Abstract
Blockchain-enabled traceability has been widely touted as having a great potential for improving food supply chains. Proposed benefits include: outbreak tracing, verifying ingredient origins, monitoring environmental compliance and automating payments. Blockchain-enabled food supply chains have not been widely studied in developing countries. Therefore, a comprehensive evaluation of blockchain-enabled traceability in food supply chains was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the potential impacts on food supply chain sustainability. A case study of a pork supply chain in Vietnam was analysed to understand the context in a developing country. The analysis was conducted through the lens of a triple-bottom-line blockchain framework for supply chains.
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Pham, C., Nguyen, TT., Adamopoulos, A., Tait, E. (2023). Blockchain-Enabled Traceability in Sustainable Food Supply Chains: A Case Study of the Pork Industry in Vietnam. In: Hoang Thuan, N., Dang-Pham, D., Le, HS., Phan, T.Q. (eds) Information Systems Research in Vietnam. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3804-7_5
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