Exploring opportunities and challenges to the adoption of blockchain technology in the fresh produce value chain

Osei, Ralph Kwadwo; Medici, Marco; Hingley, Martin; Canavari, Maurizio

doi:10.3934/agrfood.2021033

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“…This indicates that the people in developing countries like India rely on the social influence and the opinion of people from their colleagues, friends and peers. Numerous studies have investigated the influencing factors for the adoption of blockchain technology (Ghode et al, 2020;Alazab et al, 2021;Osei et al, 2021).…”

Section: Theoretical Implicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain adoption in agri-food supply chain management: an empirical study of the main drivers using extended UTAUT

Sharma

Singh

et al. 2023

BPMJ

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PurposeBlockchain technology can overcome many complicated problems related to confidentiality, integrity and availability of fast and secure distributed systems in the agri-food supply chain. In emerging economies like India, blockchain application in the agri-food supply chain is still new, and their adoption is underdeveloped. This paper aims to investigate the drivers of blockchain technology adoption and their effect on the behavioral intention of stakeholders in adopting blockchain technology among various stakeholders in the agri-food supply chain. The study also develops a framework to enhance understanding of blockchain adoption in the agri-food supply chain as well as the stakeholders' motivation in seeking blockchain solutions.Design/methodology/approachConsidering the most significant aspects of blockchain adoption in the agri-food supply chain, this study attempts to develop an adoption model by using the extended unified theory of acceptance and technology model with interfirm trust and transparency as additional factors. Data was collected from a sample of 200 stakeholders in the North Indian state of Punjab. The empirical analysis was carried out using structural equation modeling in Smart PLS3.FindingsThe findings supported the developed framework and the results of SEM indicate that all the paths are supported. In particular, the findings of the study reveal that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, interfirm trust and transparency are the drivers of blockchain adoption and have a significant impact on the behavioral intention of stakeholders. Cumulatively, the results positively impact the performance of agri-food supply chain. From this study, it is found that the adoption of blockchain technology in agri-food supply chain enhances their performance.Originality/valueThe originality of the study lies in the developed framework, technology adoption will help them focus in the right direction by eliminating manual methods and converting the agri-food supply chain into a digitalization system.

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Section: Theoretical Implicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain adoption in agri-food supply chain management: an empirical study of the main drivers using extended UTAUT

Sharma

Singh

et al. 2023

BPMJ

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“…Quality lapses at any stage of the chain can have serious health risks for customers while also opening the suppliers to litigation risks (Barykin et al, 2020;Nurgazina et al, 2021). Foodborne diseases directly result from the inefficiency of current supply chains and can lead to outbreaks (Osei et al, 2021) and pandemics, such as the recent COVID-19 outbreak. Origin visibility is especially crucial in halal food supply chains, which have an added layer of regulation in the form of halal certifications (Ali et al, 2021).…”

Section: Cluster #3: Bct-enabled Food Supply Chainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The rising call for traceability is a primary driver for blockchain adoption in food supply chains. Customers are prepared to pay a premium for blockchain-enabled products if it means the assurance of quality (Osei et al, 2021).…”

Section: Cluster #3: Bct-enabled Food Supply Chainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain in Supply Chain Management: A Synthesis of Barriers and Enablers for Managers

Kafeel

Kumar

Duong

2023

Int. j. math. eng. manag. sci.

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Blockchain is an emerging and disruptive technology and has the potential to change how supply chains manage their information. However, Blockchain is accompanied by challenges, such as increased information technology complexity, issues of scalability, incompatibility with existing laws and regulations, and a lack of awareness among organisations and customers. This research conducts a bibliometric analysis based on a sample of 68 papers which address the barriers and enablers of blockchain adoption in supply chain management. A recurring theme in the papers was managers’ lack of understanding of Blockchain, which acted as a barrier to adoption. This study proposes a possible explanation by arguing that the academic models used in literature are too obscure from a manager’s perspective and that there is a need to synthesise literature into a framework which is easily understood and familiar. Therefore, the barriers and enablers identified in this study were grouped into the robust Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environment (PESTLE) framework. A key finding from this framework was the absence of political barriers or enablers, which is surprising since blockchain adoption challenges the current status quo in multiple ways. Furthermore, the environmental enablers and barriers were scarcely discussed, with little empirical evidence.

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“…Consumers are usually open to the application of new technologies, which is both an opportunity and a challenge for all parties in the supply chain, manufacturing, and circulation of products. Usually, they are concerned about the risk of compromise risk in this process of data management process, and the cost of application is also a factor to be considered [ 24 ]. Also, the problems of using blockchain alone to store data are apparent, the information that can be stored on the chain is limited; the level of applicability for complex scenarios is low, and timely traceability queries are complicated under a large number of accesses; the throughput capacity of information is poor, etc.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Novel Credible Carbon Footprint Traceability System for Low Carbon Economy Using Blockchain Technology

Shen

Bao

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, many countries have established regional carbon emission trading markets and tried to build a low-carbon economic system. At present, the implementation of carbon emission trading and low-carbon economic systems faces many challenges such as manipulation, corruption, opacity, lack of trust, and lack of data tracking means. The application of blockchain technology can perfectly solve the above problems. However, the data recorded on a blockchain are often multi-type and heterogeneous, and users at different levels such as regulators, enterprises, and consumers have different requirements for data types and granularity. This requires a quick and trustworthy method for monitoring the carbon footprint of enterprises and products. In this paper, the carbon footprint traceability of enterprises and products is taken as an application scenario, and the distributed traceability concept of “traceability off the chain and verification on the chain” is adopted. By reconstructing the pointer of the file structure of the distributed storage, an interactive traceability structure supporting type filtering is constructed, which enables fast retrieval and locating of carbon emission data in the mixed data on the chain. The experimental results show that using the interactive traceability structure that supports type filtering for traceability not only releases the computing power of full nodes but also greatly improves the traceability efficiency of the long-span transaction chain. The proposed carbon footprint traceability system can rapidly trace and track data on an enterprise’s and a product’s carbon footprint, as well as meet the needs of users at all levels for traceability. It also offers more advantages when handling large amounts of data requests.

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Exploring opportunities and challenges to the adoption of blockchain technology in the fresh produce value chain

Cited by 16 publications

References 28 publications

Blockchain adoption in agri-food supply chain management: an empirical study of the main drivers using extended UTAUT

Blockchain adoption in agri-food supply chain management: an empirical study of the main drivers using extended UTAUT

Blockchain in Supply Chain Management: A Synthesis of Barriers and Enablers for Managers

A Novel Credible Carbon Footprint Traceability System for Low Carbon Economy Using Blockchain Technology

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