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Cases of food contamination, counterfeits and requests from consumers for more information on the origin of food are increasing the demand for solutions, both system and global, which can show all actors in the supply chain how to certify traceability and the processing of the processed, distributed and sold product.

In recent days, the Lombardy regional council approved an important resolution which commits it to take a series of initiatives to encourage the adoption of blockchain technology.

The main focus of the work is how blockchain and other groundbreaking technologies will play an important role in the Italian digital transformation of agriculture, namely agriculture 4.0.

Some Italian companies that produce agrifood are starting to use innovative technologies especially blockchain to track the transformation of sustenance. The distributed ledger technology (DLT) will help to improve safety within the food industry.

The Deputy of Five Star Movement (M5S), Jose Marano, brought a proposal to create complete traceability of Sicilian food products inside and outside Italy through Blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT).

After more than a decade of blockchain being used only for Bitcoins (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, Italy has finally realized that it can have countless applications. Now, the country is actively developing the technology-based solutions for agrifood suppply chain.

Blockchain is one of the best alternatives to databases managed by third parties. The potential of the technology for Italy’s Agrifood sector is formidable and powerful.

In this era of innovation and technology, everything useful could soon be digitized. In an effort to digitize the agrifood industry in Italy via blockchain technology, Future Food Institute and SMAU have signed a 3-year agreement to participate in the national and international SMAU Roadshow.

Blockchain in Italy has managed to maneuver into an entrenched corporate environment, in startups and several fields such as Agrifood, finance and insurance. These sectors getting involved signifies productive ground for this nascent technology, that can be used to trace products in the supply chain and record transactions, Agenda Digitale reports.