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Emergent Research Themes on Sustainability in the Beef Cattle Industry in Brazil: An Integrative Literature Review

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  • Yasmin Gomes Casagranda

    (School of Management and Business, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande 79070-900, Brazil)

  • Joanna Wiśniewska-Paluszak

    (Department of Economics, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 60-637 Poznan, Poland)

  • Grzegorz Paluszak

    (Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, 00-241 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Giana de Vargas Mores

    (Atitus Educação, Business School, Passo Fundo 99070-220, Brazil)

  • Leila Dal Moro

    (Atitus Educação, Business School, Passo Fundo 99070-220, Brazil)

  • Guilherme Cunha Malafaia

    (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Campo Grande 79106-550, Brazil)

  • Denise Barros de Azevedo

    (School of Management and Business, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande 79070-900, Brazil)

  • Debin Zhang

    (School of Public Administration, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China)

Abstract

Brazil is one of the world’s biggest beef producers and its largest exporter. However, beef cattle ranching is a leading cause of deforestation and habitat conversion in the Brazilian Amazon, which challenges sustainable development. We adopted the triple bottom line (TBL) as a guiding theory of sustainability and assumed the necessity of a production system-specific approach. Based on an integrative literature analysis, we aimed to assess sustainability pillars in beef cattle production. The Web of Science, Scopus and Science Direct databases were searched for studies on mitigating the adverse impacts of beef cattle production before the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. We found 108 references in these databases, 46 of which met the criteria for eligibility assessment, and ten studies were selected for textual cluster analysis and thematic synthesis. The review shows emergent research themes on sustainability in beef cattle production. It also elaborates a conceptual model of the sustainability pillars in the technique, science, and social aspects of the beef cattle sector that may guide the managerial and political strategies for the beef cattle supply chain in Brazil and other emerging markets. This study indicates that sustainable beef cattle development requires new digital technologies and ideas about sustainable supply chain management, which provides human, environmental, and animal welfare.

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  • Yasmin Gomes Casagranda & Joanna Wiśniewska-Paluszak & Grzegorz Paluszak & Giana de Vargas Mores & Leila Dal Moro & Guilherme Cunha Malafaia & Denise Barros de Azevedo & Debin Zhang, 2023. "Emergent Research Themes on Sustainability in the Beef Cattle Industry in Brazil: An Integrative Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-25, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:5:p:4670-:d:1089179
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    1. Bouman, B. A. M. & Nieuwenhuyse, A., 1999. "Exploring options for sustainable beef cattle ranching in the humid tropics: a case study for the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 59(2), pages 145-161, February.
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    1. Elisabete Nogueira & Sofia Gomes & João M. Lopes, 2023. "Triple Bottom Line, Sustainability, and Economic Development: What Binds Them Together? A Bibliometric Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(8), pages 1-17, April.

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