Tajikistan ramps up meat production
In January-August 2025, Tajikistan produced 164,055 tons of meat from cattle and small ruminants. This is 10.3% more against the same period in 2024, Khovar reports.
According to the national statistics agency, production of cattle and small ruminant meat increased in the farms of Khatlon region – by 11.9%, Sogd region – by 11.6%, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast – by 2.3% and in the farms of cities of districts of republican subordinance – by 5.0%.
“Poultry meat production in the reporting period made 29,104 tons, that is 0.2% more than in the same period of 2024. Increase in poultry meat production is observed in Sogd region – by 14.2% reaching 13,582 tons, in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast – by 12.6% reaching 64 tons. In Khatlon region, this indicator made 6,439 tons decreasing by 5.2%, and 9,019 tons in the cities and districts of republican subordinance having reduced by 12.4%,” the agency says.
Earlier, Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov said that Kazakhstan would achieve full self-sufficiency in chicken meat by 2027 through domestic production.