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Collaboration, Resilience, and Value Creation in the Scottish Pig Supply Chain

In: Biodiversity in Agri-Food Systems

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  • Cesar Revoredo-Giha

    (Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), King’s Buildings)

  • Wisdom Dogbe

    (University of Aberdeen, The Rowett Institute)

  • Luiza Toma

    (Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), King’s Buildings)

Abstract

The Scottish pig supply chain has been exposed to many supply chain shocks, which have threatened its economic sustainability. Examples of these shocks are processors bankruptcies, the effects of COVID-19 pandemic, the UK exiting the European Union (Brexit) and the swine flu pandemic. The evolution of the Scottish pig supply chain and its reaction to shocks are interesting to study because on the one hand, it has many features in common with other agri-food supply chains, and on the other hand, it allows us to illustrate how, particularly horizontal, collaboration in the form of pig cooperatives have played a role to reduce the vulnerability of producers, i.e., increase their resilience to several shocks, and also on their process of value creation. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to illustrate the above points and discuss the implications that the acquisition of the Brechin abattoir, the largest pig abattoir in Scotland, by Browns Food Group, and the UK net zero strategy requirements by 2050 for supply chains may have for the Scottish pig supply chain.

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  • Cesar Revoredo-Giha & Wisdom Dogbe & Luiza Toma, 2025. "Collaboration, Resilience, and Value Creation in the Scottish Pig Supply Chain," Cooperative Management, in: Konstadinos Mattas & George Baourakis & Constantin Zopounidis & Christos Staboulis (ed.), Biodiversity in Agri-Food Systems, chapter 0, pages 17-37, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:comchp:978-3-032-06385-4_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-06385-4_2
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