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Organic Food Traceability System Using Blockchain: 1) Background/ Problem Statement

This document describes an organic food traceability system using blockchain. The system aims to increase transparency, improve food safety, reduce fraud, and better trace organic products throughout the supply chain. It allows farmers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and consumers to register and track organic food from its source to the end consumer. All transactions and information are recorded on an immutable blockchain to provide more transparency and reliability to the organic food supply chain.

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Organic Food Traceability System Using Blockchain: 1) Background/ Problem Statement

This document describes an organic food traceability system using blockchain. The system aims to increase transparency, improve food safety, reduce fraud, and better trace organic products throughout the supply chain. It allows farmers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and consumers to register and track organic food from its source to the end consumer. All transactions and information are recorded on an immutable blockchain to provide more transparency and reliability to the organic food supply chain.

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Organic Food Traceability System using

Blockchain

1) Background/ Problem Statement

Consumers, who buy organic food, have expectations about its quality
and rely on certifying organizations to verify this quality as well as to
provide information about the origin of organic products. However,
organic food traceability knows several issues, such as problems with
organic labelling, certification fraud, and concerns about the
transparency of food information.
We have designed and developed our Organic Food Traceability System
to tackle the above-mentioned problems using Blockchain. The use of
blockchain in food traceability would provide transparency, security,
and reliability to the organic food supply chain. Blockchain allows for a
decentralized, tamper-proof record of each transaction within the
supply chain, making it easier to trace the origin of the food and verify
that it is indeed organic.
2) Working of the System

The system comprises 1 major module: User.


The user can register using themselves as Farmers, Manufacturers,
Distributors, Retailers, and Consumers. They can log in using their
credentials. They can view their profile. They can even change the
password if they want.

Only farmers and manufacturers can manage the products. They add,
update and view the products that the user requires. They can even
search for products using filters.

The user can add and view products in the entry product list. They can
even search for the lists using filters. They can view the supply chain
with all the details. The user can add or view products in the exit
product list by choosing from the entry product list. They can even
assign the products to the customers. They can even search for the exit
product list using filters. They can view the supply chain with all the
details.

Only Retailers and Consumers can add or view products in the Used
Today module. They can choose the products from the entry product
list. They can also search for the list using filters. They can view the
supply chain with all the details. The user can also track their food. They
can also check the history and supply chain.

For this system, the front end involves HTML, CSS and JavaScript and
the back end involves ASP.net with C#. The database used is MSSQL and
the IDE used is Visual Studio.
3) Advantages

Increased transparency
Improved food safety
Reduced food fraud
Increased efficiency
Better traceability
4) System Description

The system comprises 2 major modules with their sub-modules as


follows:

 User:
 Register:
The user would require to register first to access the system.
They can register as
 Farmer
 Manufacturer
 Distributor
 Retailer
 Consumer
 Login:
The user can log in using their credentials.
 Profile:
They can manage their profile.
 Change Password:
They can even change the password if they want.
 Manage Products: (Only Farmers and Manufacturers can have this
module)
The user can add, update and view products the customer or
retailer requires.
They can search for any product using the filter – By product.
 Entry Product Listing:
The user can add/view products in the entry list.
They can search for product listings by using filters - By date, By
product, and By user.
They can view the supply chain with all the details.
 Exit Product Listing:
The user can add/view products by choosing from the entry list.
They can assign the products to users.
They can search for listings using filters - By date, By product or By
user.
They can view the supply chain with all the details.
 Used Today: (Only Retailers or Consumers can have this module)
The user can add/view products.
They can choose the products from the entry products list.
They can search for a product by using the filter - by date or by
product/user.
They can view the supply chain with all the details.
 Track your Food:
The user can search for the food product by its name.
They can search for it by using the filter - by date/dates.
They can view all the history and the supply chain.
5) Project Life Cycle

The waterfall model is a classical model used in the system


development life cycle to create a system with a linear and sequential
approach. It is termed a waterfall because the model develops
systematically from one phase to another in a downward fashion. The
waterfall approach does not define the process to go back to the
previous phase to handle changes in requirements. The waterfall
approach is the earliest approach that was used for software
development.
6) System Requirements

I. Hardware Requirement

i. Laptop or PC
 Windows 7 or higher
 I3 processor system or higher
 4 GB RAM or higher
 100 GB ROM or higher

II. Software Requirement

ii. Laptop or PC
 Visual Studio 2019
 SQL Server Management Studio latest
7) Limitations/Disadvantages

Technical issues can affect the effectiveness of the system.


The complexity of blockchain can affect the scalability of the
system.

8) Application –

Our Organic Food Traceability System is designed to provide


consumers with detailed information about the origin, production
process, and handling of food products.

9) Reference

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.567175/full
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
357204917_Organic_Food_Supply_Chain_Traceability_using_Blockchain_T
echnology
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3973204
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/
344439181_Blockchain_for_Organic_Food_Traceability_Case_Studies_on_
Drivers_and_Challenges

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