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"textContent": "The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.\n\nASTANA — Kazakhstan is no longer aiming simply to feed itself. It is positioning its agricultural sector as a regional export engine, according to Vice Minister of Agriculture Yerbol Taszhurekov, speaking at a thematic session on the second day of the Regional Ecological Summit (RES-2026) on April 23. Taszhurekov framed the shift in blunt economic…\n\nThe post Kazakhstan Moves Beyond Self-Sufficiency as Central Asia Confronts Food and Water Pressures appeared first on The Astana Times.",
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