Kazakhstan's Agriculture Ministry presents e-APK digital ecosystem with farmer profile

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Agriculture presented the project for a unified digital ecosystem, e-APK, to members of the Kurultai. As part of developing the Digital Agro Platform, the ministry plans to create a shared data repository for the whole sector. It will hold information on state support, crop production, livestock farming, land resources, fisheries and smart farms.

The ministry calls the farmer's digital profile the main part of the system. According to the ministry, it will let farmers access the information and services they need, including from mobile devices.

Deputies asked how the system will work in practice. In particular, they wanted to know whether data from personal subsidiary farms could be included. They also discussed quality and safety control of chemicals imported from abroad, whether there is enough funding to digitalize the sector, and how subsidy rules might change.

The project is planned to run until 2028. For this reason, deputies said the implementation stages, service launch dates and expected results need to be worked out in detail.