Using Blockchain to Combat Food Waste and Ensure Food Security in the UK
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Running head: RESEARCH PROJECT
Research Project
Topic: Using Blockchain to Combat Food Waste and Ensure Food Security in the UK
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note
Research Project
Topic: Using Blockchain to Combat Food Waste and Ensure Food Security in the UK
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note
1RESEARCH PROJECT
Abstract
The world is at such a place where a part of the people residing in the world in enjoying all
sorts of amenities available where the other part of the world is not at receiving the basic
necessities of life. This is also being translated to the availability of food. The basic
requirement of food is thought to be equally distributed amongst all the people within the
organizations but at the same time, the occurrences of the phenomenon about the wastage of
food is affecting the world in a much more gruesome way. Such is the amount of food
wastage found in the entire world, that is has become a huge issue that needs to be solved at
any cost. In the United Kingdom alone, the amount of food that is wasted does not only
consist of the disposable food. It has also been found that there are various occurrences in UK
alone that has resulted in alarming rates of food wastage. For this reason, the government of
United Kingdom has been looking forward to the utilization of the technological
advancement to find out a way for fighting against the wastage of food in the United
Kingdom. This is why, the blockchain technology is thought for considering as a mechanism
to be considered for fighting the wastage of food in United Kingdom. The study is thus
concerned for the development of the thesis below to consider all the constraints of battling
the wastage of food. The study also is conducted for considering all the aspects of the
alignment of blockchain technology for fighting the food wastage in UK and how is the
feasible as a technology considering the studies conducted and data collected through primary
and secondary sources.
Abstract
The world is at such a place where a part of the people residing in the world in enjoying all
sorts of amenities available where the other part of the world is not at receiving the basic
necessities of life. This is also being translated to the availability of food. The basic
requirement of food is thought to be equally distributed amongst all the people within the
organizations but at the same time, the occurrences of the phenomenon about the wastage of
food is affecting the world in a much more gruesome way. Such is the amount of food
wastage found in the entire world, that is has become a huge issue that needs to be solved at
any cost. In the United Kingdom alone, the amount of food that is wasted does not only
consist of the disposable food. It has also been found that there are various occurrences in UK
alone that has resulted in alarming rates of food wastage. For this reason, the government of
United Kingdom has been looking forward to the utilization of the technological
advancement to find out a way for fighting against the wastage of food in the United
Kingdom. This is why, the blockchain technology is thought for considering as a mechanism
to be considered for fighting the wastage of food in United Kingdom. The study is thus
concerned for the development of the thesis below to consider all the constraints of battling
the wastage of food. The study also is conducted for considering all the aspects of the
alignment of blockchain technology for fighting the food wastage in UK and how is the
feasible as a technology considering the studies conducted and data collected through primary
and secondary sources.
2RESEARCH PROJECT
Acknowledgements
This research and its conduction process have been one of the most inspiring experiences I
have had. This research has been one of the most influential ways by which I have enhanced
by analytical skills and knowledge base. I could say that it has reached a level of paramount.
However, this could not have been possible without the valuable guidance of my professors,
my peers and everybody who have provided guidance throughout my research. Without the
guidance, I could not have been able to finish or even begin my research. On this occasion, I
would like to thank my supervisor ___________________________ for providing me with
the constant support and guidance throughout. It would like to be acknowledging enough to
thank my academic guides for their important and valuable assistance and encouragement
throughout the research process. I would also like to thank my friends who had provided me
with help and encouragement for collecting primary data and valuable resources.
Heartfelt thanks and regard,
Yours sincerely,
Acknowledgements
This research and its conduction process have been one of the most inspiring experiences I
have had. This research has been one of the most influential ways by which I have enhanced
by analytical skills and knowledge base. I could say that it has reached a level of paramount.
However, this could not have been possible without the valuable guidance of my professors,
my peers and everybody who have provided guidance throughout my research. Without the
guidance, I could not have been able to finish or even begin my research. On this occasion, I
would like to thank my supervisor ___________________________ for providing me with
the constant support and guidance throughout. It would like to be acknowledging enough to
thank my academic guides for their important and valuable assistance and encouragement
throughout the research process. I would also like to thank my friends who had provided me
with help and encouragement for collecting primary data and valuable resources.
