Kazakhstan Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment

Agriculture is among the most risk-prone sectors in the economies of Central Asia. Production shocks from weather, pests and diseases and adverse movements in agricultural product and input prices not only impact farmers and agri-business firms, bu...

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Main Authors:	Broka, Sandra, Giertz, Åsa, Christensen, Garry, Rasmussen, Debra, Morgounov, Alexei, Fileccia, Turi, Rubaiza, Rhoda
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH VEGETABLE CROP GOAT POX ORGANIC MATTER CARBON DIOXIDE ORGANIC FARMING PEST CONTROL PLANT GROWTH SOIL CONSERVATION AGRICULTURAL SECTORS ROOTS DRY PEAS LARGE FARMS CAPACITY BUILDING AGRONOMY TRITICALE GERMPLASM DURUM WHEAT HIGH-VALUE PRODUCTS GREENHOUSE GAS PESTICIDES AUDITS FERTILIZERS ANIMAL HEALTH CROP PRODUCTION CEREALS YIELD INDEX TRAINING NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM WHEAT YIELDS SHEEP SEEDS MONOCULTURE SOYBEANS GLOBAL WARMING CROP ROTATION BREAD WHEAT BIODIVERSITY MARKETS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM VEGETABLES HIGH YIELDS INDICATORS LEPTOSPIROSIS FARMERS BARLEY GRAIN ELEVATORS UNEP CROPS COMMODITY PRICE INFRASTRUCTURE FORAGE PRODUCTION SOIL MANAGEMENT USAID DAIRY PRODUCTS CROP YIELDS FARMER PARTICIPATION FARMLAND WHEAT CROPS AUJESZKYS’ DISEASE INSECTS CROP SEEDLINGS SCIENCE RUMINANTS AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE REPORTS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGRICULTURE FAO MALNUTRITION PEST MANAGEMENT EGGS POPULATIONS SMALL RUMINANTS GRAIN QUALITY DISEASE RESISTANCE NATIONAL RESEARCH PLANT HEALTH IRRIGATION OILSEED CROPS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES ORGANIC AGRICULTURE LOSS OF CROP FOOD SAFETY FOOD SUPPLY OILSEEDS FEED DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK SOIL TILLAGE AVERAGE YIELDS GRAIN LEGUMES POPULATION AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION CLASSES OF WHEAT SLAUGHTER SOIL FERTILITY AGRICULTURAL CROP COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT GOATS COMMODITY PRICES SEASONS GRAIN CEREAL CROPS POTATO HARVEST FORAGE CROPS SALINIZATION TARIFFS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS NITROGEN FERTILIZER OVERGRAZING POULTRY MANURE OILSEED CROP AGRICULTURAL ZONE WHEAT PRODUCERS BIOSAFETY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS NEMATODES MILK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION INSECT PESTS LEGUMES UNITED NATIONS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT CROPPING SYSTEM ANIMALS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE ICARDA VEGETABLE CROPS CIMMYT PLANNING CROP VARIETIES PLANT DISEASES WATER RESOURCES AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION UPOV GRAIN PRODUCERS LANDS PLANS MAIZE CROP INSURANCE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE ARABLE LAND PATHOGENS DISEASES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES LIVE WEIGHT OILSEED AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS SOIL EROSION AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT CROP DIVERSIFICATION LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS CERTIFIED SEED UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HERBICIDES WIND EROSION CROP PROTECTION BRUCELLOSIS NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY LIVESTOCK FEED RESEARCH CATTLE NUMBERS AVERAGE YIELD LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS FARMING LIVESTOCK MEAT PRODUCTION POULTRY PRODUCTION PLANT VARIETIES RABIES AGRICULTURAL AREA FOOD PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL POLICY HIGHER PROTEIN TECHNOLOGY UNDP BEEF RESEARCH CENTERS AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES FOOD SECURITY MICROCLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE AGRICULTURAL CROPS AGRIBUSINESS ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION PESTS SOIL NUTRIENTS ORGANIC FOODS HERBICIDE CREDIT BUDGETS MUTTON ANIMAL FEED TUBERS MILLET FORESTS CROPPING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FEED GRAINS SOIL MOISTURE AGRICULTURAL LAND CATTLE MEAT PRICES LENTILS AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS VETERINARY SERVICE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PORK YIELD LOSSES CROP ROTATIONS COTTON ACCESS TO CREDIT FOOD GRAINS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MOA POTATOES QUARANTINE DESERTIFICATION GRAIN STORAGE ANTHRAX BEEF PRODUCTION DISEASE CONTROL CONTAGIOUS VIRAL DISEASE INVESTMENT HARMFUL INSECTS BREEDING WILD ANIMALS FARMS MEAT CHICKPEAS HARD RED SPRING WHEAT SOILS RICE PASTURES RESISTANT VARIETIES FARMING SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY LIVESTOCK COMMODITIES WINTER WHEAT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25908013/kazakhstan-agricultural-sector-risk-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23763

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Summary:	Agriculture is among the most risk-prone sectors in the economies of Central Asia. Production shocks from weather, pests and diseases and adverse movements in agricultural product and input prices not only impact farmers and agri-business firms, but can also strain government finances. Some of these risks are small and localized and can be managed by producers. Others are the result of more severe, exogenous shocks outside agriculture that require a broader response. Failure to respond adequately to these more severe risks leads to a perpetual cycle of ‘shock-recovery-shock’ which reinforces poverty traps and compromises long-term growth. A broad-based program to improve livestock productivity is recommended to strengthen the resilience of livestock production systems and rangeland use in Kazakhstan. Proposed interventions include measures to: (i) reverse degradation of water, soil and vegetation cover; (ii) safeguard the long-term viability of rangeland ecosystems, while ensuring sustainable access to grazing land; and (iii) strengthen livestock services (veterinary, animal health, feed and fodder supply, destocking, water and grazing access, and weather and market information). These measures will enable farmers to manage their resources better, to respond to climate and market signals and to protect their resource base in times of drought. The recommendations developed under these three solution areas continue the underlying emphasis on mitigation as the foundation for risk management. They also highlight the mutually reinforcing benefits of measures to improve crop and livestock productivity for both risk management and sector growth.

Kazakhstan Agricultural Sector Risk Assessment

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