scholarly journals Analysis of the Cultured Meat Production System in Function of Its Environmental Footprint: Current Status, Gaps and Recommendations

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2941
Author(s):  
María Ignacia Rodríguez Escobar ◽  
Erasmo Cadena ◽  
Trang T. Nhu ◽  
Margot Cooreman-Algoed ◽  
Stefaan De Smet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Life Cycle Assessments ◽  
Environmental Assessments ◽  
Cultured Meat ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Proliferation And Differentiation

Cultured meat has been presented as an environmentally friendlier option to conventional meat, but due to the limited data, the studies related to its performance are scarce and based on hypothetical production processes. This work provides a short literature review of the published environmental assessments of cultured meat. The main findings of this critical analysis showed that the lack of real data related to cultured meat decreased the level of accuracy of each study. The missing environmental profile of the process itself, including the proliferation and differentiation phases in bioreactors, along with key ingredients such as growth factors and other recombinant proteins, increase the difficulty of achieving reliable conclusions. In order to bridge the highlighted gaps, a complete production system is modelled and analysed from an engineering and life-cycle perspective. Furthermore, an overview of the supply chains of different products used in the process is provided, together with recommendations on how they should be considered in future life-cycle assessments. In essence, this work provides a structured pathway for upcoming consistent environmental assessments in this field, with the objective of setting the basis to understand the potential of cultured meat.

scholarly journals Operational-Efficiency Improvement of Public R and D Management Agencies in South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Hwang ◽  
Eun Bae ◽  
Heung Hong ◽  
Dae-cheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
R And D ◽  
Management Evaluation ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Plan Management ◽  
Public R And D

Public R and D management agencies have been taking on key roles in the national R and D ecosystem. The purpose of this study is to suggest ways to improve the operational efficiency of public R and D management agencies based on analysis of their current status. We approached this study from a life-cycle perspective as it applies to the plan-management evaluation of R and D. Data-collection sources included documents, surveys, and interviews with staff members in agencies responsible for national R and D management. Based on the analysis results, we present suggestions for improvement in three areas: (a) unification of R and D planning and evaluation of individual ministries; (b) establishment of a panministerial management system for public R and D management agencies; (c) improvement and development of public R and D agencies’ expertise and management services. Finally, we discuss possible improvements and the limits of this study.

Towards a Green Quail Meat Production through Life Cycle Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 282-285
Author(s):  
Amir Hamzah Sharaai ◽  
Mohd Zulfadhli Mat Zainol ◽  
Khairul Izzuddin bin Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Iso 14040 ◽  
Feed Production ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Cradle To Gate

Commercial conventional of poultry production at largest scale in this country show escalation year by year, together with high demand of poultry product in Malaysia market. The aim of this research was to identify environmental impact hotspots in the whole supply chain of quail meat production in Jasin, Melaka. At present, assessment of environmental impact of poultry production in Malaysia is lacking.Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the energy use and environmental impacts of quail meat production in Jasin,Melaka through life cycle assessment.A cradle-to-gate assessment including distribution stage was conducted based on the ISO 14040/14044 guidelines.Life cycle inventory data was collected from farmers and available literature. Life cycle impact assessment was conducted toidentify environmental impacts using the available method in theopenLCA software.Life cycle processes related to feed production, electricity and water were identified as the major hotspots for energy and they also showed the most significant contribution in GWP and acidication potential among the environmental impacts categories. Improving efficiency of energy and water consumption will reduce the environmental burden associated with quail meat production.Thus, at the end of this research, it will able to make industry player to understand and take into consideration the solutions in order to promote a green quail meat production.

scholarly journals 198 Beef cattle support system modeling

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 68-69
Author(s):  
Robin R White
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Mechanistic Models ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Life Cycle Assessments ◽  
System Models ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Farm System

