Blockchain Technology for Transparency in Agri-Food Supply Chain: Use Cases, Limitations, and Future Directions

Menon, Sheetal; Jain, Karuna

doi:10.1109/tem.2021.3110903

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“…In align with this priority, Di Vaio & Varriale (2020) pointed out BC-T requires high skilled employment that are capable of involvement of the technical tasks and dealing with the complexity of performing these tasks. Menon & Jain (2021) has been discussed the importance of the knowledge and skill to implement BC-T and they highlighted technical training and skill development is required to adopt BC-T in the SFSCs. In addition, BC-T uses the decentralized network structure by increasing transaction in the network and thus it creates a serious challenge by creating financial risks due to the not control authority to track all transaction in the supply chain (Nurgazina et al, 2021).…”

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Resilient reverse logistics with blockchain technology in sustainable food supply chain management during COVID‐19

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COVID-19, which is a global problem affects the all supply chains throughout the world. One of the supply chains most affected by COVID-19 is food supply chains. Since the sustainable food supply chain processes are complex and vulnerable in terms of product variety, it has been negatively affected by the operational effects of COVID-19. While the problems experienced in the supply chain processes and raw material constraints caused stops in production, the importance of new business models and production approaches came to the fore. One of the issues of increasing importance is the adoption of reverse logistics activities in sustainable food supply chains and increasing the resilience of food supply chains by integrating blockchain technology into processes. However, adapting blockchain technology to increase the resilience of reverse logistics activities in the food supply chain has advantages as well as risks that need to be considered. Therefore, it is aimed to determine these risks by using Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation method for eliminating the risks of blockchain adaptation for flexible reverse logistics in food supply chains to increase resiliency. The novelty of this study is that besides discussing about the benefits of BC-T, it is to identify the risks it can create, to eliminate these risks and to guide the establishment of resilience in reverse logistics activities of SFSCs. According to results, the risks with the highest value among the sub risks is determined as data security risks. Data Management risks is calculated as the risk with the highest value.

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Resilient reverse logistics with blockchain technology in sustainable food supply chain management during COVID‐19

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“…There are many interesting use cases of blockchain in the following area: agrifood distribution, food origin and sourcing, and food safety and quality [22]. For instance, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, uses IBM blockchain service to quickly pinpoint the culprit in future food safety scares.…”

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Perspective Chapter: Blockchain Adoption in Food Supply Chain

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2023

Blockchain Applications - Transforming Industries, Enhancing Security, and Addressing Ethical Considerations

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Modern food supply chain involves numerous stakeholders that are geographically dispersed. This scattered and complex structure impedes the free flow of information throughout the supply chain. Low transparency lays the groundwork for food fraud and delays the implementation of necessary countermeasures when a food contamination incident occurs. Moreover, customers nowadays are increasing demanding in terms of product provenance and sustainability. Under this circumstance, it is urgent to identify effective solutions that can mitigate the concerns of food safety, quality, and fraud. Blockchain has been identified as a promising technology for enabling end-to-end supply chain traceability. This study investigates the main challenges of agri-food supply chain and how blockchain attributes can address these challenges. We also propose an integrative framework of key factors that influence blockchain adoption in the food industry.

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“…In the blockchain, it is almost impossible to manipulate the recorded data since blockchain enhances data authentication between two parties or in a process. As a result, it has gained widespread attention in the supply-chain domain to improve data transparency and enhance trust among participants involved in the food system [ 65 ].…”

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Toward Better Food Security Using Concepts from Industry 5.0

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Pojić

Subramanian

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The rapid growth of the world population has increased the food demand as well as the need for assurance of food quality, safety, and sustainability. However, food security can easily be compromised by not only natural hazards but also changes in food preferences, political conflicts, and food frauds. In order to contribute to building a more sustainable food system—digitally visible and processes measurable—within this review, we summarized currently available evidence for various information and communication technologies (ICTs) that can be utilized to support collaborative actions, prevent fraudulent activities, and remotely perform real-time monitoring, which has become essential, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Internet of Everything, 6G, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and digital twin are gaining significant attention in recent years in anticipation of leveraging the creativity of human experts in collaboration with efficient, intelligent, and accurate machines, but with limited consideration in the food supply chain. Therefore, this paper provided a thorough review of the food system by showing how various ICT tools can help sense and quantify the food system and highlighting the key enhancements that Industry 5.0 technologies can bring. The vulnerability of the food system can be effectively mitigated with the utilization of various ICTs depending on not only the nature and severity of crisis but also the specificity of the food supply chain. There are numerous ways of implementing these technologies, and they are continuously evolving.

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Blockchain Technology for Transparency in Agri-Food Supply Chain: Use Cases, Limitations, and Future Directions

Cited by 87 publications

References 121 publications

Resilient reverse logistics with blockchain technology in sustainable food supply chain management during COVID‐19

Resilient reverse logistics with blockchain technology in sustainable food supply chain management during COVID‐19

Perspective Chapter: Blockchain Adoption in Food Supply Chain

Toward Better Food Security Using Concepts from Industry 5.0

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