Food prices in Kyrgyzstan: Agriculture Ministry reports rising, falling costs
The Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan conducted a comparative monitoring of food prices in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
The Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan conducted a comparative monitoring of food prices in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan Erlist Akunbekov and U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Lesslie Viguerie discussed the expansion of cooperation in the agricultural sector, with a focus on exporting Kyrgyz agricultural products to the American market.
Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, Erlist Akunbekov, met with Liu Jiangping, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Kyrgyzstan.
Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan Rustam Baltabaev attended the opening of a new fish processing complex in the village of Ak-Zhol in Sokuluk district.
A unified digital map of land resources and pastures is being developed in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry reported.
The Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan has submitted a draft order for public discussion approving rules for veterinary and sanitary inspection of food products.
A good harvest is expected in Kyrgyzstan in 2026—3-5 percent higher than last year. Uran Chekirbaev, head of the Department at the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry, stated at a briefing.
Chinese companies proposed building a plant for the production of urea and nitrogen fertilizers in Kyrgyzstan. The project was discussed during a working visit by Erlist Akunbekov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Monitoring the safety of melons and fruit and vegetable products has begun in Chui and Issyk-Kul regions, as well as in Bishkek. The press service of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry reported.
Kyrgyzstan and China discussed expansion of exports of agricultural products, the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry reported.
Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan Erlist Akunbekov held a meeting with heads of companies involved in the supply and sale of fuel and lubricants.
Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan Marsbek uulu Ilich took part in a ceremony of handing over machinery and equipment to support forestry enterprises.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Erlist Akunbekov held talks with representatives of the World Bank and the International Development Association on attracting investment into the water management sector.
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, Erlist Akunbekov, met with representatives of approximately ten Chinese companies during a working visit to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China (XUAR).
Inspectors from the Naryn Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry’s Department of Chemicalization, Plant Protection and Quarantine detected violations of quarantine phytosanitary requirements during the import of walnuts and macadamia nuts from China into Kyrgyzstan.
Appeals from farmers were submitted to the Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers — Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Erlis Akunbekov, requesting the organization of temporary trading sites in Bishkek for the sale of melons, watermelons, fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products, the Ministry of Agriculture reported.
European regulatory authorities have added three Kyrgyz companies to the specialized electronic system TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System), officially recognizing the country’s right to export honey to the European Union, the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry reported.
Uran Chekirbaev, head of the Department at the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of Kyrgyzstan, spoke at a briefing about measures being taken to stabilize food prices.
Recent developments in Iran have contributed to rising prices for mineral fertilizers in Kyrgyzstan. Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry Mirbek Duisheev said during a meeting of the parliamentary committee on agrarian policy, water resources, subsoil use, ecology, and environmental protection.