ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sustain. Food Syst.
Sec. Agricultural and Food Economics
Volume 9 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2025.1597515
Identification and Management of Key Influencing Factors in China's Pig Supply Chain from the Perspective of Resilience and Sustainability Synergy
Provisionally accepted
- 1Dalian Neusoft University of Information, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
- 2Dalian Neusoft University of Information, Dalian, China
- 3Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Dalian, China
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The pig supply chain (PSC) is influenced by the pig cycle, environmental regulations, and livestock health and safety incidents, making its supply chain management highly complex. Currently, the primary focus of PSC management is on resilience upgrading, with less emphasis on sustainable development, which, limits the growth of PSC. Taking China, the world's largest pig producer and consumer, as an example, this paper constructs an influencing indicator system for PSC from the perspective of resilience and sustainability synergy (RSS). It applies Fuzzy DEMATEL to calculate the causal relationships between indicators, ANP to calculate indicator weights, and obtains a comprehensive ranking and identifies key factors. The stability of the key influencing factors(KIFs) and the regional applicability of the indicator system were verified through the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation of the RSS of the PSC in Zhejiang Province (eastern China), Henan Province (central China), and Sichuan Province (western China). The results show that the current upgrading of China's PSC should prioritize resilience and consider the synergistic effects of key factors. Enterprise organizational capability, Supply chain environmental interaction across the lifecycle, Trust relationships among entities, and Logistics network adaptability are key factors influencing RSS in PSC. This paper analyzes the relationships and constraints between key indicators and provides management strategies for China's PSC. Theoretically, this paper enriches the connotation of RSS in the supply chain, and practically helps PSC overcome challenges related to environmental interactions and redundant configurations.
Keywords: pig supply chain(PSC), resilience and sustainability synergy(RSS), key influencing factors(KIFs)key factor identification, identification and managementFuzzy DEMATEL, ANP
Received: 21 Mar 2025; Accepted: 20 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Yadan Zhao, Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Dalian, China
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