CTA Webinar: Unlocking the potential of blockchain for agriculture

Aperçu de l'événement

Blockchain has the potential to provide answers to a number of issues in agriculture, from farmer IDs to smart contracts, from traceability and improving certification, digital payments, insurance, consumer feedback and improved logistics. For example, to improve traceability in agriculture value chains, a decentralised ledger can help to connect inputs, suppliers, producers and buyers.

Blockchain and open data share similar principles such as the promotion of transparency, equality in information knowledge and access, as well as the reorganisation of data exchange between a number of parties. Blockchain can be very useful to help overcome organisational and technological boundaries between entities that want to automate the exchange of data. It provides strong data security and is highly resilient against cyber-attacks. Both these qualities are desirable in open data platforms because they build a foundation of trust in the data.

In this webinar, Chris Addison, Senior Programme Coordinator, CTA, and Jaclyn Bolt, Business Innovator, Wageningen University & Research, give an overview of blockchain and introduce the possible areas of impact for agriculture, with example cases. The webinar also highlights capacities which people working with data need, to engage with blockchain.

N.B. Blockchain can be a difficult concept to grasp in a short presentation, therefore for a better experience, we recommend you get a basic understanding of how blockchain technologies work, prior. Here is a good video which explains the concept at various levels: Blockchain Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty.

Intervenant(e)

CTA

Le Centre technique de coopération agricole et rurale (CTA) est une institution internationale conjointe des États du Groupe ACP (Afrique, Caraïbes, Pacifique) et de l’Union européenne (UE). Il intervient dans les pays ACP pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire, la résilience et la croissance économique à travers des innovations durables dans le domaine agricole. Le CTA opère dans le cadre de l’Accord de Cotonou et est financé par l’UE.

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GODAN

GODAN supports the proactive sharing of open data to make information about agriculture and nutrition available, accessible and usable to deal with the urgent challenge of ensuring world food security. It is a rapidly growing group, currently with over 282 partners from national governments, non-governmental, international and private sector organisations that have committed to a joint Statement of Purpose. The initiative focuses on building high-level support among governments, policymakers, international organizations and business. GODAN promotes collaboration to harness the growing volume of data generated by new technologies to solve long-standing problems and to benefit farmers and the health of consumers. We encourage collaboration and cooperation between stakeholders in the sector.

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WUR

Wageningen University is the only university in the Netherlands to focus specifically on the theme ‘healthy food and living environment’. We do so by working closely together with governments and the business community. Wageningen UR is a partnership between Wageningen University and DLO consisting of 10 specialised research institutes. Many of our web pages list the contact persons for the related topics.

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CTA Webinar: Unlocking the potential of blockchain for agriculture

CTA Webinar: Unlocking the potential of blockchain for agriculture

Aperçu de l'événement

Intervenant(e)

Chris Addison

Jaclyn Bolt

Speakers

Intervenant(e)

Chris Addison

Jaclyn Bolt

Les organisateurs

CTA

GODAN

WUR

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