Kazakhstan may start Kashagan oil export through Azerbaijan in 2017. “Next year if market conditions change, we may start Kashagan oil transshipment through Azerbaijan”, Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said. Kashagan oil may be transported by Azerbaijan’s railways or pumped through Azerbaijan’s pipelines, Kazakh minister said. Kashagan is a large oil and gas field in…
According to regional agricultural departments, as of September 21, Kazakh agrarians harvested grains throughout 11.357 million ha, or 73.9% of the planned areas, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan declared. As of the reporting date, agrarians produced 16.974 million tons of grains, up by 6.7 million tons YoY. The average yield totaled…
Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Askar Myrzakhmetov banned sturgeon fishing in all the regions of the country, Agriculture Ministry said. This measure is aimed at combating the illegal fish trade. In order to combat the illegal fish trade, the Ministry of Agriculture plans to introduce a new automated information system, which will monitor…
According to official data, as of September 19, grain crops had been threshed from 10526.3 thousand ha, which was 68.5% of the plan. 15719.3 KMT was harvested with the average yield of 1.49 MT/ha. On the same date of 2015, 9546.4 KMT of grain had been harvested from 8279.5 thousand ha with the average yield…
The First Vice Minister of Agriculture Kairat Aituganov reported on the progress of harvest campaign in Kazakhstan. “Kazakhstan has already cropped more than 16 million tons of grain”, Aituganov said at the session of the Government. According to him, the total grain crops harvested so far exceeded 16.5 million tons, i. e. 72% of the…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has discussed with his Kazakh counterpart Erlan Idrissov prospects for development of transport connection between the two countries, the Ukrainian foreign ministry’s press service reports. “The ministers stressed that one of the top priority tasks for the further development of the Ukrainian-Kazakh cooperation was an increase in transport capacity, in…
Organized by the World Bank, the Central Asia Water Future Forum and Expo is being held in the Kazakh city of Almaty on September 19-22. The event has reportedly brought together over 200 policy makers and practitioners from governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, the international community of water practitioners, as well…