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Blockchain Still Under The Limelight In The AgriFood Sector

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As already stressed last April the application of blockchain technology in the AgriFood sector drew it's fair share of interest, both by the public and the relevant stakeholders.

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Jacopo Ronchi
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As already stressed last April the application of blockchain technology in the AgriFood sector drew it's fair share of interest, both by the public and the relevant stakeholders.

Six months later, the applications of such technology seems to have increased, this is thanks to few new operators in the mix, the most notorious is Barilla, which is launching a pilot project along with IBM for tracking the freshness of harvested Italian basil. Barilla is in good company in the food sector since Certified Origins, a consortium of olive oil producers, is now partnering with Oracle to launch a system for guaranteeing the quality of the full product cycle based on new technologies.

In the panorama of such efforts, wine industry does not stand aside. Evidence of the global hype among winemakers surrounding blockchain are the witnessing of the application of the blockchain technology to wine surfacing during the Milan Wine Week 2019, where producers are showcasing their

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