Convenience analysis of sustainable E-agriculture based on blockchain technology

• Published in: Journal of cleaner production 2020-10, Vol.271, p.122503, Article 122503
• Main Authors: Li, Xiaohong, Wang, Daobo, Li, Maolin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Blockchain technology; Electronic services; Online sales; Rural economy; Sustainable development
• ISSN: 0959-6526
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122503

Blockchain is a distributed database system with multiple independent nodes. It’s problematic to modify, forge, and track. Blockchain can record all kinds of information that has already happened. The implementation of blockchain technology can solve these problems and realize the sustainable development of agriculture. The present study aims to investigate the convenience analysis of sustainable electronic agriculture based on blockchain technology, and analyze the application prospect and challenges of blockchain in the agricultural field. In this experiment, five villages with similar development rates in China were selected as the objects.Firstly, blockchain technology was applied to sustainable e-agriculture by using data statistics to explore its convenience. Furthermore, the big data analysis method is used to fit and analyze the data to see which groups of people in each age group are the real benefits of blockchain technology. Using the single variable method to compare the convenience of traditional e-agriculture and sustainable e-agriculture based on block chain. Variance analysis and comparison of data were performed using SPSS19.0 analysis software one-way ANOVA program. Data results were expressed in the form of mean value. According to the experimental data, the e-commerce applications of fresh commodities, whole grains and aquatic products have reached a high degree of convenience, while the convenience of valuable commodities and fragile commodities is lower. However, compared with the traditional e-agriculture, the convenience has increased by more than 15%. In the middle and young age, blockchain projects all get outstanding convenient data; only in the middle and old age, the data is lower. Experimental data show that sustainable electronic agriculture based on blockchain technology brings great convenience to farmers’ sales, increasing by 25% on average compared with traditional electronic agriculture, which will bring vigorous vitality to the sustainable development of agricultural products.