Heat, drought blamed for harvest setback in Kazakhstan as government vows to control bread prices

01.10.2019

Due to extremely hot and dry weather in Kazakhstan, 15% less grain will be collected than last year. This was announced at a briefing in the Central Communications Service by the First Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Aidarbek Saparov.

“Last year, the gross harvest was 20.3 million tons. This year we plan...