Performance Evaluation of a Blockchain-Based Smart Livestock Farm Management Platform

The livestock farming sector is undergoing digitalization, where blockchain technologies are more and more integrated into smart platforms in order to ensure traceability, accountability, and food safety. This paper presents the performance evaluation of a novel smart beef cattle farm management system that makes use of IoT sensor networks, smart contracts, and machine learning to support real-time decision-making and environmental monitoring, while providing end-to-end traceability and data integrity via blockchain. After designing and implementing the platform, we conducted a performance evaluation, simulating different farm conditions. The obtained results offer the basis for a discussion on blockchain-based infrastructure in agriculture, and its applicability for real-world deployment, depending on farm features.