At a Government meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Olzhas Bektenov, the results of spring field work and issues of further development of the agro-industrial complex were considered. The regional akim, Murat Ergeshbayev, participated in the meeting via videoconference.
Following the Government meeting, the head of the region held a special meeting, during which he set a number of important tasks for the heads of responsible sectors.
— In recent years, the growing season in our region has been taking place under conditions of serious water resource shortages. In accordance with the instruction of the Head of State to optimize the areas under water-intensive agricultural crops, this year the rice sown area has been reduced by 10,900 hectares compared to last year and amounts to 70 thousand hectares. Work is underway on the freed-up areas to cultivate high-yield crops with lower water consumption. For the diversification of crop production and the introduction of water-saving technologies, financing of over 34 billion tenge has been allocated for the next three years, of which about 10 billion tenge has been allocated this year. In this regard, I instruct the development of a Roadmap for the diversification of sown areas until 2028, — noted Murat Nalkhozhaevich.
This year in the region, agricultural crops have been placed on an area of 185.8 thousand hectares, including rice sown on 70 thousand hectares and provided with irrigation. Furthermore, corn has been sown on 10 thousand hectares, and other grain crops on 9.7 thousand hectares.
To ensure efficient use of water resources, the area of land where moisture-saving technologies are applied has reached 14.2 thousand hectares. To reduce water losses, laser leveling has been carried out on 65 thousand hectares of rice checks.
Sustainable growth is also observed in the livestock sector. Today, livestock farming accounts for over 30 percent of the total volume of the region's agro-industrial complex products.
Since the beginning of the year, 11.7 thousand tons of meat and 13.4 thousand tons of milk have been produced in the region. To further increase production volumes, the implementation of two investment projects is planned. In particular, a poultry farm with a capacity of 3,500 tons of meat per year and a dairy farm will be commissioned.
Overall, the number of pedigree cattle in the region has reached 18.1 thousand head, pedigree sheep — 252.7 thousand head, horses — 3.3 thousand head, and camels — 700 head.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kyzylorda/press/news/details/1236050?lang=ru