The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
The gross output of agricultural products in the Akmola region in January - April 2024 amounted to 106,118.9 million tenge (IFO – 99.5%), including: crop production – 983.8 million tenge (IFO - 100%), animal husbandry – 105,122.4 million tenge (IFO – 99.5%).
In total, there are 9361 active agricultural formations in the region, including: 1923 - legal entities, 695 - individual entrepreneurs, 6743 - peasant farms.
Investments in fixed assets of agriculture in January-April 2024 amounted to 27.1 billion tenge or 107.8% compared to the same period in 2023.
Investments in fixed assets in food production in January - April 2024 amounted to 2.2 billion tenge or 52.2% compared to the same period in 2023 (due to a decrease in capital investments in processing enterprises).
The number of employed people in agriculture in the region is 21.8% of the total number of employed (total employed – 406 thousand people, including in agriculture – 88.4 thousand people (according to the results of the 1st quarter of 2024).
The average salary in the agricultural sector for the 1st quarter of 2024 amounted to 207 thousand tenge with an increase of 6.9% compared to the same period in 2023.
State support of the agro-industrial complex
Subsidizing the agro-industrial complex
In 2024, the volume of state support to the agro-industrial complex in the form of subsidies amounts to 47.9 billion tenge, including in the following areas:
-for subsidizing the crop industry - 13.6 billion tenge (pesticides – 7,559.0 million tenge, fertilizers – 5,048.9 million tenge, seeds - 617.5 million tenge, priority crops – 400 million tenge);
-for subsidizing livestock production - 5.4 billion tenge;
-financial instruments – KZT 27.9 billion (investment subsidies – KZT 14,091.1 million, reimbursement of interest rates on loans and leasing – KZT 11,667.2 million, within the framework of loan guarantee and insurance – KZT 2,129.9 million);
- for subsidizing deep processing - 0.9 billion tenge.
Crop production
According to the preliminary structure, the area of spring sowing will amount to 5.3 million hectares, of which cereals - 4.6 million hectares, oilseeds - 400 thousand hectares. The area of forage crops will amount to 340 thousand hectares, potato planting
in organized formations, it is planned
to cover an area of 4.7 thousand hectares, vegetables - over 2 thousand hectares.
To date, sowing has been carried out on an area of 1.5 million hectares, or 29% of the plan.
- cereals and leguminous crops - on an area of 1229 thousand hectares or 26.7% of the plan;
- oilseeds - 184.7 thousand hectares or 46.2%;
- forage crops - 123.9 thousand hectares or 69.6%;
- potatoes in organized formations - by 2.8 thousand hectares or 60.4%, vegetables - by 290 hectares or 91.1%.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January-March 2024, SHTP purchased 248 units of equipment in the amount of 8.8 billion tenge (in January-March 2023 - 366 units for 16.7 billion tenge), including:
- combine harvesters - 23 units in the amount of 2.9 billion tenge;
- tractors - 81 units in the amount of 3.9 billion tenge;
- seeders - 57 units in the amount of 81.6 million tenge;
- sowing complexes - 5 units for 0.5 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 82 units worth 1.4 billion tenge.
Animal husbandry
In January - April 2024, the region produced meat in live weight – 65.4 thousand tons (98.2%), milk – 90.1 thousand tons (102.2%), chicken eggs – 219.8 million pieces (97.1%).
As of May 1, 2024, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms is 482.2 thousand heads (98.1% compared to the same period in 2023), including the number of cows - 204.7 thousand heads (102.7%).
The number of horses amounted to 286.4 thousand heads (98.8%), birds – 9520.1 thousand heads (98.9%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 728.6 thousand heads (95%), pigs – 65.2 thousand heads (71.6%).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
In 2024, 41 investment projects for a total of 84.8 billion tenge are planned to be implemented in the agro-industrial complex, including:
- 7 projects for the construction of granaries for 2.8 billion tenge;
- 11 MTF construction projects worth 43.5 billion tenge;
- 6 projects for the construction of meat farms worth 0.7 billion tenge;
-1 poultry farm construction project for 12 billion tenge;
-1 project for the construction of a warehouse for the storage of liquid fertilizers for 0.6 billion tenge;
- 8 projects for processing agricultural products worth 18.2 billion tenge;
- 6 irrigation projects worth 6.1 billion tenge;
- 1 feed production project in the amount of 0.8 billion tenge.
Implemented investment projects
As of 05/23/2024, 9 projects worth 22.6 billion tenge have been implemented:
- 1 project for the construction of a meat farm - LLP "SHP Makinskoe" for 600 heads of horses for 330 million tenge (in the Birzhan Sal area);
- 1 project for processing agricultural products - LLP "Kazger KUS" (feed mill) with a capacity of 720 tons for 127.2 million tenge (in the Birzhan Sal area);
- 1 poultry meat processing project - IL Tov LLP with a capacity of 346 thousand tons worth 3.5 billion tenge (in the city of Kosshy);
- 1 project for the construction of MTF - AF Rodina LLP for 1000 heads in the amount of 2.2 billion tenge (in the Tselinograd district);
- 1 poultry farm construction project - Ak - Dala Agro LLP for 6 thousand tons for 12 billion tenge (in Arshaly district);
- 1 grain processing project - AVM AGRO LLP with a capacity of 31200 tons for 3800 million tenge (in the Shortandinsky district);
- 1 irrigation project - Zelenoe - 1 LLP for 302 hectares for 0.5 billion tenge (in the Astrakhan region);
- 1 MTF construction project - in Sandyktau district: Karlygash farm for 50 heads in the amount of 42 million tenge;
- 1 project for the construction of granaries - Tyn Zher 18 LLP with a capacity of 100 tons per hour in the amount of 140 million tenge (in the Akkol district).
Development of the food belt around Astana
As part of the development of the food belt, a 300-kilometer zone has been defined, which includes 17 districts of the region.
Currently, 130 enterprises of the region are engaged in the supply of agricultural products on an ongoing basis, including 68 - livestock products (meat and meat products, milk and dairy products), 8 - poultry (poultry meat, edible egg), 54 - crop production (flour, potatoes, vegetables, vegetable oil).
The products are sold in 44 major retail outlets of the capital, such as Magnum, Astykzhan, Small and markets - Eurasia, Alem, Shapagat, etc.
Processing of agricultural products
Akmola region has:
- 16 meat processing enterprises with a production capacity of 128.9 thousand tons per year;
- 15 dairy production enterprises with a production capacity of 149.0 thousand tons per year;
- 29 flour milling enterprises with a production capacity of 1033.6 thousand tons per year;
- 8 oilseed processing plants with a production capacity of 138.0 thousand tons per year.
In January-April 2024, food products worth 79.3 billion tenge were produced with an increase of 3.9% compared to the same period in 2023.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry – 46%, dairy – 13.5%, vegetable oil - 12%, grain processing - 9.0%, bread and bakery – 2.0%, other industries – 17.5%.
Meat processing
Meat processing enterprises and workshops produced 27.9 thousand tons of meat in kind with a decrease of 3.5% compared to the same period in 2023, the volume of sausage production amounted to 1,065 tons with a decrease of 10.8%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 35.6 thousand tons with an increase of 25.2% compared to the same level in 2023, 713 tons of butter were produced with an increase of 0.1%, cheese and cottage cheese - 557 tons with an increase of 45.4%, fermented dairy products - 2791 tons with an increase of 0.4%.
Processing of oilseeds
28.5 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced with an increase of 53.7% compared to the same period in 2023.
Flour production
76.4 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, an increase of 0.5% compared to the same period in 2023.