Accessibility of the state financial support for small farmer households in Kazakhstan
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Date
2018-11-25
Authors
Akkassov, Dulat
Taizhanov, Aidos
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Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy
Abstract
This paper analyses the process of provision of financial support of the small farmer
households by the Government of Kazakhstan. It describes the activities of JSC Fund
for Financial Support of Agriculture, as a quasi-sector organization, which provides this
financial support; the Farmers Union of Kazakhstan, which presents the interests of
farmers; and small farmer households who are the recipients of financial resources. The
primary data was collected in the forms of interviews with main stakeholders. The
secondary data was represented as the statistical information, reports and international
experiences in the literature review. This paper draws the current situation in
Kazakhstan in the field of state financial support for small farmer households. The
results of the interviews identified the common and non-common factors, which have
affected the accessibility of state financial support for farmers. The analysis of key
findings showed that the policy-makers are fully aware of the challenges for farmers.
Moreover, the Government of Kazakhstan addresses much money and other resources
to deal with them. Nevertheless, we conclude that the main obstacles to access to state
financial support in Kazakhstan are complicated bureaucracy, low valued collateral in a
rural area, and lack of business knowledge and skills among the farmers. Based on the
key findings of this research, we recommend farmers to unite into farm cooperatives; in
addition, the Government should continue to develop the digital technologies, and
introduce large-scale educational programs.
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Keywords
small farmer households, financial support
Citation
Accessibility of the state financial support for small farmer households in Kazakhstan. Dulat Akkassov, Aidos Taizhanov. 2018. NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY