Circular economy and sustainable practices adopted by family farmers

Magalhães, Marcos Ferreira de; Ramos, Heidy Rodriguez; Bezerra, Claudia Maria da Silva

doi:10.5902/1983465973670

Marcos Ferreira de Magalhães E-mail: marcosfmagalhaes@gmail.com

Effective Professor Exclusive Dedication of Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG).

Definition of research problem

Development of theoretical propositions (theoretical work)

Theoretical foundation / Literature review

Definition of methodological procedures

Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7543-5119

Heidy Rodriguez Ramos E-mail: heidyrr@uni9.pro.br

Professor PhD of the Postgraduate Program in Administration (PPGA) and Postgraduate

Program in Smart and Sustainable Cities (PPG-CIS)

Definition of research problem

Development of theoretical propositions (theoretical work)

Definition of methodological procedures

Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-5196

Claudia Maria da Silva Bezerra E-mail: claudiamsbezerra@gmail.com

PhD in Administration from Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE)

Definition of research problem

Development of theoretical propositions (theoretical work)

Theoretical foundation / Literature review

Definition of methodological procedures

Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Instituto de Desenvolvimento e Aprendizagem, São Luís, MA, Brazil

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0315-1694

E-mail: marcosfmagalhaes@gmail.com

E-mail: heidyrr@uni9.pro.br

E-mail: claudiamsbezerra@gmail.com

Conflict of Interest

The authors have stated that there is no conflict of interest.

Edited by

Jordana Marques Kneipp

Research Protocol	Description
Data base	Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus
Type of publication	Peer-reviewed article and review
Language	English
Period Areas	Publications up to May, 2022
Search fields	Title, abstract and keywords.
Search terms	(“circular* economy*” OR “circular economy* practices*”) AND (“entrepreneur rural” OR “entrepreneur” OR “rural entrepreneur*”) AND (“famil agricult*” OR “famil farm*” OR “sustain” OR “sustainable* practices**”)
Inclusion criteria	Peer-reviewed articles; circular economy approach, rural entrepreneurship, sustainability and family agriculture
Exclusion criteria	Not related to the search strings; not related to rural entrepreneurship, sustainable practices and circular economy.

Code	Definition
ECE	Circular Economy in Entrepreneurship
ECA	Circular Economy in Agriculture
ECD	Circular Economy in Designer
ECS	Circular Economy in Sustainability

Periodicals	Absolute Freq.
1. Sustainability	9
2. Journal of Cleaner Production	7
3. Journal of Business Strategy and the Environment	4
4. Management Decision	3
5. Others	26

Countries	Absolute Freq.
1. The Netherlands	9
2. Italy	6
3. Sweden	5
4. The United States	5
5. Brazil; Portugal; The United Kingdom	3
11. Others	20

Authors	Absolute Freq.
Brown P.	4
Bocken N.	3
Hull C. E.	3
Kirchherr J.	3
Millette S.	3
Baldassarre B	2
Balkenende R	2
Bosone M.	2
Callegaro-de-menezes D.	2

Most cited works	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total of citations
Linder & Williander ( 2017 Linder, M., & Williander, M. (2017). Circular Business Model Innovation: Inherent Uncertainties. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1906 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1906... )	14	35	58	75	87	269
Despeisse et al. (2017)	7	20	27	52	49	155
Nosratabadi et al. ( 2019 Nosratabadi, S., Mosavi, A., Shamshirband, S., Kazimieras Zavadskas, E., Rakotonirainy, A., & Chau, K. W. (2019). Sustainable Business Models: A Review. Sustainability, 11(6), 1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663 https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663... )	0	0	11	43	60	114
Todeschini et al. (2017)	1	5	15	34	53	108
Curtis & Lehner (2019)	0	0	8	30	39	77

