The Role and Potential of Blockchain Technology for the Food Processing Industry: A Scoping Review
Through its multiple applications such as traceability and optimization of the food supply chain, achieving food safety and reducing food waste or implementing smart contracts, blockchain technology is proving its usefulness in the food processing and distribution industry. Stimulated by the curr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura ASE
2025-05-01
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| Series: | Amfiteatru Economic |
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| Online Access: | https://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/temp/Article_3420.pdf |
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| Summary: | Through its multiple applications such as traceability and optimization of the food supply
chain, achieving food safety and reducing food waste or implementing smart contracts,
blockchain technology is proving its usefulness in the food processing and distribution
industry. Stimulated by the current advances and the high interest in this relatively recently
emerged topic, characterized by a limited number of implementations in the food industry,
the paper aims to conduct a bibliometric scoping review. This type of analysis provides an
overview of the aspects, applications and technical details of the implementation of this
technology in the food sector. A survey of the relevant literature, still in its infancy, reveals
recent solutions and implementations that have the potential to exert a major influence on
developments in the field. In contrast to existing review-type analyses, this paper
incorporates the key aspects of blockchain technology implementation related to food
processing, distribution, traceability and pricing.
The paper summarizes the benefits but also the challenges related to the adoption of
blockchain technology in agri-food, providing a comprehensive perspective on the state of
the art and its essential role in ensuring sustainable agricultural production, reducing food
waste, improving food security and integrating into a circular and resilient economic
framework. Therefore, blockchain-based technologies reveal themselves as important tools
for implementing the EU’s “Farm to Fork” strategy |
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| ISSN: | 1582-9146 2247-9104 |