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Kazakhstan Moves Beyond Self-Sufficiency as Central Asia Confronts Food and Water Pressures

By Fatima Kemelova

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA — Kazakhstan is no longer aiming simply to feed itself. It is positioning its agricultural sector as a regional export engine, according to Vice Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Taszhurekov, speaking at a thematic session on the second day of the Regional Ecological Summit (RES-2026) on April 23.  Taszhurekov framed the shift in blunt economic… The post Kazakhstan Moves Beyond Self-Sufficiency as Central...