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Brazil is among the world’s leading food producers and exporters. The opportunity arose to examine and analyse dynamics of spatiotemporal of major agricultural crop and animal commodities within Brazil. An investigation was carried out on shifts in distribution density across Brazil’s different agricultural production regions between 1990 and 2015. This focused mainly on the midwest region, Brazil’s main agricultural frontier in the 21st century. This process enabled an analysis of the potential areas for maintenance and expansion of food supply chains and confirmed an increase in agricultural production in country’s central region. Geographical transformations were noted in the midwest region’s interior and its frontier with the Amazon biome. Over the study period, geographical midpoints of some key agricultural commodities (e.g., soybean, maize) and beef cattle production shifted towards the midwest’s interior, whereas milk, poultry, and pork production shifted southward. A vital issue in discussing contemporary rural areas, agricultural food production is tied to the quality of life, food supply, distribution, and consumption, as well as social, economic, and spatial inequalities. The development of science and technology applied to agriculture has implications regarding production growth and innovation targeted toward guaranteeing sustainable long-term production.

O presente estudo visa identificar os fatores determinantes da decisão de compra de núcleo mineral por parte dos criadores de gado de corte confinado no Centro Oeste. Para tanto, desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa quantitativa descritiva, realizada através da aplicação de questionários estruturados a 83 confinadores de gado da região Centro-Oeste do Brasil. Após a coleta dos dados e caracterização da amostra, foram realizadas regressão logística binária e análise de cluster. Concluiu-se que, os dados não permitem a identificação prévia de influência dos atributos de compra selecionados (agilidade de entrega, acompanhamento técnico, confiança da marca, nível de garantia, indicação da marca por um amigo, prazo de pagamento, preço do produto, indicação de marca por técnico, relacionamento com o representante e resultado de desempenho) na decisão de compra e uso de núcleos minerais (grãos inteiros ou tradicional) na dieta de bovinos de corte confinados. A análise de agrupamento de tipos específicos de gestores obteve respostas que não estão relacionadas, não permitindo a distinção entre os grupos. Os resultados abrem um novo ponto de análise para o comportamento de compra para a produção: a busca pela padronização dos processos e entendimento do perfil do produtor.

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.