Heartfelt thanks and regard,
Yours sincerely,
3RESEARCH PROJECT
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..............................................................................................................5
Background of the study........................................................................................................5
Research Aims and Objectives...............................................................................................6
Research Questions................................................................................................................7
Problem Statement.................................................................................................................7
The rationale of the study.......................................................................................................7
Research Hypothesis..............................................................................................................8
Structure of the study.............................................................................................................8
Chapter 2: Literature Review...................................................................................................10
Introduction..........................................................................................................................10
Conceptual Framework............................................................................................................11
Findings of the Study...........................................................................................................11
Gap in the Literature............................................................................................................20
Chapter Summary.................................................................................................................20
Chapter 3: Research Methodology...........................................................................................21
Introduction..........................................................................................................................21
Method Outline....................................................................................................................22
Research Philosophy............................................................................................................23
Research Approach..............................................................................................................24
Research Design...................................................................................................................25
Data Collection Process.......................................................................................................25
Ethical Consideration...........................................................................................................26
Limitations of the study.......................................................................................................26
Chapter Summary.................................................................................................................28
Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Results......................................................................................28
Introduction..........................................................................................................................28
Empirical Results.................................................................................................................29
1. Distribution of Gender.................................................................................................31
2. Distribution of age group.............................................................................................31
Descriptive study..................................................................................................................32
Summary..............................................................................................................................39
Chapter 6: Conclusions and Recommendations.......................................................................40
Conclusion............................................................................................................................40
Linking with Objectives.......................................................................................................42
Recommendations................................................................................................................43
Limitations of research.........................................................................................................44
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..............................................................................................................5
Background of the study........................................................................................................5
Research Aims and Objectives...............................................................................................6
Research Questions................................................................................................................7
Problem Statement.................................................................................................................7
The rationale of the study.......................................................................................................7
Research Hypothesis..............................................................................................................8
Structure of the study.............................................................................................................8
Chapter 2: Literature Review...................................................................................................10
Introduction..........................................................................................................................10
Conceptual Framework............................................................................................................11
Findings of the Study...........................................................................................................11
Gap in the Literature............................................................................................................20
Chapter Summary.................................................................................................................20
Chapter 3: Research Methodology...........................................................................................21
Introduction..........................................................................................................................21
Method Outline....................................................................................................................22
Research Philosophy............................................................................................................23
Research Approach..............................................................................................................24
Research Design...................................................................................................................25
Data Collection Process.......................................................................................................25
Ethical Consideration...........................................................................................................26
Limitations of the study.......................................................................................................26
Chapter Summary.................................................................................................................28
Chapter 4: Data Analysis and Results......................................................................................28
Introduction..........................................................................................................................28
Empirical Results.................................................................................................................29
1. Distribution of Gender.................................................................................................31
2. Distribution of age group.............................................................................................31
Descriptive study..................................................................................................................32
Summary..............................................................................................................................39
Chapter 6: Conclusions and Recommendations.......................................................................40
Conclusion............................................................................................................................40
