scholarly journals A Review on Block Chain Technology and Applications in Agriculture and Food Industry

2021 ◽  
pp. 92-99
Author(s):  
Ch. Lakshmi Kumari ◽  
J. Aruna Santhi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
Chain Organization ◽  
Agriculture And Food

Food holds a main role in human beings’ lives and in human civilization in universal across the globe. The food and agriculture division is careful to be a major manager at a worldwide level. The large number and heterogeneity of the stakeholders concerned from different sectors, such as farmers, distributors, retailers, consumers, etc., renders the undeveloped supply chain organization as one of the most composite and demanding tasks. It is the same vast difficulty of the agri products supply chain that limits the growth of global and efficient clearness and traceability solutions. The present paper provides an general idea of the application of block chain technologies for enabling traceability in the agri-food domain. Initially, the paper presents definitions, levels of acceptance, tools and advantages of traceability, accompanied with a brief impression of the functionality and advantages of blockchain technology. It then conducts an widespread literature re-examine on the addition of blockchain into traceability systems. It profits with discussing relevant existing for profit applications, importance the relevant challenges and future prediction of the application of block chain technologies in the agri-food supply chain.

scholarly journals Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Demestichas ◽  
Nikolaos Peppes ◽  
Theodoros Alexakis ◽  
Evgenia Adamopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Challenging Tasks ◽  
Commercial Applications

Food holds a major role in human beings’ lives and in human societies in general across the planet. The food and agriculture sector is considered to be a major employer at a worldwide level. The large number and heterogeneity of the stakeholders involved from different sectors, such as farmers, distributers, retailers, consumers, etc., renders the agricultural supply chain management as one of the most complex and challenging tasks. It is the same vast complexity of the agriproducts supply chain that limits the development of global and efficient transparency and traceability solutions. The present paper provides an overview of the application of blockchain technologies for enabling traceability in the agri-food domain. Initially, the paper presents definitions, levels of adoption, tools and advantages of traceability, accompanied with a brief overview of the functionality and advantages of blockchain technology. It then conducts an extensive literature review on the integration of blockchain into traceability systems. It proceeds with discussing relevant existing commercial applications, highlighting the relevant challenges and future prospects of the application of blockchain technologies in the agri-food supply chain.

Blockchain Technology Applied to the Cocoa Export Supply Chain

2020 ◽  
pp. 323-339
Author(s):  
Mario Chong ◽  
Eduardo Perez ◽  
Jet Castilla ◽  
Hernan Rosario
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Data Structure ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Expiration Date ◽  
Cocoa Beans ◽  
Batch Number ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Export Supply ◽  
Production Stages ◽  
Block Chain

This chapter recommends applying block chain technology to the cocoa supply chain. Using this technology, it will be possible to show and guarantee the traceability of the final product. Traceability in the cocoa chain begins in the production stages (harvest and post-harvest) to obtain relevant data related to cocoa beans and their producers, promptly, until finding the raw material origin and inputs used during the process. The material provider's name must be considered, as well as the manufacturer's expiration date, the batch number, and the production area's reception date. This is why authors recommend using Block chain, which is a data structure that stores information chronologically in interlinked blocks. It works as a digital master book and the participants reach an agreement to register any information in the blocks. Throughout the chapter, authors show how to apply this technology.

Assessing the feasibility of blockchain technology in industries: evidence from Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Erol ◽  
Ilker Murat Ar ◽  
Ali Ihsan Ozdemir ◽  
Iskender Peker ◽  
Ali Asgary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Fuzzy Topsis ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
Utmost Care ◽  
The Right ◽  
Agriculture And Food

