Socio - economic development of agriculture in Akmola region in January - June 2024
The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
Gross agricultural output in the Akmola region in January - June 2024 amounted to 152,228.4 million tenge (IFO – 100.8%), including: crop production – 1,315.6 million tenge (IFO - 100%), animal husbandry – 150,869.7 million tenge (IFO – 100.8%).
In total, there are 8976 active agricultural formations in the region, including: 1912 - legal entities, 554 - individual entrepreneurs, 6510 - peasant farms.
Investments in fixed assets of agriculture in January-June 2024 amounted to 33.3 billion tenge or 78.4% compared to the same period in 2023.
Investments in fixed assets in food production in January - June 2024 amounted to 4.15 billion tenge or 79.6% compared to the same period in 2023 (due to a decrease in capital investments in processing enterprises).
Exports of agricultural products in January – May 2024 amounted to 107.9 million US dollars, or 65.1% compared to the same period in 2023 (in January - May 2023 - 165.7 million US dollars).
(in physical terms - 416.0 thousand tons or 77.2%, in January - May 2023 – 539.1 thousand tons).
The share of processed products in the total volume of agricultural exports is 18.7% (71.1 thousand tons per 20.1 million US dollars).
(statistical data for 6 months will be published after August 15 this year).
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 46.5 billion tenge, including in the following areas:
-for subsidizing the crop industry - 15.5 billion tenge (pesticides – 9,436.5 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 24.7 billion (investment subsidies – KZT 15,913.5 million, reimbursement of interest rates on loans and leasing – KZT 8,667.2 million, within the framework of loan guarantee and insurance – KZT 90.2 million);
- for subsidizing deep processing - 0.9 billion tenge.
Crop production
The region has been sown on an area of 5.4 million hectares.
- cereals and leguminous crops - on an area of 4603.2 thousand. ga;
- oilseeds – 268.7 thousand. ga;
- forage crops – 503.5 thousand hectares (including grasses of previous years);
- potatoes - by 7.8 thousand hectares, vegetables - by 1.5 thousand hectares.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January – June 2024, SHTP purchased 630 units of equipment worth 17.3 billion tenge, including:
- combine harvesters - 41 units worth 4.9 billion tenge;
- tractors - 182 units worth 7.2 billion tenge;
- seeders - 169 units in the amount of 270.0 million tenge;
- sowing complexes - 9 units per 1 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 229 units in the amount of 3.9 billion tenge.
Animal husbandry
In January - May 2024, the region produced meat in live weight – 81.9 thousand tons (97.4%), milk - 128.2 thousand tons (102.2%), chicken eggs – 281.2 million pieces (97.4%).
As of June 1, 2024, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms is 484.3 thousand heads (97.4% compared to the same period in 2023), including the number of cows - 198.8 thousand heads (100.8%).
The number of horses amounted to 302 thousand heads (98.1%), birds – 9557.2 thousand heads (96.8%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 760.2 thousand heads (95.4%), pigs – 69.3 thousand heads (73.4%).
(statistical data for 6 months will be published after July 29 this year).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
In 2024, 41 investment projects for a total of 76.8 billion tenge are planned to be implemented in the agro-industrial complex, including:
- 6 projects for the construction of granaries for 2.2 billion tenge;
- 11 MTF construction projects worth 43.5 billion tenge;
- 6 projects for the construction of meat farms for 0.8 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;
- 9 projects for processing agricultural products worth 10.8 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 07/23/2024, 12 projects worth 29.3 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 0.4 billion tenge (in the Shortandy 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 Akkol district);
- 1 project for the construction of a warehouse for the storage of liquid fertilizers - Zhuravlevka - 1 LLP for 3000 sq. m. m for 600 million tenge (Bulandyn district);
- 1 project for the construction of MTF - En-Dala LLP for 1,498 heads in the amount of 8.2 billion tenge (Tselinograd district);
- 1 agricultural processing project - Garanti Export LLP with a capacity of up to 5 tons per hour in the amount of 1.2 billion tenge (in the city of Kokshetau);
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-June 2024, food products worth 120.4 billion tenge were produced with an increase of 104% compared to the same period in 2023.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry – 46.6%, dairy – 20.6%, vegetable oil – 11.6%, grain processing – 10.3%, bread and bakery – 2.0%, other industries – 9.2%.
Meat processing
Meat processing enterprises and workshops produced 45.0 thousand tons of meat in kind with a decrease of 7.1% compared to the same period in 2023, the volume of sausage production amounted to 1,568 tons with a decrease of 12.7%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 57.7 thousand tons with an increase of 22.5% compared to the same level in 2023, 1,126 tons of butter were produced with a decrease of 2.6%, cheese and cottage cheese - 922 tons with an increase of 21.9%, fermented dairy products - 4,154 tons with an increase of 0.7%.
Processing of oilseeds
38.8 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced with an increase of 32.6% compared to the same period in 2023.
Flour production
107.2 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, an increase of 3.6% compared to the same period in 2023.