Today, a press conference was held at the Central Communications Service under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the topic of “Control over the rational use of land resources”. Murat Temirzhanov, Head of the Land Resources Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, announced the results of the work being carried out within the framework of the instruction of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the return of land. In his Address of September 2022, the Head of State set the task of returning 10 million hectares of land that were unused or illegally transferred. 12.1 million hectares of land were returned to the state fund. 4,731 unscheduled inspections were carried out on an area of ​​​​9.4 million hectares.
“Land degradation remains one of the most pressing issues. Today, about 30 million hectares of land suffer from erosion and other negative processes. The Unified Soil Cluster Service was created to work in this area.
The creation of digital agricultural maps on an area of ​​205 million hectares has been completed.
In addition, a draft law on soil will be developed in 2024. protection issue has been submitted to Parliament, which will establish the foundations of state policy to preserve the quality of the soil and prevent its degradation," the speaker said, noting that over the past three years, extensive work has been carried out aimed at the efficient use of land. land resources.
Legislative measures have been taken, soil and geobotanical studies have been completed, a digital database of agricultural lands has been created.
Work in this direction will continue. Combating land degradation, developing carbon farming, introducing innovative technologies and strengthening international cooperation remain priority tasks.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/moa/press/news/details/925375