**6. Conclusion**

In this paper, we attempt to provide answers to the following questions: how blockchain technology can be used to address food supply chain challenges and what are the factors that influence its effective implementation in food supply chain? Based on a critical synthesis of the state of the art, we first identify the main challenges of food supply chain, such as food fraud, food safety, customer, and regulatory pressure to ensure transparency and responsiveness in case of product contamination. We then
