Taste of Tropics Takes Root in Southern Kazakhstan

Taste of Tropics Takes Root in Southern Kazakhstan

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Bananas are not a crop typically associated with Kazakhstan’s vast steppe, but in the country’s south, a greenhouse complex is proving otherwise. Central Asia’s only banana farm, located in the Turkistan Region near Shymkent, is cultivating tropical fruit on an industrial scale while drawing visitors eager to see how bananas grow far from their natural …