WEB - BASED WHEAT TRACKER SYSTEM USING BLOCKCHAIN IN AGRICULTURE

Ammar Rafiq; Muhammad Usman Younus; Aown Ali; Muhammad Hamza; Usman Ahmed

Author(s)

Ammar Rafiq Department of Computer Science, NFC, Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Usman Younus Ecole Doctorale Matheematiques,Informatique, Telecommunication de Toulouse, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France

Aown Ali Department of Computer Science, NFC, Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Hamza Department of Computer Science, NFC, Institute ofEngineering and FertilizerResearch, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Usman Ahmed Department of Computer Science, NFC, Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research,Faisalabad,Pakistan

Abstract

Blockchain, the foundation of Bitcoin, has made significant progress in agriculture in recent years. Blockchain is a decentralized computing technology that consists of an ever-growing list of records (called blocks) linked together. There are point-to-point connections in this technology through which data can be transferred from one block to another. All product data is under strict supervision, and no one changes the product or takes the product from there. It is impossible to manipulate the data or the items associated with it. Our paper aims to reduce the farmers' problems by making a crystal clear system in which all the process of carrying out any crop from its root level farmer to sale distributor is transparent. The study is conducted on a wheat tracking system for farmers in 2020 at Department of Computer Sciences, NFC, Institute of engineering and Fertilizer Research, Faisalabad. We build a web-based application by using blockchain that benefits our farmers as most of our farmers are being traped by the agents. They don't get the price announced by the government that they want because there are a lot of people involved indirectly. We tried to figure out that problem through a web-based application where farmers get the opportunity to sell their products at market prices. Moreover, this paper also explains the working, functionality, data flow, and states of the blockchain system through diagrams under which the proposed application will operate and behave. We also used some different testing techniques to evaluate the proposed system. Finally, this paper discusses relevant existing applications and highlights the prospects of applying blockchain technology in agriculture.

Publication Details

Page(s) 389-399

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume: 59, Issue: 4, Year: 2021

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Keywords

Agriculture, Blockchain technology, Pakistan, distributed ledger, wheat tracking system