Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2021, 67(9):382-390 | DOI: 10.17221/80/2021-AGRICECON

How to be sustainable in beef consumption - Exploring the factors. Case studyCase Study

Peter Bielik1, Martina Hanova2, Renata Benda-Prokeinova*,2
1 Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia
2 Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia

The aim of the paper is to explain beef consumption through the economic indicators and the prediction tendencies of beef consumption. There are countries like Slovakia that confirm the opposite trend despite the global trend of consumption growth. In terms of the ecosystems' sustainability, beef production should be adjusted accordingly, as in the case of Slovakia. We focus on the economic aspect of beef consumption from the perspective of sustainability. Commodity prices are considered to be a significant factor influencing consumption and the behaviour of beef consumers. Despite increasing income in Slovakia, consumption of beef covers only 30% of recommended doses in the year 2018. To achieve the objective of the research, we decided to use the calculation of price and income elasticity of food demand using the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model to analyse meat consumption trends. The findings confirm that beef consumption will decline in Slovakia in the following years, and it will be progressively replaced by pork and poultry meat.

Keywords: beef meat; behaviour; elasticities; predictions; sustainability

Published: September 24, 2021  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Bielik P, Hanova M, Benda-Prokeinova R. How to be sustainable in beef consumption - Exploring the factors. Case study. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2021;67(9):382-390. doi: 10.17221/80/2021-AGRICECON.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Anderson T.W., Mentz R.P. (1980): On the structure of the likelihood function of autoregressive and moving average models. Journal of Time Series, 1: 83-94. Go to original source...
    2. Bansback B. (1995): Towards a broader understanding of meat demand. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 46: 287-308. Go to original source...
    3. Benda Prokeinova R., Hanova M. (2016): Modelling consumer's behaviour of the meat consumption in Slovakia. Agricultural Economics - Czech, 62: 235-245. Go to original source...
    4. Capps O., Moen S.D., Branson R.E. (1988): Consumer characteristics associated with the selection of lean meat products. Agribusiness, 4: 549-557. Go to original source...
    5. Cechura L., Hockmann H. (2010): Sources of economical growth in the Czech food processing. Prague Economic Papers, 19: 169-182. Go to original source...
    6. Dagevos H., Voordouw J. (2013): Sustainability and meat consumption: Is reduction realistic? Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 9: 60-69. Go to original source...
    7. Deaton A., Muellbauer J. (1980): An almost ideal demand system. American Economic Review, 70: 312-326.
    8. FAO (2020): Bovine Meat Food Supply Quantity (kg/capita/ year). [Dataset]. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Available at http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CL/visualize (accessed December 12, 2020).
    9. Henningsen A., Hamann J.D. (2007): Systemfit: A package for estimating systems of simultaneous equations in R. Journal of Statistical Software, 23: 1-40. Go to original source...
    10. Hicks J. (1970): Elasticity of substitution again: Substitutes and complements. Oxford Economic Papers, 22: 289-296. Go to original source...
    11. Hyndman R.J., Athanasopoulos G. (2018): Forecasting: Principles and Practice. Melbourne, Australia, Monash University: 1-382.
    12. Kearney J. (2010): Food consumption trends and drivers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365: 2793-2807. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    13. Keynes J.M. (1924): Alfred Marshall, 1842-1924. Economic Journal, 34: 311-372. Go to original source...
    14. Notarnicola B., Tassielli G., Renzulli P.A., Castellani V., Sala S. (2017): Environmental impacts of food consumption in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 140: 753-765. Go to original source...
    15. Public Health Office of the Slovak Republic. (2010): Recommended Nutrition Doses for Population of the Slovak Republic. [Dataset]. Available at https://www.uvzsr.sk/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31:recommended-nutrition-doses-for-population-of-theslovak-republic&catid=3:documents&Itemid=4 (accessed January 21, 2021).
    16. Predanocyová K., Šedík P., Kubicová Ľ., Horská E. (2018): Consumption and offer of organic food on the Slovak market. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 66: 1315-1323. Go to original source...
    17. Rust N.A., Ridding L., Ward C., Clark B., Kehoe L., Dora M., West N. (2020): How to transition to reduced-meat diets that benefit people and the planet. Science of the Total Environment, 718: 137-208. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    18. SAS Institute Inc. (2014): SAS/ETS ® 13.2 User's Guide. Cary, North Carolina, USA, SAS Institute Inc. Available at https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/ets/examples/132/index.html (accessed Dec 15, 2020).
    19. Säll S., Gren M. (2015): Effects of an environmental tax on meat and dairy consumption in Sweden. Food Policy, 55: 41-53. Go to original source...
    20. Schroeder T.C., Marsh T.L., Mintert J. (2000): Beef Demand Determinants. Report Prepared to the Beef Board Joint Evaluation Advisory Committee (January 2000). Manhattan, Kansas, USA, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University: 1-54.
    21. Simms A. (2008): A green new deal. Renewal, 16: 77-84.
    22. SOSR (2020): Global Consumption of Foodstuffs in the Slovak Republic. [Dataset]. Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic. Available at http://datacube.statistics.sk/#!/view/en/VBD_SLOVSTAT/ps2040rs/v_ps2040rs_00_00_00_en (accessed December 12, 2020). (in Slovak)
    23. Skultety J. (2019): Overall GHG Emissions Trends: Fourth Biennial Report of Slovak Republic. Bratislava, Slovakia, Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute.
    24. Svetlanská T., Turčeková N., Adamičková I., Skalský R. (2017): Food security facets: Case of Slovakia regions. Journal of Security & Sustainability Issues, 7: 311-320. Go to original source...
    25. Sykes A.J., Topp C.F., Rees R.M. (2019): Understanding uncertainty in the carbon footprint of beef production. Journal of Cleaner Production, 234: 423-435. Go to original source...
    26. Twigg J. (1983): Vegetarianism and the meanings of meat. In: Murcott A. (ed.): The Sociology of Food and Eating: Essays on the Sociological Significance of Food. Aldershot, United Kingdom, Gover: 18-30.
    27. Vennari M. (2008): The future of meat consumption - Expert views from Finland. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 75: 893-904. Go to original source...
    28. Zhuang R., Abbott P. (2007): Price elasticities of key agricultural commodities in China. China Economic Review, 18: 155-169. Go to original source...
    29. Yuzbashkandi S.S., Mehrjo A. (2020): Towards agricultural demand for the main energy carriers in Iran: Application of linear approximate almost ideal demand system (LA-AIDS) analysis. Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 19: 313-318. Go to original source...

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY NC 4.0), which permits non-comercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content