Interplaying of food supply chain resilience, industry 4.0 and sustainability in the poultry market

With today's rapid growth of human populations along with environmental concerns worldwide, it becomes increasingly difficult to meet future requirements for food, specifically in meat production systems (fish, poultry, cattle, etc.), to satisfy protein dietary demands of humans. The necessity of increasing the production of food, in both quantity and quality aspects, pressures the utilisation of natural resources (fresh water, land, etc.) and other inputs (as fertilisers) to fulfill demands of higher yields and improved properties of crops and livestock. Therefore, it is important to develop a sustainable model or framework integrated to the state-of-the-art technologies that helps to satisfy efficient use of natural resources in a consistent path by addressing food security issues without compromising food quality and the environment. To achieve sustainable processes within such limited resource world, the agri-food sector must move towards zero waste generation or at least minimise environmental impacts by (1) creating value in the agri-food manufacturing and supply chains and (2) recovering resources from by-products if techno-economically viable. Furthermore, considering novel technologies from the industry 4.0 (I40) age, it can be reached by efficient utilisation of resources via optimisation and integration of processes of production management among agri-food producers, traders, retailers, etc. Towards sustainable development in agri-food systems and supply chains, every operation must focus on closing loops to reduce, reuse, and recycle of material, energy, etc., without losing quality, within the concepts of the socalled circular economy (CE). These food supply chains, and agriculture productions can be improved using I40 solutions, yielding optimal operations, higher amounts of food, better quality of products, among others. An example in the poultry production and market is given considering interconnections of the triple of supply chain resilience, industry 4.0 and sustainability.