OREANDA-NEWS. On May 19, 2009 Minister of Agriculture A. Kurishbayev and Chairman of Board of the KazAgro National Holding, JSC A. Mamytbekov delivered their speech on this issue, reported the Official website akorda.kz.

The head of state in his speech emphasized the importance of ensuring food security and its availability for the population as one of the priorities of national security.

The topical issues on further development of the agro-industrial sector and the sphere of processing of agricultural production within the country, protection of national interests during the accession to the WTO, food quality and declining dependence on imported food were discussed during the meeting.

The head of state drew attention to the need for an efficient and authorized utilization of funds allocated for the development of agro-industrial sector under the anti-crisis measures.

Following the results of the meeting, the Government and separate state bodies are given specific instructions. The Secretariat of the Security Council is assigned to control implementation of these instructions.