Linking with Objectives.......................................................................................................42
Recommendations................................................................................................................43
Limitations of research.........................................................................................................44
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Future scope of the study.....................................................................................................45
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................46
Table 1: Distribution of Gender............................................................................................31
Table 2: Distribution of age group.......................................................................................31
Table 3: Do you believe that the wastage of food in the United Kingdom is rising at an
alarming rate?........................................................................................................................32
Table 4: Do you think that the government has been responsible for not controlling the
wastage of food?.....................................................................................................................33
Table 5: Do you believe that both the food-based organizations and the population in
UK are responsible for the situation?...................................................................................34
Table 6: Do you believe that the food stamping and tracking facilities will ensure
reduction in food wastage?....................................................................................................36
Table 7: Do you believe that the framework of implementing legislative measures
against food wastage would reduce the random throwing of food?..................................37
Table 8: Do you believe that blockchain technology used for tracking food wastage is
the appropriate measure to fight food wastage in UK?......................................................38
Table 1: Distribution of Gender............................................................................................31
Table 2: Distribution of age group.......................................................................................31
Table 3: Do you believe that the wastage of food in the United Kingdom is rising at an
alarming rate?........................................................................................................................32
Table 4: Do you think that the government has been responsible for not controlling the
wastage of food?.....................................................................................................................33
Table 5: Do you believe that both the food-based organizations and the population in
UK are responsible for the situation?...................................................................................34
Table 6: Do you believe that the food stamping and tracking facilities will ensure
reduction in food wastage?....................................................................................................36
Table 7: Do you believe that the framework of implementing legislative measures
against food wastage would reduce the random throwing of food?..................................37
Table 8: Do you believe that blockchain technology used for tracking food wastage is
the appropriate measure to fight food wastage in UK?......................................................38
Future scope of the study.....................................................................................................45
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................46
Table 1: Distribution of Gender............................................................................................31
Table 2: Distribution of age group.......................................................................................31
Table 3: Do you believe that the wastage of food in the United Kingdom is rising at an
alarming rate?........................................................................................................................32
Table 4: Do you think that the government has been responsible for not controlling the
wastage of food?.....................................................................................................................33
Table 5: Do you believe that both the food-based organizations and the population in
UK are responsible for the situation?...................................................................................34
Table 6: Do you believe that the food stamping and tracking facilities will ensure
reduction in food wastage?....................................................................................................36
Table 7: Do you believe that the framework of implementing legislative measures
against food wastage would reduce the random throwing of food?..................................37
Table 8: Do you believe that blockchain technology used for tracking food wastage is
the appropriate measure to fight food wastage in UK?......................................................38
Table 1: Distribution of Gender............................................................................................31
Table 2: Distribution of age group.......................................................................................31
Table 3: Do you believe that the wastage of food in the United Kingdom is rising at an
alarming rate?........................................................................................................................32
Table 4: Do you think that the government has been responsible for not controlling the
wastage of food?.....................................................................................................................33
Table 5: Do you believe that both the food-based organizations and the population in
UK are responsible for the situation?...................................................................................34
Table 6: Do you believe that the food stamping and tracking facilities will ensure
reduction in food wastage?....................................................................................................36
Table 7: Do you believe that the framework of implementing legislative measures
against food wastage would reduce the random throwing of food?..................................37
Table 8: Do you believe that blockchain technology used for tracking food wastage is
the appropriate measure to fight food wastage in UK?......................................................38
5RESEARCH PROJECT
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background of the study
The amount of waste in United Kingdom has been extremely staggering and the
estimated annual amount is also very problematic to listen to. It has been estimated that about
7.3 million tonnes food is wasted on an average every year by the households of United
Kingdom. It has been also found that the combination of all the food wastages taken from the
supply chains of the foods having combine to have an estimation of the protein food
wastages. it was found that the entire combination had an estimated value of about 15.5
million tonnes of food to be wasted at an annual rate. All these food items would almost cost
about 25 billion GBP every year. The households have a total estimated cost of wasted food
to be about 13 billion GBP. Contrasting into some different parts of the world people have
nothing to eat at all and it has also been found that the first world countries are wasting food
in this way. For ensuring that at least United Kingdom as a security measure of ensuring no
food or minimum food wastage and also enable food security, it has to be e taken into
consideration that some sort of benefits and Solutions need to be imbibed for combating all
the problems that possibly can be put together with the help of blockchain technology. it has
been found that if food security is not ensured by the year 2020, there can be a whole lot of
food waste presenting challenges to the Global visions for food security as well. This would
ensure that the imbalance that is caused due to the huge inadequate statistics found for
enabling the magnitude of a problem. since it has been found that the chances that food
security will reduce the amount of food wastage, it should be made sure that this food
security measure is implemented at the earliest so that food security and its Global goal can
be reached by the time it has been already 2020. The uses of the blockchain technology has
Chapter 1: Introduction
Background of the study
The amount of waste in United Kingdom has been extremely staggering and the
estimated annual amount is also very problematic to listen to. It has been estimated that about
7.3 million tonnes food is wasted on an average every year by the households of United
Kingdom. It has been also found that the combination of all the food wastages taken from the
