Agricultural sector of Akmola region of the Republic of Kazakhstan: methodological approach to assessment and analysis

The goal is to substantiate the current state of agro-industrial complex of the Akmola region, identify the main trends, and determine promising directions for its development.

Methods - economic-statistical, analytical.

Results show the share of gross regional product (GRP) in the gross domestic product of the republic, the dynamics of gross production (GP) of agriculture in the region, the gross harvest and yield of main agricultural crops, the number of livestock and poultry in all categories of farms, including cattle, sheep and goats, pigs, horses and poultry, volumes of meat and milk processing. A comprehensive study made it possible to identify the problems hindering the development of agro-industrial production in the region, these are, first of all, the small-scale production of economic entities, the majority of farmers and personal subsidiary farms in the total volume of gross agricultural output, the low level of processing of raw materials - their low quality, the insufficient level of utilization of processing facilities enterprises.

Conclusions – measures have been proposed to modernize the region’s agro-industrial complex, aimed at the widespread dissemination of agricultural cooperation; development of meat and dairy subcomplexes, processing industry, provision of the population with food products of own production, improvement of state and market regulation of agricultural sectors. The agro-industrial complex also plays a significant social role, solving issues of food supply for the entire country and a certain In addition, it is a guarantor of employment and the main source of income for residents. The effectiveness of its activities contributes to an increase in the number of jobs, an increase in cultivated areas, an increase in the financial stability of manufacturing enterprises, an increase in the volume of product exports and the creation of an export-oriented commodity distribution infrastructure.

1. Oficial'nyj portal statisticheskoj informacii Nacional'nogo bjuro po statistike Agentstva po strategicheskomu planirovaniju i reformam Respubliki Kazahstan [Official portal of statistical information of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (2022). Available at: https://www.new.stat.gov.kz (date of access: 15.02.2023) [in Russian].

2. Poslanie Glavy gosudarstva K.-Zh. Tokaeva narodu Kazahstana. Kazahstan v novoj real'nosti: vremja dejstvij [Message from the Head of State K.-J. Tokayev to the people of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan in a new reality: time for action] (2020). Available at: https://www.akorda.kz/ru/addresses/addresses_of_president/poslanie-glavy-gosudarstva-kasym-zhomartatokaeva-narodu-kazahstana-1-sentyabrya-2020-g (date of access: 17.02.2023) [in Russian].

3. Statisticheskij bjulleten' «Osnovnye social'no-jekonomicheskie pokazateli Akmolinskoj oblasti». Bjuro nacional'noj statistiki Agentstva po strategicheskomu planirovaniju i reformam Respubliki Kazahstan [Statistical bulletin "The main socio-economic indicators of Akmola region". Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (2022). Available at: https://stat.gov.kz/region/247783 (date of access: 18.02.2023) [in Russian].

4. Ushachev, I.G., Chekalin, V. (2020). Novaja Doktrina prodovol'stvennoj bezopasnosti i mery po realizacii ee osnovnyh polozhenij [New Doctrine of food security and measures for the implementation of its basic provisions]. APK: jekonomika, upravlenie - AIC: economics, management, 4, 4-13 [in Russian].

5. Muslimova, S.Ju. (2018). Jeffektivnoe sel'skohozjajstvennoe proizvodstvo – glavnoe zveno v obespechenii prodovol'stvennoj bezopasnosti strany i regiona [Efficient agricultural production - is the main link in ensuring the food security of the country and the region]. Vektor jekonomiki - Vector of economy, 5(23), 52-68 [in Russian].

6. Mizanbekova, S., Kalykova, B., Dzhumabaeva, A. (2020). Qazaqstannyñ azyq-tülık qauıpsızdıgın qamtamasyz etu [Ensuring food security in Kazakhstan]. Problemy agrorynka - Problems of AgriMarket, 4, 31-39 [in Kazakh].

7. Tireuov, K., Mizanbekova, S., Kalykova, B. (2020). Towards food security: peculiarities of the grain market functioning. Security and Sustainability Issues, 10 (1), 359 - 368.

8. Statisticheskij sbornik «Statistika sel'- skogo, lesnogo, ohotnich'ego i rybnogo hozjajstva za 2019-2022 gody». Bjuro nacional'noj statistiki Agentstva po strategicheskomu planirovaniju i reformam Respubliki Kazahstan [Statistical collection "Statistics of agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing for 2019-2022". Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan] (2022). Available at: https://new.stat.gov.kz/ru/industries/business-statistics/stat-forrest-village-hunt-fish/dynamic-tables/ (date of access: 19.02.2023) [in Russian].

9. Satybaldin, A., Temirova, G., Zhүnіsbekova, T. (2020). Qazaqstannyñ azyq-tülık qauıpsızdıgı: jağdaiy jäne mümkındıgı [Food security of Kazakhstan: conditions and opportunities]. Jekonomika: strategija i praktika - Economics: strategy and practice, 2 (15), 5-14 [in Kazakh].

10. Akimbekova, G., Nikitina, G. (2020). Prioritetnye napravlenija razvitija Agropromyshlennogo kompleksa Kazahstana Kazahstana [Priority directions of agro-industrial complex development in Kazakhstan]. Problemy agrorynka - Problems of AgriMarket, 4, 13-23 [in Russian].

11. Ramazanova, S., Kuchukova, N., Abdulova, G., Bulakbay, Z., Zhumanova, D. (2019). Financial incentives to increase efficiency of activity of agro-industrial complex. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 7 (2), 1525-1541.

12. Zakharchenko, O.V., Alieksieichuk, O.O., Kliuchnyk, A.V., Kliuchnyk, A.V., Shyriaieva, N.Y., Kudlai, І.V. (2020). State support of agricultural producers as a factor in increasing the competitiveness of the agricultural sector. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 8 (1), 687-704.

13. Ob utverzhdenii nacional'nogo proekta po razvitiju agropromyshlennogo kompleksa Respubliki Kazahstan na 2021-2025 gody. Postanovlenie Pravitel'stva Respubliki Kazahstan ot 12 oktjabrja 2021 goda № 732 [On the approval of the national project for the development of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2021-2025. Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 12, 2021 No. 732] (2021). Available at: https://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P2100000732 (date of access: 20.02.2023) [in Russian].

14. Nurmanbetova, A., Zhussupov, Y., Akimbekova, G., Gridneva, Y., Kaliakparova, G., Khan, Y. (2022). Priority Areas for Increasing the Competitiveness of the Agro-Industrial Complex and Environmental Sustainability. Environmental Management and Tourism, 13 (1), 39 – 50.

15. Smagulova, S., Yermukhanbetova, A., Akimbekova, G., Nurgabylov, M., Zhakupova, S. (2022). Prospects for Digitalization of Energy and Agro-Industrial Complex of Kazakhstan. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 12 (2), 198 – 209.