Agrochain: Ascending Blockchain Technology Towards Smart Agriculture

摘要

The agriculture sectors play a pivotal role in Indian economy by contributing about 16% of the total GDP. It not only proffers food and raw material but also employment opportunities to a gigantic proportion of the population. But issues concerning crop production, harvest, damage and destruction have been hindering the development. Smart agriculture revolutionizes the crop sector by reorienting the system to ensure food security, agriculture production and income using diverse technology such as IoT, Bigdata, ML and AI. Each of these constantly monitor a myriad of crop production and storage factors, analyze them and help in better decision making. The security and privacy of this information while attained, analyzed and stored is of major concern. The fundamental characteristics of a blockchain make them the most lucrative platform to store valuable data essential for smooth functioning of smart agriculture while safeguarding it. This paper first studies the nitty-gritty of smart agriculture and then establishes how blockchain contributes toward its effective implementation.