Method	Author (date)	Approached themes
Theoretical Empiric Qualitative (n = 25)	(Ariztia & Araneda, 2022 Ariztia, T., & Araneda, F. (2022). A “win-win formula:” environment and profit in circular economy narratives of value. Consumption Markets & Culture, 25(2), 124–138. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253866.2021.2019025 https://doi.org/10.1080/10253866.2021.20... ; Borrelli, 2018Borrelli, I. P. (2018). Agriculture and circular paradigm: A case study. Quality – Access to Success - Academic Journal, 19(S1), 101–104. ; Brown et al., 2019 Brown, P., Bocken, N., & Balkenende, R. (2019). Why Do Companies Pursue Collaborative Circular Oriented Innovation? Sustainability, 11(3), 635. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030635 https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030635... ; Bux & Amicarelli, 2022 Bux, C., & Amicarelli, V. (2022). Material flow cost accounting (MFCA) to enhance environmental entrepreneurship in the meat sector: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Environmental Management, 313, 115001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.1... ; Coghlan et al., 2021 Coghlan, C., Proulx, P., & Salazar, K. (2021). A Food-Circular Economy-Women Nexus: Lessons from Guelph-Wellington. Sustainability, 14(1), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192... ; Colpo et al., 2022 Colpo, I., Funck, V. M., & Martins, M. E. S. (2022). Waste Management in Craft Beer Production: Study of Industrial Symbiosis in the Southern Brazilian Context. Environmental Engineering Science, 39(5), 418–430. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2021.0193 https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2021.0193... ; Cramer, 2020 Cramer, J. M. (2020). The Function of Transition Brokers in the Regional Governance of Implementing Circular Economy—A Comparative Case Study of Six Dutch Regions. Sustainability, 12(12), 5015. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125015 https://doi.org/10.3390/su12125015... ; Cullen & De Angelis, 2021 Cullen, U., & De Angelis, c. (2021). Circular Entrepreneurship: A Business Model Perspective. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105300 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... ; Donner & Radić, 2021 Donner, M., & Radić, I. (2021). Innovative Circular Business Models in the Olive Oil Sector for Sustainable Mediterranean Agrifood Systems. Sustainability, 13(5), 2588. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588... ; Droege et al., 2022 Droege, H., Kirchherr, J., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2022). Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3098. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098... ; Gaudig et al., 2021 Gaudig, A., Ebersberger, B., & Kuckertz, A. (2021). Sustainability-Oriented Macro Trends and Innovation Types—Exploring Different Organization Types Tackling the Global Sustainability Megatrend. Sustainability, 13(21), 11583. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111583 https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111583... ; Gravagnuolo et al., 2022 Henry, M., Hoogenstrijd, T., & Kirchherr, J. (2022). Motivations and identities of “grassroots” circular entrepreneurs: An initial exploration. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3097. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097... ; Henry et al., 2022 Henry, M., Hoogenstrijd, T., & Kirchherr, J. (2022). Motivations and identities of “grassroots” circular entrepreneurs: An initial exploration. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3097. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097... ; Hrušovská et al., 2020 Hrušovská, D., Demjanovičová, M., Tumová, D., & Mičiak, M. (2020). The Entrepreneurs’ and Consumers’ Perception of Sustainability in the Slovak Food Industry. Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5171/2020.510844 https://doi.org/10.5171/2020.510844... ; Hull et al., 2021 Hull, C. E., Millette, S., & Williams, E. (2021). Challenges and opportunities in building circular-economy incubators: Stakeholder perspectives in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Cleaner Production, 296, 126412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126412 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.1... ; Kahupi et al., 2021 Kahupi, I., Eiríkur Hull, C., Okorie, O., & Millette, S. (2021). Building competitive advantage with sustainable products – A case study perspective of stakeholders. Journal of Cleaner Production, 289, 125699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125699 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.1... ; Linder & Williander, 2017 Linder, M., & Williander, M. (2017). Circular Business Model Innovation: Inherent Uncertainties. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1906 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1906... ; Martín Martín et al., 2022 Martín Martín, J. M., Calvo Martínez, S., Guaita Martínez, J. M., & Ribeiro Soriano, D. E. (2022). Qualitative analysis on the driving force behind upcycling practices associated with mobile applications: Circular economy perspective. Operations Management Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269... ; Miranda et al., 2021 Miranda, B. V., Monteiro, G. F. A., & Rodrigues, V. P. (2021). Circular agri-food systems: A governance perspective for the analysis of sustainable agri-food value chains. