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Critical success and risk factors for circular business models valorising agricultural waste and by-products
Resources, Conservation and Recycling ( IF 13.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-03 , DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105236
Mechthild Donner , Anne Verniquet , Jan Broeze , Katrin Kayser , Hugo De Vries

For a transition from a linear, ‘take-make-dispose’ economy to a sustainable usage of all constituents of renewable resources in cascading and circular pathways, new business models valorising streams that are currently considered as waste are needed.

The aim of this article is to understand critical success and risk factors of eco-innovative business models that contribute to a circular economy via agricultural unavoidable waste or by-products valorisation.

39 cases were studied focusing on agricultural side stream conversion into valuable products. Semi-structured interviews were performed and secondary data collected. Cases were analysed according to types of initiatives, main objectives, resources and valorisation pathways, as well as external and internal factors that have influenced the businesses over time.

Following success and risk factor categories are identified: (1) technical and logistic, (2) economic, financial and marketing, (3) organisational and spatial, (4) institutional and legal, (5) environmental, social and cultural. Herein, specific factors for the agricultural sector are innovative conversion technologies, flexible in and out logistics, joint investments in R&D, price competitiveness for bio-based products, partnerships with research organisations, space availability, subsidies, agricultural waste management regulations, local stakeholder involvement and acceptance of bio-based production processes.

Insights from this study can help farmers and agribusiness managers by defining and adapting their strategies within their local contexts. They also show that for shifting from linear agro-food chains to a circular system, individual businesses need to evolve towards more dynamic and integrated business models, in which the macro-environment sets the boundary conditions for successful operations.



中文翻译:

循环商业模式对农业废物和副产品进行估价的关键成功和风险因素

为了从级联,循环的经济过渡到可持续利用可再生资源的所有成分,需要一种新的商业模式,以提高目前被视为废物的水流的价值。

本文的目的是了解生态创新业务模式的关键成功和风险因素,这些业务模式通过农业不可避免的废物或副产品评估来促进循环经济。

研究了39个案例,侧重于将农业支流转化为有价值的产品。进行了半结构化访谈并收集了二级数据。根据计划的类型,主要目标,资源和评估路径以及随着时间的推移影响业务的外部和内部因素对案例进行了分析。

确定成功和风险因素的类别如下:(1)技术和物流,(2)经济,金融和营销,(3)组织和空间,(4)制度和法律,(5)环境,社会和文化。这里,农业部门的具体因素包括创新的转换技术,灵活的进出物流,对研发的联合投资,生物基产品的价格竞争力,与研究组织的合作伙伴关系,空间可用性,补贴,农业废物管理法规,当地利益相关者的参与和接受基于生物的生产过程。

这项研究得出的见解可以通过在当地情况下定义和调整其策略来帮助农民和农业综合企业经理。他们还表明,为了从线性农业食品链转变为循环系统,单个企业需要向更加动态和集成的业务模型发展,在该模型中,宏观环境为成功运营设定了边界条件。

更新日期:2020-11-03
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