PRIORITY DIRECTIONS OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

The article deals with the analysis of the state of development of main branches of agriculture and AIC as a whole, provision of the population of the republic with basic food products, assessment of mechanism of public support for the industry, main factors restraining the increase in the volume of agro-industrial production of the Republic of Kazakhstan (concentration of production in households; unsatisfactory quality of raw materials; seasonality and uneven supply of processing enterprises; lack of interconnection between agricultural producers, processing industry and trade; insufficient influence of public support on profitability, production efficiency, etc.). Taking into account the current problems of the small-scale commodity nature of agricultural sector, the necessity of cooperation of small forms of farming, creation of wholesale distribution and trade and logistics centers in order to bring together the efforts of all agricultural producers in one commodity flow, the availability of marketing of agricultural products and provision of competitive products to consumers has been justified. Measures on development of priority areas of agro-industrial complex of the republic (provision of the population with food of its own production, improvement of public support measures and regulation of agricultural sectors, development of processing of agricultural products, effectiveness of the system of promoting products from producer to consumer, increasing export potential of agricultural enterprises, etc.) are presented. The strategic tasks of agricultural production growth have been substantiated, for the achievement of which the optimal use of available resources, transition to fundamentally new qualitative characteristics, provision of high rates of increase in crop yields and animal productivity, taking into account the location of production in the most favorable conditions (specialization), the use of innovative technologies, zoned progressive varieties and breeds, increase in technical equipment are needed.