The seminar “Introduction of agricultural crops adapted to drought and salinization of soils and assessment of soil fertility”, organized by the Rice Institute, has been completed in RZA-Agro LLP in the village of Gani Muratbayev, Kazaly district, covering all farms in our region. It was attended by the heads and representatives of farms of the Kazalinsky and Aral districts, who spoke about the importance of planting crops that increase soil fertility in the fields of rice rotation.
FAO-GEF project coordinator Aizhan Karabayeva specially came to the seminar and acquainted the participants with the main purpose of the project, and also stressed the importance of not losing soil fertility as much as possible, even in drought conditions. The teacher, Candidate of Sciences Kanagat Begaliev acquainted the participants with the culture of sugar sorghum and noted its beneficial effect on the soil and the great demand for products from this culture. Zhanuzak Baymanov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Rice Institute, presented a backpack for checking the soil condition proposed by the FAO-GEF project. With this set of simple tools, every agronomist will be able to study the condition of the soil in his field. In the near future, a special seminar will be organized on this occasion and such backpacks will be distributed free of charge to every household.
The series of seminars was organized within the framework of the FAO-GEF project “Integrated management of natural resources in agricultural production in arid and saline regions of Central Asia and Turkey”.
