Agri-Food Traceability Platform for Crop Provenance and IoT Sensor Data
Challenge
Centaur AG, an IoT provider for the agriculture industry, needed blockchain functionality for an Internet-of-Crops platform that could support reliable crop provenance and supply chain traceability.
The core problem was trust in agricultural data. Crop information was spread across IoT devices, storage systems, logistics partners, transportation records, and manual processes. This made it difficult for supply chain participants to verify where a crop came from, how it was stored, what conditions it faced during transportation, and whether the product history could be trusted.
For agriculture, these details matter. Temperature, moisture, humidity, cold exposure, and transportation conditions can affect quality, shelf life, loss rates, and commercial value. Without a reliable audit trail, producers, logistics teams, buyers, and other participants had limited visibility into the real condition and movement history of crop assets.
The client needed a secure data layer that could connect agriculture IoT monitoring with tamper resistant records. The platform had to support crop identification, sensor data capture, transaction history, access control, and provenance tracking across the agri-food supply chain.
Centaur AG, an IoT provider for the agriculture industry, needed blockchain functionality for an Internet-of-Crops platform that could support reliable crop provenance and supply chain traceability.
The core problem was trust in agricultural data. Crop information was spread across IoT devices, storage systems, logistics partners, transportation records, and manual processes. This made it difficult for supply chain participants to verify where a crop came from, how it was stored, what conditions it faced during transportation, and whether the product history could be trusted.
For agriculture, these details matter. Temperature, moisture, humidity, cold exposure, and transportation conditions can affect quality, shelf life, loss rates, and commercial value. Without a reliable audit trail, producers, logistics teams, buyers, and other participants had limited visibility into the real condition and movement history of crop assets.
The client needed a secure data layer that could connect agriculture IoT monitoring with tamper resistant records. The platform had to support crop identification, sensor data capture, transaction history, access control, and provenance tracking across the agri-food supply chain.
Solution
Aetsoft developed DLT-based functionality for the Internet-of-Crops platform. The solution connected crop monitoring data from IoT devices with blockchain-based audit trails, allowing users to trace crop assets from origin through storage, transportation, and delivery.
Each crop asset was linked to a unique digital ID. The platform recorded key condition data from connected devices, including temperature, moisture, humidity, cold exposure, and transportation conditions. This created a structured record of product history and helped users verify the condition of agricultural goods across the supply chain.
Aetsoft implemented the blockchain layer using Hyperledger Sawtooth. The architecture supported secure data storage, parallel transaction processing, shared credential records, transaction logs, and adjustable access permissions for different user groups. This allowed participants to work with trusted records while controlling who could see and manage specific data.
The platform was designed for practical use by agriculture, logistics, and supply chain teams. Users could trace crop origin, review transportation data, monitor transaction records, access provenance information, and use the system from desktop or tablet devices.
The result was an agri-food traceability system that linked IoT sensor data, crop provenance, permissioned access, and blockchain auditability in one operational platform.
Aetsoft developed DLT-based functionality for the Internet-of-Crops platform. The solution connected crop monitoring data from IoT devices with blockchain-based audit trails, allowing users to trace crop assets from origin through storage, transportation, and delivery.
Each crop asset was linked to a unique digital ID. The platform recorded key condition data from connected devices, including temperature, moisture, humidity, cold exposure, and transportation conditions. This created a structured record of product history and helped users verify the condition of agricultural goods across the supply chain.
Aetsoft implemented the blockchain layer using Hyperledger Sawtooth. The architecture supported secure data storage, parallel transaction processing, shared credential records, transaction logs, and adjustable access permissions for different user groups. This allowed participants to work with trusted records while controlling who could see and manage specific data.
The platform was designed for practical use by agriculture, logistics, and supply chain teams. Users could trace crop origin, review transportation data, monitor transaction records, access provenance information, and use the system from desktop or tablet devices.
The result was an agri-food traceability system that linked IoT sensor data, crop provenance, permissioned access, and blockchain auditability in one operational platform.
Results
The client received blockchain functionality that strengthened the Internet-of-Crops platform and improved trust in crop provenance data. Supply chain participants could verify crop origin, review transportation conditions, track product history, and access tamper resistant records connected to real IoT sensor data.
The solution improved visibility across agriculture and logistics workflows. Instead of relying only on manual records or disconnected device data, users could work with a shared data layer for crop condition, movement history, storage conditions, transaction logs, and provenance records.
The platform also supported stronger auditability. Hyperledger Sawtooth provided a permissioned DLT foundation for secure records, parallel transaction flows, credential management, and controlled data access. This helped the client create a more reliable infrastructure for agriculture traceability and agri-food supply chain transparency.
For producers, logistics providers, and buyers, the system made crop history easier to verify. For the platform owner, it added a trusted data layer that could support product provenance, quality control, supply chain reporting, and future Digital Product Passport use cases.
The client received blockchain functionality that strengthened the Internet-of-Crops platform and improved trust in crop provenance data. Supply chain participants could verify crop origin, review transportation conditions, track product history, and access tamper resistant records connected to real IoT sensor data.
The solution improved visibility across agriculture and logistics workflows. Instead of relying only on manual records or disconnected device data, users could work with a shared data layer for crop condition, movement history, storage conditions, transaction logs, and provenance records.
The platform also supported stronger auditability. Hyperledger Sawtooth provided a permissioned DLT foundation for secure records, parallel transaction flows, credential management, and controlled data access. This helped the client create a more reliable infrastructure for agriculture traceability and agri-food supply chain transparency.
For producers, logistics providers, and buyers, the system made crop history easier to verify. For the platform owner, it added a trusted data layer that could support product provenance, quality control, supply chain reporting, and future Digital Product Passport use cases.
