The government has revised the maximum size of agricultural land plots that can be temporarily leased by a single farmer or agricultural enterprise within the republic and within a single administrative district (city) or region.
The maximum area of agricultural land that a single agricultural enterprise can lease in Akmola Oblast is 150,000 hectares, including 130,000 hectares of arable land, 5,000 hectares of hayfields, and 55,000 hectares of pasture. For peasant farms, the limit is 10,000 hectares.
In North Kazakhstan Oblast, the limit on agricultural land is set at 120,700 hectares: 98,700 hectares of arable land, 800 hectares of hayfields, and 30,129 hectares of pasture. For peasant farms, the maximum size of agricultural land is 28,405 hectares.
In Kostanay Oblast, the limit for agricultural enterprises is 88,242 hectares: 41,242 hectares for arable land, 1,000 hectares for hayfields, and 46,000 hectares for pastures. For private farmers, the limit is 7,470 hectares.
The largest areas of agricultural land that can be allocated to a single producer are also provided in the following regions:
- East Kazakhstan Oblast - 76,000 hectares for agricultural enterprises and 33,500 hectares for private farmers
- Pavlodar Oblast - 53,152 hectares and 26,936 hectares, respectively
- Abay Oblast - 51,500 hectares and 35,000 hectares
- Karaganda Oblast - 51,000 hectares and 31,000 hectares.
It should be noted that these maximum limits apply only within one district of each oblast; in other districts, the limits are lower.
A complete list of established limits for all districts and regions of Kazakhstan is provided in a government decree.
Earlier, Senator Talgat Zhunusov appealed to the Prime Minister to reconsider the limits on agricultural land in grain-growing regions introduced in 2023. Otherwise, he noted, agricultural holdings risk losing some of their cultivated land, as the restrictions threaten to deny them renewals for some of their land.