World dairy production has promising growth for the next decades. In order to boost even more, some actions need to be taken regarding to the factors that limit the development of the activity. This study aims to assess the relevance of using the business ecosystem concept in dairy production as a mechanism to mitigate limiting factors and boost the development of this sector. Based on a systematical literature search it was possible to identify its applicability from an analysis of the interactions and / or collaboration between multi-agent milk production. From 1266 retrieved on scientific databases, the resulting bibliographic portfolio analysis presented 14 studies, which support that the business ecosystem concept can be used as an alternative to boost the sector and mitigate potential risks. The works in question, indicate the interaction between the actors in the dairy ecosystem and innovation as a factor to develop this system.