and Uzbek Minister of Water Management Shavkat Hamroev Uzbekistan is to provide Kazakhstan with an additional 500 million cubic meters of water until the end of the irrigation season Uzbekistan has supplied more than 4 billion cubic meters of water to Kazakhstan through the Syr Darya It had been previously agreed that Uzbekistan would provide Kazakhstan with 3.7 billion cubic meters of water within six months but the Uzbek side fulfilled its obligation in just 4 months The report states that the key goal was to fully satisfy the demand for irrigation water from farmers of  Kazakhstan’s southern regions and today the Shardara Reservoir holds 1.5 billion cubic meters of water A total of 4 billion cubic meters of water entered the Shardara reservoir the official representative of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan “Due to the preliminary agreement with our neighbors on the working order of the Toktogul and Bahri-Tajik reservoirs water regularly flows to the Kazakh part of the Dostlik interstate canal 90 cubic meters of water per second comes to the country through this channel This is enough to fully supply the farmers of the Turkestan region with irrigation water,” AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan has sent 3.9 billion cubic meters of water to Kazakhstan via the Syrdarya River since April 1, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan reports Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan Nurzhan Nurzhigitov earlier agreed with Uzbekistan that 3.7 billion cubic meters of water would be sent to Kazakhstan via the Syrdarya River over six months Uzbekistan sent the specified amount of water in four months It is expected that Uzbekistan will send another 1 billion cubic meters of water to Kazakhstan by the end of the irrigation period which will help meet the needs of farmers in the southern regions of Kazakhstan The current volume of the Shardara Reservoir (a reservoir located on the Syrdarya River) is 2.6 billion cubic meters which is 689 million cubic meters more than a year ago 3.9 billion cubic meters of water have flowed into the Shardara Reservoir 3.6 billion cubic meters of water have been directed from the Shardara Reservoir to the lower reaches of the Syrdarya River This is 950 million cubic meters more than a year ago More than 700 million cubic meters of water have been directed to the Kyzylkum Canal and over 400 million cubic meters to the North Aral Sea The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission Environmental ResearchCitation Excerpt :At present many scholars around the world are exploring and researching groundwater health risk assessment and have achieved considerable research results (Li et al. 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Italy’s Tramite Group is exploring opportunities to establish a tomato paste production facility in Kazakhstan as part of broader efforts to boost agro-industrial cooperation between the two countries On April 1, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Agriculture, Aidarbek Saparov, met with Gianantonio Tramet, founder and general manager of Tramite Group, to discuss tomato cultivation and processing in Kazakhstan, according to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture Tramet noted that his company is actively seeking partners to supply natural food products from Kazakhstan citing the country’s favorable climate for growing high-quality produce Italy currently imports 180,000 tons of tomato paste annually and Tramite Group is considering shifting part of this demand to be met through production in Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries Tramite Group plans to collaborate with Kazakhstan’s Agriqa Farms LLP which has launched a project to develop an export-oriented agro-industrial cluster in town of Shardara The initiative will begin in May 2025 with the construction of a 22-hectare greenhouse complex the project will expand to install drip irrigation systems across 8,000 hectares of farmland Saparov welcomed the initiative and reaffirmed Kazakhstan’s commitment to supporting large-scale agro-processing ventures He assured Tramite Group of comprehensive government assistance for the joint Kazakh-Italian enterprise