Agriculture in Kazakhstan

Agriculture in Kazakhstan remains a small scale sector of Kazakhstan's economy. Agriculture's contribution to the GDP is under 10% - it was recorded as 6.7%, and as occupying only 20% of labor. At the same time, more than 70% of its land is occupied in crops and animal husbandry. A negligible percentage of this land is used for crop growing, as 70% is used as permanent pastureland. The little land used for crops is located in the north of the country.

Kazakhstan's largest crop is wheat, which it exports. It ranks as the sixth largest wheat producer in the world. cite news | url=http://silkroadintelligencer.com/2008/03/06/kazakhstans-wheat-dilemma/ | title=Kazakhstan's wheat dilemma | publisher=Silk Road Intelligencer | date=March 2008 | accessdate=2008-06-26] Minor crops include barley, cotton, sugar beets, sunflowers, flax, and rice. Agricultural lands in Kazakhstan were depleted of their nutrients during the Virgin Lands Campaign during the Soviet era. This continues to impact production today. Kazakh wine is produced in the mountains east of Almaty.

Animals raised in Kazakhstan include chickens, sheep, pigs, horses and goats (in descending order of numbers). Meat production in tons was highest in cows, pork, mutton(meat), chicken, and "other meat." Wool, cow milk, and eggs are the other major animal products of the country.

Kazakhstan has the largest wolf population of any nation in the world, with about 90,000.

See also

*Agriculture in Central Asia
*Kazakhstan
*Agriculture

Sources

* [http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Kazakhstan-AGRICULTURE.html Agriculture in Kazakhstan]
* [http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Kazakhstan-ANIMAL-HUSBANDRY.html Animal Husbandry in Kazakhstan]

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