Permissioned Blockchain Platform to Enhance Scalability, Security and Performance Issues in Livestock Farms in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The blockchain is being applied in the food supply chain, livestock, and farm management to enhance food quality, management activities, and animal health and build trustworthy transactions. The present paper provides an overview of blockchain in livestock farming. This paper identifies the current research topics, their contribution, and the benefits o f applying blockchain in livestock farming. Blockchain applications in the livestock sector are increasing worldwide, and most of them are proposed for security and trust issues. This research study implements a permission-based blockchain platform to enhance the livestock sector’s scalability, security, and performance issues. The designated Platform aims to provide distributed digital data storage with animal disease tracking service and access control security mechanism that cannot be tampered with by an unauthorized person. The performance of the proposed blockchain is evaluated through a series of experiments using a different kinds of metrics.