Block-Chain Enhanced IoT Integration for Transparency and Efficiency in Smart Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Systems

Abstract

The contemporary landscape of smart agriculture and food supply chain management is confronting a dual challenge: both the consumers' satisfaction and successful functioning of the operations should be provided. This research outlines the novel approach that combines blockchain technologies together with the Internet Of Things (IoT) capabilities to logistics solutions in procedures and processes to overcome these challenges. Recognizing the enduring and non-exchangeable piece of blockchain technology has indeed been the perspective of the agricultural sector, which speaks of all its potential in improving trust and efficiency as the food supply chain is now. The proposed system involving blockchain technology and IoT encompasses all processes in real-time, with secured data recording, and effective transactions from farm to table. Vital information such as the state of growth and climate conditions are recorded, explored, and entered through the smart infrastructure into the network of IoT. The data is then stored in a blockchain which prevents any manipulation, ultimately providing every point on the supply chain with relevant information and accountability. The discriminator of this approach is the construction of a particular blockchain protocol that will deal with high volumes and variety of IoT-generated data while ensuring low latency which is a key feature of agricultural produce that can be purchased on a marketplace. Furthermore, the mechanism is designed to use smart contracts for automatic enforcement of compliance, quality, and payment procedures, with the latter considerably reducing the number of intermediaries. The methodology embraces a pragmatic field test with particular attention on value crops whose supply is most endangered by the inefficiency of the supply chain. The platform launched brings not only positive changes in operations but high-holder level of clients' confidence and trust. The findings of the research are valuable in the sense that they bring forth a framework which can be adapted to different agricultural set-ups and finally could reshape the whole global nourishment delivery landscape.