A Blockchain Framework to Improve the Sustainability of Food Supply Chain in New York City
Title
A Blockchain Framework to Improve the Sustainability of Food Supply Chain in New York City
Date
2022
Publisher
New York Institute of Technology
Subject
Food industry and trade--Data processing--New York (N.Y.)
Food supply--New York (N.Y.)
Physical distribution of goods--Data processing--New York (N.Y.)
Sustainable agriculture--New York (N.Y.)
Blockchains (Databases)
Food supply--New York (N.Y.)
Physical distribution of goods--Data processing--New York (N.Y.)
Sustainable agriculture--New York (N.Y.)
Blockchains (Databases)
Language
English
Format
PDF
Type
Text
School
New York Institute of Technology
Abstract
Food sustainability is one of the biggest issues the world faces nowadays. The food supply chain represents a great part of food sustainability because it monitors the transportation and storage of food products. Inefficiency in the food supply chain is also the main cause of food waste worldwide. To understand the complexity and sustainability of the current food supply chain, a large amount of data from various sectors/stakeholders is needed. These data are often owned by private sectors and are proprietary, leading to the main challenge of a data gap in understanding and improving the sustainability of the food supply chain.
This thesis addresses the data gap using publicly available data to analyze New York City food supply chain and identify a few challenges in its sustainability. The proper temperature in food transportation and storage is identified as the main reason for food waste as more
than 20% of the transported food goes to waste because of improper storage temperature.
In this thesis, we propose a blockchain framework to address this temperature control problem in the food supply chain. The proposed framework uses blockchain features including Proof of Stake that can be used by government officials to add companies/suppliers to the
chain, Proof of Burn to guarantee the fairness of the system and prevent big companies from monopolizing the market, and Proof of Vote to allow government officials to vote on new rules and regulations, and smart contract along with sensors to monitor food temperature
throughout the different stages in the supply chain. The proposed framework ensures temperature compliance of the supply chain as well as provides transparency of the system. We take New York City's dairy import as a case study to create the framework and create a smart
contract to monitor the temperature of the dairy products. To evaluate the performance of the framework we compared the throughput, block generation time, and transaction confirmation time of the system using Proof of Stake and Proof of Work consensus algorithms.
The proposed blockchain framework is able to support up to 1000 transactions per second.
The proposed system can be adapted to track other products and customized and scaled to support government agencies in implementing a transparent and more efficient food supply
chain.
This thesis addresses the data gap using publicly available data to analyze New York City food supply chain and identify a few challenges in its sustainability. The proper temperature in food transportation and storage is identified as the main reason for food waste as more
than 20% of the transported food goes to waste because of improper storage temperature.
In this thesis, we propose a blockchain framework to address this temperature control problem in the food supply chain. The proposed framework uses blockchain features including Proof of Stake that can be used by government officials to add companies/suppliers to the
chain, Proof of Burn to guarantee the fairness of the system and prevent big companies from monopolizing the market, and Proof of Vote to allow government officials to vote on new rules and regulations, and smart contract along with sensors to monitor food temperature
throughout the different stages in the supply chain. The proposed framework ensures temperature compliance of the supply chain as well as provides transparency of the system. We take New York City's dairy import as a case study to create the framework and create a smart
contract to monitor the temperature of the dairy products. To evaluate the performance of the framework we compared the throughput, block generation time, and transaction confirmation time of the system using Proof of Stake and Proof of Work consensus algorithms.
The proposed blockchain framework is able to support up to 1000 transactions per second.
The proposed system can be adapted to track other products and customized and scaled to support government agencies in implementing a transparent and more efficient food supply
chain.
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Citation
Vladucu, Maria-Victoria, A Blockchain Framework to Improve the Sustainability of Food Supply Chain in New York City. New York Tech Institutional Repository, accessed April 18, 2024, https://repository.nyitlibrary.org/items/show/3230
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