Abstract A model is a tool used to study the dynamics of a system when investigations on the system itself are difficult because of scope, scale, sensitivity, or other complexities. Beef cattle production in the United States is at least a 2- to 4-phase process, consisting of economic, social, environmental, and biological relationships. As such, modeling is a logical strategy to handle many research questions focused on systems responses of beef cattle production systems. There are a number of modeling tools that can be used to research beef cattle production settings, including but not limited to: nutrient requirement models, pasture models, farm system models, and life cycle assessments. Life cycle assessments are the broadest category of models and typically fall under the umbrella of static, deterministic, empirical models that encompass the entirety of the beef production system from manufacture of the inputs through production of the outputs. There are a number of life cycle assessments of beef cattle production systems and comparison of the outcome of these models is a strategy to discern how changes in one aspect of the production system affect all downstream processes. Farm system models can assess an individual economic enterprise or an entirety of a beef production system and typically are dynamic, mechanistic models of the interactions between cattle and their external environments. Several researchers have also established deterministic, empirical farm system models, or hybrids of these two model types. Pasture models can be independent of or tightly linked with farm system models. Most pasture models are dynamic, mechanistic models; however, deterministic, empirical models also exist. Pasture models typically seek to model plant/soil/water interactions. Finally, animal response models and nutrient requirement models can be used to represent animal/feed/management interactions. These models can be dynamic or static, deterministic or mechanistic.

Cultured meat—a humane meat production system

2020 ◽  
pp. 1369-1388
Author(s):  
Zuhaib F. Bhat ◽  
Hina Bhat ◽  
Sunil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Cultured Meat

Life Cycle Perspective for Improving Sustainable Supply Chain Management

2014 ◽  
Vol 708 ◽  
pp. 8-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Burchart-Korol ◽  
Magdalena Graczyk ◽  
Krzysztof Witkowski
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain Management ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective

This paper presents the supply chain management with life cycle approach and direction of improving sustainable supply chain management. The main aim of this paper is to implicate of life cycle perspective across the supply chain, to show importance of this concept. This paper provides an overview of the current status of sustainability assessment methodology and its applicability for extended supply chain. Life cycle approaches to supply chain and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for improving sustainable supply chain were developed in this paper.

Anticipatory Life Cycle Analysis of In Vitro Biomass Cultivation for Cultured Meat Production in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (19) ◽  
pp. 11941-11949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn S. Mattick ◽  
Amy E. Landis ◽  
Braden R. Allenby ◽  
Nicholas J. Genovese
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Cycle Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Cultured Meat

scholarly journals Cultivating Multidisciplinarity: Manufacturing and Sensing Challenges in Cultured Meat Production

Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 204
Author(s):  
Mila Djisalov ◽  
Teodora Knežić ◽  
Ivana Podunavac ◽  
Kristina Živojević ◽  
Vasa Radonic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Safety Monitoring ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Meat Industry ◽  
Cultured Meat

Meat cultivation via cellular agriculture holds great promise as a method for future food production. In theory, it is an ideal way of meat production, humane to the animals and sustainable for the environment, while keeping the same taste and nutritional values as traditional meat and having additional benefits such as controlled fat content and absence of antibiotics and hormones used in the traditional meat industry. However, in practice, there is still a number of challenges, such as those associated with the upscale of cultured meat (CM). CM food safety monitoring is a necessary factor when envisioning both the regulatory compliance and consumer acceptance. To achieve this, a multidisciplinary approach is necessary. This includes extensive development of the sensitive and specific analytical devices i.e., sensors to enable reliable food safety monitoring throughout the whole future food supply chain. In addition, advanced monitoring options can help in the further optimization of the meat cultivation which may reduce the currently still high costs of production. This review presents an overview of the sensor monitoring options for the most relevant parameters of importance for meat cultivation. Examples of the various types of sensors that can potentially be used in CM production are provided and the options for their integration into bioreactors, as well as suggestions on further improvements and more advanced integration approaches. In favor of the multidisciplinary approach, we also include an overview of the bioreactor types, scaffolding options as well as imaging techniques relevant for CM research. Furthermore, we briefly present the current status of the CM research and related regulation, societal aspects and challenges to its upscaling and commercialization.

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