Issues of formation and development of infrastructure of suburban area of Astana city

Agricultural and food market of metropolitan city is a system of economic relations between manufacturers and consumers of food products mediated by enterprises of infrastructure complex. Potential of agricultural and food market of metropolitan city is formed from all existing possibilities of suburban agricultural and food complex (hereinafter referred to as SAFC). Formation of market infrastructure institute system, development of already existing elements and establishment of new elements are of key importance upon the development of suburban agricultural and industrial complex. Market infrastructure of urban farm in food provision system of metropolitan city includes trade and intermediary, financial and credit, transport, information, economic, legal infrastructure intended to serve needs of members of local food market. The world practice shows that infrastructure of agricultural and food market is a capital intensive sector. Contributions to this infrastructure are characterized by lower significances of investment attractiveness due to long-term payback, high cost, economic and political risks, more number of regulating authorities. Opening its agricultural and food market for world manufacturers of food products to the extent of its obligations to WTO, Kazakhstan has made a decisive step to global economy where companies build their business by introducing achievements of scientific and technical progress into production, use of modern infrastructure and logistics for delivery of finished products to the consumers. Management of agricultural technological park intended to combine scientific base, educational system and production complex in unified integrated and structured scientific and production agricultural and educational formation could be one of the most important directions of the improvement of the efficiency of agricultural production and stable development of market infrastructure of suburban area of Astana city under current conditions.