DIH AGRIFOOD
Traceability Infrastructure

DIH AGRIFOOD Traceability infrastructure and solution uses a Consortium Type Blockchain (BC) network based on Hyperledger Besu solution. Hyperledger Besu is an Ethereum client that can be used with both public and private networks. Although the initial nodes are provided by the ITC and DIH AGRIFOOD partner institutions, every stakeholder participating in supply chain is able to set up its own node. Primarily, the DIH AGRIFOOD blockchain network is being used in the context of assuring transparency and trust in the Green Point short food supply chain, where an end-to-end (Farm2Fork) traceability solution is being developed, piloted and demonstrated to other food supply chains and their stakeholders.

The solution is enabling farmers, food producers, food processors and other actors to automatically generate digital BC-certificates for specific food types in the form of non-fungible ERC 721 tokens, while consumers are able to verify the SFSC-related food, its origin, and journey simply by scanning relevant QR codes placed on products. Each BC transaction is able to handle basic BC-related information (i.e., timestamp, digital identity, signature), as well as specific food (i.e., type, harvest region, harvest date/time, etc.) and logistics-related information (i.e., LOT number, type, etc.). The solution also enables storing digital proofs (i.e., harvest or delivery photos etc.), on a related IPFS or Swarm network and other rich data, such as certificates, nutritional data, farmer/producer data, farming practices related data, environmental footprint related data, etc.