用区块链解决粮食生产中的奴隶劳动问题
Qantas的前首席信息官Jamila Gordon创立了一家名为Lumchain的公司,旨在利用区块链使食品生产更加透明。该公司的目标是专门解决业内奴隶劳动的全球问题,雀巢和嘉吉等巨头被指控在其下游供应链中使用可可和棕榈油供应奴隶。根据2019年7月29日的财务评论报告,从Main Sequence Ventures筹集了350万美元的种子资金。
用区块链解开在食品工业中奴隶劳动猖獗问题,特别是在种植棕榈油和可可的过程中。奴隶劳工在印度尼西亚和马来西亚使用,因为它们是棕榈油的最大出口国,占全球产量的85%。
Lumachain旨在利用区块链技术消除这些奴隶的束缚。作为一名遭受童工的人,Jamila Gordon非常了解非自愿工作的挣扎。
目前,全球食品应用市场尚未成熟。就竞争对手而言,有许多传统公司试图进入制药或渔业跟踪等专业领域。
Lumchain使用区块链来跟踪和追踪食物链中各个物品的来源,位置和状况。在此过程中,可能会有一个地理筛选,允许专家弄清楚是否有来自与非法奴隶制有关的农场或供应商的东西。
该公司相信这将减少浪费,改善产品召回和审计流程。新鲜食品行业目前是数字化程度最低,效率最低的行业之一。食品前沿领域的创新并非闻所未闻,但如果有的话,很少是一个主导头条新闻的话题。
在全球工业中使用分布式技术
对分布式账本不了解的人们普遍存在误解,即区块链是用于金融和经济的技术创新。
这在某种程度上是正确的;比如比特币 - 需要以货币或代币形式的经济激励来使系统有效。但是,对于跟踪信息和流程,没有真正的激励需要构建到网络中,它可以存在于区块链之外。
虽然这些区块链是分布式的,但它们并非完全分散或公开,因为它们仅限于少数参与者。即使公司选择使其成为公共网络(这不太可能),任何人都可以访问它,但数据仍然由单点上传和管理,即集中实体。
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Tackling Slave Labour in Food Production with Blockchain
Former CIO of Qantas, Jamila Gordon, started a company, Lumchain, that aims to leverage the blockchain to make food production a more transparent process. The company aims to specifically tackle the global issue of slave labor in the industry, where titans like Nestlé and Cargill have been accused of using slaves in their downstream supply chain for cocoa and palm oil. $3.5 million in seed money was raised from Main Sequence Ventures, as reported by Financial Review, July 29, 2019.
Unshackling with Blockchain
Slave labor has been rampant in the food industry, especially within the cultivation of palm oil and cocoa. Slave labor is used in Indonesia and Malaysia as they are the largest exporters of palm oil, accounting for 85 percent of global production.
Lumachain aims to remove the shackles that bind these slaves using a new type of chain: a blockchain. As someone who was subjected to child labor, Jamila Gordon is well versed with the struggles of involuntary work.
At present, the global market for food software has no established leader. In terms of competitors, there are a blend of legacy companies trying to enter a specialized segment like pharmaceutical or fishery tracking.