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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

1241 ­ ­ 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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Ruhiyya. Mammadrzayeva

Research Institute of Plant Protection and Technical Plants

   

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Okiemua. Okoror

Department of Economics, University of Benin, Nigeria | Department of Economics, University of Reading, UK

   

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Aytan. Shukurova

Azerbaijan Cooperation University, senior teacher, dissertator

   

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Elnara. Kazimova

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University

  senior lecturer  

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Nneka. Osadolor

Department of Economics, University of Benin, Nigeria Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

   

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Saadat. Guliyeva

Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations

  Doctor of Philosophy in Economics  

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Vahid. Abbasov

Head of the Department of Economics, Baku State University

  prof, dr  

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Nazrin. Ramazanova

Master of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC)

   

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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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Agshin. Huseynzade

Master of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC)

   

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Aytekin. Huseynova

Ph.D. student of Azerbaijan Cooperation University

   

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Aygul. Salimova

PhD student of the Agricultural Economics Research Center

   

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Aygun. Salimova

Student of Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC)

   

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Abrehet. Mehari

Lecturer in Ethiopia Civil Service University, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa; Ph.D. candidate in Azerbaijan State University of Economics

   

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Abbas. Safarov

Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center

   

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Aykhan. Gadashov

Head of the portal azexport.az Ph.D. student of the Agricultural Research Center