Environmental Sustainability & Economic Performance in Agribusiness: a cross-country study in Brazil and UK
The project aims to understand the adoption of sustainability-oriented practices and their influence on performance in the context of innovation ecosystems in agribusiness, comparing emerging and developed countries.
Project description
The project will address the following research questions:
- What is the relationship between environmental sustainability and performance results?
- How can we measure environmental sustainability and performance in agribusiness?
- How can we implement an environmental sustainability framework considering the improvement of performance results in agribusiness?
The project aims to:
- Analyse the relationship between environmental sustainability and performance results
- Identify how to measure environmental sustainability and performance in agribusiness
- Develop a framework to implement environmental sustainability considering the improvement of performance results in agribusiness
In order to meet the project objectives, the wine industry has been selected, which will have a huge impact due to climate change and the move towards a sustainable orientated transition. This research will be carried out in three stages. First, an exploratory survey of the wine industry in the old and new world of wine. Second, a comparative case studies in Brazil, South Africa, France, and Italy. Third, an application of the tools and evaluation of the results.
The main project which is being developed for an ESRC Grant Open Call application is entitled: Environmental Sustainability & Economic Performance in Agribusiness: a cross-country study in Brazil and UK. As part of our project, international partners have obtained a grant in October 2023 of £10,000 from the Brazilian Agency to finance the part of the project, named ‘Digital Transformation and Transition to Sustainability in Emerging Economy’.
Dr Juliana Meira is leading the project with Dr Olga Cam, in partnership with Dr Aurora Zen and Dr Daniela Callegaro, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.
Key research outputs and activity
- Paper presentation at Sustainability Conference (7th to 9th April 2024 in Porto Alegre, Brazil)
- Workshop and visiting local agribusiness in the wine sector (June 2024 in France or Spain)
- Brazil Field research with Brazilian local producers (August 2024)
