In the global journey of agarwood—from seedling to sacred resin—trust has become the rarest commodity. For centuries, the path of Oud was shrouded in secrecy: origins obscured, authenticity doubted, and sustainability often unverified. Farmers, traders, and artisans all worked within a fragmented value chain where the truth of the product was difficult to trace, and transparency was nearly impossible to guarantee.
As international markets demand ethical sourcing, legal compliance, and proof of sustainability, the agarwood industry stands at a historic crossroads. It can either continue the old ways—or embrace a new era of digital integrity.
The Agarwood Digital Traceability & Blockchain Systems Course was created to lead that transformation.
This course redefines how agarwood is documented, protected, and valued. By merging forestry science, supply-chain data, and next-generation blockchain technology, participants gain the tools to build transparent, immutable, and globally verifiable traceability systems for every tree, chip, and drop of oil.
Here, technology becomes a guardian of tradition. Blockchain becomes a steward of the forest. Traceability becomes a promise—one that honors every farmer, every community, and every Aquilaria tree.
Developed under Oud Academia, this course empowers growers, processors, exporters, and regulators to implement digital-led sustainability—ensuring that every agarwood product carries a digital fingerprint of authenticity, legality, and ecological responsibility.
With QR-coded tree passports, decentralized data registries, and end-to-end carbon accounting, the course equips the next generation of agarwood leaders to build systems trusted by international buyers, auditors, and CITES authorities.
The result is more than compliance. It is a revolution in how value is created.
Because in a world demanding accountability, the future of agarwood belongs to those who can prove their story—root to resin, farm to fragrance.
This is not just technology. It is the new foundation of a sustainable global oud economy.
Duration: 5 days (Intensive Certification Course)
Learning Objectives
- Certified participants are qualified to:
- Implement QR-to-blockchain traceability for agarwood
- Manage AgriTrace plantation-to-product records
- Deploy smart contracts for agarwood trade
- Create ESG & carbon-ready sustainability records
- Present verifiable agarwood to premium buyers & regulators
COURSE MODULE
Module 1: The Global Agarwood Market & Traceability Imperative
- Fraud, laundering & substitution in agarwood trade
- CITES, legality & buyer compliance requirements
- Plantation vs wild agarwood differentiation
- Price premiums for traceable agarwood
Module 2: “Plantation to Perfumery” Value Chain
- Seedling → inoculation → harvest → processing → export
- Critical control points for data capture
- Traceability failures & risk mitigation
Module 3: Digital Traceability Architecture
- What data must be recorded—and when
- Unique tree IDs & batch identity
- QR codes vs RFID vs blockchain records
- Farmer-friendly data collection models
Workshop: Map your own agarwood value chain & traceability gaps
Module 4: Tree-Level & Plantation Registration
- Farmer, cooperative & land records
- GPS mapping & geo-fencing
- Seed source & genetic traceability
- Inoculation records (BarIno System compatible)
Module 5: Harvest, Processing & Product Traceability
- Harvest event logging
- Batch creation & lot integrity
- Chip grading, resin classification & oil distillation
- Packaging & labeling protocols
Hands-On Lab: Register trees → log harvest → create product batch → generate QR
Module 6: Blockchain for High-Value Agriculture
- Permissioned vs public blockchains
- Immutable records & audit trails
- How buyers verify on-chain data
- Regulatory acceptance of blockchain records
Module 7: AgriFin Ledger™ & SmartAgri Contracts™
- Recording trade transactions on AgriFin Ledger™
- SmartAgri Contracts™ for:
- Contract farming
- Revenue sharing
- Investor-funded plantations
- Dispute prevention & transparency
Case Lab: Build a farmer–processor–exporter smart contract flow
Module 8: GreenLedger™ & GreenBlocks™
- Recording sustainable practices
- Linking agarwood to:
- Agroforestry indicators
- Carbon sequestration data
- ESG & SDG metrics
- Buyer & investor sustainability reporting
Module 9: AgriToken™ – Tokenized Agarwood & Carbon (Conceptual)
- Asset-backed vs utility tokens
- Tokenizing:
- Agarwood batches
- Carbon units
- Revenue rights
- Legal & compliance boundaries
Workshop: Design a sustainability & token-ready agarwood profile
Module 10: Live End-to-End Demonstration
- QR scan → blockchain record → buyer verification
- Exporter & perfumer due-diligence workflow
- Responding to buyer & regulator audits
Module 11: Deployment & Adoption Strategy
- Cooperative & cluster-based rollout
- Cost sharing & phased implementation
- Training-of-Trainers (ToT) model
- Government & university partnerships
