Public support for agricultural sector of Kazakhstan

The study reflects the importance of small and medium-sized businesses in creating new jobs, introducing and commercializing radical innovations. It is noted that with effective public support, this category of entrepreneurs is able to achieve significant results both in the short and long term, and will provide access to new markets. The article shows the created favorable conditions for the development of agricultural entrepreneurship, testifying high positions of Kazakhstan, the important role of six public support programs, contributing to significant improvement of situation of business entities, contribution of domestic small and medium-sized enterprises to GDP. The low employment in this area is emphasizes, differences by industry, taking into account that some features of institutional and regulatory framework create disproportionate conditions for SMEs. Trade and investment barriers prevent it from fully entering domestic and global trading platforms. In OECD countries, small and medium-sized businesses make up the majority of business sector. The authors testify that in the future new approaches to the effective development of entrepreneurial activity will be developed; benchmark for expanding the scope of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs is provided in the Strategic Plan of Kazakhstan until 2025. In modern conditions, the mechanism for ensuring their effective functioning should be based on strengthening of government support, providing lending funds, and a wide range of other financial products to ensure a favorable macroeconomic situation in the State.