Tracking Food Supply Chain in Local Market using Blockchain

Generally, health depends on nutrition level. Nutritious food is very necessary for physical and mental growth. Supply chains need to transfer the food products in a secured manner so as to retain the nutrition level that may otherwise deteriorate during transfer. The prime purpose of the supply chains is to assure the arrival and flow of food products without affecting the nutrition level. This research is focused on how blockchain technology can be leveraged to increase the fineness, traceability and safety of the food supply chain, in general and local food supply chain, in particular. Using effective and efficient supply chain management, the quality, safety of food in food business can be ensured and the blockchain can further enable the transparent transfer of food products from source to destination location. Due to distributed and decentralized nature of blockchain, the transaction record is shared between all. Using this, rural farmer can sell the food directly to the consumers or vendors removing third parties in the system and earn more profits. This paper introduces the blockchain in supply chain management for food business to enhance the security of food during transfer and facilitate farmers sell their products in Small Grocery Shops and Local Market with more profits.