Socio - economic development of agriculture in Akmola region
in January - February 2023
The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
The gross output of agricultural products in Akmola region in January - February 2023 amounted to 51,833.7 million tenge (IFO - 106.8%), including: crop production - 537.3 million tenge (IFO - 100%), animal husbandry - 51,291.8 million tenge (IFO - 106.9%).
In total, there are 9169 agro-formations operating in the region, including: 1996 - legal entities (JSC, LLP, GP, PC), 774 - individual entrepreneurs, 6399 - peasant farms.
Investments in fixed assets of agriculture in January - February 2023 amounted to 8.2 billion tenge or 84.7% compared to the same period in 2022 (a decrease in the indicator due to a decrease in the number of purchased agricultural machinery).
Investments in fixed assets in food production in January - February 2023 amounted to 3.6 billion tenge or 65.1% compared to the same period in 2022.
The number of employed people in agriculture in the region is 27% of the total number of employed (total employed - 422.3 thousand people, including in agriculture - 114 thousand people).
The average salary in the agricultural sector for 2022 amounted to 227.2 thousand tenge with an increase of 29% compared to the level of 2021 (for the 4th quarter of 2022 - 251.9 thousand tenge with an increase of 32.1%).
State support of the agro-industrial complex
In 2023, the volume of state support to the agricultural sector in the form of subsidies amounts to 45.6 billion tenge, including in the following areas:
- for subsidizing the crop industry - 12.9 billion tenge (pesticides - 9 103.7 million tenge, fertilizers - 3 171.4 million tenge, seeds - 617.5 million tenge);
- 5 billion tenge has been allocated for subsidizing animal husbandry;
- for investment investments, subsidizing processing, guaranteeing and insuring loans - 17.7 billion tenge (investment subsidies - 16627.7 million tenge, subsidizing the costs of processing enterprises - 1,025.9 million tenge, subsidizing within the framework of guaranteeing and insuring loans - 83.5 million tenge);
- to reimburse the interest rate on loans and leasing - 10 billion tenge.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January - February 2023, SHTP purchased 208 units of equipment in the amount of 8.6 billion tenge, including:
- combine harvesters - 14 units in the amount of 2.4 billion tenge;
- tractors - 48 units worth 3.5 billion tenge;
- seeders - 30 units in the amount of 95 million tenge;
- sowing complexes - 15 units in the amount of 0.3 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 101 units worth 2.3 billion tenge.
Animal husbandry
The total number of cattle in all categories of farms in the region as of March 1, 2023 is 495.8 thousand heads (99.8% compared to the same period in 2022), including the number of cows - 228.6 thousand heads (99.9%).
The number of horses was 247.7 thousand heads (108.8%), poultry - 9,629.2 thousand heads (107.2%).
The number of sheep and goats was 664.2 thousand heads (104.6%), pigs - 83.3 thousand heads (83.9%).
The region produced 33.5 thousand tons of live meat (110.3%), 35.1 thousand tons of milk (100.5%), chicken eggs - 110.4 million pieces (99.5%).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
In 2023, it is planned to implement 47 investment projects totaling 48 billion tenge, including:
- 10 projects for the construction of granaries in the amount of 4.1 billion tenge;
- 11 projects to create an ITF in the amount of 9.2 billion tenge;
- 5 projects for the creation of meat farms totaling 0.7 billion tenge;
- 9 projects for processing agricultural products totaling 5.2 billion tenge;
- 4 projects for the construction of poultry farms totaling 19.5 billion tenge;
- 5 irrigation projects totaling 5.5 billion tenge;
- 2 projects on vegetable storage facilities totaling 3.5 billion tenge;
- 1 project for the construction of a fattening pad in the amount of 0.3 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 101.4 thousand tons per year (in 2022, a large high-tech plant for processing oilseeds of Bota-2015 LLP with a capacity of 600 tons of raw materials per day was launched, the output of finished products is 54 thousand tons).
In January – February 2023, food products worth 32.8 billion tenge were produced (an increase of 4.5% compared to the same period in 2022).
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry - 52%, dairy - 13%, grain processing - 14%, bread and bakery - 3%, other industries - 18%.
Meat processing
These enterprises and workshops produced 14.6 thousand tons of meat in kind with an increase of 8.1% compared to the same period in 2022, the volume of sausage production amounted to 284 tons, a decrease of 51.9%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 12.7 thousand tons, a decrease of 9.6% compared to the level of 2022, butter produced 317 tons with an increase of 49.5%, cheese and cottage cheese - 213 tons with an increase of 30.3%, fermented milk products - 1148 tons with a decrease of 9.1%.
Processing of oilseeds
4.9 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced, an increase of 48.6% compared to the same period in 2022.
Flour production
35.3 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, an increase of 7.7% compared to the same period in 2022.