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, 120878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120878 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.... ; Mochalova et al., 2021 Mochalova, L., Sokolova, O., & Eremeeva, O. (2021). Circular business models as management innovations in subsoil use. Upravlenets, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.29141/2218-5003-2021-12-3-1 https://doi.org/10.29141/2218-5003-2021-... ; Pla-Julián & Guevara, 2019 Pla-Julián, I., & Guevara, S. (2019). Is circular economy the key to transitioning towards sustainable development? Challenges from the perspective of care ethics. Futures, 105, 67–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.09.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.0... ; Poponi et al., 2020 Poponi, S., Arcese, G., Mosconi, E. M., & Arezzo di Trifiletti, M. (2020). Entrepreneurial Drivers for the Development of the Circular Business Model: The Role of Academic Spin-Off. Sustainability, 12(1), 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010423 https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010423... ; Reckinger, 2018 Reckinger, R. (2018). Social Change for Sustainable Localised Food Sovereignty: Convergence between Prosumers and Ethical Entrepreneurs. https://doi.org/10.3280/SL2018-152010 https://doi.org/10.3280/SL2018-152010... ; Wasserbaur et al., 2022 Wasserbaur, R., Sakao, T., & Milios, L. (2022). Interactions of governmental policies and business models for a circular economy: A systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 337, 130329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130329 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.1... ; Zhu et al., 2019 Zhu, Q., Jia, R., & Lin, X. (2019). Building sustainable circular agriculture in China: Economic viability and entrepreneurship. Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639 https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639... )	Boost sustainability; circular entrepreneurship; sustainability; residues; business models; negative impacts; environment; retail of local food; social innovations; agri-ecological practices; cooperative governance; practices workshops; climate changes; non-sustainable products; competitive advantages; sustainable entrepreneurs; global barriers; circular agriculture; emergent economies.
Theoretical Empiric Quantiative (n = 3)	(Kostakis & Tsagarakis, 2022 Kostakis, I., & Tsagarakis, K. P. (2022). The role of entrepreneurship, innovation and socioeconomic development on circularity rate: Empirical evidence from selected European countries. Journal of Cleaner Production, 348, 131267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131267 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.1... ; Le et al., 2022 Le, T. T., Behl, A., & Pereira, V. (2022). Establishing linkages between circular economy practices and sustainable performance: The moderating role of circular economy entrepreneurship. Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-02-2022-0150 https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-02-2022-0150... ; Viaggi, 2015 Viaggi, D. (2015). Research and innovation in agriculture: Beyond productivity? Bio-Based and Applied Economics, Vol 4 No 3, 279-300 Pages. https://doi.org/10.13128/BAE-17555 https://doi.org/10.13128/BAE-17555... )	Innovation in agriculture; environmental performance; livestock farming; development of bio-economy; Eco-innovation; life cycle assessment; sustainability of services human development index; CE practices; supply chain; structural equation modeling; horticulture industry; productive greenhouses; agrobiodiversity; ecosystem services; biomass; bio-resources.
Theoretical Empiric Mixed Method (n = 3)	(Brown et al., 2021 Brown, P., Baldassarre, B., Konietzko, J., Bocken, N., & Balkenende, R. (2021). A tool for collaborative circular proposition design. Journal of Cleaner Production, 297, 126354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126354 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.1... ; Del Vecchio et al., 2021 Del Vecchio, P., Secundo, G., Mele, G., & Passiante, G. (2021). Sustainable entrepreneurship education for circular economy: Emerging perspectives in Europe. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 27(8), 2096–2124. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-03-2021-0210 https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-03-2021-02... ; Zamfir et al., 2017 Zamfir, A.-M., Mocanu, C., & Grigorescu, A. (2017). Circular Economy and Decision Models among European SMEs. Sustainability, 9(9), 1507. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507 https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507... )	Design thinking; workshops; circular innovation; Entrepreneurship Innovation; entrepreneurship education; competences and abilities; emergent tendencies; stakeholders; learning process; theme areas; CE business model; decision tree model.
Theoretical Qualitative (n = 17)	(Bansal et al., 2022 Bansal, S., Jain, M., Garg, I., & Srivastava, M. (2022). Attaining circular economy through business sustainability approach: An integrative review and research agenda. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319 https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319... ; Brás & Moniz, 2021 Brás, G. R., & Moniz, A. B. (2021). EU’s 7-Year Budget and Pandemic Recovery Package: Last Call for a New Entrepreneurship Paradigm? World Futures, 77(8), 591–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.2021.1984156 https://doi.org/10.1080/02604027.2021.19... ; Conlon et al., 2019Conlon, K., Jayasinghe, R., & Dasanayake, R. (2019). Circular Economy: Waste-to-Wealth, Jobs the Global South. 