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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

2695 ­ ­ 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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Khaliq. Ghafarli

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center

   

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Abbas. Safarov

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center

   

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Hagar. Namazova

Ph.D. candidate of the Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC)

   

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Samir. Akhmedov

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Sarvan. Jafarov

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Hamza. Khalilov

Agricultural Economics Research Center, Advisor to the director

  prof, dr  

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Ayhan. Satıcı

Azerbaijan State University of Economics, PhD student

   

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Ruhiyya. Mammadrzayeva

Research Institute of Plant Protection and Technical Plants

   

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Agshin. Huseynzade

Master of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC)

   

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Gurban. Mirzayev

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University

   

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Vugar. Mehdiyev

h.D., Associate Professor, V.M. Mehdiyev Azerbaijan University of Cooperation

  Ph.D., docent  

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Yusif. Humbatov

Azerbaijan University of Technology

   

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Vagif.

Center for Local Economic Reforms

  Ph.D., docent  

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Vuqar. Namazov

Ph.D. candidate of the Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC)

   

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Elbrus. Akbarov

Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), senior lecturer

   

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Galib. Sharifov

Head of the Department of Quality Management of "Agro Procurement and Supply" OJSC, ISO standards expert

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics