture of the region is 28.9% of the total number of employed (total employed - 398.2 thousand people, including in agriculture - 115.1 thousand people).
The average salary in the agricultural sector in January - September of this year amounted to 217.3 thousand tenge with an increase of 28.6% compared to the same period last year (for the 3rd quarter of 2022 - 269.4 thousand tenge with an increase of 37.1%).
State support of the agro-industrial complex
For 2022, the volume of state support for the agricultural sector amounted to about 52.6 billion tenge.
-15.5 billion tenge has been allocated for subsidizing the crop production industry (10 551.2 million tenge to increase the availability of agricultural products, 3,171.4 million tenge to subsidize the cost of fertilizers, 789 million tenge to support seed production, subsidizing reimbursement of expenses incurred by the national company in the field of agro-industrial complex during the sale of food grains to regulate the impact on the domestic market - 289.6 million tenge, for subsidizing the development of production of priority crops - 700 million tenge).
-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.
5 billion tenge has been allocated for the implementation of these directions.
For investment investments and subsidizing processing - 20.3 billion tenge (investment investments - 19 285.9 million tenge, for subsidizing costs to processing enterprises - 997.8 million tenge).
Financial recovery and reimbursement of the interest rate on leasing
- 10.3 billion tenge (financial recovery - 43.5 million tenge, reimbursement of the interest rate on leasing - 10 311.0 million tenge).
Crop production
This year, the region has carried out spring sowing of agricultural crops on an area of 52.7 thousand hectares, including: grain and leguminous crops are located on an area of 4662.6 thousand hectares, oilseeds - 366.7 thousand hectares, fodder crops - 206.7 thousand hectares.
Potato planting, taking into account the population, was carried out on an area of 14.5 thousand hectares and vegetables - on 2.2 thousand hectares.
Harvesting (according to operational information)
Grain and leguminous crops were threshed 4662.6 thousand hectares or 100% of the harvesting area, 5455.2 thousand tons of grain were harvested with an average yield of 11.7 kg/ha.
Harvesting of oilseeds was carried out on an area of 368.3 thousand hectares or 100.4% of the planned area (the plan is 366.7 thousand hectares), the gross harvest of oilseeds is 240.7 thousand tons with an average yield of 6.5 kg/ha.
Potato harvesting was completed on an area of 15 thousand hectares (103%), the gross harvest amounted to 202.2 thousand tons with an average yield of 135.2 kg/ha.
Vegetable harvesting has been completed on an area of 2.4 thousand hectares or 105.6% of the plan, the gross harvest of vegetables is 28.3 thousand tons with an average yield of 119.6 kg/ha.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January - October 2022, SHTP purchased 1,665 units of equipment worth 64.1 billion tenge, including:
- combine harvesters - 282 units in the amount of 28.7 billion tenge;
- tractors - 409 units worth 15.7 billion tenge;
- seeders - 223 units in the amount of 0.3 billion tenge;
- sowing complexes - 83 units in the amount of 5.2 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 668 units worth 14.2 billion tenge.
8.7 thousand units of combine harvesters took part in harvesting this year, of which 4.4 thousand were modern high-performance combines, as well as 2.5 thousand harvesters.
Animal husbandry
According to statistics, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms in the region as of November 1, 2022 is 477.2 thousand heads (101.3% compared to the same period in 2021), including the number of cows - 234.8 thousand heads (100.5%).
The number of horses amounted to 243.1 thousand heads (109.7%), birds - 8,932.8 thousand heads (95%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 605 thousand heads (104%), pigs - 75.4 thousand heads (80.7%).
The region produced meat in live weight of 154.6 thousand tons (101.2%), milk - 354.4 thousand tons (100.7%), chicken eggs - 616.5 million pieces (92.8%).
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 of cattle.
As of November 22 this year, 111 farms for 6,060 heads have been created.
As part of the development of dairy farming in 2022, it is planned to create 11 farms for 2,4 thousand heads, while 10 farms for 1,118 heads have been implemented, 2 farms for 1,100 heads are in operation.
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
As part of the development of the Food belt around Astana in 2022, it is planned to implement 34 investment projects totaling 34.9 billion tenge (with the creation of 424 jobs), including:
-1 project for the construction of a fattening pad in the amount of 1.5 billion tenge;
-8 projects on dairy farming in the amount of 3.4 billion tenge;
-6 projects on meat animal husbandry in the amount of 1.2 billion tenge;
-2 projects for processing agricultural products in the amount of 3.9 billion tenge;
-8 projects for the construction of granaries in the amount of 3.3 billion tenge;
-1 project for the construction of vegetable storages in the amount of 0.4 billion tenge;
-7 projects on irrigation of fields in the amount of 4 billion tenge;
-1 project for the development of poultry farming in the amount of 17.2 billion tenge.
Processing of agricultural products
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 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 - October 2022, food products worth 147.3 billion tenge were produced.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry - 52.4%, dairy - 15.7%, grain processing - 13.5%, bread and bakery - 3%, other industries - 15.4%.
Meat processing
Meat processing enterprises and workshops produced 68.4 thousand tons of meat in kind with an increase of 0.7% compared to the same period in 2021, the volume of sausage production amounted to 3.2 thousand tons with an increase of 27.8%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 68.9 thousand tons with a decrease of 16.1% to the same level in 2021, 1.4 thousand tons of butter were produced with a decrease of 0.3%, cheese and cottage cheese - 1 thousand tons with a decrease of 26.9%, fermented milk products - 5.9 thousand tons with an increase of 10.5%.
Processing of oilseeds
Vegetable oil was produced 17.2 thousand tons with an increase of 13.7% compared to the same period in 2021.
Flour production
Produced fine flour 198.4 thousand tons with an increase of 53.4% compared to the same period in 2021.