SourceTrace Blog Agriculture

Data-driven agriculture can make growers visible on the global food chain. Sustainability is not just a trend but a way of life for those in the agricultural world. This is especially true for a smallholder farmer. The hands that grow our food and feed the whole are often not the corporate companies but small landowners […]

Let us explore the smartphone as New Agricultural Tool The Era of Smartphones Inexpensive sensors equipped with hi-tech capabilities in our hands have revolutionized the way we live our lives. Everywhere we look, technology is omnipresent. It does not come as a surprise that the agricultural sector has joined the bandwagon of using smartphones as […]

5 Key challenges facing the agriculture data ecosystem. Today, the world has over 600 million people that are hungry and do not have access to food. This accounts for 8.9% of the world population that is undernourished. The first thought that would cross your mind is a shortage of food supply. Today, the world is […]

Have you ever wondered how our eating habits have changed over the last few years? And it’s not just about fast-food culture. Even the produce we consume has changed drastically. Globalization has made the world a really smaller place, and what we consume every day does not have to be something that’s grown in our […]

Tracing the Complex Dairy Supply Chain and everything you need to know about milk and milk products. Milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, cream, buttermilk, condensed milk, and skim milk are diet staples across the world making it one of the widely consumed products. For years now, the industry is battling concerns of adulterated products, animal abuse, […]

Know Your Nuts !! The world is going nuts for every kind of nut out there because of health and sustainable diet trends. In the last decade or so, the demand for tree nuts and nut-based products has increased dramatically, leading to overdrive in production, price hike and the need for regulations in this industry. […]

Dark to Milk and Artisanal Chocolates – sourced responsibly ? What should you buy? Chocolate is produced from cacao beans that are grown primarily in the tropical climates of Western Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Over 70% of the world’s cocoa is harvested in Western African Countries, mostly Ghana and the Ivory Coast is then […]

Does your food production solution offer comprehensive cover from Farm to Retail? What are the 4 segments in digital supply chain traceability? With our food reaching our tables from different sources, multiple vendors, diverse countries, comprehensive food traceability solutions help the consumers stay informed of each food’s origin. Food traceability tracks the food products and […]

Honeybees are under threat from loss of habitat, intensive agriculture, improper use of pesticides and climate change. What is BeeFriendly Agtech? Read on… Honey production touched 157 million pounds in the USA in 2019 and crossed 82.9 million pounds in Canada in the same year. Honey production crossed 700 million pounds in Asia steadily from […]