BISHKEK: President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Zhaparov has signed a decree on measures for the further development of the agro-industrial complex in the country, Trend reports.

The decree instructs the Cabinet of Ministers to develop measures to:

– Encourage the voluntary unification of farms into cooperatives or other forms of farming;

– Improve and simplify preferential lending for large-scale production and support the development of economically important agro-industrial enterprises;

– Enhance development of pasture lands;

– Implement green biotechnologies, climate adaptation technologies, artificial intelligence, and other modern technologies in agricultural production;

– Increase the use of biological and organic fertilizers and pesticides by 2030;

– Digitalize agricultural production;

– Implement international quality standards in agricultural production, among other initiatives.

Additionally, the decree instructs measures for the attraction of foreign private investments into agricultural production
, the preparation of high-quality investment projects for investors, and the tripling of foreign investments in agriculture by 2030.

Furthermore, the Cabinet of Ministers is tasked with:

– Doubling agricultural product exports by 2030;

– Achieving a processing level of at least 50 percent of agricultural products by 2040.

Source: Trend News Agency