The majority of Kazakhstan’s total land area is comprised of permanent pasture and meadows that are used by the agricultural sector, the country's industrial and economic backbone, employing nearly half of the population. However, intensive agricultural practices are jeopardizing biodiversity and food security in the country.
Through a collaboration with scientists, researchers, policymakers, farmers’ collectives and beekeeping unions, UNDP has since 2019 supported Kazakhstan in developing a nature-based approach to sustainable agriculture that protects the soil and the species that inhabit it.
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