Greenhouses continue to pop up in southern Kazakhstan

New high technology greenhouses are actively introduced in Southern Kazakhstan. Here, growers learn technologies from their South Korean partners on establishing smart greenhouses. An agronomist from Turkestan, Galymzhan Shaltayev has equipped his greenhouse with a climate control system that allows maintaining the same temperature in the greenhouse throughout the year. The entrepreneur grows twelve thousand bell pepper bushes on an acreage of 3,500 sq. meters. He plans to harvest up to 30-35 tonnes of products.

"These greenhouses are different because they have a three-layer cover. As you can see, there are three screens. They cover everything completely. Heating starts working only after the screen is closed, thus we save fuel. 70% of greenhouses in the region are automated. For instance, one hectare yields over 200 tonnes of cucumbers and about 400 tonnes of tomatoes a year. In 2017, the total area of greenhouses in the region grew 18% compared to 2016. There are 570 greenhouses covering the area of 65 hectares in the city of Turkestan alone."

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