The paper produced by researchers at RuralHack – a project within Societing4.0 that explores both the cultural and technological aspects of the relationship between open hardware and agriculture – has identified 42 blockchain-based projects in the food supply chain – both international and Italian – between 2016 and 2018, the number of which has doubled over the past year.
Developing blockchain solutions without a thorough assessment of all the existing challenges – including infrastructure, digital literacy and connectivity – could cause this much-heralded revolution to fail miserably.
Alex Giordano’s book FoodSystem 5.0 explores a new agri-food model that puts technological innovation at the service of people and communities, inspired by the values of the Mediterranean Diet. The author proposes an approach that combines digital technology, sustainability and tradition to tackle global food-related challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss and social inequalities.
The paper produced by researchers at RuralHack – a project within Societing4.0 that explores both the cultural and technological aspects of the relationship between open hardware and agriculture – has identified 42 blockchain-based projects in the food supply chain – both international and Italian – between 2016 and 2018, the number of which has doubled over the past year.
For weeks the farmers have been climbing onto their tractors to protest against the CAP and against the decisions of governments.
With the team from Ruralhack, with whom we have been involved in have been working on action research into the topics of technological innovation and social innovation in agriculture, we have sought to analyse what is happening happening in order to understand it better and, as always, we are pleased to share some thoughts on problems and solutions relating to the complex dynamics of the food system.
