President highly appraised tomato growing process in Ust-Kamenogorsk

The President highly appraised the process. The tomatoes are sold for KZT 150 per 1 kilogram in the public market, according to hothouse complex director Bolatbek Bariyev. Akim of East-Kazakhstan oblast Berdybek Saparbayev pointed out that trade in the region is conducted without intermediate parties. The average pay of the hothouse complex personnel amounts to KZT 58 thousand, and «they work with please», as they said. The construction of the hothouse complex started in 2007 and last year the first hectares were completed. The planned yield of tomatoes from the first 5 hectares from March till November will be 2 thousand tons. The investment project is financed by KazAgroFinance JSC.