21.4 mil hectares to be seed in 2013 - Kazakh Agriculture Minister

ASTANA. April 2. KAZINFORM "The planting acreage will be 21.4 million hectares in 2013," Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov informed at the Governmental hour in Majilis.

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It must be stated that the data are close to real life, due to the strengthening of control over the past two years, including the use of satellite monitoring," informed A. Mamytbekov.

According to him, the spring sowing area will be 18.6 million hectares. 15.9 million hectares will be occupied for grain, including the wheat - 13 million hectares."