19 million ha of area sown in Kazakhstan in spring 2019

AKIPRESS.COM - The area of ​​spring sowing this year amounted to 19 million hectares in Kazakhstan, Vice Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov told a briefing today.
About 2.5 million tons of seeds were sown in 2019.
The Vice Minister said the Ministry of Agriculture in cooperation with the Akimat of North Kazakhstan region developed a "Northern Soya" program on diversification of production.
The program is aimed at assisting agricultural producers in production of soybeans in the northern regions. In general, implementation of the program will help increase the area of ​​soybean crops to 1.5 million hectares in 5 years, increase crop yields to 30 centners per hectare, increase the gross yield to 3.2 million tons, load processing capacities, which, in turn, will increase exports, create new jobs and enhance productivity.
"The relevant work has been done, all planned measures for sowing of 1.6 million hectares have been fulfilled, the problems with wages and taxes have been solved. All shareholders will receive their dividends in 2019," he said.
An important role in increasing the fleet of vehicles was played by government support measures in the form of investment subsidies and subsidies for interest rates on equipment leasing.
Saparov also noted positive prerequisites for the volume of the future harvest.