18. ; Dentchev et al., 2018 Dentchev, N., Rauter, R., Jóhannsdóttir, L., Snihur, Y., Rosano, M., Baumgartner, R., Nyberg, T., Tang, X., van Hoof, B., & Jonker, J. (2018). Embracing the variety of sustainable business models: A prolific field of research and a future research agenda. Journal of Cleaner Production, 194, 695–703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.156 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.0... ; Dobermann et al., 2022 Dobermann, A., Bruulsema, T., Cakmak, I., Gerard, B., Majumdar, K., McLaughlin, M., Reidsma, P., Vanlauwe, B., Wollenberg, L., Zhang, F., & Zhang, X. (2022). Responsible plant nutrition: A new paradigm to support food system transformation. Global Food Security, 33, 100636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100636 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.10063... ; Heshmati, 2017 Heshmati, A. (2017). A review of the circular economy and its implementation. International Journal of Green Economics, 11(3-4), 251-288. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856... ; Johansson & Henriksson, 2020 Johansson, N., & Henriksson, M. (2020). Circular economy running in circles? A discourse analysis of shifts in ideas of circularity in Swedish environmental policy. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 23, 148–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.05.005 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.05.00... ; Kuzma et al., 2021 Kuzma, E. L., Sehnem, S., Machado, H. P. V., & Campos, L. M. de S. (2021). The new business is circular? Analysis from the perspective of the circular economy and entrepreneurship. Production, 31, e20210008. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.20210008 https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.202100... ; Lammerts van Bueren et al., 2018 Lammerts van Bueren, E. T., Struik, P. C., van Eekeren, N., & Nuijten, E. (2018). Towards resilience through systems-based plant breeding. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 38(5), 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-018-0522-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-018-0522-... ; Manea et al., 2021 Manea, D.-I., Istudor, N., Dinu, V., & Paraschiv, D.-M. (2021). Circular economy and innovative entrepreneurship, prerequisites for social progress. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 22(5), 1342–1359. https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2021.15547 https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2021.15547... ; Narayan & Tidström, 2020 Narayan, R., & Tidström, A. (2020). Tokenizing coopetition in a blockchain for a transition to circular economy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 263, 121437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121437 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.1... ; Neumeyer et al., 2020 Neumeyer, X., Ashton, W. S., & Dentchev, N. (2020). Addressing resource and waste management challenges imposed by COVID-19: An entrepreneurship perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 162, 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105058 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... ; Nosratabadi et al., 2019 Nosratabadi, S., Mosavi, A., Shamshirband, S., Kazimieras Zavadskas, E., Rakotonirainy, A., & Chau, K. W. (2019). Sustainable Business Models: A Review. Sustainability, 11(6), 1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663 https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663... ; Refsgaard et al., 2021 Refsgaard, K., Kull, M., Slätmo, E., & Meijer, M. W. (2021). Bioeconomy – A driver for regional development in the Nordic countries. New Biotechnology, 60, 130–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.10.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.10.00... ; Suchek et al., 2022 Suchek, N., Ferreira, J. J., & Fernandes, P. O. (2022). A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3020. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020... ; Vermeulen et al., 2020 Vermeulen, A. C. J., Hubers, C., de Vries, L., & Brazier, F. (2020). What horticulture and space exploration can learn from each other: The Mission to Mars initiative in the Netherlands. Acta Astronautica, 177, 421–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.05.015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020... ; Zhu et al., 2022 Zhu, B., Nguyen, M., Sarm Siri, N., & Malik, A. (2022). Towards a transformative model of circular economy for SMEs. Journal of Business Research, 144, 545–555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.093 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.0... )	Entrepreneurship; CE; multiannual plan; resources management; sustainable economy; sustainable development; technosphere; global industries; sanitary landfill; waterways; new business models; eco-designs; sustainable production; entrepreneurship analysis; market environment; creation of networking and value net; market environment innovation; value networks; innovation in production; regional development; theory and practice of CE.
Theoretical Quantitative (n = 1)	(Asciuto et al., 2019 Asciuto, A., Schimmenti, E., Cottone, C., & Borsellino, V. (2019). A financial feasibility study of an aquaponic system in a Mediterranean urban context. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 38, 397–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.02.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.02.0... )	Aquaponics; sustainable food production; non-agricultural land; agricultural inputs; residual waste; aquatic plant; technical data; break-even-point; operating costs; business plans; aquaponic entrepreneurs.

