GM-Ledger: Blockchain-Based Certificate Authentication for International Food Trade
<p dir="ltr">Maritime transportation plays a critical role for many Arab countries and their food security and has evolved into a complex system that involves a plethora of supply chain stakeholders spread around the globe. This inherent complexity brings huge security challenges, in...
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| author | William George (18767725) |
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| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2023-10-25T09:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.3390/foods12213914 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Commerce, management, tourism and services Commercial services Transportation, logistics and supply chains Engineering Maritime engineering blockchain technology food certifications digitized food logistics smart contracts blockchain architecture food imports–exports tokenization distributed ledger technology |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | GM-Ledger: Blockchain-Based Certificate Authentication for International Food Trade |
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| description | <p dir="ltr">Maritime transportation plays a critical role for many Arab countries and their food security and has evolved into a complex system that involves a plethora of supply chain stakeholders spread around the globe. This inherent complexity brings huge security challenges, including cargo loss and high burdens in cargo document inspection. The emerging blockchain technology provides a promising tool to build a unified maritime cargo tracking system critical for cargo security. This is because blockchains are a tamper-proof distributed ledger technology that can store and track data in a secure and transparent manner. Using the State of Qatar as a case study, this research introduces the Global Maritime Ledger (GM-Ledger), which will aid authorities in verifying, signing and transacting food certificates in an efficient manner. The methodology of this research includes reviewing past publications, identifying the requirements of various players in the Qatari food import–export industry and then creating a smart contract framework that will efficiently manage the work with necessary human intervention as and when required. The result of this work is the formation of a solid framework that can be employed in future works. This work realized that employing web3 solutions for the food import sector is highly viable and that with the right social, economic and policy reforms, it is possible to transform the entire food system to bear healthy transparency and power balance in global supply chains. In conclusion, this study argues that BCT has the ability to assist the government and other players to minimize fraud and maximize food supply chain stakeholder participation.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Foods<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12213914" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12213914</a></p> |
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| spelling | GM-Ledger: Blockchain-Based Certificate Authentication for International Food TradeWilliam George (18767725)Tareq Al-Ansari (9872268)Commerce, management, tourism and servicesCommercial servicesTransportation, logistics and supply chainsEngineeringMaritime engineeringblockchain technologyfood certificationsdigitized food logisticssmart contractsblockchain architecturefood imports–exportstokenizationdistributed ledger technology<p dir="ltr">Maritime transportation plays a critical role for many Arab countries and their food security and has evolved into a complex system that involves a plethora of supply chain stakeholders spread around the globe. This inherent complexity brings huge security challenges, including cargo loss and high burdens in cargo document inspection. The emerging blockchain technology provides a promising tool to build a unified maritime cargo tracking system critical for cargo security. This is because blockchains are a tamper-proof distributed ledger technology that can store and track data in a secure and transparent manner. Using the State of Qatar as a case study, this research introduces the Global Maritime Ledger (GM-Ledger), which will aid authorities in verifying, signing and transacting food certificates in an efficient manner. The methodology of this research includes reviewing past publications, identifying the requirements of various players in the Qatari food import–export industry and then creating a smart contract framework that will efficiently manage the work with necessary human intervention as and when required. The result of this work is the formation of a solid framework that can be employed in future works. This work realized that employing web3 solutions for the food import sector is highly viable and that with the right social, economic and policy reforms, it is possible to transform the entire food system to bear healthy transparency and power balance in global supply chains. In conclusion, this study argues that BCT has the ability to assist the government and other players to minimize fraud and maximize food supply chain stakeholder participation.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: Foods<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12213914" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods12213914</a></p>2023-10-25T09:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.3390/foods12213914https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/GM-Ledger_Blockchain-Based_Certificate_Authentication_for_International_Food_Trade/26510236CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/265102362023-10-25T09:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | GM-Ledger: Blockchain-Based Certificate Authentication for International Food Trade William George (18767725) Commerce, management, tourism and services Commercial services Transportation, logistics and supply chains Engineering Maritime engineering blockchain technology food certifications digitized food logistics smart contracts blockchain architecture food imports–exports tokenization distributed ledger technology |
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| topic | Commerce, management, tourism and services Commercial services Transportation, logistics and supply chains Engineering Maritime engineering blockchain technology food certifications digitized food logistics smart contracts blockchain architecture food imports–exports tokenization distributed ledger technology |