The agricultural division of pharmaceutical and life science giant Bayer AG, Bayer CropScience, is collaborating with ConsenSys-backed Blockchain-as-a-Service startup BlockApps.
BlockApps revealed the news to Cointelegraph on March 22.
Germany-based Bayer CropScience has been working on a number of blockchain initiatives with BlockApps since early 2018, a BlockApps spokesperson told Cointelegraph.
One of the largest pharmaceutical firms globally, Bayer acquired American agrochemical and agricultural corporation Monsanto in June 2018.
A BlockApps representative said that more details can be expected during Blockchain for Food and Beverage Supply Chain conference that is set to take place on March 26-27 in San Francisco.
The BlockApps platform aims to provide an interoperable platform for programmable business networks.
Founded in 2015, Blockapps Strato was formed from a partnership between ConsenSys and the Microsoft Azure cloud platform in order to build Ethereum BaaS on Azure for enterprise clients and developers.
BlockApps is a founding member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, the world's largest open-source blockchain initiative.
BlockApps claims to be the first blockchain company that partnered with all major cloud platforms including Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform.
Earlier in March, Cointelegraph reported that the Malaysian state of Penang was considering the use of blockchain technology in food and agricultural products supply chains to improve traceability.
Bayer's Agricultural Division Partners With ConsenSys-Backed Startup BlockApps
Published on Mar 22, 2019
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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