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Livestock value chain in transition: Cultivated (cell-based) meat and the need for breakthrough capabilities
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Resumo(s)
Alternative protein sources such as cell-based meat are potentially associated with improvements in important
issues related to intensive industrial livestock production: animal welfare, environmental impact, food safety and
the low efficiency of conventional meat production. However, little is known about the potential implications of
the new cultivated meat technology for emerging countries. Thus, drawing on the Global Value Chain literature
and on the blossoming literature on cell-based meat, we have first discussed how this new chain may be
structured. Then, based on the analysis of a set of companies that operate in the fast-developing cultivated meat
industry, core enabling capabilities that are required in order to enter the new meat value chain were identified;
they encompass technological, business structuring, market positioning and relationship with stakeholder capabilities.
It is likely that all listed capabilities are relevant for any country to access the livestock chain in
transition. We propose reflections that may contribute to decisions which, in turn, may define aspects of the
cultivated meat chain, for the sake of relieving animal suffering and taking care of our home planet, while
providing all humans with quality food that meet their nutritional requirements and consumption desires.
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Palavras-chave
Clean meat Slaughter-free meat Global value chain Environment Animal welfare
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Technology in society Doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101286
Editora
Elsevier