AGRITRACK: INNOVTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FOR AGRICULTURE IN KENYA

AGRITRACK是一个旨在评估肯尼亚Trackchain可行性的项目，旨在通过整合供应链各个部门的指标来帮助公司和社区改善供应链管理。它确定了供应链的结构、供应商以及与之相关的所有风险，以帮助企业在危机时期改善制造供应链，提高食品安全和标准，减少腐败。TrackChain有助于跟踪不同农业生产过程的环境、经济、健康和社会后果，使计算“食品的真实成本”成为可能，这将有助于满足消费者对透明度的需求。此外，它还帮助社区及其内部的小规模生产者利用可追溯性和透明度增强带来的效率。它还可以帮助提高生产者收入、市场准入，并提供更容易获得资本和贸易融资的渠道。肯尼亚是最初的重点国家。2015-2019年，肯尼亚经济平均增长5.7%，成为撒哈拉以南非洲增长最快的经济体之一。新冠肺炎疫情重创肯尼亚。然而，农业部门继续强劲增长。世界银行强调区块链是解决肯尼亚农业利益相关者面临的挑战的最有希望的高影响力解决方案之一。解决发展中国家农业/粮食系统面临的挑战需要以长期技术投资和伙伴关系为基础的创新与合作。总的来说，在投资和采用技术方面，粮食和农业部门远远落后于其他部门。这种投资不足在发展中国家更为明显，因为该领域75%的投资都是在发达国家进行的，这本身就凸显了不平等现象，轨道链为解决当今许多粮食系统问题提供了基础，同时有助于推进可持续发展目标，并且在发达市场和发展中市场都有潜力。注重包容性和创新的多利益攸关方合作对于优化潜在效益至关重要。TrackChain通过专注于分布式账本技术，从本质上促进了合作，其商业模式旨在最大限度地减少进入/接受的障碍。联合国全球契约将“供应链可持续性”定义为“管理环境、社会和经济影响，并鼓励在商品和服务的整个生命周期中实施良好的治理实践”。供应链政策和计划，如可追溯性，为公司扩大其可持续发展实践提供了重要机会，从而有助于推进可持续发展目标

AGRITRACK is a project looking to assess the feasibility of Trackchain, in Kenya, to help companies and communities improve supply chain management by consolidating metrics across various sectors of the supply chain. It identifies the structure of the supply chain, suppliers, and all risks associated with them to help companies improve the manufacturing supply chain amid times of crises, enhance food security and standards and reduce corruption. TrackChain facilitates tracking of environmental, economic, health, and social consequences of different agricultural production processes, making it possible to calculate the"true cost of food", which will help meet consumer demand for transparency. Additionally, it helps communities, and small-scale producers within them, to harness efficiencies brought about by enhanced traceability and transparency. It could also help to improve producer revenue, market access and provide easier access to capital and trade finance. Kenya is the country for focus initially. Over 2015-2019, Kenya's economic growth averaged 5.7%, making it one of the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. COVID-19 has hit Kenya hard. However, the Agricultural sector has continued to grow robustly. The world bank highlights blockchain amongst the most promising high-impact solutions for the challenges facing Kenyan agricultural stakeholders. Addressing the challenges posed to agriculture/food systems in the developing world requires innovation and collaboration rooted within long-term technological investment and partnership. In general, the food and agriculture sectors are far behind other sectors when it comes to investment and take-up of technology. This under-investment is even more pronounced in the developing world given that 75% of investments in this area are made in the developed world which itself highlights the inequalities Trackchain, provides a foundation to address many of today's food-systems issues in addition to contributing to the advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals -- and has potential throughout developed and developing markets. Multi-stakeholder collaborations focused on inclusivity and innovation are vital to optimizing the potential benefits. TrackChain intrinsically fosters collaboration through its focus on Distributed Ledger Technologies and the business model is designed to minimise barriers to entry/take-up The United Nations Global Compact defines"supply chain sustainability"as the"management of environmental, social and economic impacts, and the encouragement of good governance practices throughout the lifecycles of goods and services".Supply chain policies and programmes, like traceability, offer key opportunities for companies to scale up their sustainability practices, thus contributing to the advancement of Sustainability Development Goals