Going in Circles: Key Aspects for Circular Economy Contributions to Agro-industrial Cooperatives

Murillo Vetroni Barros (), Rômulo Henrique Gomes Jesus (), Bruno Silva Ribeiro () and Cassiano Moro Piekarski ()
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Murillo Vetroni Barros: Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering (PPGEP), Universidade Tecnológica Federal Do Paraná (UTFPR)
Rômulo Henrique Gomes Jesus: Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering (PPGEP), Universidade Tecnológica Federal Do Paraná (UTFPR)
Bruno Silva Ribeiro: Universidade Tecnológica Federal Do Paraná (UTFPR)
Cassiano Moro Piekarski: Graduate Program in Industrial Engineering (PPGEP), Universidade Tecnológica Federal Do Paraná (UTFPR)

Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2023, vol. 3, issue 2, 861-880

Abstract: Abstract The global agribusiness context faces at the same time challenges of feeding a growing global population that is used to safe and nutritious food, opportunities based on innovation, high technology and efficiency in the agri-food production systems from field to table. Given the context, this article aims to present the main key aspects of the circular economy to agro-industrial cooperatives. These contributions were named key aspects, such as circular and symbiotic practices, competitive advantages, innovation, cooperation and barriers and opportunities. The field presents a problem that few literature in fact discusses circular economy approaches in the context of agro-industrial cooperatives. As a methodological procedure, a literature review was carried out in three databases to obtain relevant documents and thus analyse and discuss some characteristics based on circular economy practices applied in agro-industrial cooperatives. As a result, a diagnosis of the current scenario that agro sector organizations are facing in terms of the main rural activities and sustainable practices that relate to the circular economy; measures taken to generate competitive advantage; innovation behaviour; and how linear and circular business models are being applied in the agroindustry. A framework is presented to show potential routes strategies for closing the cycle in an agro-industrial cooperative. The opportunities are based on the implementation of high technology in the field, the use of bioenergy and the development of new circular business models throughout the agro-value chain. The study has contributions to rural properties and managers of cooperatives in terms of waste reduction, innovation generation and increases in activities and processes based on circular economy.

Keywords: Circular economy; Circularity; Farm; Cooperation; Agro-industrial business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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