Samenvatting

With the world and its food chains becoming more interconnected as the rate of globalization increases, any issues in the food supply chain can negatively affect potentially millions of people which confirms that the need for food security continues to be of great importance. Simultaneously, developments in Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) allow the increase of transparency and trust in the food supply chain, and thus potentially increase overall food security. With this information at hand, this report sets out to answer the following question: "to what extent can today`s agri-food supply chain be made more secure within the next ten years by integrating distributed ledger technologies?"