Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review
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, dist...
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| author | Konstantinos Demestichas Nikolaos Peppes Theodoros Alexakis Evgenia Adamopoulou |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d78a562a6ced49be92c35061cf8ee0332023-11-20T03:52:45ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-06-011012411310.3390/app10124113Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A ReviewKonstantinos Demestichas0Nikolaos Peppes1Theodoros Alexakis2Evgenia Adamopoulou3Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Zografou, 15773 Athens, GreeceInstitute of Communication and Computer Systems, Zografou, 15773 Athens, GreeceInstitute of Communication and Computer Systems, Zografou, 15773 Athens, GreeceInstitute of Communication and Computer Systems, Zografou, 15773 Athens, GreeceFood 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/12/4113blockchaindistributed ledgertraceabilityagriculture supply chainagri-food industry |
| spellingShingle | Konstantinos Demestichas Nikolaos Peppes Theodoros Alexakis Evgenia Adamopoulou Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review Applied Sciences blockchain distributed ledger traceability agriculture supply chain agri-food industry |
| title | Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review |
| title_full | Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review |
| title_short | Blockchain in Agriculture Traceability Systems: A Review |
| title_sort | blockchain in agriculture traceability systems a review |
| topic | blockchain distributed ledger traceability agriculture supply chain agri-food industry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/12/4113 |
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