Honey in the Chain: Blockchain for BeekeepingEach jar of honey holds a story we rarely know: that of the families who care for the hives and of the bees that pollinate crops and support ecosystems. Today, thanks to technology, that story can be tracked from the hive to the consumer through secure and accessible records. These records allow production and origin to be verified and are ready to connect to international data networks when needed. This benefit is one of the impacts amplified by the BELLA II blockchain testbed, made available to Latin American initiatives through the Early Adopters LATAM program, driven by RedCLARA and LNET.
When technology impacts real life, it ceases to be just innovation and becomes transformation. The high-performance computing (HPC) testbed of the BELLA II project is a key tool to drive that change in Latin America and the Caribbean by turning scientific knowledge into solutions that protect human health and the environment.

In September 2021 we witnessed the official launch of BELLA, the new transcontinental link that interconnects the research network backbones in Europe (GÉANT) and Latin America (RedCLARA). The inauguration event took place online at TICAL, RedCLARA’s annual conference.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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BELLA II receives funding from the European Union through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), under agreement number 438-964 with DG-INTPA, signed in December 2022. The implementation period of BELLA II is 48 months. |
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