Digital Solution
Traceability System of the Quality and Safety Information of Tongxin Ecological Chicken

country China

The Traceability System of the Quality and Safety Information of Tongxin Ecological Chicken is a blochchain, Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile app based traceability, food safety and quality management digital solution for breeders and producers. With the help of a unique RFID (radio frequency technology) based foot ring token bound to each chicken foot, this QR code based traceability solution provides consumers with information about the chicken’s identity, covering its lairage time, slaughter time, and the cold-chain transportation. The QR code functionality also prevents dead livestock from reaching the market. It works in both online and offline modes and has reached sales revenue of more than 30 million yuan online and 11 million yuan offline in 2022. For poultry farmers, it provides the age and breeding ground of the chickens, the distance they walk every day, the air pollution index of the surrounding environment, the quality of drinking water, the quarantine time, the slaughter time and other details are all recorded in the blockchain. This digital ledger technology used for cryptocurrency transactions can now be fully used in poultry farming. The solution can be extended to cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock in the future, and similar traceability systems can be applied to tomatoes or watermelons, etc.

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agrifood Services

Digital Agriculture

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

Value chain traceability, Food safety and quality management

Farm management services, Livestock management & animal health

Delivery type (format)

Mobile app

Blockchain

Internet of Things / sensors

DS supplier-user category

Business to business

Business to consumers

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

Multi-partners

Name of supplier/developer

Associations, leading enterprises, professional cooperatives, and farmers

Primary Users

Farmers , Agribusiness / private company

Digital Solution Development Stage

Commercial stage (broad use use locally)

Number of users or subscribers

Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience

It works in both online and offline modes and has reached sales revenue of more than 30 million yuan online and 11 million yuan offline in 2022. Source: Developer website

Digital Solution Geographic scope

Few locations in China

Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed

Shishi High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Tongxin County, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region

On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)

Main DS webpage

Other useful link

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes