Applying blockchain technology to improve agri-food traceability: A review of development methods, benefits and challenges
By Huanhuan Feng, Xiang Wang, Yanqing Duan, Jian Zhang, Xiaoshuan Zhang. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020
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Abstract 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.
Subfields: Food Science, Information Systems
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Citations in the corpus
- Blockchain-based food supply chain traceability: a case study in the dairy sector (2020, background): “…proposed blockchain-enabled FSC traceability mechanisms (Galvez,Mejuto, and Simal-Gandara 2018; Behnke and Janssen 2019; Bordel et al. 2019; Creydt and Fischer 2019; George et al. 2019; Kamble, Gunasekaran, and Sharma 2019; Pal and Kant 2019; Chen et al. 2020; Duan et al. 2020; Feng et al. 2020).”
- A literature review of blockchain technology applications in supply chains: A comprehensive analysis of themes, methodologies and industries (2021, neutral): “The first reason is that consumers need detailed product information from the farm to the table, and blockchain technology improves the traceability of agricultural products (H. H. Feng et al., 2020).”