Kazakh President visited Zhana Akdala enterprise in S Kazakhstan
MKENT. September 22. KAZINFORM. /Tatyana Pylayeva/ Head of the State Nursultan Nazarbayev has got familiarized with the work of "Zhana Akdala" enterprise in Arys municipality of South Kazakhstan region.
The enterprise successfully carried out the experiment on implementation of new agricultural technologies and creation of complete technological cycle - from cultivation to final processing. The project was launched in 2008. Today its crop area is 1 000 hectares. 700 ha is planted with tomatoes, 150 ha - with horticultural crops, the rest 150 ha - with other vegetables. "At present 200 people are employed in harvesting", Director of "Zhana Akdala" LLC Kairat Tazhitayev said.
This year the enterprise launched a tomato processing plant. Its capacity is 600 tons per day. 60 people work here.