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Konaev cheese plant: 40,900 tonnes is a target, not current output
The factory under construction expects to buy 91,700 tonnes of milk a year. What might farmers and shoppers gain?
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From 90 million eggs to 200 million? Inside Ak Kol Qus’s expansion plan
The producer plans to more than double capacity, add 71 jobs and reach full output around mid-2028.
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Kazakhstan has 42 million tonnes of winter feed: is the total enough for every farm?
The agriculture ministry reports large winter stocks, but concentrated feed is still below plan. Here is what the national total does and does not show.
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Kazakhstan expects over 5 million tonnes of oilseeds: what has actually been harvested?
The government forecasts a record oilseed crop above 5 million tonnes. As of October 13, farmers had harvested 3.7 million tonnes of oilseeds and 23 million tonnes of grain. The distinction between an achieved harvest and a forecast matters, as do storage, processing and transport after the fields are cleared.
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From Meghalaya to Singapore: how an Indian farmers’ cooperative is exporting spices
An organic spice shipment left Meghalaya for Singapore during the IFAD president’s visit. Behind it is a cooperative linked to 5,500 farmers and the question of whether investment reaches producers.
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Kazakhstan’s 2026 harvest reaches 18.6 million tonnes from 81.5% of fields
Kazakh farmers have harvested 12.7 million hectares and collected 18.6 million tonnes of grain. We explain what yields, oilseed output and machinery deployment reveal, and why this strong interim figure is still not the final result of the season.
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Bread matters more than oil: the quiet strategy of food
A country can buy oil, weapons and technology, but a country that cannot feed itself is never truly independent. Oil can be replaced or postponed; food cannot — people eat every day. Hunger has toppled rulers more often than armies have. Why farming countries hold a card that money cannot buy.