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Annual Meeting 2010 Istanbul, 21-22 April. National policies to support the mechanization and technical modernization of agriculture in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. Eu.Serova D.Prikhodko FAO Investment Centre. Lack of machinery? Types of governmental support
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Annual Meeting 2010 Istanbul, 21-22 April National policies to support the mechanization and technical modernization of agriculture in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine Eu.Serova D.Prikhodko FAO Investment Centre
Lack of machinery? • Types of governmental support • Domestic machinery manufacturing: challenges • Cross country comparisons • Conclusions
tractors harvesters reapers Kazakhstan: inventories of selected ag. machinery, ths pieces seaders
Kyrgyzstan: inventories of selected ag. machinery, ths pieces
Russia: age of selected machinery on large and medium farms Tractors Grain harvesters
Russia: selected ag. machinery manufacturing, ths pieces Source: Rosstat
New paradigm for technical services • Emerging of smallholder producers • Emerging of “agroholdings” • Better use of machinery • New technologies and machinery generation
Policy tools: less market oriented economies • State supplies • Double prices • State and para-state machinery services • State trade
Policy tools: more market oriented economies • State supported leasing • Partial compensation for machinery purchases cost • Soft lending for farms (mid-term) • Support for credit coops • Machinery coops/services/pools • Trade measures
Policy results Ukraine K a z a k h s t a n Russia