THE İMPACT OF AGRICULTURE ON DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IN THE GANJA-DASHKASAN ECONOMIC REGION

Abstract

Abstract. The long-term development dynamics of agriculture, which is the main occupation of the population in the study area, especially in rural areas, and demographic processes were analyzed. The main occupation of the population in the region is agriculture. The rational organization of economic, social, and environmental conditions in the region creates the basis for the sustainable development of agriculture. Developing agriculture leads to an increase in the standard of living of people and their material well-being, which in turn affects the positive direction of demographic processes. During the observation, it was revealed that the natural growth rate has a close correlation with the physical volume index of agricultural production by farm categories. The fact that demographic processes have been particularly weak in recent years in the Ganja-Dashkasan economic region, which has the lowest population growth rate in the republic, and the negative trend in the natural growth rate in Ganja city indicate the need to take preventive measures. The overall consumption of basic food products and the corresponding agricultural production indicators in the region were compared and the development directions of agriculture were determined.