Revolutionizing Tunisian Agricultural Traceability with Blockchain: Exploring Aries and Ethereum Solutions

Amira Talha; Tarek Frikha; Jalel Ktari; Habib Hamam

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Revolutionizing Tunisian Agricultural Traceability with Blockchain: Exploring Aries and Ethereum Solutions

Journal of Information Assurance and Security

Volume 20 (2025): Issue 1 (February 2025)

By: Amira Talha, Tarek Frikha, Jalel Ktari and Habib Hamam

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