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RIR-2055 · Logged 13 July 2026
Addressing Interoperability and Regulatory Challenges for Distributed Ledger Technology in Global Food Supply Chains
This review analyzes the application of DLT and IoT in food supply chains to enhance transparency and traceability. It identifies critical barriers such as standardization and high implementation costs that hinder widespread adoption.
In plain words
Shared digital record systems could help track food from farm to shop, but countries use different rules and systems that do not connect. Could common rules across borders help these systems work together and support food safety?
Primary research question
How can standardized regulatory frameworks facilitate the interoperability of distributed ledger technologies across international food supply chains?
Knowledge gap
What remains worth asking
The source suggests that while DLT potential is high, it remains useful to test how cross-border regulatory harmonization can mitigate the current interoperability challenges.
Potential contribution
Why it may matter
Standardization is a prerequisite for achieving the transparency needed to meet global food safety and sustainability goals.
Academic placement
Academic fields and topic tags
Study frame: Global food supply chain networks and regulatory bodies. · Method signals: Systematic literature review, Policy Delphi method, Comparative regulatory analysis
Possible study pathways
One question, different levels
Professional master’s / MBA
Operations and supply chain management
Doctoral
Digital transformation in food systems
- originality
- Moderate
- methodology
- Moderate
- Data access
- Accessible
- ethics
- Accessible
Quality and audit
84/100 quality
Safeguard-based audit was not recorded under the prior standard.
- Focus on the intersection of technology and international trade law.
- Examine specific case studies of DLT implementation failure.
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APA 7 source
Nurgazina, J., Pakdeetrakulwong, U., Moser, T., & Reiner, G. (2021). Distributed Ledger Technology Applications in Food Supply Chains: A Review of Challenges and Future Research Directions. Sustainability, 13(8), 4206. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084206
Abstract (explicit future-research recommendation)
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