Public Funding for Applied Blockchain Ltd

Red Apple is looking to develop and implement technological innovation in the China and UK apple production systems to increase yield and quality as well as reduce supply chain losses. The project is testing two technologies: 1) spectral cameras that can identify plant stresses due to, for example, water or nutrient imbalances or pest and disease; 2) traceability systems that can transfer appropriate information to stakeholders along the supply chain to maintain higher quality levels and reduce losses. The findings from the first technology are expected to help growers to achieve a better orchard management around pruning, blossom management and harvest dates, which will eventually increase yields and quality in a sustainable manner, reducing inefficient inputs of fertiliser and pesticides. The second will ensure not only the reduced losses but also that quality attributes can be linked to particular producers as well as production techniques, management of the crop, and harvest dates. Thus the two parts of the project are interlinked

A key feature of Blockchain smart contract technology is that all data is visible to all participants in the network. This project addresses the need of participants to provide data visibility only to intended recipients, whilst keeping the data hidden from other network participants, even though they all hold a copy of the data. The solution requires no sharing of keys or secrets off-chain. In addition, data is pre-decrypted into a local smart cache, providing each participant fast access to the smart contract data they are permissioned to see. Finally, this project will provide a solution for scalable underlying blockchain data storage. All of this will be implemented, packaged and presented for the sample use case.