FAO and Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Disagree on El Niño
The UN's FAO warns of a growing El Niño threat to global agriculture, naming the highest-risk regions.
Agriculture
Kazakhstan among top three importers of Russian tea
Kazakhstan’s purchases hit $17M, ranking second in Russia’s export structure. Russian exporters’ revenue rose 11% to $96M. Black tea leads with a 78% share of total shipments. The UAE market saw record growth in physical volume.
Business efficiency in cannabis
How much could farmers earn if hemp production were legal? What’s the revenue from one greenhouse growing medical or recreational marijuana?
Agrarian miracle" or statistics? How NANOC invented "gross seed harvest
NANOC reported producing 60,000 tons of seeds worth over 12 billion tenge. The agency uses the term "gross seed harvest," but in agronomy, this does not exist — it is raw grain that loses up to 50% of its weight during cleaning.
Agrarian forecast for 2024
A new report from the Climate Prediction Center/NCEP/NWS forecasts El Niño to turn neutral by June, with increased odds of transitioning to La Niña in June-August (49%) or July-September (69%). What does this mean in practice?
What is wrong with Kazakhstan's agriculture (part 2) - livestock farming
Challenges and solutions in livestock farming.
Sweet Captivity of Charming Agricultural Subsidies
Kazakhstan spent nearly a trillion tenge on agricultural subsidies from 2011 to 2023, but the effectiveness of this funding raises serious doubts.