Management in agriculture industries: ways to improve productivity in competitive markets

Economic Annals-XXI: Volume 210, Issue (7-8), Pages: 17-23

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Ongdash, A., Razak, F., Shavkatov, N., & Barros, V. (2024). Management in agriculture industries: ways to improve productivity in competitive markets. Economic Annals-XXI, 210(7-8), 17-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V210-03

Ainur Ongdash
PhD (Economics), Assistant Professor,
School of Economics and Management,
University Narxoz
55 Zhandosov Str., Almaty, 050035, Kazakhstan
ainur.ongdash@narxoz.kz
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-3039

Fatima Razak
PhD (Linguistics),
Department of English, College of Education, The Islamic University
2975+9RM, Najaf, Najaf Governorate, Iraq
Department of English, College of Education,
The Islamic University of Al Diwaniyah
XWM5+JWQ, Al Diwaniyah, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, 58001, Iraq
Department of English, College of Education,
The Islamic University of Babylon
Al Najaf’s Str., Al Hillah, Babylon, 51002, Iraq
fatimarazak@iunajaf.edu.iq
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2755-3715

Navruzbek Shavkatov
PhD (Economics),
Department of Corporate Finance and Securities,
Tashkent State University of Economics
49 Islam Karimov Str., Tashkent, 100066, Uzbekistan
n.shavkatov@tsue.uz
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-2507

Victor Barros
PhD (Information Systems), Professor,
Department of Information Systems, School of Engineering,
University of Minho
Rua da Universidade, Braga, 4710-057, Portugal
vfbarros@dsi.uminho.pt
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7318-8257

Management in agriculture industries: ways to improve productivity in competitive markets

Abstract. Productivity in the agricultural sector is considered the main key to improving production and increasing the capacity of producers in this sector, and in the field of food security, paying attention to this pillar is of great importance; because, given the limited production resources in the agricultural sector, their optimal and sustainable use is essential to maintain or increase the level of production in order to achieve food security. In this article, while addressing the prerequisites and outputs of improving productivity in the agricultural sector, a dynamic model of the relationship between productivity and related effective and affected parameters, including raw materials, production, machinery and technology, supply chain, and sales system, has been presented. For this research, the agricultural industry of Central Asia (including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan) was evaluated during the years 2020-2024 and various sectors of the agricultural industry were ranked using the Promethee method. The results show that the sales system has achieved the highest productivity, while raw materials and production are at the bottom of the ranking. The results also showed that with the expansion of technology in recent years, the need for development and productivity in this sector can greatly help other sectors of the agricultural industry.

Keywords: Agriculture; Agricultural Industry Productivity; Index Ranking; Promethee Method; Management; Economics; Central Asia; Producer; Agribusiness

JEL Classifications: Е24; Е41; Е64; I18; J28; J31

Acknowledgements and Funding: The authors received no direct funding for this research.

Contribution: The authors contributed equally to this work.

Data Availability Statement: The dataset is available from the authors upon request.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V210-03

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Received 26.04.2024
Received in revised form 18.05.2024
Accepted 20.05.2024
Available online 27.08.2024