Agriculture on the Blockchain: Sustainable Solutions for Food, Farmers, and Financing

Kim, Henry M.; Laskowski, Marek

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“…Although blockchain is considered as a potentially breakthrough technology, there are several research gaps because studies on the development and applications of food traceability are still seriously lacking. There are very limited understanding on how the block chain technology can be used to improve the food traceability performance through the full information transparency and security dimension of food chains (Kim et al, 2017;Yiannas et al,2018) , and what the key benefits and challenges are in terms of the practical operations, system infrastructure, interoperability and standardization issues. There is also a need to understand blockchain applications on policy support, participant collaboration and trust, and technical integration McLean et al, 2016).…”

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Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges

Feng

Wang

Duan

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Traceability plays a vital role in food quality and safety management. Traditional Internet of Things (IoT) traceability systems provide the feasible solutions for the quality monitoring and traceability of food supply chains. However, most of the IoT solutions rely on the centralized server-client paradigm that makes it difficult for consumers to acquire all transaction information and to track the origins of products.Blockchain is a cutting-edge technology that has great potential for improving traceability performance by providing security and full transparency. However, the benefits, challenges and development methods of blockchain-based food traceability systems are not yet fully explored in the current literature. Therefore, the main aim of this paper is to review the blockchain technology characteristics and functionalities, identify blockchain-based solutions for addressing food traceability concerns, highlight the benefits and challenges of blockchain-based traceability systems implementation, and help researchers and practitioners to apply blockchain technology based food traceability systems by proposing an architecture design framework and suitability application analysis flowchart of blockchain based food traceability systems. The results of this study contribute to better understanding and knowledge on how to improve the food traceability by developing and implementing blockchain-based traceability systems. The paper provides valuable information for researchers and practitioners on the use of blockchain-based food traceability management and has a positive effect on the improvement of food sustainability.

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Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges

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Wang

Duan

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Besides proposing blockchain-based frameworks and implementations [97], real world use cases of blockchain in smart farming are discussed in the blockchain research institute article [83]. In this work, authors explore applications of blockchain beyond the typical financial use cases in agriculture.…”

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Security and Privacy in Smart Farming: Challenges and Opportunities

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Internet of Things (IoT) and smart computing technologies have revolutionized every sphere of 21 st century humans. IoT technologies and the data driven services they offer were beyond imagination just a decade ago. Now, they surround us and influence a variety of domains such as automobile, smart home, healthcare, etc. In particular, the Agriculture and Farming industries have also embraced this technological intervention. Smart devices are widely used by a range of people from farmers to entrepreneurs. These technologies are used in a variety of ways, from finding real-time status of crops and soil moisture content to deploying drones to assist with tasks such as applying pesticide spray. However, the use of IoT and smart communication technologies introduce a vast exposure to cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities in smart farming environments. Such cyber attacks have the potential to disrupt the economies of countries that are widely dependent on agriculture. In this paper, we present a holistic study on security and privacy in a smart farming ecosystem. The paper outlines a multi layered architecture relevant to the precision agriculture domain and discusses the security and privacy issues in this dynamic and distributed cyber physical environment. Further more, the paper elaborates on potential cyber attack scenarios and highlights open research challenges and future directions. INDEX TERMS Security, privacy, smart farming, precision agriculture, cloud computing, edge computing, cyber physical systems, IoT, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, layered architecture.

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“…However, the model's major drawback relies on massive data to be stored and processed. The authors in Reference 30 attempt to examine agriculture as a chain and how the blockchain can improve its safety, efficiency, and accountability, at every stage. Their examination found that traceability for food safety has far been the most adopted blockchain application for agriculture.…”

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A comprehensive review of blockchain applications in industrial Internet of Things and supply chain systems

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Alkhatib

Sun

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The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and supply chain systems have become one of the most important technologies to positively impact our daily life activities. Blockchain technology has recently gained popularity and it is increasingly being employed in a large number of applications and industries. The use cases for blockchain are growing rapidly in different fields and domains. Combining blockchain into IIoT and in our supply chain logistics could provide many solutions to the critical issues that current systems face today. Blockchain features such as immutability, decentralization, and data encryption are useful in solving the shortcomings of IIoT and the current supply chain systems security and integrity. This article presents a comprehensive review of blockchain applications in IIoT and supply chain systems. This article also focuses on the security aspects of blockchain integration within industry applications with the support of the emerging edge computing technology.

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Agriculture on the Blockchain: Sustainable Solutions for Food, Farmers, and Financing

Cited by 43 publications

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Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges

Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges

Security and Privacy in Smart Farming: Challenges and Opportunities

A comprehensive review of blockchain applications in industrial Internet of Things and supply chain systems

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