Codes	Categories	Authors	Subjects approached in the articles
ECE	Practices of Circular Economy in Entrepreneurship	(Bansal et al., 2022 Bansal, S., Jain, M., Garg, I., & Srivastava, M. (2022). Attaining circular economy through business sustainability approach: An integrative review and research agenda. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319 https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319... ; Cullen & De Angelis, 2021 Cullen, U., & De Angelis, c. (2021). Circular Entrepreneurship: A Business Model Perspective. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105300 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... ; Dentchev et al., 2018 Dentchev, N., Rauter, R., Jóhannsdóttir, L., Snihur, Y., Rosano, M., Baumgartner, R., Nyberg, T., Tang, X., van Hoof, B., & Jonker, J. (2018). Embracing the variety of sustainable business models: A prolific field of research and a future research agenda. Journal of Cleaner Production, 194, 695–703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.156 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.0... ; Droege et al., 2022 Droege, H., Kirchherr, J., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2022). Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3098. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098... ; Gaudig et al., 2021 Gaudig, A., Ebersberger, B., & Kuckertz, A. (2021). Sustainability-Oriented Macro Trends and Innovation Types—Exploring Different Organization Types Tackling the Global Sustainability Megatrend. Sustainability, 13(21), 11583. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111583 https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111583... ; Henry et al., 2022 Henry, M., Hoogenstrijd, T., & Kirchherr, J. (2022). Motivations and identities of “grassroots” circular entrepreneurs: An initial exploration. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3097. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097... ; Heshmati, 2017 Heshmati, A. (2017). A review of the circular economy and its implementation. International Journal of Green Economics, 11(3-4), 251-288. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856... ; Hull et al., 2021 Hull, C. E., Millette, S., & Williams, E. (2021). Challenges and opportunities in building circular-economy incubators: Stakeholder perspectives in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Cleaner Production, 296, 126412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126412 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.1... ; Kahupi et al., 2021 Kahupi, I., Eiríkur Hull, C., Okorie, O., & Millette, S. (2021). Building competitive advantage with sustainable products – A case study perspective of stakeholders. Journal of Cleaner Production, 289, 125699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125699 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.1... ; Kuzma et al., 2021 Kuzma, E. L., Sehnem, S., Machado, H. P. V., & Campos, L. M. de S. (2021). The new business is circular? Analysis from the perspective of the circular economy and entrepreneurship. Production, 31, e20210008. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.20210008 https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.202100... ; Manea et al., 2021 Manea, D.-I., Istudor, N., Dinu, V., & Paraschiv, D.-M. (2021). Circular economy and innovative entrepreneurship, prerequisites for social progress. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 22(5), 1342–1359. https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2021.15547 https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2021.15547... ; Martín Martín et al., 2022 Martín Martín, J. M., Calvo Martínez, S., Guaita Martínez, J. M., & Ribeiro Soriano, D. E. (2022). Qualitative analysis on the driving force behind upcycling practices associated with mobile applications: Circular economy perspective. Operations Management Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269... ; Mochalova et al., 2021 Mochalova, L., Sokolova, O., & Eremeeva, O. (2021). Circular business models as management innovations in subsoil use. Upravlenets, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.29141/2218-5003-2021-12-3-1 https://doi.org/10.29141/2218-5003-2021-... ; Neumeyer et al., 2020 Neumeyer, X., Ashton, W. S., & Dentchev, N. (2020). Addressing resource and waste management challenges imposed by COVID-19: An entrepreneurship perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 162, 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105058 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... ; Nosratabadi et al., 2019 Nosratabadi, S., Mosavi, A., Shamshirband, S., Kazimieras Zavadskas, E., Rakotonirainy, A., & Chau, K. W. (2019). Sustainable Business Models: A Review. Sustainability, 11(6), 1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663 https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663... ; Refsgaard et al., 2021 Refsgaard, K., Kull, M., Slätmo, E., & Meijer, M. W. (2021). Bioeconomy – A driver for regional development in the Nordic countries. New Biotechnology, 60, 130–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.10.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.10.00... ; Suchek et al., 2022 Suchek, N., Ferreira, J. J., & Fernandes, P. O. (2022). A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3020. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020... ; Zamfir et al., 2017 Zamfir, A.-M., Mocanu, C., & Grigorescu, A. (2017). Circular Economy and Decision Models among European SMEs. Sustainability, 9(9), 1507. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507 https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507... ; Zhu et al., 2019 Zhu, Q., Jia, R., & Lin, X. (2019). Building sustainable circular agriculture in China: Economic viability and entrepreneurship. Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639 https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639... )	Business management; circular entrepreneurship; opportunity entrepreneurship; necessity entrepreneurship; policy entrepreneur; innovation; entrepreneurial motivation and identity; barriers; innovation; entrepreneur behavior, up-cycling, rural tourism; COVID-19, entrepreneurial ecosystems; sustainable business model; SMEs, entrepreneur process; decision tree; circular business; entrepreneur strategy; gender economy.
