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Designing Sustainable Production and Distribution Scenarios for the Beef and Pork Supply Chains in Brazil

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

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Title Designing Sustainable Production and Distribution Scenarios for the Beef and Pork Supply Chains in Brazil
 
Creator Dondè, Giulia
Trienekens, Jacques
Bloemhof, Jacqueline M.
 
Subject sustainability; beef; pork supply chain; supply chain management; Brazil; scenario development
 
Description Due to the intensive use of natural resources in food production in Brazil and the consequent air and water pollution, sustainable production is high on the agenda of businesses and policy makers. This paper designs sustainable production and distribution scenarios for the beef and pork supply chains in Brazil, covering Planet, People and Profit aspects. A case study design is employed in a multi-phase qualitative approach, consisting of two rounds of interviews to pursue the final design of six feasible scenarios for the beef and pork chains. Three sustainable production and distribution scenarios for beef are designed: intensification, local production and sustainable operations and integrated land use, and three for pork: integration of animal and crop production, sophistication and balanced sustainability.The core improvements that can be extracted from the scenarios are: increased chain collaboration, information sharing in the chain, and governmental involvement in the Brazilian beef and pork supply chains. A major value of the paper lays in the three-phase methodology set-up. This paper will also contribute to the debate on sustainable improvements feasible in these Brazilian food chains.
 
Publisher CentMA
 
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Date 2016-08-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/741
10.18461/ijfsd.v7i4.741
 
Source International Journal on Food System Dynamics; Vol 7, No 4 (2016); 271 - 292
1869-6945
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/fsd/article/view/741/628
 
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