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Blockchain-Enabled Traceability in Sustainable Food Supply Chains: A Case Study of the Pork Industry in Vietnam

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Blockchain-enabled traceability has been widely touted as having a great potential for improving food supply chains. Proposed benefits include: outbreak tracing, verifying ingredient origins, monitoring environmental compliance and automating payments. Blockchain-enabled food supply chains have not been widely studied in developing countries. Therefore, a comprehensive evaluation of blockchain-enabled traceability in food supply chains was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the potential impacts on food supply chain sustainability. A case study of a pork supply chain in Vietnam was analysed to understand the context in a developing country. The analysis was conducted through the lens of a triple-bottom-line blockchain framework for supply chains.

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We would like to express our special thanks to TE-FOOD, Vietnamese and international participants for supporting this project.

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  1. RMIT University, 124 La Trobe, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Chi Pham, Thanh-Thuy Nguyen & Arthur Adamopoulos

  2. Charles Sturt University, Boorooma, North Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

    Elizabeth Tait

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  1. School of Business and Management, RMIT Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

    Nguyen Hoang Thuan

  2. School of Science and Management, RMIT Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

    Duy Dang-Pham

  3. Faculty of Information Systems, University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

    Hoanh-Su Le

  4. Business School, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Tuan Q. Phan

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Pham, C., Nguyen, TT., Adamopoulos, A., Tait, E. (2023). Blockchain-Enabled Traceability in Sustainable Food Supply Chains: A Case Study of the Pork Industry in Vietnam. In: Hoang Thuan, N., Dang-Pham, D., Le, HS., Phan, T.Q. (eds) Information Systems Research in Vietnam. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3804-7_5

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