President: Kazakhstan is an agro-industrial country

UST-KAMENOGORSK. June 19. KAZINFORM /Lyudmila Malko/ - Today commenting on the address of KazAgro CEO Assymzhan Mamytbekov, President Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized that agricultural sector has never received proper attention. ?We shall make a powerful boost in this sector.

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The demand for food products is increasing worldwide. We are going to rapidly develop food production. We can increase the crop area by adding 6-7 million hectares and enhance the performance of rural labor», - the President stated. «Kazakhstan is an agro-industrial country, and this is a winning branch, and I would like to draw the attention of foreign and Kazakhstani business to this fact?, -Nursultan Nazarbayev noted. According to the KazAgro CEO, ?owing to the strong state support of the agro-industrial complex, it did not suffer much from the global downturn, and this year the acreage has been increased by 1,6 million hectares».