Each jar of honey holds a story. A project involving RedCLARA, the regional research and education network for Latin America, applies blockchain technology for tracking the journey of a jar of honey from hive to consumer. Thereby producers can demonstrate sustainability and other relevant features of their honey.
The initiative, which is named Colmena DAO, operates in rural areas of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia. The project was chosen for a blockchain testbed made available to Latin American initiatives through a program driven by RedCLARA and LNET, which is a nonprofit orchestrator of blockchain infrastructure for Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Caring for bees and natural resources ensures the quality of honey. If bees disappear, many things important to people also disappear. That’s why traceability is essential: it shows both the product and the beekeeper’s work,” says Laureano Carlosama, manager of a beekeeping company in Ecuador with extensive experience supplying honey to multinational companies, with whom the blockchain-based solutions were developed.
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Submitted by Morten Anderson
