Prospects of blockchain application in smart agriculture

Abstract

At present time,China is entering an important period of upgradation and transitionin agriculture,therefore,promoting smart agriculture development will be becoming the prior way with integration of modern information technology.Firstly,the current status of agriculture in China and the necessity of smart agriculture were analyzed,including possible blockchain application.Secondly,the connotation and its main trend for blockchain were briefly introduced.Thirdly,the main fields of blockchain application were summed up for smart agriculture.Finally,the prospects were set forth and some important suggestions were proposed for agricultural blockchain in future.

Keywords

• blockchain;smart agriculture;agricultural blockchain;big data in agriculture;Internet of things in agriculture