The Challenges of Blockchain Technology Adoption in the Agro-based Industries

Title

The Challenges of Blockchain Technology Adoption in the Agro-based Industries

Creator

Nagariya R.; Mukherjee S.; Baral M.M.; Patel B.S.; Venkataiah C.

Description

Blockchain is one of the latest innovations in information technology, bringing a digital revolution to many industries by increasing transparency. But this technology needs to be explored a lot as of now. Agriculture supply chain management distributes agro-based products like vegetables, fruits, pulses, and cereals. This research is conducted to identify the agro-based industries' adoption of blockchain in their supply chain for achieving sustainability. The next step towards sustainable agriculture is primarily seen as blockchain-enabled agriculture. By making supply chains transparent, technology can follow products from the point of manufacture and prevent waste and inefficiency. A structured literature review helped determine the barriers to blockchain adoption in agro-based industries. This research is unique as no survey-based research on blockchain in the agriculture supply chain using structural equation modeling has been found. The seven proposed hypotheses support the blockchain challenges for adoption in agro-based industries. The findings of this study suggest that the blockchain can bring transparency and traceability and will remove the agro-industry inefficiencies. 2022 International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences. All rights reserved.

Source

International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, Vol-7, No. 6, pp. 949-963.

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Ram Arti Publishers

Subject

Agriculture supply chain; Agro-based industries; Blockchain; Sustainability

Coverage

Nagariya R., School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Delhi-NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Ghaziabad, India; Mukherjee S., Department of Operations, GITAM Institute of Management, GITAM (Deemed to Be University), Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India; Baral M.M., Department of Operations, GITAM Institute of Management, GITAM (Deemed to Be University), Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, India; Patel B.S., Thiagrajar School of Management, Tamilnadu, Madurai, India; Venkataiah C., Department of Operations Management, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India

Rights

All Open Access; Gold Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 24557749

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2022.7.6.059

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