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Kazakhstan bans grain exports as drought worsens

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ALMATY/JULY 19 2021 (The Bulletin) — With a drought that has destroyed crops and wiped out livestock in much of Western Kazakhstan continuing, the Kazakh government said that it was limiting the export of barley and wheat which are used for animal feed (July 19). The initial ban on the export of barley and wheat is for six months although analysts have said it could last longer.

Activists have criticised the government for not doing enough to help farmers deal with the drought and have been posting pictures of dead and heavily emaciated horses in the arid west of the country.

Earlier this month, Kazakhstan declared the drought an emergency and Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev then fired Saparkhan Omarov, the agriculture minister, for failing to help farmers.

Kazakhstan is the largest grain producer in the Central Asia region.

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— This story was published in issue 493 of the Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin, on July 22 2021

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Grain harvest to drop in Kazakhstan

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JUNE 20 2017 (The Bulletin) — Kazakhstan expects its grain harvest to drop to between 17m tonnes and 18m tonnes this year compared to 20.6m tonnes last year, media reported quoting agriculture minister Askar Myrzakhmetov. Grain has become an increasingly important commodity for Kazakhstan over the past decade. A crop of around 18m tonnes is roughly the mean amount that Kazakhstan expects to harvest. In 2009, it har- vested nearly 23m tonnes of grain.

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(News report from Issue No. 334, published on June 26 2017)

 

Kazakhstan’s wheat shipment arrives in Vietnam

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MARCH 9 2017 (The Conway Bulletin) — The first shipment of wheat from Kazakhstan reached Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam on March 4, the website of Kazakh PM Bakytzhan Sagintayev said. At a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City, the Kazakh ambassador to Vietnam said part of the importance of the shipment of wheat reaching Vietnam was to test the transit route from Central Asia, across China and down to south-east Asia.

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(News report from Issue No. 320, published on March 13 2017)

Grain exports rise in Kazakhstan

DEC. 20 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) — Kazakhstan has exported 7.9m tonnes of grain this so far this year, Kazakh deputy agriculture minister Kairat Aituganov said at a press conference, a 12% increase on 2015. Grain is an increasingly important part of the Kazakh economy. Overall, Mr Aituganov said that agricultural production in Kazakhstan had increased this year by 4.5%.

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(News report from Issue No. 310, published on Dec. 23 2016)

Kazakh equity firm to invest in grain processing

APRIL 8 2016 (The Conway Bulletin) – Verny Capital, a Kazakh private equity firm, said it will invest around $100m in the grain processing sector. Yerlan Ospanov, the company’s CEO, said the investment is aimed at seizing market share. “We will produce gluten, sugar; glucose syrup, molasses,” Mr Ospanov said. The company did not specify the details of the investment.

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(News report from Issue No. 276, published on  April 15 2016)

Turkmenistan exports wheat to Afghanistan

DEC. 14 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – After visiting Ashgabat for talks with Turkmen leader Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he would buy 200,000 tonnes of wheat from Turkmenistan for the 2015-16 season. The deal would make Turkmenistan one of the main exporters of wheat to Afghanistan.

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(News report from Issue No. 261, published on Dec. 20 2015)

 

Demand for crop monitoring kit rises in Kazakhstan

NOV. 18 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) — Cyprus-registered New Science Technologies, which sells satellite crop monitoring equipment, said that demand for its products is growing in Kazakhstan and that it has had to build new capacity. Kazakhstan has increased its grain harvest considerably over the past few years. Kazakhstan’s wheat fields are vast and need satellite technology to monitor.

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(News report from Issue No. 257, published on Nov. 20 2015)

 

Grain harvest rise in Kazakhstan

OCT. 2 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) – Kazakhstan is on target to produce 17.3m tonnes of grain this year, up from the 17.1m tonnes produced last year, media reported quoting the agriculture ministry. Grain has become an important export commodity for Kazakhstan. The ministry also said it is trying to find more clients for its grain in SE Asia.

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(News report from Issue No. 250, published on Oct. 2 2015)

 

What prices rise in Kyrgyzstan

JAN. 27 2015 (The Conway Bulletin) — The price of wheat in Kyrgyzstan has reached a record high because of a poor crop last year, high energy prices and the falling value of the Kyrgyz som, media quoted media reported. Kyrgyz households are sensitive to food price fluctuations as they spend around 60% of their income on food.
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(News report from Issue No. 216, published on Jan. 28 2015

Azerbaijan to increase grain reserves

JAN. 5 2015, (The Conway Bulletin) — Azerbaijan has said that it will increase by 50% the size of its grain reserves, media reported. Azerbaijan wants to hedge against grain harvest fluctuations by increasing its stored supply to 750,000 tonnes from 500,000 tonnes. Its intervention will push up grain prices.

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(News report from Issue No. 213, published on Jan. 7 2015)