Title: Blockchain adoption barriers in food supply chain: a systematic review and bibliometric synthesis

Authors: Xin Tong Li; Abdul Rashid Abdullah; Wei Liu; Abu Naser Mohammad Saif

Addresses: School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia ' School of Entrepreneurship, Universiti Keusahawanan Koperasi Malaysia (UKKM), 46700 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia ' City Graduate School, City University, Malaysia ' School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract: During the current research trajectory concerning business innovation, blockchain would be the prime catalyst for a massive transformation. Since food industries across the world are moving fast to adopt blockchain, this systematic review with bibliometric synthesis aims to identify the blockchain adoption barriers in the food supply chain. Using the PRISMA flowchart, a total of 784 published papers from different research databases were examined to identify the relevant 20 publications. Bibliometric data were synthesised for each of the 20 publications. VOSviewer was used to create term co-occurrence network maps and later, key terms were identified. Associated barriers were reported by critically analysing the identified publications. Mapping the barriers with the previously recognised key terms, broad categories of barriers as themes, i.e., digital interference, food safety, and scalability were advanced. The findings of current research show that digital interference, food safety, and scalability are the barriers to blockchain adoption in FSC.

Keywords: blockchain adoption; food supply chain; FSC; systematic review; bibliometric; PRISMA; qualitative.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2025.144741

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2025 Vol.36 No.3, pp.365 - 382

Received: 22 Mar 2022
Accepted: 26 Mar 2022
Published online: 03 Mar 2025 *

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