PurposeThe objective of this study is to assess quantitatively how feasible blockchain is for various industries, such as logistics and supply chain, health, energy, finance, automotive, pharmaceutical and agriculture and food using a comprehensive list of indicators.Design/methodology/approachA decision aid was applied to the problem of identifying the feasibility of blockchain in Turkish industries. To this end, first, a set of indicators was identified. Then, the fuzzy AHP and fuzzy TOPSIS were utilized to assess the feasibility comparatively using the data gathered from a group of experts. Finally, a scenario analysis was conducted to ensure the consistency of our evaluation.FindingsThe findings of this study suggest that comparatively, logistics and supply chain, finance and health industries are the most feasible industries for blockchain. This study further suggests that blockchain is the least feasible for the automotive industry compared to the rest of the identified industries.Research limitations/implicationsIt is cumbersome to find out the respondents who have sufficient knowledge of both blockchain and the identified industries. Even if we took the utmost care in identifying the right respondents, we limited our search to the biggest industrial hubs of Turkey.Practical implicationsThe findings of this research may help various decision-makers employed in governments, conglomerates, software and consulting firms and national research institutions make more informed decisions and allocate their resources more effectively.Originality/valueTo this date, the current studies have solely investigated possible research opportunities in blockchain and demonstrated several blockchain applications in stand-alone cases. To the best of our knowledge, however, no single study exists that evaluates the feasibility of blockchain comparatively and holistically among a group of industries using various indicators.

scholarly journals Impact of Blockchain Adoption for Safe Food Supply Chain Management through System Dynamics Approach from Management Perspectives in Thailand

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Tipmontian ◽  
Alcover ◽  
Rajmohan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
Safe Food ◽  
Food Value ◽  
Global Food

Today’s food supply chain is incredibly complex and imposes enormous challenges across the Globe. Products are transported through multimodal transportation internationally, comprising of combination of ship, rail, truck and flight modes etc. The supply chain under multistage network poses more quality related issues. Hence, blockchain technology helps to enhance food safety and quality in the logistics process. This, when coupled with the existing traceability system can create more agile value chain and closer customer relationship across regions. Though, Thailand is a leading food exporter, it lacks in implementation of blockchain technology. The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of blockchain technology adoption for safe food supply chain management through System Dynamics (SD) approach from management perspectives in Thailand. The preliminary survey and discussion were carried out with the participants from food expert firms, and causal loop diagrams and stock and flow diagrams were developed and validated. The trade-off, challenges and opportunities of applying block chain technology on the global food value supply chain has been discussed throughout the system dynamics model. The major contribution of this work is in providing insight into some of the main dimensions of block chain technology and its implications for global food value chain performance improvements.

scholarly journals Meeting Changing Customer Requirements in Food and Agriculture Through the Application of Blockchain Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ushnish Sengupta ◽  
Henry Michael Kim
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Product Recalls ◽  
Customer Requirements ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Industry Associations

This research summarizes the implementation of blockchain technology in the food and agriculture industry in Canada. Our research indicates that blockchain solutions are an existing and proven set of technologies. We also describe how blockchain based supply chain traceability information has many more benefits than its current use for food safety and product recalls. We recommend that costs for development of blockchain based solutions should also be distributed across stakeholders, and apportioned by the relevant industry associations. Our research indicates that adoption of blockchain technology in agriculture will achieve critical mass earlier when the industry applies a consortium approach, in a regulatory environment that is supported by government. This report also makes recommendations relevant to the integration of blockchain for end consumers of food.

Barricades in the Adoption of Block-Chain Technology in Supply Chain Management: Challenges and Benefits

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pervez Akhtar ◽  
Nora Azima ◽  
Abdul Ghafar ◽  
Shahab Ud Din
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Block Chain

Blockchain technology, as a distributed digital ledger technology that ensures traceability, security, and transparency is displaying potential for easing some comprehensive supply chain problems. Scholars have started analyzing systematically the potential benefits and effects of block-chain on numerous activities of an organization. This paper presents the barricades in the adoption of blockchain technology in supply chain management. The potential benefits of blockchain adoption such as quality, cost, speed, transparency, durability, and immutability are also discussed in this paper. We present the early literature discussing the use of blockchain in the field of the supply chain to enhance accountability and transparency. This study explains the several mechanisms by which supply chain managers can prepare their organizational structure to adopt the latest technology. It further highlights the mechanisms to achieve supply chain objectives. Part of this paper also discusses how blockchains, a potentially disruptive solution that is on its early evolution, can overcome several potential barricades. Future research directions are proposed which can further provide insights into overcoming barriers and adoption of blockchain technology in the field of supply chain management.

