# Digital Product Passports for Transparent, Trusted Agriculture
### Project Overview * **Company Name:** UNISOT * **Industry:** Agriculture, Agri-Food Supply Chains, Sustainability & Traceability * **Project Name:** UNISOT Digital Product Passport (DPP) * **Geographic Reach:** Global (originating in Norway; applied across EU and export-oriented agricultural markets) * **BSV Integration Start Date:** 2019 (live production deployments) *** ### Business Challenge #### What inefficiencies or risks existed? Agricultural supply chains are among the most complex and fragmented in the world. UNISOT identified persistent challenges across farming, processing, and distribution: * Limited traceability from farm to consumer, making it difficult to prove origin, production methods, and quality * Manual and siloed record-keeping for harvest data, inputs, animal welfare, and temperature conditions * Rising regulatory pressure for food safety, sustainability, and EU Digital Product Passport compliance * Difficulty verifying sustainability claims, including organic status, water usage, and emissions * Lack of consumer trust driven by food fraud, mislabeling, and opaque sourcing #### Why traditional systems were insufficient * Centralised databases depend on trust in intermediaries rather than verifiable data * Paper-based records and spreadsheets are slow, error-prone, and easy to manipulate * Closed traceability platforms prevent data sharing across cooperatives, exporters, and retailers * Audits and recalls require manual reconciliation, delaying response times and increasing risk *** ### Why BSV? #### What made the BSV blockchain the ideal solution? UNISOT required a blockchain capable of supporting high-volume, low-cost data events generated across agricultural supply chains: * A public, shared data layer enabling interoperability across farms, cooperatives, exporters, regulators, and retailers * Immutable records ensuring harvest events, certifications, and temperature logs cannot be altered * Uses Digital signatures enabling each supply chain actor to sign their own data, ensuring accountability * Scalability and low transaction costs suitable for frequent agricultural data logging * Transparency aligned with EU food safety and sustainability regulations #### Comparison to other blockchain options * Private blockchains lacked transparency and created vendor lock-in * Centralised traceability platforms could not provide global verification or long-term trust * A public blockchain was required to act as neutral infrastructure for agriculture *** {% embed url="" %} ### Solution Architecture #### Overview UNISOT’s platform creates a Smart Digital Twin for agricultural products, recording every significant event—from production and harvest to processing, transport, and retail—on a public blockchain. #### Key components **Digital Product Passport (DPP)**\ QR codes or RFID tags attached to agricultural products or batches provide access to verified, trusted product data. **Farm-Level Data Capture**\ Origin, farming practices, certifications, and input usage are recorded while farmers retain control over what data is shared. **Immutable Traceability Records**\ Temperature, transport, storage, and processing events are signed, timestamped, and recorded to enable instant forward and backward traceability. **Sustainability & ESG Reporting**\ Water usage, energy consumption, waste and emissions are tracked using real data, supporting Scope 3 and lifecycle reporting. **Consumer Feedback Loop**\ Consumers can scan products to access verified information and provide feedback directly to producers. *** ### Implementation Process #### Phases of rollout * Initial deployments focused on Norwegian seafood and EU agriculture * Expansion to broader agri-food categories and export markets * Ongoing onboarding of producers supplying EU markets subject to DPP regulations #### Integration with legacy systems Farmers and cooperatives retain existing farm management and ERP systems, sharing only essential verification data on chain. #### Stakeholder onboarding Farmers, processors, logistics providers, and retailers onboard incrementally, while consumers interact simply via QR codes. *** ### Outcomes & Business Impact #### Improvements for agricultural supply chains * End-to-end farm-to-fork traceability with immutable records * Reduced food fraud and mislabeling through signed, verifiable data * Faster recalls and food safety responses * More accurate sustainability reporting based on real data #### Before vs after **Before:** * Manual compliance reporting * Limited visibility beyond first-tier suppliers * Slow, trust-based audits **After:** * Real-time Digital Product Passports * Transparent, verifiable supply chains * Audit-ready data available instantly #### Stakeholder value * **Farmers:** Proof of quality and sustainability, improving market access * **Exporters & retailers:** Reduced compliance risk and operational friction * **Consumers:** Increased confidence in origin, quality, and ethics *** ### Challenges & Mitigations #### Challenges * Technology adoption in traditional farming environments * Data privacy and commercial sensitivity concerns * Uneven digital maturity across regions #### Mitigations * Blockchain enables proof without full data disclosure * Farmers control what data is shared and with whom * Automation reduces administrative burden *** ### Future Vision * Widespread adoption of Digital Product Passports for EU-bound agricultural exports * Expansion into precision agriculture analytics using verified data * AI integration for yield optimization, quality forecasting, and risk detection * Cross-border interoperability across global agri-food supply chains *** ### Testimonial Highlights > “With verifiable data from the field, sustainability reporting becomes factual instead of estimated.”\ > — UNISOT, *Putting Agriculture on the Blockchain*