ECA	Practices of Circular Economy in Agriculture	(Castro et al., 2019 Castro, A. J., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Giagnocavo, C., Gimenez, M., Céspedes, L., La Calle, A., Gallardo, M., Pumares, P., Cabello, J., Rodríguez, E., Uclés, D., Parra, S., Casas, J., Rodríguez, F., Fernandez-Prados, J. S., Alba-Patiño, D., Expósito-Granados, M., Murillo-López, B. E., Vasquez, L. M., & Valera, D. L. (2019). Six Collective Challenges for Sustainability of Almería Greenhouse Horticulture. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), 4097. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214097 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214097... ; Coghlan et al., 2021 Coghlan, C., Proulx, P., & Salazar, K. (2021). A Food-Circular Economy-Women Nexus: Lessons from Guelph-Wellington. Sustainability, 14(1), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192... ; Conlon et al., 2019 Castro, A. J., López-Rodríguez, M. D., Giagnocavo, C., Gimenez, M., Céspedes, L., La Calle, A., Gallardo, M., Pumares, P., Cabello, J., Rodríguez, E., Uclés, D., Parra, S., Casas, J., Rodríguez, F., Fernandez-Prados, J. S., Alba-Patiño, D., Expósito-Granados, M., Murillo-López, B. E., Vasquez, L. M., & Valera, D. L. (2019). Six Collective Challenges for Sustainability of Almería Greenhouse Horticulture. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(21), 4097. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214097 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214097... ; Dobermann et al., 2022 Dobermann, A., Bruulsema, T., Cakmak, I., Gerard, B., Majumdar, K., McLaughlin, M., Reidsma, P., Vanlauwe, B., Wollenberg, L., Zhang, F., & Zhang, X. (2022). Responsible plant nutrition: A new paradigm to support food system transformation. Global Food Security, 33, 100636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.100636 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2022.10063... ; Donner & Radić, 2021 Donner, M., & Radić, I. (2021). Innovative Circular Business Models in the Olive Oil Sector for Sustainable Mediterranean Agrifood Systems. Sustainability, 13(5), 2588. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588... ; Lammerts van Bueren et al., 2018 Lammerts van Bueren, E. T., Struik, P. C., van Eekeren, N., & Nuijten, E. (2018). Towards resilience through systems-based plant breeding. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 38(5), 42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-018-0522-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-018-0522-... ; Miranda et al., 2021 Miranda, B. V., Monteiro, G. F. A., & Rodrigues, V. P. (2021). Circular agri-food systems: A governance perspective for the analysis of sustainable agri-food value chains. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, 120878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120878 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.... ; Martín Martín et al., 2022 Martín Martín, J. M., Calvo Martínez, S., Guaita Martínez, J. M., & Ribeiro Soriano, D. E. (2022). Qualitative analysis on the driving force behind upcycling practices associated with mobile applications: Circular economy perspective. Operations Management Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269... ; Poponi et al., 2020 Poponi, S., Arcese, G., Mosconi, E. M., & Arezzo di Trifiletti, M. (2020). Entrepreneurial Drivers for the Development of the Circular Business Model: The Role of Academic Spin-Off. Sustainability, 12(1), 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010423 https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010423... ; Vermeulen et al., 2020 Vermeulen, A. C. J., Hubers, C., de Vries, L., & Brazier, F. (2020). What horticulture and space exploration can learn from each other: The Mission to Mars initiative in the Netherlands. Acta Astronautica, 177, 421–424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.05.015 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020... ; Zhu et al., 2019 Zhu, Q., Jia, R., & Lin, X. (2019). Building sustainable circular agriculture in China: Economic viability and entrepreneurship. Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639 https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639... )	Food security; food systems and agro-ecosystems; residues; improvement strategies; circular agri-food systems; circular agriculture; agricultural practices; urban agriculture; Green jobs; Sustainable environment; Rural tourism; Horticulture circular agri-food systems.
ECD	Practices of Circular Economy on Designer	(Bansal et al., 2022 Bansal, S., Jain, M., Garg, I., & Srivastava, M. (2022). Attaining circular economy through business sustainability approach: An integrative review and research agenda. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319 https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319... ; Brown et al., 2021 Brown, P., Baldassarre, B., Konietzko, J., Bocken, N., & Balkenende, R. (2021). A tool for collaborative circular proposition design. Journal of Cleaner Production, 297, 126354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126354 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.1... ; Coghlan et al., 2021 Coghlan, C., Proulx, P., & Salazar, K. (2021). A Food-Circular Economy-Women Nexus: Lessons from Guelph-Wellington. Sustainability, 14(1), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192... ; Cullen & De Angelis, 2021 Cullen, U., & De Angelis, c. (2021). Circular Entrepreneurship: A Business Model Perspective. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105300 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... ; Donner & Radić, 2021 Donner, M., & Radić, I. (2021). Innovative Circular Business Models in the Olive Oil Sector for Sustainable Mediterranean Agrifood Systems. Sustainability, 13(5), 2588. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588... ; Droege et al., 2022 Droege, H., Kirchherr, J., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2022). Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3098. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098... ; Gravagnuolo et al., 2021 Gravagnuolo, A., Micheletti, S., & Bosone, M. (2021). A Participatory Approach for “Circular” Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage. Building a Heritage Community in Salerno, Italy. Sustainability, 13(9), 4812. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094812 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094812... ; Henry et al., 2022 Henry, M., Hoogenstrijd, T., & Kirchherr, J. (2022). Motivations and identities of “grassroots” circular entrepreneurs: An initial exploration. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3097. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3097... ; Heshmati, 2017 Heshmati, A. (2017). A review of the circular economy and its implementation. International Journal of Green Economics, 11(3-4), 251-288. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856... ; Hull et al., 2021 Hull, C. E., Millette, S., & Williams, E. (2021). Challenges and opportunities in building circular-economy incubators: Stakeholder perspectives in Trinidad and Tobago. Journal of Cleaner Production, 296, 126412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126412 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.1... ; Johansson & Henriksson, 2020 Johansson, N., & Henriksson, M. (2020). Circular economy running in circles? A discourse analysis of shifts in ideas of circularity in Swedish environmental policy. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 23, 148–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.05.005 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2020.05.00... ; Kahupi et al., 2021 Kahupi, I., Eiríkur Hull, C., Okorie, O., & Millette, S. (2021). Building competitive advantage with sustainable products – A case study perspective of stakeholders. Journal of Cleaner Production, 289, 125699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125699 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.1... ; Kuzma et al., 2021 Kuzma, E. L., Sehnem, S., Machado, H. P. V., & Campos, L. M. de S. (2021). The new business is circular? Analysis from the perspective of the circular economy and entrepreneurship. Production, 31, e20210008. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.20210008 https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.202100... ; Manea et al., 2021 Manea, D.