Academic Scientific JournalsSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJANI AGRICULTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EXPERT VIEWS
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https://doi.org/10.26881/wg.2025.1.02Keywords:
agriculture, ecological problems, sustainable developmentAbstract
Purpuse. This study, based on the sustainability assumptions, provides the comparative evaluations and proposals of the views of academic and professional experts in order to contribute to the research on the implementation of sustainable development in agricultural sector of Azerbaijan. The aim of our study is to form a theoretical opinion with the views of experts by examining the barriers and opportunities of the Azerbaijani agriculture. This, in turn, allows our research to fill the gap in the literature by forming a deeper understanding of the views of experts regarding sustainability in the agriculture of Azerbaijan.
Methodology. Our research is conducted on the basis of the theoretical basis referring to the previous studies and statistical data on Azerbaijan's agriculture and in-depth interviews conducted with 4 academic and 4 professional experts. Comparative assessments are applied to the results of the expert interview.
Findings. The results show that there are differences in approaches between academics and professionals on some issues related to the implementation of sustainable development in agriculture. During our research, it is observed that the professionals mostly touched on the issues observed in the field, while the academics mostly cited the opinions based on the statistics and reports provided by the state.
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