The Role E-Commerce in Agriculture Supply Chain with Blockchain Approach: Literature Review and Pointers for Future research

Abstract

Agriculture is one of the main occupations of the Indonesian people, which has an economic impact. The problem in Indonesia is that the supply chain is still long, resulting in less than the maximum profit obtained by farmers. The development of information technology can provide solutions to supply chain problems, the complexity of the distribution of agricultural products, and the length of the supply chain for the various products and services offered. The research aims to analyze how information technology is used in shortening the supply chain for agricultural products, and how blockchain technology is able to contribute to traceability which is one of the advantages of blockchain. This study reviewed and synthesized 98 scientific articles published from 2000 to 2021. These articles were reviewed and categorized as Electronic Commerce (EC), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Smartphone applications for agriculture, and Blockchain. Previously, the author has applied the use of smartphones for education and agricultural information. E-commerce and supply chain management are the dominant topics, and there is still minimal use of smartphone applications in buying and selling agricultural products. The contribution of this paper is to map the e-commerce method and supply chain, the development of a new frame of mind, and get an agricultural supply chain e-commerce model with a blockchain approach. For future research plans, we focus on developing agricultural supply chain e-commerce using a blockchain approach