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Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants of Productivity, Emission Intensity and Environmental Efficiency of Central Asian Countries Against a Worldwide Background

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  • Altyn Shayakhmetova

    (Agrotechnological Faculty, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk 150000, Kazakhstan)

  • Dmitriy Il

    (Department of Food Security, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk 150000, Kazakhstan)

  • Anargul Belgibayeva

    (Department of Business and Services, Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, Kokshetau 020000, Kazakhstan)

  • Arkadiusz Sadowski

    (Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics and Economic Policy in Agribusiness, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland)

  • Natalia Genstwa-Namysł

    (Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics and Economic Policy in Agribusiness, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland)

  • Jagoda Zmyślona

    (Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics and Economic Policy in Agribusiness, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland)

  • Aigul Timurbekova

    (Department of Food Technology and Safety, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Almaty 05000, Kazakhstan)

  • Ainagul Kaliyeva

    (Department of Biology and Ecology, Toraighyrov University, Pavlodar 140008, Kazakhstan)

  • Shynar Arynova

    (Department of Biology and Ecology, Toraighyrov University, Pavlodar 140008, Kazakhstan)

  • Irina Chidunchi

    (Department of Biology and Ecology, Toraighyrov University, Pavlodar 140008, Kazakhstan)

  • Kulbaram Bayazitova

    (Department of Food Security, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk 150000, Kazakhstan)

  • Galiya Tumenova

    (Department of Food Security, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk 150000, Kazakhstan)

  • Yerzhan Sagatbayev

    (Higher School of Natural Sciences, Astana International University, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
    Faculty of Natural Sciences, L. N. Gumilyev Eurasian National University, Astana 010008, Kazakhstan)

  • Sergey Pashkov

    (Department of Geography and Ecology, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk 150000, Kazakhstan)

Abstract

The study is devoted to determining the factors affecting the volume of agricultural production, the ability to meet the food needs of populations, as well as the environmental efficiency of production, defined as the ratio of the number of kilocalories produced by the agricultural sector to the amount of greenhouse gasses it emits. Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) were chosen as an example. They are characterized by similar natural conditions (mainly dry, continental climate, and the dominant role of permanent grassland in agricultural land use), as well as a common economic history (as former republics of the USSR). As shown in this study, land productivity and environmental efficiency of production depend on natural factors, while the actual ability to meet each nation’s food needs depends on human activity, including primary measures taken to improve environmental efficiency within natural limits.

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  • Altyn Shayakhmetova & Dmitriy Il & Anargul Belgibayeva & Arkadiusz Sadowski & Natalia Genstwa-Namysł & Jagoda Zmyślona & Aigul Timurbekova & Ainagul Kaliyeva & Shynar Arynova & Irina Chidunchi & Kulba, 2025. "Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants of Productivity, Emission Intensity and Environmental Efficiency of Central Asian Countries Against a Worldwide Background," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-19, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:15:y:2025:i:5:p:559-:d:1606535
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    1. William R. Sutton & Rachel I. Block & Jitendra Srivastava, 2009. "Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe and Central Asia Agriculture," World Bank Publications - Reports 25983, The World Bank Group.
    2. Irina P. Panyushkina & Altyn Shayakhmetova & Sergey Pashkov & Leonid I. Agafonov, 2024. "Unstable State of Hydrologic Regime and Grain Yields in Northern Kazakhstan Estimated with Tree-Ring Proxies," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-15, May.
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