Kazakhstan expects grain harvest growth
08:39, 8 June 2009
ST. PETERSBURG. June 8. KAZINFORM /Yelena Myagkova/ This year Kazakhstan has increased crop acres by 700,000 ha and expects growth of grain harvest. Kazakhstan Deputy Minister of Agriculture Arman Yevniyev has announced it at the World Grain Forum.
According to him, this year the crop acres of Kazakhstan have been increased by 700,000 ha and make up 16.5 mln ha. ?Last year there were gathered 16.5 mln tons of grain. This year there will be more grain harvest than the last year one. We will hope on it?, he stated.