On the Benefits and Challenges of Blockchains for Managing Food Supply Chains
| Autor: | Panagiota Katsikouli, Henning Høgh-Jensen, Amelie Sina Wilde, Nicola Dragoni |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Food Safety
Traceability Food industry 030309 nutrition & dietetics Supply chain Food Supply 03 medical and health sciences Blockchain 0404 agricultural biotechnology Animals Food Industry Humans SDG 2 - Zero Hunger Industrial organization 0303 health sciences Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Agriculture SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Food safety 040401 food science Fair trade Management system Food processing Small and medium-sized enterprises SDG 9 - Industry Innovation and Infrastructure business Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Katsikouli, P, Wilde, A S, Dragoni, N & Jensen, H H 2021, ' On the Benefits and Challenges of Blockchains for Managing Food Supply Chains ', Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, vol. 101, no. 6, pp. 2175-2181 . https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10883 |
| Popis: | The expansion of the food industry, both on the national and the global stages, has resulted in complex collaborative networks and supply chains. The management culture adopted for food supply chains has an impact on the quality of the end product and the vitality of the involved businesses. In this report, we focus on the use of blockchain technology, and distributed ledgers in general, for managing supply chains in the food and agricultural sectors. We explore the challenges with which typical management systems are faced, such as food safety, food fraud and inefficient processes, as well as ethical aspects like fair trade, animal welfare and environmental impact of food production. The use of blockchain-based systems for managing a supply chain offers significant benefits, such as faster and more reliable traceability. Our analysis, involving Small and Medium Enterprises from Denmark, highlights that SMEs could benefit from blockchain-based systems that encourage fair trade and authenticity documentation, expose good practices and decrease managing costs. However, due to lack of important policies and standards and due to the limited understanding of the technology itself, its large-scale adoption is at the moment immature. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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