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Stakeholders-driven pathways for blockchain implementation in the agri-food sector

Project description

A recipe for blockchain technology integration into the food supply chain

It is possible to improve each stage of food distribution with the integration of blockchain technology (BCT) into the wide context of agrifood system? This is the question that the EU-funded TRUSTyFOOD project tries to answer to support practitioners and policymakers in future choices. Specifically, it will set the table for future research, basing its assumptions on systematic monitoring and reviews of national, European, and international pilots/use cases, experiences, and best practices, consulting stakeholders and co-creating directly with them final insights. The project’s main goal is to learn from existing experiences, understanding why communities (users) accept or reject blockchain-based projects, the mistakes made by others so as not to repeat them, the best and most innovative practices in blockchain development in different sectors to shape different possible futures for blockchain applications in the agrifood domain.

Objective

13 participants (11 beneficiaries and two affiliated entities) from 7 EU and 1 third countries join forces for supporting the Strategic Research Agenda of the future joint research program on the subject of Blockchain by shedding light on the current partial and fragmented picture of block chain technology (BCT) applications in the agri-food domain and by clarifying the benefits and opportunities which BCT can concretely to stakeholders throughout the food chain offer. The project intends to prepare the way for R&I activities for the decade to come, basing its assumptions on systematic monitoring and reviews of national, European and international R&I pilots/use cases, experiences and best practices and on consolidated and balanced stakeholder views. The active involvement of users is required from the very beginning for the identification of needs and use cases, which will be subsequently translated into operational requirements for services. The goal of the project is to understand why communities, i.e. users, accept/reject blockchain-based projects, the mistakes done by others for not repeating them, the best and innovative practices in blockchain development in agri-food sector (considering its complexity) for arriving to shape different possible futures for BC application. The project will investigate and discuss both technical aspects as well as non-technical barriers to BCTs deployment, but also other issues fostering BCTs deployment, such as interoperability, innovative business models, standardisation and regulatory issues and will be at the base of White Papers addressed to EC. At the same time, the project intends to provide to users some a framework of services (and guidelines) for empowering them in future BCT implementation.

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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01

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TECNOALIMENTI SCPA
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€ 489 750,00
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Piazza Luigi di Savoia 22
20124 Milano
Italy

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Yes
Region
Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano
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€ 489 750,00

Participants (12)

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