NUR-SULTAN (TCA) — To develop the fruit-growing sector in Kazakhstan, the government of the Netherlands in cooperation with a group of Dutch entrepreneurs is implementing a project of Dutch Fruit Solutions Kazakhstan aimed at introducing new technologies in the country, Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company reported.
In the second quarter of this year, the active stage of the project implementation was started — eight crops brought from the Netherlands were planted: pears, plums, cherries, apples, asparagus, blueberries, currants and strawberries.
Kazakh Invest assisted in issues with equipment delivery to Kazakhstan and passing of the customs procedures.
The Dutch Fruit Solutions Kazakhstan project was created by the government of the Netherlands and a group of companies to help develop an efficient and sustainable fruit-growing sector in Kazakhstan. Currently, the consortium consists of 14 Dutch companies, each of which has modern solutions and new technologies.
The Dutch Fruit Solutions Kazakhstan aims to conclude cooperation agreements with research organizations in the fruit-growing sector of Kazakhstan, aimed at updating and expansion of the existing fruit-growing system in terms of growing solid, stone fruits and berry crops: planting material without viruses, design and implementation of (super-) intensive fruit orchards. The project involves the optimization of the activities before, during and after harvest.
The essence of the project is to create a demonstration area of the high-tech orchard with drip irrigation technology, where the best technologies from the Netherlands in the horticultural industry will be demonstrated. The demonstration area is planned to accommodate planting material, seedlings of apple trees, pears, plums, apricots and cherries. Areas with currants, blueberries, strawberries and asparagus are also planned. In addition, the Dutch side will provide farmers with modern planting materials and the processing technologies, will help in the storage and processing of the harvest in the fruit-growing sector of Kazakhstan. These measures will improve the productivity and quality of fruit-growing sector, as well as improve its food safety. Within the framework of the DFSK consortium, it is planned to cooperate not only in the B2B segment — leading universities and institutions in the Netherlands will cooperate with Kazakh agricultural institutes. The third link in this chain is cooperation at the state level in various areas of agriculture on phytosanitary and quarantine inspections.
In the Netherlands, in 2019, an agreement was signed between the Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture and partners from the Netherlands — Dutch Fruit Solutions Kazakhstan — on the establishment of a demonstration plot of two hectares on the territory of the Institute in Talgar district, where students and scientists could learn advanced Dutch technologies of intensive gardening.
Source: TCA
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