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French President Emmanuel Macron has called for increased use of data technologies such as blockchain in the EU to boost the agriculture industry and address concerns over food traceability.
Inaugurating the 56th International Agricultural Fair in Paris at the weekend, Agridigitale.net reports, Macron spoke of the need to authenticate and track agricultural products amid growing consumer concerns over issues such such as the recent Polish beef scandal, saying:
“Let’s do this in Europe, [be at the] the vanguard of agricultural data by developing tools that will track every product from raw material production to packaging and processing.”
[...] The call for innovation came as part of a multi-part strategy that the president outlined in his speech. Europe’s agricultural policy going forward, he said, would be based on the protection of farmers and consumers against climate change and market risks, farming more ecologically, and using technology and innovation to help to solve industry challenges.
https://www.coindesk.com/french-president-says-blockchain-could-put-europe-at-vanguard-of-innovation
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @08:17PM (1 child)
Blockchain is a solution looking for a problem. Sure, sure it works for cryptocurrency ... if you can prevent the 51% problem. So actually blockchain isn't foolproof or magical or a silver bullet for auditing.
Bob: How can we waste resources to accomplish what can amount to security theater?
Peter: Blockchain, Bob?
Bob: Blockchain.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday February 28 2019, @09:50PM
Blockchain is a solution in search of book sales, seminar sales that sell more books, short term revenue boost for cpu / gpu vendors and energy utility companies.
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