BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 14. Kazakhstan expects to implement 800 agricultural projects with a total investment value of 2.6 trillion Kazakh tenge (around $5.6 billion) by 2025, Yerbol Karashukeev, Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, said, Trend reports, citing the press service of the PM.
The statement was at the extended meeting of the government.
By the end of 2022, a total of 237 projects worth 295 billion Kazakh tenge ($634.3 million) is expected to be completed.
As of today, 227 projects with a value of 214 billion Kazakh tenge ($460.1 million), an equivalent of 96 percent of the plan, have been successfully implemented.
The minister also highlighted that the Government is working on expanding the capacity of vegetable stores in the country. To meet the existing demand, additional vegetable stores, with a capacity of 135,000 tons, will be built.