Abstract
Blockchain can solve the problems that the agriculture supply chain (ASC) is facing to achieve sustainable growth. In a nation like India, blockchain application in the supply chain is still new; therefore, supply chain players need a better understanding and awareness of blockchain through valuable insights. This article aims to study the mediating role of blockchain technology adoption (BLCT) for sustainable supply chain performance (SSCP). This study investigates the influence of numerous factors such as green and lean practices, supply chain integration, supply chain risk, performance expectancy, top management support, cost, internal and external environmental conditions, regulatory support, and innovation capability on BLCT adoption. A sample of 316 respondents from Indian ASC industries was collected, and structural equation modeling (SEM) was used. This study's outcomes show that green and lean practices, supply chain integration, supply chain risks, internal and external conditions, regulatory support, innovation capability, and cost positively influence BLCT adoption. Moreover, BLCT positively influences sustainable agriculture supply chain performance. This article is valuable for policymakers, managers, service providers, researchers, and academicians to understand the role of factors in influencing BLCT and BLCT's role in improving sustainable supply chain performance (SSCP).
Highlights
The agriculture supply chain includes the suppliers, processors, distributors, and consumers, in which the final product is either consumed by humans or animals, and the raw material is produced in farms (Miranda-Ackerman & Azzaro-Pantel, 2017)
The mediating effect of Blockchain technology (BLCT) on the relationship of Supply chain integration (SUCI), Supply chain risk (SUCR), internal and external environment conditions (IEEC), Regulatory support (RESU), Performance expectancy (PERE), top management support (TMSU), Innovation Capability (INNC), Green and lean practices (GLPR), and cost with sustainable supply chain performance (SSCP) and found full mediation effect of BLCT for the relation of SUCI, GLPR, and cost with SSCP. This means blockchain indirectly affects SUCI, GLPR, and cost relation with SSCP. In addition to these three new findings, the findings of this study showed that SUCI, SUCR, IEEC, RESU, INNC, and cost positively affect BLCT adoption
Our study discovered the mediating role of blockchain technology to improve the SSCP of the agri-food sector in Indian agriculture supply chain (ASC)
Summary
The agriculture supply chain includes the suppliers, processors, distributors, and consumers, in which the final product is either consumed by humans or animals, and the raw material is produced in farms (Miranda-Ackerman & Azzaro-Pantel, 2017). ASC is under severe pressure from numerous consumer organizations, agriculture firms, social and environmental activists, and policymakers to achieve sustainable performance (Allaoui et al, 2018). The significant challenges that need to be addressed to achieve sustainable performance in ASC are lack of small farmers’ integration, lack of strict food quality and safety regulations, and information quality (Naik & Suresh, 2018). A BLCT based data management system will reduce the chances of food frauds and adulteration, increasing sustainable performance. The agricultural export from India is likely to reach the target of 60 billion US dollars by 2022. The export of agricultural and affiliated products reached 41.25 billion US dollars in 2020–21 (“Agriculture in India,” 2021). The Indian ASC faces problems of meeting the ever-growing population’s demand, poor storage infrastructure, poor quality leading to more food losses, and a high number of intermediaries leading to delayed transactions (Ritchie et al, 2018; Balaji & Arshinder, 2016)
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