NUR-SULTAN, KAZAKHSTAN — Kazakh Invest, a national investment agency in Kazakhstan, announced plans to build a $600 million poultry farm in the Almaty region.

The facility would have the capacity to process 240,000 tonnes of poultry meat, including 100,000 tonnes of sausages and delicacies. Projected to begin in 2025 and be completed by 2029, the project would create approximately 6,000 jobs for the region.

The poultry farm would be the largest among the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which includes Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

The project will be overseen by the Aitas holding company, which represents the largest poultry farm currently in Central Asia and the oldest poultry farm in the country, with 43% of the region’s poultry market share. Through its facilities, Aitas currently holds a processing capacity of 150,000 tonnes of poultry per year and can produce 80 million hatching eggs per year for broiler chickens.

Rabiga Tokseitova, vice president of JSC Aitas KZ, said the raw materials for the future poultry farm would be supplied from local producers, while the finished products would be distributed both domestically and internationally.