FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRY OF THE SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION: STATE AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

The authors studied the possibilities and prospects for the development of fruit and vegetable industry of the South Kazakhstan region. One of the priority sectors of food industry is the fruit and vegetable sector. The article discusses topical issues of increasing the efficiency of functioning of fruit and vegetable production, the solution of which is important for ensuring the food security of the country, since due to the high biological value, vegetables and fruits occupy a special place in the balanced and fortified nutrition of the population. The scientific and practical significance of the prospects for expanding the volume of fruit and vegetable production is noted. Recommendations for the transition to industrial-innovative way, high level of competitiveness of processing of own fruit and vegetable products are presented. The assessment of the degree and conditions of innovative development in the South Kazakhstan region (Almaty, Turkestan, Zhambyl, Kyzylorda regions) is presented. The potential for growing fruit and vegetable crops has been determined. The aspects of the current state of production, storage, processing and marketing of a group of fruits and vegetables in South Kazakhstan are reflected. The directions of innovative activity in the fruit and vegetable subcomplex are analyzed. The necessity of state regulation and stimulation of production of fruits and vegetables has been substantiated. In modern conditions, the most promising area of economic growth in the region is organization of fruit and vegetable clusters. The main directions of further development of fruit and vegetable production in the Southern region are shown for a fuller use of its potential opportunities, expansion of the effective exploitation of natural and economic resources: land, atmospheric factors, irrigation water, cooperation, concentration of capital, new equipment and technologies, provision of the region with food and activation of exports to CIS and foreign countries.