Enhancing the State's Role in Cluster-based Tea Development

Abstract

Considering that the state has the opportunity to directly influence the formation of the basic income of tea producers in the agricultural sector and the quality of the product varieties they produce, it allows to significantly reduce the uncertainty that exists in tea farming. The article examines the determination of the objectives of producers and consumers facing the agrarian policy of the state in tea cultivation, the development of tea cultivation and the increasing of the role of the state. In the study, the importance of having conditions that provide conditions (communication between tea production and processing enterprises and state bodies and development of personnel training system) for the purpose of developing a competitive tea product cluster is shown. It is proposed to develop an organizational and economic interaction mechanism between the cluster participants in order to ensure the efficient operation of the tea products cluster and high competitiveness. The principles inherent in the formation of tea growing clusters are defined, the innovative character of the development in the formation of the cluster, the accessibility of the creation of conditions for profitable investments that ensure the increase of the competitiveness of the cluster participants in the regional and international market are emphasized. Based on different methodological approaches, it is suggested that the formation of a cluster consists of six stages. Given the main methodological principles of the formation of the tea product cluster, the possibilities of forming an effective agrarian policy of the state are limited without having basic knowledge about the current state of tea cultivation development. Therefore, factors affecting the value and quality of tea products should be thoroughly analyzed, problems in the areas that shape their value should be identified and measures should be developed to eliminate them. Solving the mentioned problems can have a significant impact on the competitiveness of tea products in Azerbaijan.