scholarly journals Block chain Based Data Provenance in Supply chain

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-322
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Data Provenance ◽  
New Era ◽  
Supply Chain Networks ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Smart Contract ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
Initial Uncertainty

Blockchain technology as an infrastructure allows an innovational platform for a new transparent and decentralized transaction mechanism for different type of industries and businesses. Different attributes of blockchain technology increase trust through traceability and transparency ability of goods, data and financial resources within any transaction. Regardless of initial uncertainty about this technology, government and many major enterprises and firms have recently examined the adoption and improvement of this technology in several areas of applications, from social, legal and finance industries to manufacturing, design and supply-chain networks. An interesting research problem in this new era is that of determining provenance. At present, goods which are produced and transported using complicated medium supply chains, in this type of supply chain it is impossible to evaluate the provenance of physical goods. We have an interest in the blockchain as there are numerous favored use cases of blockchain especially for provenance tracking. In this paper we review the basics features of the blockchain along with its type like permission less and permissioned blockchain. Then discussed the need of provenance of assets in supplychain as it increase the trust of the customer and proposed a process and architecture for providing the data provenance in supply chain with blockchain using smart contract.

The Integration of the Blockchain Technology Into Wine Tourism

2021 ◽  
pp. 186-209
Author(s):  
Çiğdem Unurlu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
New Model ◽  
Wine Tourism ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Block Chain

The aim of this study is to offer some suggestions to both the tourism industry and the practitioners in terms of making wine tourism and wine supply chain more transparent and traceable. From this point of view, in the current study, in which the blockchain technology in wine supply chain is examined, first the technology of block chain has comprehensively been assessed, and later the operational principles of blockchain technology are discussed. Afterwards, the blockchain technology was attempted to be integrated into wine tourism and wine supply chain. Hence, a new model was proposed. In this respect, the outputs that can be obtained via the use of blockchain technology in wine tourism and wine supply chain are revealed in this study.

Addressing and Modeling the Challenges Faced in the Implementation of Blockchain Technology in the Food and Agriculture Supply Chain

2022 ◽  
pp. 151-179
Author(s):  
Subhodeep Mukherjee ◽  
Venkataiah Chittipaka ◽  
Manish Mohan Baral
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Food And Agriculture

Blockchain technology has gained a lot of attention in the supply chain of many organizations. This technology is being used in sectors like food, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, automobile, etc. The aim of this research is to identify the problems faced in the food and agriculture supply chain in implementing blockchain technology in their organizations. To determine the barriers to blockchain technology in the food and agriculture supply chain, the authors have used technological, organizational, and environmental frameworks. All the barriers are divided into three constructs having some variables. Data is collected through questionnaires using survey methods. Empirical methods used are exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. This study also provides empirical evidence and developed three structural equation models. This study will help the service providers to address the problems that are being faced by the firms in the implementation of blockchain technology in their firms.

scholarly journals The Impact of Block Chain and Smart Inventory System on Supply Chain Performance at Retail Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Probir Mondol
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Inventory System ◽  
Retail Industry ◽  
Supply Chain Performance ◽  
Statistical Process ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Mediator Role ◽  
Block Chain ◽  
The Impact

Blockchain is a trending topic and would be the most significant issue for all industries, manufacturing or services. This study aims to investigate the Impact of Block Chain and Smart Inventory System on Supply Chain Performance at Retail Industry in the UAE. A quantitative research was adapted, and a survey was designed and rolled out by email to all participants. A 202 valid questionnaires were used in the statistical process in order to find out the impact of blockchain technology and smart inventory on supply chain performance in retail industry. The hypotheses testing confirmed the direct impact of blockchain technology on supply chain performance side by side with the mediator role of smart inventory in the indirect impact. The results revealed that blockchain is becoming the real time need of the retail industry and has improved the efficiency of the retail industry.

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