Owing to the available climatic conditions the agriculture is based on cultivation of valuable cultures, but as in all mountainous countries, the Republic is lacking for arable land. Important branches are gardening, especially in Nakhchivan, Guba, Gusari, and wine-growing, nut and millenary plantations. More than 200 sorts of grapes are cultivated in Kur-Araz lowlands, Highland Shirvan, Karabakh, Nakhchivan. One of the oldest branches - the silkworm plays an important role in the western economic regions of the country. As for cattle farming considerable specific weight belongs to fat milk buffalo and zebu herds.
Poultry raising farming also plays a certain role.
Fishery develops half a million centers of fish is net per year. The most important kind of transport in our Republic is the railway, the first electrified route of which linked Baku with oil wells of the Apsheron Peninsula. Baku-Derbent route provides the way of Republic to the North Caucasian cities of Russia and farther to the European part of Russia. Baku-Aghstafa route links Azerbaijan through Georgia with Black Sea ports, through Julfa station provides the connection with Iran. Naval transport plays an important role in economic relations of Republic with other countries.