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<p>The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach to blockchain-enabled supply-chain model for a smart crop production framework. The defined tasks are: (1) analysis of blockchain ecosystem as a network of stakeholders and as an infrastructure of technical and logical elements; (2) definition of a supply-chain model; (3) design of blockchain reference infrastructure; (4) description of blockchain information channels with smart contracts basic functionalities. The results presented include: а supply-chain model facilitating seeds certification process, monitoring and supervision of the grain process, provenance and as optional interactions with regulatory bodies, logistics and financial services; the three level blockchain reference infrastructure and a blockchain-enabled supply-chain supporting five information channels with nine participants and smart contracts. An account management user application tool, the general descriptions of smart contract basic functionalities and a selected parts of one smart contract code are provided as examples.</p>
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The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach to blockchain-enabled supply-chain model for a smart crop production framework. The defined tasks are: (1) analysis of blockchain ecosystem as a network of stakeholders and as an infrastructure of technical and logical elements; (2) definition of a supply-chain model; (3) design of blockchain reference infrastructure; (4) description of blockchain information channels with smart contracts basic functionalities. The results presented include: а supply-chain model facilitating seeds certification process, monitoring and supervision of the grain process, provenance and as optional interactions with regulatory bodies, logistics and financial services; the three level blockchain reference infrastructure and a blockchain-enabled supply-chain supporting five information channels with nine participants and smart contracts. An account management user application tool, the general descriptions of smart contract basic functionalities and a selected parts of one smart contract code are provided as examples.

Blockchain-Enabled Supply-Chain in Crop Production Framework

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach to blockchain-enabled supply-chain model for a smart crop production framework. The defined tasks are: (1)...

Blockchain-Enabled Supply-Chain in Crop Production Framework

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 151 - 170

Received: Dec 03, 2021

Accepted: Feb 25, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2022-0010

Keywords
Blockchains, blockchain-enabled supply-chain, smart contracts, smart crop production, EOSIO platform

© 2022 Irina Radeva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Blockchain-Enabled Supply-Chain in Crop Production Framework

Published Online: Apr 10, 2022

Page range: 151 - 170

Received: Dec 03, 2021

Accepted: Feb 25, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2022-0010

KeywordsBlockchains, blockchain-enabled supply-chain, smart contracts, smart crop production, EOSIO platform

© 2022 Irina Radeva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Blockchains, blockchain-enabled supply-chain, smart contracts, smart crop production, EOSIO platform