Purpose Blockchain technology (BCT), since its emergence touted to be disruptive, is gaining momentum, especially in the agri-food system owing to its multiple benefits.Design/methodology/approach The authors attempted to conduct a systematic bibliometric visualization analysis of the BCT in the agri-food system. The analysis investigated the list of countries and institutions that conducted research on BCT in agriculture, growth trend analysis in research publications, bibliographic coupling of journals using the VOSviewer tool, and the countries and institutions researching BCT.Findings The authors discovered that China, the USA and India were the highly active countries in BCT research and publication. However, India has only limited research collaboration with other countries as compared to China and the USA. The keyword analysis indicates the role of BCT in order to maintain the transparency of the supply chain by means of protecting the privacy of the personal data of the stakeholders.Research limitations/implicationsMore research related to the implementation of BCT in livestock, fishery and agro-forestry sector is recommended.Social implications The case examined is of particular interest as it is concerned with efficient supply chain management.Originality/value This study adds value and evidence to the scope and benefits of BCT by providing a comprehensive literature review, with a special focus on the opportunities and challenges concerned with implementation of BCT in the Indian agri-food system.HighlightsBlockchain technology (BCT) – a promising tool to resolve issues in agriculture supply chain.BCT ensures transparency and protection of information along the supply chain transactions.China, the USA and India are the highly active countries in BCT research and publication.Multiple potential benefits to stakeholders are attributed to the BCT in the agri-food system.The key challenge is to bridge the digital gap between developed and developing nations.Future research on BCT should aim at easing and undistorted competition among stakeholders.
The developing world faces the tough task of producing adequate food to meet the demands of its burgeoning population, as yield levels of major crops have struck a plateau. Food and nutrition security being the major concerns, agricultural R and D in less-developed countries is at the crossroads. The most significant demographic characteristic is that 'virtually all population growth will occur in the poorer parts of the world'. The increasing population besides exerting pressure on food demand has also been striving to boost production and bring about balance in the demand-supply chain. Both rich and poor countries depend on the agricultural research conducted in the private and public laboratories of these countries. Those among the developing economies which strove to put their domestic agricultural R and D base into a state of preparedness for acclimatizing and absorbing the 'imported technology' on the one hand and to put the needed market and institutional arrangements in place on the other, emerged as the primary drivers of the adoption of new technologies. The need of the hour is to assess the ground reality is that whether agricultural R and D in the Third World countries is 'too little or too late'. The top five countries in terms of agricultural R and D spending are the United States, Japan, China, India, and Brazil. The government sector is still the main player in public agricultural R and D, in terms of execution as well as funding. Although government allocations still present the main source of funding, there are again considerable differences across countries. A number of developing countries depend on non-governmental sources of funding. The majority of international agricultural R and D is carried out by the 15 research centers of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). India has one of the largest and most complex agricultural research systems in the world, with more than a century of organized application of science to agriculture. The loss of dynamism in the agriculture sector is the major cause of crisis in Indian agriculture. Research and development (R and D) has potential to offer long-term solutions to the problems of agriculture sector.In India, the public sector plays a major role in agricultural R and D. In the twelfth five year plan, the Indian Government addressed this deficiency by committing a significant percentage of AgGDP to agricultural R and D. ICAR and the SAU system are making a concentrated effort to better target research and to improve co-ordination of programmes across the various institutions. Food and nutrition security being the major concerns, agricultural R and D in less-developed countries is at the crossroads. Intensity of ARD in the developing nations is too little. But, it's never too late. Technology gap between developed and developing countries is increasing both, qualitatively and quantitatively. A CASE STUDY :
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