Title: A secure blockchain based food supply chain management framework using hybrid IDEA algorithm

Authors: I. Mohammed Musthafa Sheriff; D. John Aravindhar

Addresses: Department of Computer Science Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, 603103, India ' Department of Computer Science Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, 603103, India

Abstract: An agri based food supply chain oriented blockchain technology might provide lot of benefits like increased transparency, accountability and traceability. But there exist some challenges because of improper education, policies, frameworks and some technical aspects. Hence there occurs some need in developing a system which is more reliable that ensures the traceability, trustworthy and proper delivery mechanism in managing the Agri food supply chain. Therefore, a modified blockchain-based food supply chain is proposed based on Hybrid International Data Encryption Algorithm (IDEA) algorithm. It uses multimodal deep convolutional neural networks (MDCNN) along with IDEA algorithm for ensuring the quality of the food. Here, in this work, the farmers, food processors and the various distributors will enter their data into the blockchain for generating the incontrovertible record needed for transaction. The transaction is encrypted using HIDEA algorithm which makes the authorisation between the parties for accessing the data. The performance of proposed approach is analysed based on different metrics.

Keywords: MDCNN; multimodal deep convolutional neural networks; blockchain-based food supply chain; international data encryption algorithm; transparency; accountability and traceability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2025.149713

International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, 2025 Vol.15 No.5, pp.449 - 470

Received: 17 Jun 2023
Accepted: 26 Aug 2023
Published online: 11 Nov 2025 *

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