199 new investment projects financed in 2008: KazAgro CEO

ASTANA. January 14. KAZINFORM /Kurmat Samarkhan/ A group of companies of ?KazAgro? Holding financed 199 new investment projects in 2008. ?KazAgro? Holding CEO Assylzhan Mamytbekov has made it public at an enlarged Collegium of the Kazakh Ministry of Agriculture on results of 2008 and on action plan for 2009; Kazinform reports.

As the head of the Holding noted, they have good dynamics of financing growth in 2008, which increased by 36 percent against 2007. ?Main funds ? KZT 120.3 bln ? are directed to plant production, KZT 17.8 bln - to livestock and KZT 3.1 bln ? to processing?, A.Mamytbekov said. ?As is known, the majority of borrowers are representatives of small and medium businesses?, the ?KazAgro? CEO noted.