Application of Blockchain Technology in Agricultural Product Supply Chains
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 57
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agricultural economics; consumer preferences; econometrics; sustainability evaluation
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Interests: agricultural and food econonomics; agricultural innovation and technology; rural development; resilience; agrifood supply chain management; multi-criteria decision making
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Interests: agricultural and resources economics; food policy; consumer behaviour; precision agriculture; renewable energy; blockchain technology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, blockchain technology has attracted growing interest in the agri-food sector, thanks to its potential to transform agricultural supply chains in terms of transparency, traceability, and trust between the actors involved. Originally developed to support cryptocurrencies, blockchain is now considered a strategic lever for radically improving food safety, reducing fraud, and enhancing sustainability in agri-food systems, with a particular focus on high-quality systems that want to communicate their value in a more transparent manner.
This Special Issue aims to explore the role and emerging applications of blockchain throughout the entire agricultural value chain. The goal is to collect scientific contributions that analyse, from multidisciplinary perspectives, the effects, challenges, and opportunities associated with the adoption of this technology in real-world contexts. We therefore invite the submission of original articles and case studies covering, among other topics, product traceability, digital certification, operational efficiency, governance models, and integration with other technologies (e.g., IoT, AI). Just to give a few examples, this Special Issue could feature studies on the integration of technology with production, research on supplier relationships and corporate dynamics, in-depth analyses of the challenges associated with the integration of multiple players, and the consumer's relationship with traceable products and their segmentation according to socio-demographic and psychographic characteristics.
Contributions presenting innovative approaches, empirical results, and critical reflections on the transformative potential of blockchain in agri-food supply chains are particularly welcome.
Dr. Alessandro Petrontino
Dr. Giulio Paolo Agnusdei
Prof. Dr. Deborah Bentivoglio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rural innovation
- food safety
- value chain management
- technological adoption
- traceability
- transparency
- trust
- information asymmetry
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