Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production Scenario
The globalization of food markets has led companies to buy products not only locally, but also from other corners of the world. This has introduced complexity into supply chains, as products have to move longer distances and pass through more companies before reaching the end consumer. The meat indu...
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| description | The globalization of food markets has led companies to buy products not only locally, but also from other corners of the world. This has introduced complexity into supply chains, as products have to move longer distances and pass through more companies before reaching the end consumer. The meat industry has been no different. Events such as animal disease outbreaks have diminished consumer confidence in the industry and the supply chain. Coupled with this, consumers started demanding “more transparent” meat products. This has led companies to think about new traceability systems, which continue to enforce food safety and health rules, but at the same time enhance and make transparent to the consumer the origin and constitution of their products. This article proposes a traceability system in the agri-food (meat industry) with a multi-chain architecture, among them, blockchain. The use of blockchain in the traceability system helped to mitigate the omission of relevant data for the traceability process, allowing us to guarantee the immutability, reliability, and transparency of the data along the value chain. At the same time, the system was able to reduce the time of the traceability process by giving the user the possibility to access the traced information via a unique product identifier. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1e40c9f49644ac493b522086daecc8b2023-12-08T15:15:27ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582023-11-011223424610.3390/foods12234246Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production ScenarioMiguel Arvana0Andre Dionisio Rocha1Jose Barata2NOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, PortugalNOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, PortugalNOVA School of Science and Technology, Center of Technology and Systems (UNINOVA-CTS) and Associated Lab of Intelligent Systems (LASI), NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Lisbon, PortugalThe globalization of food markets has led companies to buy products not only locally, but also from other corners of the world. This has introduced complexity into supply chains, as products have to move longer distances and pass through more companies before reaching the end consumer. The meat industry has been no different. Events such as animal disease outbreaks have diminished consumer confidence in the industry and the supply chain. Coupled with this, consumers started demanding “more transparent” meat products. This has led companies to think about new traceability systems, which continue to enforce food safety and health rules, but at the same time enhance and make transparent to the consumer the origin and constitution of their products. This article proposes a traceability system in the agri-food (meat industry) with a multi-chain architecture, among them, blockchain. The use of blockchain in the traceability system helped to mitigate the omission of relevant data for the traceability process, allowing us to guarantee the immutability, reliability, and transparency of the data along the value chain. At the same time, the system was able to reduce the time of the traceability process by giving the user the possibility to access the traced information via a unique product identifier.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/23/4246agri-foodvalue chainblockchain technologytraceabilitydigitization |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Arvana Andre Dionisio Rocha Jose Barata Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production Scenario Foods agri-food value chain blockchain technology traceability digitization |
| title | Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production Scenario |
| title_full | Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production Scenario |
| title_fullStr | Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production Scenario |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production Scenario |
| title_short | Agri-Food Value Chain Traceability Using Blockchain Technology: Portuguese Hams’ Production Scenario |
| title_sort | agri food value chain traceability using blockchain technology portuguese hams production scenario |
| topic | agri-food value chain blockchain technology traceability digitization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/23/4246 |
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