Due to record harvest Kazakhstan can export 15 mln tons of wheat, Ministry

TANA. October 26. KAZINFORM /Damir Baimanov/ "Thanks to the record-breaking wheat harvest Kazakhstan can export this year 15 mln tons of grain," Agriculture Vice Minister Marat Tolibayev told an international conference today.

"Kazakhstan has harvested 29.1 mln tons of grain so far, including 24.3 mln tons of wheat. We have gathered this year the record crop," Toliobayev said.

According to the Vice Minister positive results in the agrarian sector were achieved through the wide use of the potential of the Kazakh agrarian science. It is focused mainly on the creation of high-yielding variety of plants, improvement of animal gene resources at heightened tempo, implementation of scientific developments into production, first of all, modern water-saving technologies.