Abstract
In Spain, more than 30% of producers have run out of business because of a lack of sustainability. They search for managerial guidelines that allow them to reach the farm’s economic viability. When trying to improve the performance of farms and farming systems, a complementary consideration of sustainability dimensions is required. The aim of this paper consists of offering a complementary and integrative approach from the sustainability concept in four different dimensions: economic; technological; organizational; and training in Manchego Cheese Protected Designation of Origin (PDO). Sustainability through the putting into practice of some managerial concepts has been able to reach better results and smarter farms. To perform this study, metrics to analyze each of the mentioned dimensions of sustainability have been applied to a sample of 157 farms with the main objective to identify the sustainability dimensions and its impacts on farm’s final results promoting smarter farms. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) has been applied to measure the impact of each dimension of sustainability on final farm’s results. Results reported that the farm’s economic and organizational sustainability have been influenced by the returns on investment.
Highlights
Sustainability is a concept first coined in ecology
It is composed by both, sustain and ability, and it is a property of systems to remain diverse and productive on time [1]
The capability of firms to get adapted to markets is a key issue to reach economic sustainability and because of that, firms must be aware of the environment and customer’s needs [16,17]
Summary
Sustainability is a concept first coined in ecology. It is composed by both, sustain and ability, and it is a property of systems to remain diverse and productive on time [1]. Farms must learn to implement technology properly to minimize cost and maximize efficiency [4] This holistic approach of sustainability has to do with properly combining different skills and/or firm’s abilities to reach economic, technological, organizational, and training sustainability. This research offers a complementary and integrative approach to previous analysis by offering an exploration from the sustainability concept in four different dimensions: economic, technological, organizational, and training. The empirical analysis is applied to the PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) cheese brand in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain This product generates over 55% of the economic value of this kind or products in Spain. The research question we try to answer is: does the implementation of sustainable practices, from the economic, technological, organizational, and training perspectives allow smart farms to reach best results?
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