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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

2714 ­ ­ 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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Anar. Bayramov

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center

   

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Elchin. Salahov

Azerbaijan State Agricultural University

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Uhayna. Valehzadeh

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center Lecturer at Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University

   

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Orkhan. Balayev

Education Center of Tax Ministry of Azerbaijan Republic

   

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Elnara. Kazimova

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University

  senior lecturer  

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Tural. Mammadzade

Ph.D. student of

   

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Novruz. Rahimov

Ph.D. student of the Azerbaijan Cooperation University

   

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Ayhan. Satıcı

Azerbaijan State University of Economics, PhD student

   

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. Shahla

Baku State University

   

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Nargiz. Hasanova

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University

   

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Fuad. Rzayev

Ph.D. student of the Azerbaijan Technical University

   

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Aytekin. Huseynova

Ph.D. student of Azerbaijan Cooperation University

   

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Arastun. Jalilov

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Chilenay. Abishova

Ph.D. student of the 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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Rafiz. Ismayilli

student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center