President paid working visit to Izhevskoye village of Akmola region

Director General of the cooperative Ibragim Zhangorazov briefed the President on the work of the poultry farm.

The capacity of the enterprise is 40 thousand heads of broiler chicken. The products are supplied to the markets of Astana, Kokshetau, Akmola and Karaganda regions.

According to I.Zhangorazov, since the establishment of the Customs Union the enterprise has been provided with new export opportunities.

Later, the Head of State surveyed the farm machinery fleet.

"Governmental grants allowed us to purchase new vehicles from Canada. Thanks to the attention paid by the President to agricultural development we receive fuel for harvesting and sawing campaigns", field brigade leader Vitaliy Ivanov said.

The President visited a plant on production of compound animal feedstuff. The capacity of the plant is 480 tons per day. The technological process is fully computerized. The investments to the project totaled KZT 340 mln.

"Our plant is a result of cooperation of specialists from four states - Kazakhstan, Russia, Belgium and Germany. It is a unique plant", head of the zoo-technical laboratory Yelena Batyreva said.

Later the Head of State visited an egg candling station with the capacity of 336 thousand tons eggs per shift. The products are supplied to Akmola region.

The President also visited the staff canteen. It was repaired in 2010 and provided with modern equipment. Nursultan Nazarbayev had a dinner together with the staff of the cooperative there.

"13.5 thousand of young graduates have arrived in rural areas since the beginning of the campaign on attraction of young specialists to villages. We need to revive our villages. We will finish the realization of "100 schools, 100 hospitals" program soon. It means that rural residents will have a chance to receive qualitative education and medical care. The main purpose of the state policy is welfare of all Kazakhstanis", the President said.

At the end of his visit the President surveyed the local House of Culture.

Izhevskoye village is located 40 km away from Astana. Representatives of 27 ethnic groups live there.