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Value chain competitiveness in sheep farming: the role of institutional factors

Ilkin Huseynov Gafur

0009-5808-014X ilkin.huseynov@gmail.com

2697 ­ ­ AZ ­ ­ 49. June 2026 ­ ­­ ­ sheep farming value chain global trends international experience agrarian policy export added value

 

https://doi.org/10.30546/19023.2026.01.048.163

UOT: 338.43:636.3

The article examines the impact of institutional factors on the competitiveness of the value chain in the sheep farming sector of Azerbaijan through the Value Chain Competitiveness (VCC) index. The index is built on six indicators - selection, traceability, field organizations, branding, processingexport, pasture management, and environmental sustainability - and the scores of four countries (Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Iran) are compared with Azerbaijan. The study found that  Azerbaijan's experience lags behind other countries analyzed mainly in the initial links of the value chain - in the areas of selection-genetic improvement and field organizations - and there is also a significant gap in pasture management. The article puts forward relevant recommendations taking into account the aforementioned factors

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Elchin. Salahov

Azerbaijan State Agricultural University

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Arastun. Jalilov

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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. Hikmat

Ph.D. in agrarian sciences, docent H.N. Nasibov

   

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Hijran. Mirzayeva

Head of the Department of the Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Abdulrahim. Dadashov

Ph.D. candidate of UNEC, Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Huseynaga. Asadov

Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Institute of Dendrology

  Ph.D., ass, pr  

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Aytan. Shukurova

Azerbaijan Cooperation University, senior teacher, dissertator

   

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Saadat. Guliyeva

Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Aygul. Salimova

PhD student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Nargiz. Hasanova

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University

   

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Lala. Jabbarlı

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Manzar. Nasibova

Senior researcher

   

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Aytekin. Huseynli

Ph.D. student of the Baku State University

   

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Tahmina. Safarli

Ph.D. student of the Baku State University

   

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Nurangiz. Mikayilova

Doctoral student of the Agricultural Research Center

  Ph.D., docent  

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Aydin. Asgarov

Institute of Genetic Resources of ANAS