Agriculture
| After a disappointing year in 1997, the president dismissed in January, 1998 and his Minister of the agriculture, got accused of inefficiency. The grain crop was under the estimates, but it allows the country to export. In March, 1998, N. Nazarbaev announced the launch of a reform of the farming sector, which forecasts the grant of a patch of land to each inhabitant in rural zones. |
Farmland surface area:
| The areas under cultivation include arable lands and those with permanent crops. They represent 30,135,000 hectares in Kazakhstan. |
Number of farms:
Crops
Crop |
Yield (in Metric Tons) |
Surface (in hectares) |
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Wheat
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9,090,800
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10,047,300
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9,048
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Livestock
Species |
Headcount |
Ovine races
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9,776,000
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Cattle
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3,998,000
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Horses
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941,600
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Number of tractors:
Irrigated land (surface area):
Fishing
Yield in metric tons
Shellfish, mollusks and cephalopods |
Saltwater fish |
Almost non-existent production.
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27 Tm.
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Aquacultural yield in metric tons:
| 48,000 Tm (production of fishes of sweet waters). |
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