supply chains of the foods having combine to have an estimation of the protein food
wastages. it was found that the entire combination had an estimated value of about 15.5
million tonnes of food to be wasted at an annual rate. All these food items would almost cost
about 25 billion GBP every year. The households have a total estimated cost of wasted food
to be about 13 billion GBP. Contrasting into some different parts of the world people have
nothing to eat at all and it has also been found that the first world countries are wasting food
in this way. For ensuring that at least United Kingdom as a security measure of ensuring no
food or minimum food wastage and also enable food security, it has to be e taken into
consideration that some sort of benefits and Solutions need to be imbibed for combating all
the problems that possibly can be put together with the help of blockchain technology. it has
been found that if food security is not ensured by the year 2020, there can be a whole lot of
food waste presenting challenges to the Global visions for food security as well. This would
ensure that the imbalance that is caused due to the huge inadequate statistics found for
enabling the magnitude of a problem. since it has been found that the chances that food
security will reduce the amount of food wastage, it should be made sure that this food
security measure is implemented at the earliest so that food security and its Global goal can
be reached by the time it has been already 2020. The uses of the blockchain technology has
6RESEARCH PROJECT
been shining an unfazed light on all the food wastage problems and also reveals that there has
been a permission to mitigate the problem since humans have right now initiated and
persistently enable the wasteful attitude of food in them. Blockchain Technology or BCT has
also its wide popular past has been implemented by various organisations for having the
analysis and researchers done on the business information systems. it has also found its
application following all the social, financial and industrial sectors. The technology that has
been set in are still at the early stages of its development for food security system but it is still
usable for the real-life applications. blockchain Technology has its own architecture and
setting up several innovations within these architectures enables innovative structure that has
been the brainchild behind reaching the idea of using blockchain Technology for fighting
food security problems. However, blockchain Technology was previously done by different
organisations, including that banks as it begins to recognise the cryptocurrencies being
decentralized and forming unit of money. Where was the reason that blockchain Technology
has the ability to grow for more period bitcoin and this is what begin the disintermediation of
analysing the non-financial activities as well. the application of blockchain Technology does
got much more wide and other financial activities, company still adopted blockchain
Technology for various other industry and organisations as well. The blockchain technology
being used in other companies focusing other than financial sectors included healthcare,
logistics, manufacturing, energy and telecommunications. The acceptance of blockchain has
been increased in various organisations while forming its base with the analysis of
cryptocurrencies enamelling the technology with huge number of systems and platforms. this
technology is being used by various start-up organisations as well for exploring the
opportunities provided by blockchain technology in the logistics, food business and
agriculture as well. Since the demand of food in the entire world has been increasing
exponentially every day, there is a need of transparency that needs to be set in with the food
been shining an unfazed light on all the food wastage problems and also reveals that there has
been a permission to mitigate the problem since humans have right now initiated and
persistently enable the wasteful attitude of food in them. Blockchain Technology or BCT has
also its wide popular past has been implemented by various organisations for having the
analysis and researchers done on the business information systems. it has also found its
application following all the social, financial and industrial sectors. The technology that has
been set in are still at the early stages of its development for food security system but it is still
usable for the real-life applications. blockchain Technology has its own architecture and
setting up several innovations within these architectures enables innovative structure that has
been the brainchild behind reaching the idea of using blockchain Technology for fighting
food security problems. However, blockchain Technology was previously done by different
organisations, including that banks as it begins to recognise the cryptocurrencies being
decentralized and forming unit of money. Where was the reason that blockchain Technology
has the ability to grow for more period bitcoin and this is what begin the disintermediation of
analysing the non-financial activities as well. the application of blockchain Technology does
got much more wide and other financial activities, company still adopted blockchain
Technology for various other industry and organisations as well. The blockchain technology
being used in other companies focusing other than financial sectors included healthcare,
logistics, manufacturing, energy and telecommunications. The acceptance of blockchain has
been increased in various organisations while forming its base with the analysis of
cryptocurrencies enamelling the technology with huge number of systems and platforms. this
technology is being used by various start-up organisations as well for exploring the
opportunities provided by blockchain technology in the logistics, food business and
agriculture as well. Since the demand of food in the entire world has been increasing
exponentially every day, there is a need of transparency that needs to be set in with the food
7RESEARCH PROJECT
industry. It has been found that people do not just blindly believe all the activities of the food
industry and therefore they have a little trust on the quality of food. This is why it has been
found that they are always checking the labelling and ensuring any potential frauds and
adulteration for taking measures against it. There are various other problems that could be
arising in the food industry including the faulty records, frauds and errors is well. Therefore,
these problems automatically pose numerous problems in the food distribution and food
consumption sector in the United Kingdom. Thus, there is research process going on to make
sure that blockchain Technology would most probably provide security to the wastage of
food especially in United Kingdom.
Research Aims and Objectives
Aim: The aim of this research is to understand the problem of food wastage in the UK
and to identify or develop strategies to combat it using blockchain technology. Also, the
research will aim at finding strategies and solutions for ensuring food security for the
organizations to ensure total food security all around the world by the year 2020.
Objectives:
To find out the reasons behind food wastage in UK.
To identify the problems and fight them using blockchain technology.
To find out strategies to ensure further food security.
Research Questions
The research question can be framed as
How the examination of strategies for waste management can be identified to
be used in the countries, especially the United Kingdom for managing
industry. It has been found that people do not just blindly believe all the activities of the food
industry and therefore they have a little trust on the quality of food. This is why it has been
found that they are always checking the labelling and ensuring any potential frauds and
adulteration for taking measures against it. There are various other problems that could be
arising in the food industry including the faulty records, frauds and errors is well. Therefore,
these problems automatically pose numerous problems in the food distribution and food
consumption sector in the United Kingdom. Thus, there is research process going on to make
sure that blockchain Technology would most probably provide security to the wastage of
food especially in United Kingdom.
Research Aims and Objectives
Aim: The aim of this research is to understand the problem of food wastage in the UK
and to identify or develop strategies to combat it using blockchain technology. Also, the
research will aim at finding strategies and solutions for ensuring food security for the
organizations to ensure total food security all around the world by the year 2020.
Objectives:
To find out the reasons behind food wastage in UK.
To identify the problems and fight them using blockchain technology.
To find out strategies to ensure further food security.
Research Questions
The research question can be framed as
How the examination of strategies for waste management can be identified to
be used in the countries, especially the United Kingdom for managing
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