MARKET DIVERSITY WITHOUT GAINS? WINNERS AND LOSERS IN BRAZIL’S GLOBAL MEAT SUPPLY CHAIN

Mateus Henrique Amaral; João Garibaldi Almeida Viana; Leandro Luiz Giatti

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DOI

10.29327/9786527226680.1448926

Título do Trabalho

MARKET DIVERSITY WITHOUT GAINS? WINNERS AND LOSERS IN BRAZIL’S GLOBAL MEAT SUPPLY CHAIN

Autores

Mateus Henrique Amaral
João Garibaldi Almeida Viana
Leandro Luiz Giatti

Modalidade

IRSA - Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (01/10/2025 a 20/01/2026)

Área temática

IRSA 24 - How are Global Food Systems Governed?

Data de Publicação

06/08/2026

País da Publicação

Brasil

Idioma da Publicação

pt-BR

Página do Trabalho

https://www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1448926-market-diversity-without-gains-winners-and-losers-in-brazils-global-meat-supply-chain

ISBN

978-65-272-2668-0

Palavras-Chave

agribusiness, environmental justice, food systems, global south, meat trade

Resumo

Considering that global agribusiness chains tend to concentrate economic benefits at social and territorial scales distant from production sites, and that the Global South acts as a major supplier of agricultural commodities to wealthier economies, this study sought to address the following question: to what extent do higher-income countries purchase meat more intensively from Brazilian municipalities that bear higher social and environmental costs, thereby perpetuating historical socio-environmental inequalities mediated by global food systems? Using official and publicly available data from 2023, we developed a municipal typology for 352 meat-exporting municipalities, analytically classifying them as environmental and social winners or losers based on social deficit and animal water consumption as a proxy for environmental pressure. The diversity of buyer-country portfolios, stratified by income level, was measured using the Shannon Index (H’), and comparisons between typologies and municipalities were made using the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. Across the four typologies (Winner-Winner, Loser-Loser, Winner-Loser, and Loser-Winner), social deficits and environmental costs differed significantly (p < 0.001). In addition, a structural polarization emerged in export patterns and socio-environmental costs: the Winner-Winner and Loser-Loser groups directed approximately 90% of exports to high- and upper-middle-income countries, with the Winner-Winner typology exhibiting the highest buyer-country diversity by income level (H’ = 1.32). However, at the municipal level, Loser-Loser municipalities registered greater diversity of export destinations (p < 0.01), positioning them as strategic actors in global food security. Greater diversity in international buyer portfolios among municipalities may not necessarily constitute a competitive advantage under the neoliberal logic of the global food system, but rather reflect a strategy of integration into international markets that is not enough for social and environmental gains, instead perpetuating injustices.

Título do Evento: 16th World Congress of Rural Sociology and 64th Congress of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Management and Sociology
Cidade do Evento: Porto Alegre
Título dos Anais do Evento: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA)
Nome da Editora: Even3
Meio de Divulgação: Meio Digital
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AMARAL, Mateus Henrique; VIANA, João Garibaldi Almeida; GIATTI, Leandro Luiz. MARKET DIVERSITY WITHOUT GAINS? WINNERS AND LOSERS IN BRAZIL’S GLOBAL MEAT SUPPLY CHAIN.. In: Anais do 64º Congresso da SOBER e XVI Congresso Mundial de Sociologia Rural (IRSA). Anais...Porto Alegre(RS) UFRGS, 2026. Disponível em: https//www.even3.com.br/anais/sober-irsa2026/1448926-MARKET-DIVERSITY-WITHOUT-GAINS-WINNERS-AND-LOSERS-IN-BRAZILS-GLOBAL-MEAT-SUPPLY-CHAIN. Acesso em: 25/09/2026