Farm to fork: Abu Dhabi’s Silal launches blockchain-powered food tracking system

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With consumers getting more conscious about what they consume, ADQ-backed Silal has launched a blockchain-powered feature that enables consumers to trace the lifecycle of its products from farm to fork.

Designed to meet the highest transparency standards, the easy-to-use traceability feature involves scanning the QR code of a Silal Fresh product through the Silal App. This helps trace the journey of crops, assuring users that the data that comes up is legitimate.

Improving food chain transparency is vital for companies to assure consumers of the quality of their products and to sustain efficient supply in the market, among other factors.

Silal aims to supporting sustainable practices

Through its traceability project, the Abu Dhabi-based food, agriculture and technology company aims to create a resilient supply chain system to support its agricultural goals as well as sustainable practices.

In August, Silal launched a high-tech vegetable nursery with a annual production capacity of eight million seedlings.

The Nursery Project provides seedlings that have a higher tolerance and resistance to agricultural pests and diseases.

Back in March, the company also revealed plans to open the largest automated packhouse of its kind in the UAE, in Al Ain.

The state-of-the-art facility will be capable of delivering up to 216 tonnes of fresh produce daily, with a grading and packing area spanning 4,930 square metres, which is housed within a 14,000 square metre area.