-I., Istudor, N., Dinu, V., & Paraschiv, D.-M. (2021). Circular economy and innovative entrepreneurship, prerequisites for social progress. Journal of Business Economics and Management, 22(5), 1342–1359. https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2021.15547 https://doi.org/10.3846/jbem.2021.15547... ; Miranda et al., 2021 Miranda, B. V., Monteiro, G. F. A., & Rodrigues, V. P. (2021). Circular agri-food systems: A governance perspective for the analysis of sustainable agri-food value chains. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, 120878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120878 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.... ; Neumeyer et al., 2020 Neumeyer, X., Ashton, W. S., & Dentchev, N. (2020). Addressing resource and waste management challenges imposed by COVID-19: An entrepreneurship perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 162, 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105058 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... ; Refsgaard et al., 2021 Refsgaard, K., Kull, M., Slätmo, E., & Meijer, M. W. (2021). Bioeconomy – A driver for regional development in the Nordic countries. New Biotechnology, 60, 130–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.10.001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2020.10.00... ; Suchek et al., 2022 Suchek, N., Ferreira, J. J., & Fernandes, P. O. (2022). A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3020. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020... ; Zamfir et al., 2017 Zamfir, A.-M., Mocanu, C., & Grigorescu, A. (2017). Circular Economy and Decision Models among European SMEs. Sustainability, 9(9), 1507. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507 https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507... ; Zhu et al., 2019 Zhu, Q., Jia, R., & Lin, X. (2019). Building sustainable circular agriculture in China: Economic viability and entrepreneurship. Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639 https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-06-2018-0639... )	Circular agriculture; circular business model; circular entrepreneurship; policy making; motivation and identity; barriers; competitive advantage; COVID-19, Business ecosystems; SMEs; decision making; circular food economy; bio-economy; residues and sub-products; Agricultural business; governance mechanisms; emergent economies; collaborative innovation; environmental politicy.
ECS	Practices of Sustainable Circular Economy	(Bansal et al., 2022 Bansal, S., Jain, M., Garg, I., & Srivastava, M. (2022). Attaining circular economy through business sustainability approach: An integrative review and research agenda. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319 https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319... ; Brown et al., 2021 Brown, P., Baldassarre, B., Konietzko, J., Bocken, N., & Balkenende, R. (2021). A tool for collaborative circular proposition design. Journal of Cleaner Production, 297, 126354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126354 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.1... ; Coghlan et al., 2021 Coghlan, C., Proulx, P., & Salazar, K. (2021). A Food-Circular Economy-Women Nexus: Lessons from Guelph-Wellington. Sustainability, 14(1), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192 https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010192... ; Conlon et al., 2019Conlon, K., Jayasinghe, R., & Dasanayake, R. (2019). Circular Economy: Waste-to-Wealth, Jobs the Global South. 18. ; Dentchev et al., 2018 Dentchev, N., Rauter, R., Jóhannsdóttir, L., Snihur, Y., Rosano, M., Baumgartner, R., Nyberg, T., Tang, X., van Hoof, B., & Jonker, J. (2018). Embracing the variety of sustainable business models: A prolific field of research and a future research agenda. Journal of Cleaner Production, 194, 695–703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.156 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.0... ; Donner & Radic, 2021 Donner, M., & Radić, I. (2021). Innovative Circular Business Models in the Olive Oil Sector for Sustainable Mediterranean Agrifood Systems. Sustainability, 13(5), 2588. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13052588... ; Droege et al., 2022 Droege, H., Kirchherr, J., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2022). Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3098. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098... ; Gaudig et al., 2021 Gaudig, A., Ebersberger, B., & Kuckertz, A. (2021). Sustainability-Oriented Macro Trends and Innovation Types—Exploring Different Organization Types Tackling the Global Sustainability Megatrend. Sustainability, 13(21), 11583. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111583 https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111583... ; Heshmati, 2017 Heshmati, A. (2017). A review of the circular economy and its implementation. International Journal of Green Economics, 11(3-4), 251-288. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGE.2017.089856... ; Kahupi et al., 2021 Kahupi, I., Eiríkur Hull, C., Okorie, O., & Millette, S. (2021). Building competitive advantage with sustainable products – A case study perspective of stakeholders. Journal of Cleaner Production, 289, 125699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125699 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.1... ; Kuzma et al., 2021 Kuzma, E. L., Sehnem, S., Machado, H. P. V., & Campos, L. M. de S. (2021). The new business is circular? Analysis from the perspective of the circular economy and entrepreneurship. Production, 31, e20210008. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.20210008 https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6513.202100... ; Miranda et al., 2021 Miranda, B. V., Monteiro, G. F. A., & Rodrigues, V. P. (2021). Circular agri-food systems: A governance perspective for the analysis of sustainable agri-food value chains. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, 120878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120878 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.... ; Neumeyer et al., 2020 Neumeyer, X., Ashton, W. S., & Dentchev, N. (2020). Addressing resource and waste management challenges imposed by COVID-19: An entrepreneurship perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 162, 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105058 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... ; Nosratabadi et al., 2019 Nosratabadi, S., Mosavi, A., Shamshirband, S., Kazimieras Zavadskas, E., Rakotonirainy, A., & Chau, K. W. (2019). Sustainable Business Models: A Review. Sustainability, 11(6), 1663. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663 https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061663... ; Zamfir et al., 2017 Zamfir, A.-M., Mocanu, C., & Grigorescu, A. (2017). Circular Economy and Decision Models among European SMEs. Sustainability, 9(9), 1507. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507 https://doi.org/10.3390/su9091507... )	Business sustainability. Cooperate sustainability; sustainable public policies; innovation; sustainable business model; sustainable business decisions; SDGs/UN perceived values; residual conversion ; regenerative sustainable industrial development; sustainable products; value chain; sustainable management of resources and residues.

