Unlocking the Future of Food Safety: Introducing TRUSTFOOD's New Blockchain Training Courses
02.07.2024
Globalization has led to the fragmentation of the food supply chain, with different stages of production, processing, packaging, and distribution often occurring in more than one country. This complexity can make it challenging to monitor and ensure the safety and quality of food products. Additionally, with food products travelling across borders, there is an increased risk of contamination, adulteration, and foodborne illnesses. Ensuring the safety of food products throughout the supply chain has become a significant challenge. Finally, consumers are becoming more conscious about the origin of their food and the ethical practices involved in its production. However, due to the complexity of global supply chains, it can be difficult to provide transparency and traceability.
Blockchain technology can offer solutions to these challenges by providing a decentralized, immutable, and transparent ledger for tracking and tracing food products throughout the supply chain. It has the potential to revolutionize the food supply chain by improving traceability, enhancing food safety, increasing efficiency, and fostering greater transparency and trust between stakeholders.
TRUST-FOOD’s Objective
Blockchain is a rapidly growing field, and individuals with expertise in this technology are in high demand across various industries, including the food supply chain. Training in Blockchain can open up new career opportunities for participants, equip them with valuable technical skills making them contributors to innovation within the food supply chain by leveraging Blockchain’s capabilities to address challenges such as traceability, transparency, and food safety.
TRUST-FOOD project provides a comprehensive and adaptable set of courses on Blockchain technology (BCT), specifically designed to enhance the skills of employees and jobseekers within the agri-food sector.
TRUST-FOOD’s Solution
TRUST-FOOD accommodates multidisciplinary approaches to provide affordable access to high-quality specialized BCT training courses through the development of an integrated learning environment that leverages both theoretical knowledge and interactive learning to enhance the effectiveness of the training process. The courses are tailored to meet the real needs of agribusinesses, reflecting the latest advancements in BCT. They cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from foundational knowledge on Blockchain technology and digital assets to specialized applications within the food supply chain, such as traceability, smart contracts, and tokenization.
Each course is designed to cater to a diverse set of learning objectives and styles, incorporating a variety of interactive elements like quizzes, videos to ensure a rich and engaging learning experience, and will be delivered through various learning methods and environments, including online and onsite lessons, utilizing the online learning environment in the second option to address every need.
Figure 1. Main Methodological Structure of the Project’s Design
The Training Courses
TRUST-FOOD partners have successfully completed the creation of a series of 20 specialized courses, available in 7 languages (English, Greek, Slovenian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Italian and Romanian) and the training offer officially starts in July 2024:
- Introduction to Blockchain Technology and Digital Assets
- Exploring Digital Asset Management and Tokenization
- MiCA (The Markets in Crypto-assets) Regulation and CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency
- FinTech with Example Applications in Food Supply Chain
- Tokenization with Example Applications in Food Supply Chain
- Introduction to Blockchain in the Food Supply Chain: Building Trust and Ensuring Safety
- Basic Blockchain Skills
- Advanced Blockchain Skills
- Areas of application for Blockchain Technology
- Smart Contracts with Example Applications in Food Supply Chain
- Blockchain platforms
- Blockchain and Traceability in relation to Food Supply Chain Integrity
- Blockchain Applications for Food Quality Assurance and Certification
- “ESG and SDGs in Food Supply Chain using Blockchain Technology
- Climate Action, Energy transition and Blockchain in Food Supply chain
- Blockchain Adoption Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Food Sector
- Ethical Considerations and Governance in Blockchain-enabled Food Supply Chains
- Combined Powers: Blockchain and Internet of Things in Transforming the Food Supply Chains
- Combined Powers: Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence in Transforming the Food Supply Chain
- Roadmap for the use of Blockchain Technologies in the Food Supply
Details
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Target audience
Digital skills for the workforce
Digital skills for ICT professionals
Digital technology
Blockchain