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

Altyn Shayakhmetova, Dmitriy Il, Anargul Belgibayeva, Arkadiusz Sadowski, Natalia Genstwa-Namysł, Jagoda Zmyślona, Aigul Timurbekova, Ainagul Kaliyeva, Shynar Arynova, Irina Chidunchi, Kulbaram Bayazitova, Galiya Tumenova, Yerzhan Sagatbayev () and Sergey Pashkov ()
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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
Sergey Pashkov: Department of Geography and Ecology, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk 150000, Kazakhstan

Agriculture, 2025, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-19

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.

Keywords: Central Asia; environmental efficiency; natural and anthropogenic determinants of agricultural production; greenhouse gas emissions; environmental costs of agricultural production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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