Circular Business Models and Circular Agriculture: Perceptions and Practices of Dutch Farmers

Dagevos, H.; Lauwere, Carolien de

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“…Some farmers opt for an adaptative approach, relying first and foremost on technological solutions to address circular challenges. Other farmers adopt an alternative approach, stating that making a profit, whatever the costs, and growing production, whatever the inputs required, is no longer indisputable (Dagevos & Lauwere, 2021).…”

Section: Factors Influencing the Decision For Ce Implementation In Smesmentioning

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A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

2022

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The circular economy (CE) emerged as an alternative model to the linear system to foster sustainable development. Entrepreneurship represents a key factor in capturing new circular business opportunities. Research on circular entrepreneurship remains at an early phase and is correspondingly somewhat dispersed. Thus, the research objective here is to bring entrepreneurship into the focus of discussions on CE through a systematic literature review. In the absence of any systematic review on this theme, this work aims to map the relevant research and identify the themes discussed in the literature straddling entrepreneurship and the CE currently dispersed across the existing literature. Based on a sample of 102 articles collected from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, this approach identified four thematic groups: growing circular SMEs, born circular firms and start-ups, social entrepreneurship in CE, and support ecosystem for circular entrepreneurship. A greater emphasis on the study of growing circular SMEs to the detriment of other groups is observed. Also, research in the field is mainly focused on European countries. We then propose a future research agenda and a conceptual model for the entrepreneurial process in CE as a point of departure for further developing and deepening the literature on circular entrepreneurship.

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A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

2022

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“…Similarly, in a recent review of the same Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency [ 73 ], it was claimed that the ambitions for structural change in agriculture envisaged by the Dutch government have so far hardly been translated into concrete policy measures. The majority of farmers at the end of the adaptive range are critical of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture’s CA ambitions, arguing that its circular farming program is inapplicable and unfeasible in practice [ 74 ]. Second, the sustainability of such a program will depend heavily on changes in the regulation of the agricultural waste utilization system.…”

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Toward a Socio-Political Approach to Promote the Development of Circular Agriculture: A Critical Review

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Under the dual pressure of ensuring global food security and coping with the effects of climate change, many countries have proposed projects of circular agriculture to mitigate the vulnerability of agricultural systems. However, due to the different utilizations of agricultural resources in different countries, there are still some important limitations and obstacles to the promotion of agricultural recycling technologies. This review discusses global circular agriculture projects from a social science perspective. We found that (1) current research on circular agriculture is concentrated in the field of natural sciences with a focus on technological upgrading, neglecting social, political and economic research; (2) top-down circular agriculture projects rely on infrastructure and technical inputs for management, which undermines the focus on public participation and is limited by the timing and intensity of state intervention; (3) the development model led by enterprises or associations relies on cooperation and benefit games with farmers, and its sustainability depends largely on changes in the regulation of the agricultural waste utilization system. Based on this, this review argues that circular agriculture projects are not only technical issues in the field of natural sciences, but also strongly influenced by social development. For future research, we strongly recommend cross-disciplinary cooperation, not limited to technology development.

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“…Currently, awakened by the governmental vision and financing, there is a lively debate in The Netherlands regarding circularity [41][42][43][44]. Within academia, the concept is being articulated and applied to the Dutch context considering also the open and global oriented production/consumption systems.…”

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A Circularity Evaluation of New Feed Categories in The Netherlands—Squaring the Circle: A Review

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The concept of circularity is currently proposed to address key sustainability issues affecting and affected by livestock production. Through a desk study, this paper evaluates some feed sources that are being developed in The Netherlands as an alternative to current feeds, namely food waste; seaweed; and localized production and alternative plant-based feed sources. These feed categories are evaluated according to four circularity criteria. The first two criteria concern standard circularity principles aimed at both stopping and preventing environmental damage as well as a focus on natural resources use efficiency: (1) Safeguard the health of ecosystems and (2) avoid the production of unnecessary products and use/recycle biomass effectively, as well as evaluating possible food–feed competition. In addition, two ‘people’ and ‘animal’ centred principles have been integrated: (3) fairness and accessibility and (4) animal health and wellbeing. The article concludes that people and animal centred principles are key to thinking of, developing, implementing, and evaluating circularity initiatives. Moreover, the article suggests that categories such as the local production of soya (approx. 132 ha) or seaweed (approx. 10–15 ha) are as yet irrelevant regarding production volumes within the Dutch context. However, some feed sources such as seaweed, insects, livestock leftovers produced at farms and abattoirs, and food waste might strengthen the transition towards more circular and sustainable practices.

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Circular Business Models and Circular Agriculture: Perceptions and Practices of Dutch Farmers

Cited by 36 publications

References 40 publications

A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

Toward a Socio-Political Approach to Promote the Development of Circular Agriculture: A Critical Review

A Circularity Evaluation of New Feed Categories in The Netherlands—Squaring the Circle: A Review

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