Agreements are being made with investors on the construction of a third sugar factory in the Zhetysu region. As a result, it will be possible to process up to 1 million tons of sugar beet. This was stated by the regional governor Beibut Isabayev during an extended interview with representatives of the regional media in the studio of the "Jetisy" TV channel, - the press service of the Zhetysu region governor reports.
- This year, modernization work will be carried out at the Koksu sugar factory for 60 million euros. As a result, the annual capacity of the factory will reach 500 thousand tons. And the capacity of the Aksu sugar factory is 350-400 thousand tons. So we already have the ability to process 800-900 thousand tons of beet. The fertile land of Zhetysu is sufficient. In addition, we will modernize irrigation systems and increase the volume of irrigated land. At that time, we have the opportunity to increase the volume of sugar beet to 1,000,000 tons. If we launch a third sugar factory, we will be able to fully process such a large product ourselves, - said B. Isabayev.
Let us recall that last year, 630 thousand tons of sugar beet were harvested from 13 thousand hectares of land in the Zhetysu region. This is the first abundant harvest since independence. The average figure was 450-500 centners per hectare. According to the akim of the region, it is clear that such a large figure is behind a very large amount of work. And the temporary difficulty in sales was caused by the situation of farmers in the Zhambyl region. 100 thousand tons of sugar beet were received from the Zhambyl region and sent for processing to the Aksu sugar factory.
Discussing this year's plans, the head of the region noted that much attention would be paid to the processing of agricultural products. For this purpose, work is underway with investors to build a poultry farm and a corn processing plant in the region.
In general, 65% of agricultural products produced in the region, such as sugar beet, corn, wheat, meat, and milk, are processed locally. Last year, the growth in agriculture was 3%.
Photographer: Zhenis Iskabay, as well as photos from the archive of the regional akim's press service.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/zhetysu-oblysy/press/news/details/940667