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Exploring the role of blockchain technology in modern high-value food supply chains: global trends and future research directions

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Trust, safety, and quality are among the most important factors in the agri-food supply chains. Traceability is a powerful tool to ensure them, but implementing a transparent and effective system is a complex operation. As a result, innovative systems, like blockchain, could be introduced. Although research on its impacts in the agri-food is recent, the literature appears fragmented. The objective is to investigate the studied aspects of the blockchain adoption in agri-food, with the purpose of retrieving meaningful considerations about the current state of the art about strategic high-value supply chains, such as wine and olive oil, particularly subjected to fraudulent behaviors. A productivity measurement was applied to retrieve the evolution of the number of documents through the years, the most productive countries, the sources, the research areas, and the most significant papers in terms of number of citations received. To understand the research trends, a co-occurrence analysis was employed. Results show that most of the existing studies focus on the role of blockchain in the resolution of some critical issues as food safety and frauds. While wine is currently an emerging sector in which this approach can be implemented, olive oil still needs more attention. In both cases, blockchain could potentially help to support the profitability and sustainability of the production. The research underlines the importance of focusing on the environmental and social dimension of the blockchain phenomenon and the use of technology to improve the efficiency of agri-food chains and reduce waste and resource use.
Chiaraluce, Giulia (57212491224); Bentivoglio, Deborah (55175679100); Finco, Adele (9633964300); Fiore, Mariantonietta (56225909500); Contò, Francesco (55428422300); Galati, Antonino (35226305100)
Exploring the role of blockchain technology in modern high-value food supply chains: global trends and future research directions
2024
10.1186/s40100-024-00301-1
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85187886777&doi=10.1186%2fs40100-024-00301-1&partnerID=40&md5=2deb720647c0f1d784d86c15a6e76bd5
Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 10, Ancona, 60131, Italy; Department of Economics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy; Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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