Integrated Blockchain-Based Agri-Food Traceability and Deep Learning for Profit-Optimized Supply Chain Management in Agri-Food Supply Chains

In agri-food supply chains (AFSC), ensuring both agri-food safety for consumers and increased profitability for farmers remains a complex challenge. The intricacies and dynamics of AFSC demand effective traceability and management solutions that existing methods often fall short of providing. To address these challenges, we introduce a novel approach that combines blockchain technology for agri-food traceability with a Deep Belief Network-based secure Block Chain Management named DBCM for profit optimization. The proposed blockchain-based AFSC framework serves as the foundation for product traceability, offering decentralized security for agri-food tracing data within AFSC. This secure and transparent platform ensures that consumers can trust the safety and origin of the products they purchase, while farmers can leverage it to increase their profit margins. For enhancing the security an advanced hybrid cryptographic mechanism named HEDS (Homomorphic Encryption with Digital-Ring Signatures). The objective of the Data-Based Decision Making with Hierarchical Ensemble Decision Support (DBCM with HEDS) method that has been proposed is to arrive at safe data-driven decisions concerning the manufacturing and warehousing of agri-food products. By optimizing these operations, it facilitates higher profits for farmers. Unlike traditional methods, the DBCM-HEDS employs advanced machine learning techniques to adapt to the dynamic nature of AFSC, resulting in improved profit margins. the effectiveness of our blockchain-based framework is rigorously evaluated through extensive simulation experiments conducted in various AFSC environments. Furthermore, the DBCM-HEDS method consistently outperforms traditional methods, consistently delivering higher product profits. This innovative combination of blockchain technology and deep belief network offers a promising solution to the intricate challenges faced by agri-food supply chains, benefiting both consumers and farmers.