The Turkish side expressed its readiness to create pilot processing enterprises in 7 regions of Kyrgyzstan.
This was announced today, January 23, 2019, in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry during the discussion of the development of the agricultural sector in 2019 with Turkish investors.Deputy Minister of Agriculture Erkin Choduev said that 65% of the population of the Kyrgyz Republic live in rural areas, production growth in 2018 in the field of animal husbandry was more than 3% and in agriculture - 5%. In 2018, about 50 enterprises were opened, where 900 jobs were created.
The head of Ziraat Tarym Market, Mukhammet Özdemir, told about the work system of agriculture in Turkey, the peasant buys machinery on credit, which is issued by an agricultural bank. In this system, 1/4 of expenses is paid by the peasant, and the rest is covered by the state. At the same time, he noted that under the new law of Turkey, the state provides 70% of support to the peasants.
The head of department said about the need to create enterprises in the processing industry in the Kyrgyz Republic.
“Currently, Kyrgyzstan produces 500 thousand tons of raw materials for export, these are beans, potatoes and more,” he said. Turkish investors told about the need for a phased development of the agricultural economy. The conditions under which the growth of the agricultural economy is possible were listed:
- It is necessary to reduce the interest rate for farmers;
- It is necessary to introduce technology for the development of animal husbandary;
- It is necessary to introduce the technology of effective irrigation of land.
