AN ANALYSIS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDY POLICY IN AZERBAIJAN
AZERBAYCAN’IN TARIM SÜBVANSIYON POLİTİKASININ ANALİZİ

Author : Ramil HÜSEYN - -
Number of pages : 545-562

Abstract

Agriculture only accounts for 5.5% of GDP but is important to reducing poverty, rural-urban migration and national food insecurity as 39 % of the country labour force is employed in agriculture. As a result of impressive economic growth in the previous decade due to the development of the oil sector, poverty rates declined from 46% in 2002 to 6% in 2012. The average calorie intake decreased initially in the 1990s, but has made significant recovery and now only 5% of the population is estimated to be undernourished. Government is now giving priority to non-oil sectors, including agriculture, to

Keywords

Azerbaijan, Food security, subsidy, agriculture, wheat

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