ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 29. Seven funding
initiatives within the agro-industrial advanced are set to be carried out
in Kazakhstan’s Almaty area in 2026, Development reviews by way of the Ministry of Agriculture
of Kazakhstan.
The full worth of the initiatives quantities to 44.6 billion tenge
($92.44 million). The initiatives are geared toward increasing
agricultural manufacturing, strengthening regional meals safety, and
creating new jobs. Their implementation is predicted to draw
additional funding into the agro-industrial sector, enhance
processing industries, and improve the competitiveness of
agricultural merchandise.
Various state applications are being carried out to help
agricultural producers. One among them is a lending program for
funding initiatives within the agro-industrial advanced, modeled on the
expertise of the North Kazakhstan area. This system supplies for
4 billion tenge ($8.29 million), with two initiatives already
financed.
Particularly, 1.5 billion tenge ($3.11 million) has been
allotted to Alfalfa LLP for the introduction of water-saving
applied sciences, whereas 2.5 billion tenge ($5.18 million) has been
directed to Asia Agro Meals JSC to broaden its corn processing
plant.
Moreover, 4 extra initiatives value 5 billion tenge ($10.36
million) are deliberate for implementation below this system in
2026.
In response to Dimash Sydykov, head of the Almaty area’s
agriculture division, attracting funding into the
agro-industrial sector stays one of many key priorities for
modernizing regional agriculture.
“The initiatives deliberate for this 12 months will enhance the manufacturing
capability of the agro-industrial advanced and introduce fashionable
applied sciences. This is not going to solely enhance output but in addition stimulate
the event of deep agricultural processing and job creation,”
Sydykov stated.
Moreover, throughout the framework of the “Funding Order”
initiative shaped by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Baiterek
Nationwide Holding, the potential for financing 26 initiatives value a
whole of 708.7 billion tenge ($1.47 billion) is below
consideration.
In 2025, investments within the agro-industrial advanced of the
Almaty area (excluding alcohol manufacturing) reached 178.2 billion
tenge ($369.34 million), exceeding the deliberate goal by reaching
145.4%. Initially, investments totaling 122.6 billion tenge
($254.10 million) had been projected.
Furthermore, below the permitted Roadmap, 14 initiatives value a complete
of 29 billion tenge ($60.10 million) had been carried out final 12 months.
These included 9 dairy farms, one greenhouse advanced, one fish
farm, one vegetable storage facility, one wafer manufacturing plant,
and one poultry farm.
The forex conversions are based mostly on the official alternate price
of 1 USD = 482.49 tenge, as of March 19, 2026.
