Earth Observation Environment

 Kazakhstan
- Introduction
- Geography
- Society
- Economy
 Agriculture
- Overview
- Agriculture Environment
- Agriculture competitiveness
 Agricultural projects
- Country assistance strategy
- Closed projects
- Active projects
- Key stakeholders & Implementing agencies
 Conclusion
 Recommendations
 Official Name: Republic of Kazakhstan
 Government: Presidential Republic
 Capital City: Astana
 Administrative divisions: 14
 Independence: 16 December,1991
 Area: 2,724,900 Sq km
 Land Boundaries: 12,185 Km (bordered by 5

countries & Landlocked)

 Continental Climate, Arid and semi arid
 High topographical variation
 Russia leases 6,000 sq km of the territory

(Baikonur)
 Natural hazards: Earthquakes & Mudslides
 High Environment pollution
 Population: 15,399,437 (July 2009 est.)
 Population growth rate: 0.392%
 Religions:

Muslim-47%, Russian Orthodox-44%,

Protestant-2% & Other-7%
 Literacy : 99.5%
 Age Structure:

0-14 Years: 21.8%, 15-64 Years: 70.2%,

65 Years & over: 7.9%
 Median Age: 29.6 Years
 GDP per capita : $ 11,500 (2008 est.)
 GDP real growth rate: 2.4% (2008 est.)
 Labor force: 8.412 million (2008 est.)
 Revenues: $ 33.47 billion,
Expenditures: $ 36.23 billion
 Industrial production growth rate: 2.4%
 Exports: $ 71.97 billion
 Imports: $ 38.45 billion
 1 U.S. dollar = 150.83 Kazakh Tenge
 Agriculture contributes : 5.3% of total GDP
 Labor force: 31.5 %
 Virgin Land Campaign (1954)
 Major Products: Wheat, Cotton & Livestock
 Agriculture Environment

- Land Use
- Land cover
- Topography
- Rainfall & Temperature
 Arable land : 8% of land area
 Permanent crops: 0.05%
 Other : 91.67%
 Agricultural land area: 222 million hectares

- Plough lands: 24 million hectares

- Hayfields: 5 million hectares
- Pastures : 189 million hectares
 Land area
- 10% under forest-steppe and steppe
- 60% are semi desert
- 5% highlands
 Sea level
- Highest point : 6,995 m
- Lowest point : - 132 m
 Area under water 47,500 sq km
 Positive factors  Negative factors
- Significant potential - Uneven climate
(abundant land) - Low water resources
- Qualified labor force - Higher cost of labor
- Stable macroeconomic - Access to new markets
environment - Unfavorable private
- Low cost of energy investment environment
- High public support to - Currency overvaluation
sector Risk (Oil)
- Preventing loss of competitiveness
1. Agricultural Competitiveness project

- Enhancing competitiveness & private business

- Building a foundation for competitiveness

1. Irrigation & Drainage

- Ensuring sustainable growth through a focus on

the environment
1. Forestry & Dryland Management
 Dryland Management Project
- To Develop Alternative land uses, rehabilitate ecosystems
- To Quantify & monitor carbon sequestration
- To Build & promote capacity
- Implementing agency
a. Ministry of Natural resources & environment Protection

 Irrigation & Drainage Project (Phase 2 in pipeline)

- To Promote sustainable irrigated agricultural production
- To Introduce improved agricultural practices
- To Strengthen irrigation and environmental agencies
- Implementing agency
a. Ministry of Agriculture
 Agricultural Competitiveness Project
- To improve agricultural products quality
- Agricultural knowledge transfer
- Institutional Development
- Implementing agency
a. Ministry of Agriculture

 Nura river clean up project

- To clean up mercury pollution level
- To provide alternative source of water supply
- Implementing agency
a. State committee for water resources

 Syr darya control & Northern Aral Sea (phase1) project (Phase 2 in pipeline)
- To sustain & increase agriculture & fish production
- Secure the existence of Northern Aral sea (& improve the ecological condition)
- Implementing agency
a. State committee for water resources
 Government Agencies
- Ministry of Agriculture
- Ministry of Natural resources & Environment
Protection
- State Committee for Water Resources

 Scientific Institutions
- National Center for Space Research & Technologies
- KazGeoCosmos

 Private Organizations
- Gis-terra