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French President Says Blockchain Could Put Europe at ‘Vanguard’ of Innovation

posted by martyb on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the innovation++ dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:18PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:18PM (#808444) Journal

    This experiment has never been reproduced by anyone.

    The premises themselves are very dubious - frog and scorpion individuals able of interspecies communication, capable of high intelligent functions like argumentation, assessing future actions, outcomes and associated risks - observations never reported in a peer-reviewed journal.

    Recommendation: while an interesting cultural point of view, it looks more like a case of anthropomorphising, with a story line, conclusions and motives totally under the control of the author.
    It is unverified, not consistent with and not supported by any science or theory, thus irrelevant for rational decisions

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @12:44AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 01 2019, @12:44AM (#808491)

    I don't want to sound accusative but it sounds like you are dangerously close to denying this story.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 01 2019, @01:04AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 01 2019, @01:04AM (#808494) Journal

      I don't want to sound accusative

      Try then to sound nominative.

      it sounds like you are dangerously close to denying this story.

      Which story? The one with the scorpion and frog and whatnot?
      If so: I'm throwing it at the trash bin as a nothing and loaded with whatever the teller wants to push under the disguise of a something.

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