The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan is planning to start subsidizing the cost of electricity and gas for greenhouses in order to help farmers stay afloat, Agriculture Minister Yerbol Karashukeev said while speaking in front of Majilis, the lower house of the country’s parliament.
According to the minister, while the area of industrial greenhouses has grown by 31.7 hectares over the past three years, the area of small greenhouses run by farmers has decreased by 62 hectares due to surging prices for planting material, fertilizers and utilities. Given that small greenhouses traditionally aren’t that profitable, high utility costs are definitely...