Up to 1.5 billion soms will be allocated for the pilot project on stabilizing meat prices, - Ministry of Agriculture

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- A new pilot project is planned to be launched in Kyrgyzstan, aimed at stabilizing meat prices and supporting livestock farming. This was announced by Mukhtar Chynaliyev, the director of the Department of Processing Industry and Organic Agriculture of the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture, and Processing Industry, during a radio broadcast.

The main objective of this project is to ensure food security.

Chynaliyev specified that the pilot project will be implemented in Bishkek and the Chui region, and if it is successfully implemented, there may be an expansion to other regions of the country.

“Funding of up to 1.5 billion soms is allocated for the implementation of this initiative. These funds will be directed towards the creation of 10 production chains (clusters) in the field of livestock farming. Each chain will receive up to 150 million soms,” he added.

The project involves the complete development of the production cycle — starting from livestock fattening and ending with the sale of finished products. It includes stages such as fattening, light processing, slaughter, cooling, packaging, and selling meat.

The implementation of the project will be based on a cluster approach, within which three key chains will be formed in each cluster: production, processing, and sales. There is also the possibility of financing the import of livestock for fattening, although this is not a mandatory condition.

Entrepreneurs wishing to participate in the project must unite and distribute functions among themselves. For example, one participant may focus on fattening, another on processing and slaughtering, and a third on selling the finished products.

Funding will be provided through state banks, and participants will need to meet banking requirements, including having a credit history and collateral.

Chynaliyev noted that without uniting participants into a single cluster, obtaining funding will be significantly more difficult.
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