Kazakhstan's 2026–2028 national budget provides 214.6 billion tenge to encourage the use of water-saving technologies in agriculture. That is four times the amount allocated for the previous three-year period.
A further 13.5 billion tenge has been earmarked to subsidize water delivery services for agricultural producers. The measure is intended to help farmers switch to sprinkler and drip irrigation without significant costs and to bring more producers into the program.
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation previously raised reimbursement for farmers' costs of purchasing and installing water-saving irrigation systems from 50% to 80%. Subsidies for irrigation water when these technologies are used have increased to 85%.
