Systematic mapping of research on farm-level sustainability in egg and chicken meat productionShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: Sustainability, E-ISSN 2071-1050, Vol. 12, no 7, article id 3033
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Abstract [en]
The sustainability of future poultry production needs to be improved in order to meet global challenges. The global chicken population has expanded significantly in recent decades, due to increased human demand for eggs and chicken meat. Therefore, it is critically important to mitigate challenges to the sustainability of modern poultry production, such as pollution, the depletion of finite natural resources and animal welfare issues. This study systematically mapped the scientific literature on farm-level sustainability in egg and chicken meat production. The concept of sustainability was considered holistically, covering its economic, environmental and social dimensions, each consisting of a broad range of different aspects that may contradict or reinforce each other. The literature published between January 2000 and March 2020 with a geographical focus on Europe, North America and Australia-New Zealand, were included. The literature search resulted in a total of 428 hits, but after the exclusion of articles that did not match the scope of the study, only 26 papers remained for the systematic mapping. Of these, only three papers covered all three dimensions of sustainability. Aspects of economic sustainability were addressed in 10 papers, aspects of environmental sustainability in 18 papers, and aspects of social sustainability in 23 papers. The findings in this study are an important foundation for the discussion and prioritisation of future actions to increase knowledge of farm-level sustainability in egg and chicken meat production.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI AG , 2020. Vol. 12, no 7, article id 3033
Keywords [en]
Animal welfare, Broiler, Ecology, Economic, Environment, Laying hen, Social, economic analysis, egg, finite element method, food industry, literature review, livestock farming, meat, poultry, prioritization, Australia, Europe, New Zealand, North America, Animalia
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-44790DOI: 10.3390/su12073033Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85083555353OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-44790DiVA, id: diva2:1436660
Note
Article; Funding details: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas, 2017-02017; Funding text 1: The Swedish Research Council Formas, grant number 2017-02017, funded this research.
2020-06-082020-06-082023-06-08Bibliographically approved