In 2018, Kazakhstan plans to increase the planted areas of agricultural crops to 21.8 mln ha, declared the press-service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan on February 22.
According to the announcement, in 2018 the planted areas under oilseeds will total nearly 2.6 mln ha, and grain areas – 14.7 mln ha. However, the planted areas under wheat will decrease by 500 thsd ha compared with the figures in 2017, and total 11.4 mln ha.
It was noted that within frames of digitalization of the agricultural industry, it is planned to develop e-maps of fields with geo-positioning, vegetation, agro-chemical, hydro-geological, irrigation and meteorological layers.