Future researches	Author (Date)
Action-research approach in a patrimony community that may play a meaningful role for the recognition, adaptive reuse and valorization of cultural heritage, from an entrepreneurial perspective, adopting the CE paradigm.	(Gravagnuolo et al., 2021 Gravagnuolo, A., Micheletti, S., & Bosone, M. (2021). A Participatory Approach for “Circular” Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage. Building a Heritage Community in Salerno, Italy. Sustainability, 13(9), 4812. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094812 https://doi.org/10.3390/su13094812... )
Descriptive studies to provide answers on the extent to which point entrepreneurs have the potential to create sustainable economies that require insights into how to transform economies into sustainable systems by providing sustainable products and services.	(Suchek et al., 2022 Suchek, N., Ferreira, J. J., & Fernandes, P. O. (2022). A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions. Business Strategy and the Environment, bse.3020. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020 https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3020... )
Researches that reviews linear business practices aligned with the principles of sustainable resource and waste management, as well as with CE, may bring important contributions to the society and the academy.	(Neumeyer et al., 2020 Neumeyer, X., Ashton, W. S., & Dentchev, N. (2020). Addressing resource and waste management challenges imposed by COVID-19: An entrepreneurship perspective. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 162, 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105058 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020... )
Studies that make an international comparison between rural tourism companies that work with the reuse of materials and objects that are not used and are reused to generate added value (upcycling) in different regions and analyze their differences in terms of resources and infrastructure.	(Martín Martín et al., 2022 Martín Martín, J. M., Calvo Martínez, S., Guaita Martínez, J. M., & Ribeiro Soriano, D. E. (2022). Qualitative analysis on the driving force behind upcycling practices associated with mobile applications: Circular economy perspective. Operations Management Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269-5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00269... )
Spin-offs studies as drivers of CE, with emphasis no public and private policy actions to encourage sustainability and circularity.	(Poponi et al., 2020 Poponi, S., Arcese, G., Mosconi, E. M., & Arezzo di Trifiletti, M. (2020). Entrepreneurial Drivers for the Development of the Circular Business Model: The Role of Academic Spin-Off. Sustainability, 12(1), 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010423 https://doi.org/10.3390/su12010423... )
Researches that uses quantitative methods and tools to support the decision making process in measuring different concepts of economic, environmental and social business models.	(Bansal et al., 2022 Bansal, S., Jain, M., Garg, I., & Srivastava, M. (2022). Attaining circular economy through business sustainability approach: An integrative review and research agenda. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319 https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2319... )

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Circular economy and sustainable practices adopted by family farmers

Economia circular e práticas sustentáveis adotadas por agricultores familiares

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