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

Yasmin Gomes Casagranda (), Joanna Wiśniewska-Paluszak (), Grzegorz Paluszak, Giana de Vargas Mores, Leila Dal Moro, Guilherme Cunha Malafaia, Denise Barros de Azevedo and Debin Zhang
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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

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-25

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.

Keywords: emerging markets and developing economies; sustainability; agri-food sectors; beef cattle industry; Brazil; thematic synthesis; integrative review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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