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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON CLUSTER IN LIVESTOCK DEVELOPMENT. CLUSTER IN LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Authors :
Meerim SYDYKOVA
Carlos RODRÍGUEZ
Source :
Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Vol 17, Iss 2, Pp 103-112 (2014)
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
Slovak University of Agriculture, 2014.

Abstract

In most developing countries, where agriculture is the main economical source, clusters have been found as a booster to develop their economy. The Asian countries are now starting to implement agro-food clusters into the mainstream of changes in agriculture, farming and food industry. The long-term growth of meat production in the Kyrgyz Republic during the last decade, as well as the fact that agriculture has become one of the prioritized sectors of the economy, proved the importance of livestock sector in the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic. The research question is “Does the Kyrgyz Republic has strong economic opportunities and prerequisites in agriculture in order to implement an effective agro cluster in the livestock sector?” Paper focuses on describing the prerequisites of the Kyrgyz Republic in agriculture to implement livestock cluster. The main objective of the paper is to analyse the livestock sector of the Kyrgyz Republic and observe the capacity of this sector to implement agro-cluster. The study focuses on investigating livestock sector and a complex S.W.O.T. The analysis was carried out based on local and regional database and official studies. The results of research demonstrate the importance of livestock cluster for national economy. It can be concluded that cluster implementation could provide to its all members with benefits if they could build strong collaborative relationship in order to facilitate the access to the labour market and implicitly, the access to exchange of good practices. Their ability of potential cluster members to act as a convergence pole is critical for acquiring practical skills necessary for the future development of the livestock sector.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13369261
Volume :
17
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.891013922f3d45409bc9c05df1fafc44
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.15414/raae.2014.17.02.103-112