Blockchain for Cybersecurity: Ensuring Data Integrity and Secure Transactions in the Agricultural Industry and Supply Chain Management

Authors

  • Mohd Afroz School of Computing Science, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, VIT Bhopal University, Kothri Kalan, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Devraj Vishnu School of Computing Science, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, VIT Bhopal University, Kothri Kalan, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Irfan Alam School of Computing Science, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, VIT Bhopal University, Kothri Kalan, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Hemraj Shobharam Lamkuche School of Computing Science, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, VIT Bhopal University, Kothri Kalan, Madh ya Pradesh, India
  • Pushpinder Singh Patheja School of Computing Science, Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, VIT Bhopal University, Kothri Kalan, Madhya Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Agricultural Supply Chain, Data Integrity, Smart Contracts, Distributed Ledger Technology

Abstract

The rapid digitalization of agriculture has significantly improved operational efficiency, precision farming, and supply chain transparency. Traditional centralized information systems can face problems in offering enough security, traceability, and trust in complicated multi-stakeholder agricultural supply chains. This paper explores the possibility of blockchain as a cybersecurity architecture to provide data integrity and secure transactions in agricultural applications. A qualitative research method and structured analysis of 47 scholarly papers and four real-world blockchain deployments (IBM Food Trust, AgriDigital, TE-FOOD, and Ambrosus) are used in the study. The results show that blockchain technology can substantially improve the security and transparency of agricultural value chains through various mechanisms such as distributed ledger, consensus validation, smart contracts, decentralized identity management, and role-based access control. By leveraging case studies, it is evident that traceability has improved significantly, fraud prevention has increased, auditability has been enhanced, and transaction security has been bolstered; in some deployments, traceability time is in the order of seconds rather than days. Various mitigation measures such as IoT data attestation, HSMs, consortium governance models and harmonising policies are explored. The study concludes that blockchain technology offers a strong and durable cybersecurity infrastructure for the modern agricultural ecosystem by providing a platform for transparent and trusted data sharing, tamper-resistant data recording, and safe digital transactions throughout the supply chain.Keywords—Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Agricultural Supply Chain, Data Integrity, Smart Contracts, Distributed Ledger Technology, Food Traceability, IoT Security, Secure Transactions, Consortium Blockchain.
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.24321/3051.4304.202605

How to cite this article:
Afroz M, Vishnu D, Alam I, Lamkuche H S, Patheja P S, Blockchain for Cybersecurity: Ensuring Data Integrity and Secure Transactions in the Agricultural Industry and Supply Chain Management. J Adv Res Comp Tech Soft Appl 2026; 10(2): 26-32.

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.24321/3051.4304.202605

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Published

2026-06-13

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026): Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Technology and Software Applications

Section

Research Article