WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - As part of the Prime Minister Askar Mamin’s working trip to the United States, agreements with leaders of American agribusiness on investing in opening meat processing and irrigation systems in Kazakhstan were reached, the website of the Prime Minister reports.

Following Mamin’s negotiations with the leadership of Tyson Foods, the largest meat producer in the USA, represented by the President Noel White and Chairman John Tyson, an agreement on the implementation of the modern agro-multiprotein industry program in Kazakhstan was signed.

The document at the first stage provides for the construction of a modern meat processing complex with a capacity of about 2 thousand heads per day in Kazakhstan. The enterprise will not only meet the needs of the Kazakhstani market, but also export products to foreign markets, helping to ensure the country's annual agricultural profit of more than $1 billion.

Tyson Foods is implementing a project in conjunction with the Kazakh company Kusto Group. The production cycle will be accompanied by information and consulting services for Kazakh farmers according to the model of the American service «Extension» which includes consultations, on-the-job training of local personnel and vocational training.

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