It’s Possible to Trace Where Your Coffee Came From Thanks to Blockchain Tech

in #ftin • 5 years ago

Topic: Blockchain

Title: It’s Possible to Trace Where Your Coffee Came From Thanks to Blockchain Tech

What: Thank My Farmer is an app that uses an IBM blockchain platform to enable transparency along the coffee supply chain for the benefit of the consumer.
Why/How: Farmer Connect has done this with the partnership of several coffee distributors in the value-addition/supply/distributor chain.
More ...: This will eliminate the fragmented nature of the supply chain while tracking coffee from the farmer to the consumer.

Sources:

• https://venturebeat.com/2020/01/06/ibm-taps-blockchain-to-make-coffee-sourcing-traceable/
• https://www.cips.org/en/supply-management/news/2020/january/blockchain-app-connects-coffee-drinkers-with-farmers/
• https://youtu.be/8WWUq8ojSPU

Existing info:

• https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/solutions/food-trust              https://www.thankmyfarmer.com

Methodology: Online research and use of a tumbled pyramid the article

Wordcount: 200-300

Qualification statement: This is an exciting development that fans of coffee would appreciate.

Time: 24 hours

Budget: 200TECH

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     5 years ago 

    Wow! This is amazing!
    I am so happy to have found your post because I am working on projects involved in coffee in Honduras. The traceability of the sourcing is a huge step in bridging the knowledge gap that exists in the coffee industry. Farmers really are paid the lowest portion of the profits from the entire supply chain.
    This is a project I will definitely keep an eye on.

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       5 years ago 

      Glad you found it informative,most farmers in East Africa can also relate. Some in the Kenyan highlands are shifting to other profitable ventures or real estate.

      https://sbs.strathmore.edu/blog/2014/02/17/storm-kenyan-coffee-industry/

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