Kazakhstan's horse breeding industry has reached a dead end

Kazakhstan's horse population has grown to 4.3 million, predominantly in the Turkestan, Abay, and Karaganda regions, but the horse breeding industry is in crisis due to low quality and small horse size, which does not meet export requirements. The industry also faces challenges such as a lack of processing facilities for horse meat, hides, and hooves, and shrinking pasture areas. To improve, experts suggest implementing advanced technologies and enhancing the quality of horses through breeding. One successful breeding attempt has resulted in foals with a meat yield of 170 kilograms, and there is potential to sell Novoaltaisk horses for breeding. Additionally, the industry faces opposition from retail chains due to the inability to supply consistent quality horse meat throughout the year.

In recent years, the horse population in Kazakhstan has grown significantly and reached 4.3 million. Unfortunately, not to mention the export of horse meat, selling it even to local large retail chains has become a big problem for our villagers. Meat processing plants and restaurants buy horse meat in Russia, Kazinform reports. According to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, more than 10% of the horse population in our country is in the Turkestan region. Farms in the region contain about 475 thousand horses. There are 401 thousand in the Abay region, and the third place is in the Karaganda region. In the Pavlodar region, the horse population has also been growing in recent years and now amounts to more than 292 thousand. Of these, 5.5 thousand are purebred horses, this is only 2.4% of the total population. However, despite the quantity in horse breeding, the quality is far behind. As a result, domestic horse breeding is currently experiencing a major ...