GPRS, barcode scanners – Automatic recording (RFID, bar code etc., wireless connections) to
minimise burden and to require (target) from farmers only validation
• Tracing: determining the history of a food throughout the food chain
– Upward: from farm to fork – Downward: from fork to farm
• Tracking: determining the location of a certain food in the food chain in a certain moment
farming
Decision support Logistics
Risk Assessment, land management
Farmers, retailer, consumers Consumers, administration
Farmers
Farmers, administration, advisers, insurance Administration
Definitions
•Traceability is the ability to trace the history, application or location of that which is under consideration (ISO 9001: 2000) •Farm Level traceability is a concept which encompasses a wide range record keeping in farm management, starting from detailed geo-referencing of all individual parcels comprising the farm, to the dynamic correlation among parcels with a view of fine-tuning the farming system and achieving a more sustainable and profitable farming.