An Exploration of Blockchain-based Traceability in Food Supply Chains: On the Benefits of Distributed Digital Records from Farm to Fork

Westerlund, Mika; Nene, Soham; Leminen, Seppo; Rajahonka, Mervi

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“…In the last few years, numerous authors have proposed Blockchain-enabled traceability mechanisms [39,40]. Several authors have proposed traceability mechanisms and Blockchain applications for tracking agricultural products [41][42][43].…”

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Traceability Platform Based on Green Blockchain: An Application Case Study in Dairy Supply Chain

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Recent progress in IoT and software development has simplified data acquisition and immutability of information in the agri-food supply chain. In the last few years, several frameworks and applications were proposed to ensure traceability in the agri-food-sector using distributed ledger technologies (DLT) such as Blockchain technologies. Still, no other study has presented a Blockchain-based traceability platform with a lower impact on the environment and lower cost for each transaction sent by the supply chain. This article presents a traceability platform based on Green Blockchain with low energy consumption and costs savings applied to the Fontina PDO cheese supply chain, part of the project “Typicalp”, funded by the European Union (EU). The proposed traceability system is based on Algorand Blockchain, which uses the Pure Proof-of-Stake mechanism of consensus that requires minimal computational power, is highly scalable and environmentally sustainable. In addition to the environmental and financial benefits, the developed traceability platform has made it possible to digitize the entire production chain, making the data immutable and available in real-time for Fontina consortium operators and final consumers.

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Traceability Platform Based on Green Blockchain: An Application Case Study in Dairy Supply Chain

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“…Digital technologies can help to enhance circularity and productivity while tracking progress towards lower-missions agriculture goals (Basso et al, 2021). Digital traceability systems, including those using blockchain technology, can develop traceability systems to make production systems more transparent (Sharma et al, 2021; Westerlund et al, 2021) and encourage consumers to demand a production that is consistent with preserving natural resources and producers to shift production practices to meet market demands. Digital traceability systems are being used to track the environmental impact of production on natural resources (Kingra et al, 2016; Kumar et al 2015).…”

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Digital traceability to enhance circular food systems and reach agriculture emissions targets

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Outlook Agric

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How can digital tools increase national circularity measures in agriculture towards GHG reduction and other national goals? During the 26th Conference of Parties (COP) held in November 2021, it was clear that circularity will play a role in meeting important international targets but that the global community and national governments lack the tools to measure the contribution of circular actions in the agriculture sector towards meeting these commitments. In the absence of monitoring and decision-support tools, governments will not know the full impact of their actions towards meeting commitments. This perspective looks at the way that digital agricultural traceability systems can form the building blocks for government action to incentivize enhanced circularity in the agriculture sector and track progress towards international targets. Among the many countries working on digital traceability systems, Uruguay stands out an example of a country pushing towards systemic traceability in multiple aspects of the food system. We examine Uruguay's use of digital traceability systems for sustainable production and redefinition of green markets as an example of a rapidly modernizing digital food system and a beacon for other countries to follow. The case of Uruguay shows that digital tools can create transparency in productive systems and allow the government to target sustainability policies. By using digital traceability systems for livestock, dairy effluents, soil rotations, agricultural chemicals, and forests Uruguay is creating a replicable framework for circularity and long-term sustainable production in the agriculture sector, one policy at a time. This framework serves as a benchmark for other countries in Latin America to reach their traceability, circularity, and emissions reductions targets.

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“…However, their work is only a study example, rather than a practical application of blockchain technology in wine. The application of blockchain technology in food is still in its infancy (Westerlund & Soham Nene, 2021). And there are few of comprehensive research schemes for guarantying the products quality and safety in rice supply chain (Xie & Xiao, 2021).…”

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A technological quality control system for rice supply chain

Cai

Cui

2022

Food and Energy Security

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Rice quality affects social stability, consumer health, and corporate brand benefit. The traditional supply chain traceability management system is centralized, monopolized, asymmetric, and opaque. It is the main factor leading to frequent food safety incidents. This paper proposes a technological quality control system for rice supply chain to protect rice products quality and safety. Firstly, it adopts risk assessment and traceability mechanism to prevent the hazard factors in the production and processing. Then, to prevent spoiled food from endangering the consumers’ health and reduce food waste, it explores a shelf life model of rice products to predict the remaining shelf life of products. Finally, this paper constructs a decentralized traceability management system based on blockchain and IoT, which enables consumers to access the real information of rice products and helps supervisors to monitor the quality of products in the supply chain.

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An Exploration of Blockchain-based Traceability in Food Supply Chains: On the Benefits of Distributed Digital Records from Farm to Fork

Abstract: Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall.

Cited by 20 publications

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Traceability Platform Based on Green Blockchain: An Application Case Study in Dairy Supply Chain

Traceability Platform Based on Green Blockchain: An Application Case Study in Dairy Supply Chain

Digital traceability to enhance circular food systems and reach agriculture emissions targets

A technological quality control system for rice supply chain

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