D.e.s Dulambaeva R.T., Temerbulatova Z.S.

Kazakh National University named by Al-Farabi, Kazakhstan

Innovative development of the agricultural sector in the Republic of Kazakhstan

 

In Kazakhstan agriculture takes a huge role in the economy since ancient times. Today the development of agriculture and animal husbandry is one of the priorities of the development strategy.

"It is important to provide translation into path of innovation of agriculture. This is our traditional industry. Global demand for food will increase. In this sector goes more investment. Therefore, the current farmers have to take care of the growth of production, and not be content with brief developments related to the weather conditions,"- these words said the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev in his Missive "Kazakhstan's way - 2050: common goal, common interests, common future" and stressed the importance of innovation for agricultural development [1].

The role of agriculture in the economy of a country or region shows its structure and level of development. As indicators of the role of agriculture used the share of employment in agriculture among the economically active population, as well as the share of agriculture in the gross domestic product. These figures are quite high in most developing countries, where agriculture employs more than half of the economically active population. Agriculture goes the extensive way of development there, i.e. increase in production acreage expansion is achieved, increasing the number of livestock, increasing the number of people employed in agriculture [2].

Gross output of goods (services) of agriculture in January-October 2014 in the whole country totaled 2.0782 trillion tenge, which is less than in the corresponding period of the previous year by 2%.

Due to a decrease in crop production by 6.1%.

Table 1 - Gross output of goods (services) of agriculture in January-October 2014

mln. tenge

 

Gross output

thereof:

plant growing production

animal husbandry products

Kazakhstan

2078219,7

1124799,0

947778,1

Akmola region

209726,2

149918,5

59399,2

Aktobe region

101559,4

40588,7

60870,6

Almaty region

337745,2

170203,8

166789,6

Atyrau region

37462,6

12336,9

24812,6

West Kazakhstan region

70962,7

30343,4

40422,6

Jambyl region

132339,5

59767,8

72159,0

Karaganda region

119036,0

50798,5

67974,9

Kostanay region

192702,1

130619,7

61291,2

Kyzylorda region

47662,0

31791,4

15235,8

Mangystau region

6759,5

1075,9

5659,6

South Kazakhstan region

287810,6

170538,2

116168,3

Pavlodar region

86048,7

40486,1

45453,7

North Kazakhstan region

210221,2

137292,7

72771,1

East Kazakhstan region

234394,9

97242,9

136971,4

Astana

1578,4

1167,9

214,4

Almaty

2210,7

626,6

1584,1

Note - drawn up on the base of data of the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

 

 

Reduction in agricultural production in the republic in January-October 2014 is mainly due to a decrease in production in North Kazakhstan and Kostanay regions.

The main reason for the decline of production in these areas was a reduction in crop production in the North-Kazakhstan region by 18.2%, in Kostanay region at - 13.6% [3].

In Kazakhstan, as well as in a lot of developing countries are paying more attention to the innovative development of agriculture.

In 2013, the program "Agribusiness - 2020"  was adopted for the development of agriculture in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2013-2020. The program "Agribusiness - 2020" is aimed at improving the competitiveness of subjects of agriculture in the country and the development of the agro industrial complex of Kazakhstan as a whole.

The program has four main areas:

1. Financial recovery agribusiness entities;

2. Improving the economic availability of goods, works and services for agribusiness entities;

3. Development of public support systems agribusiness entities;

4. Improving the effectiveness of state regulation of AIC [4].

There is an ongoing research to improve the forms of agriculture, using methods of breeding and genetic engineering are derived new plant and animal species that are more resistant to pests, resilient, have a higher productive qualities.

Also there is existing agricultural methods and special technologies that mitigate, and sometimes even completely eliminate the negative factors. These include precision farming technology.

Agriculture also contributes an imbalance in nature. The major violations include: water pollution, deforestation and degradation of forest ecosystems, loss of natural habitat of many species of living organisms, and as a consequence of extinction and extinction of rare and other species, as well as a decrease in crop production of vitamins and trace elements in the production and accumulation as crops, livestock and harmful substances such as nitrates, hormones, pesticides, antibiotics and others.

Every year from the republican budget allocates funds aimed at the development of the agricultural sector. Today in the framework of program financing of "KazAgroInnovation" implemented 37 research projects. This research covers all major industry and agribusiness, agricultural regions of Kazakhstan. Among the research works should be noted project to study the resource-saving technologies in agriculture.

A study on the resource-saving technologies held in 12 regions of Kazakhstan, carried out in parallel spread of accumulated experience. As a result, every year in Kazakhstan to increase the area of application resource-saving technologies, reaching in 2013 more than 12 million hectares. According to experts of the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement, the approximate increase in yield of wheat from the use resource-saving technologies in the current year amounted to 720 thousand tons, or in terms of money - about $ 220 million.

In addition, among the very promising projects can be noted in studies in crop diversification and innovative technologies of cultivation of agricultural crops, the introduction of genomic selection in cattle and developing biological methods of plant protection [5].

The innovation process in the agricultural sector is a constant and continuous flow of technical and technological transformation of ideas into new technology or some of its components and bring them to use directly in the production in order to obtain a qualitatively new products.

 

References:

1. Missive from the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to the people of Kazakhstan. January 17, 2014, http://www.akorda.kz/ru/page/page_215750_poslanie-prezidenta-respubliki-kazakhstan-n-nazarbaeva-narodu-kazakhstana-17-yanvarya-2014-g

2. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, https://ru.wikipedia.org/ wiki / Selskoe_hozyaystvo

3. The Ministry of  National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Committee of Statistics, Express information "Gross output of goods (services) of agriculture in the Republic of Kazakhstan in January-October 2014", http://stat.gov.kz/faces/wcnav_externalId/homeNumbersAgriculture

4. The program for the development of agriculture in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2013-2020 “Agribusiness – 2020”, http://business.gov.kz/ru/business-support-programs/detail.php?ID=50944

5. The official website of the Ministry of Agriculture, http://mgov.kz/v-kazahstane-realizuyutsya-37-innovatsion/