Blockchain Solutions for Rural Development
by Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin
This book explores how blockchain technology can transform rural areas by providing innovative solutions to issues such as food insecurity, poverty, climate change and digital inequality. Adopting a practical and conceptual approach, Diosey Ramon Lugo-Morin introduces 'transforresilience', a concept that integrates digital transformation with community resilience.
Lugo-Morin presents concrete use cases, including food traceability, participatory governance, digital identity and decentralised markets, to highlight the potential of blockchain technology to empower rural and indigenous communities. He outlines key ethical and governance challenges of implementing disruptive technologies in these vulnerable contexts, providing actionable policy proposals aimed at bridging the rural digital divide. Ultimately, Lugo-Morin concludes that success hinges not only on the technology itself, but also on its ethical, inclusive and locally adapted implementation.
Blockchain Solutions for Rural Development is an essential read for scholars and students of human geography, sociology and economics, particularly those in the fields of sustainable development, agricultural economics, sociology of development and disruptive technology. It is also beneficial to rural development policy experts, climate change specialists and digital innovation researchers interested in the practical applications of blockchain technology.
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ContentsAbout the authorPreface1 Introduction: Transforresilience and global challenges to foodsecurity in a changing world2 Projecting e-Rurality: Digitising rural territories3 E-rural epistemic mapping: Constructs and relationships forthe new agro-digital age4 Method: Transiting new digital realities5 Impact analysis: Unravelling the mosaic of food futures in thedigital rural territory between possibilities and challenges6 What we can expect: Is it good or bad?7 Conclusion: Accelerating rural developmentReferencesGlossary
Review
'A timely study that highlights the opportunities and challenges of applying blockchain to rural transformation and sustainable food systems, offering a balanced examination of its potential to improve transparency, equity, and resilience while recognising the critical importance of traditional knowledge, community participation, and inclusive approaches to digital development.' -- Gianluca Brunori, University of Pisa, Italy
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