Managing conflicting goals in pig farming: farmers' strategies and perspectives on sustainable pig farming in Sweden

Öhlund, Erika; Hammer, Monica; Björklund, Johanna

doi:10.1080/14735903.2017.1399514

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“…There is also a need to reduce rigidity in flexible price policies to take advantage of the dynamic external environment [3]. Öhlund et al [4] advocated using public procurement as a driving force to promote more sustainable pork production to solve or cope with the contradictory goals in pig raising. Zhang et al [5] used microscopic data collected from pig farms in Jiangsu Province, using a two-step meta-frontal model and original system methods.…”

Section: Research On the Control Policy Of Pig Pricementioning

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Quantitative Evaluation of China’s Pork Industry Policy: A PMC Index Model Approach

Liu

et al. 2021

Agriculture

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To ease the fluctuation of hog prices and maintain the hog market’s stability, the central government of China has issued a series of hog price control policies. This paper, supplemented by co-word analysis and LDA thematic modeling, constructed 9 first-level indicators and 36 s-level indicators and used a PMC index model to conduct quantitative research on the selected 74 policies and regulations of China’s pig price regulation policies from July 2007 to April 2020. The research concludes that the research tool system of China’s hog price control is formed. The overall design of the hog price control policy is relatively reasonable, but there are still the following problems: the subject of China’s pig price control policy is singular, so it is difficult to form a resultant force; the policy pays attention to the price regulation in the short term, but ignores the long-term industrial structure adjustment; it emphasizes market supervision, but insufficient support for slaughtering and processing; it focuses on production and management to improve the development quality and efficiency of the pig industry, but does not take social equity into account. Finally, some policy suggestions are put forward: multi-department division of labor and close cooperation; adjusting the industrial structure of hog and carrying out appropriate large-scale breeding; establishing the operation mode of slaughtering and processing in the producing area to reduce the circulation cost of the pig industry; ensuring the consumption of pork by low-income groups and giving consideration to social efficiency and equity.

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Section: Research On the Control Policy Of Pig Pricementioning

confidence: 99%

Quantitative Evaluation of China’s Pork Industry Policy: A PMC Index Model Approach

Liu

et al. 2021

Agriculture

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“…One of the factors that contributed to the pork price increase was improving the welfare of fatteners. Morover, Öhlund et al [ 36 ] discussed negative environmental effects of industrial meat production in Sweden. Environmentally friendly strategies entail sustainable pig farming with a decreased total production of pork and lower emissions of greenhouse gasses per land unit.…”

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Scrutinizing Pork Price Volatility in the European Union over the Last Decade

Utnik-Banaś

Schwarz

Szymańska

et al. 2022

Animals

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The aim of this study was to analyze the factors that can influence pork prices, particularly the effects of various types of fluctuations on the volatility of pork prices in the European Union as a whole market and individual EU countries. The research material consisted of monthly time series of pork prices collected from 2009 to 2020. These data originated from the Integrated System of Agricultural Information coordinated by the Polish Ministry of Agriculture. Information on global pork production volumes is from the Food and Agriculture Organization Statistics (FAOSTAT) database. Time series of prices were described by the multiplicative model, and seasonal breakdown was performed using the Census X-11 method. The separation of the cyclical component of the trend was performed using the Hodrick–Prescott filter. In 2019, pork production in the European Union totaled 23,954 thousand tonnes, which accounted for 21.8% of global pork production. The largest producers were Germany, Spain, and France, supplying more than half of the pork to the entire European Union market. Pork prices in the EU, averaged over the 2009–2020 period were Euro (EUR) 154.63/100 kg. The highest prices for pork were recorded in Malta, Cyprus, Bulgaria, and Greece, whereas the lowest prices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and France. The breakdown of the time series for pork prices confirmed that, in the period from 2009 to 2020, pork prices exhibited considerable fluctuations of both a long-term and medium-term nature as well as short-term seasonal and irregular fluctuations. Prices were higher than average in summer (with a peak in June–August) and lower in winter (January–March). Overall, the proportions of different types of changes in pork prices were as follows: random changes—7.9%, seasonal changes—36.6%, and cyclical changes—55.5%.

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“…To guide consumers in their choices and to increase consumption of sustainable food, more/better communication about food production impacts is necessary [95]. However, retailers are only willing to provide better alternatives if there is a demand for them and if it coincides with commercial and financial goals [96].…”

Section: Marketing Labelling and Consumption Of Sustainable Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Swedish local authorities can take responsibility for a transition towards more sustainable food production through the procurement of food for, e.g., schools, hospitals, and retirement homes. However, in terms of locally produced food (that may be more sustainable than imported) and Swedish meat with high animal welfare, there is a need for changes in procurement practices as European Union public procurement regulations currently prohibit geographical discrimination [45,95].…”

Section: Marketing Labelling and Consumption Of Sustainable Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Synergies and Trade-Offs for Sustainable Food Production in Sweden: An Integrated Approach

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The production of food can have large impacts on sustainable development in relation to various socio-ecological dimensions, like climate change, the environment, animal welfare, livestock epidemiology, and the economy. To achieve a sustainable food production system in Sweden, an integrated approach that considers all five of these dimensions, and all parts of the food production chain, is necessary. This paper systematically reviewed the literature related to food production in Sweden, especially in association with resource distribution and recycling logistics, and identified potential sustainability interventions and assessed their effects according to the five dimensions. Participation of stakeholders across the food production chain contributed with the focus of the literature search and subsequent synthesis. In general, there were synergies between the sustainability interventions and their effect on climate change and the environment, while there often were trade-offs between effects on the economy and the other dimensions. Few interventions considered effects on animal welfare or livestock epidemiology and few studies dealt with resource distribution and recycling logistics. This indicates that there is a need for future research that considers this in particular, as well as research that considers the whole food production chain and all dimensions at once, and investigates effects across multiple scales.

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Managing conflicting goals in pig farming: farmers' strategies and perspectives on sustainable pig farming in Sweden

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

Quantitative Evaluation of China’s Pork Industry Policy: A PMC Index Model Approach

Quantitative Evaluation of China’s Pork Industry Policy: A PMC Index Model Approach

Scrutinizing Pork Price Volatility in the European Union over the Last Decade

Synergies and Trade-Offs for Sustainable Food Production in Sweden: An Integrated Approach

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