A Framework for Blockchain Technology in Rice Supply Chain Management Plantation

Abstract

As rice is a basic grain of food consumption in India, its integrity during supply chain processes is always a major concern for the society. With the rapid growth in the internet, a lot emerging technologies have been applied in the rice supply chain system. However, all these systems being centralized creates trust problems like fraud, tampering and falsifying information. The blockchain technology which is decentralized not governed by any central authority and distributed is the solution for the problems arising in the rice supply chain system. In this paper, we will build a rice supply chain system using blockchain technology which will assure safety of rice during supply chain management processes.

A review on blockchain applications in the agri‐food sector

“…This scenario is confirmed by the network analysis showing how the term supply chain (linked to agri‐food) is located into the ‘business’ cluster and how just a few experimental scientific applications are reported in the literature. Many companies are moving towards these new frontiers since these ensure integral traceability, fight fraud and minimize the system errors in the supply chain . Generally, all the mentioned scientific works, reported as the current agriculture supply chain models, are represented by linear model from producers and imports to retailer and foodservice.…”

“…Many companies are moving towards these new frontiers since these ensure integral traceability, fight fraud and minimize the system errors in the supply chain. 31 Generally, all the mentioned scientific works, reported as the current agriculture supply chain models, are represented by linear model from producers and imports to retailer and foodservice. Meanwhile, the supply chain, including blockchain architecture, had a decentralized architecture, and each member can write their transactions on this.…”

“…From a theoretical point of view, Kumar and Iyengar built a rice supply chain system based on blockchain technology to improve safety during the management processes. The major apprehension for the Indian society regards its integrity during supply chain processes.…”

“…Top: typical rice supply chain in India. Bottom: blockchain framework developed in the study of Kumar and Iyengar (modified) …”

A Blockchain Implementation Prototype for the Electronic Open Source Traceability of Wood along the Whole Supply Chain

“…The blockchain is a decentralized and distributed ledger that keeps records of digital transactions in such a way that makes them accessible and visible to multiple participants in a network while keeping them secure without the need of a centralized certification organism. As a blockchain is a decentralized database, no one regulates it or owns it, and once the data uploaded to the blockchain, it becomes immutable, not allowing data to be tampered with or falsified [13]. The blockchain consists in a linear sequence of small encrypted datasets called ‘blocks’, which contain timestamped batches of transactions [14].…”