ABSTRACT
Identity preservation and traceability’s (IPT) state-of-the-science, thus far, has been the collection of the various components, entities, and participants involved with IPT. This interpretation chapter will give de nition to the present state and also attempt to suggest what we may expect in the future. The state of the art could have included more, or at least different, entities and components on which to base the interpretation. This interpretation, imperfect as it may be, provides another way of looking at agricultural production as it applies to our present needs. Other studies could easily dedicate their whole scope of research to any individual component. The interpretation is also not a quantitative piece. Thus, it was deemed critical to provide whatever anecdotal, ancillary, and spherical qualitative information (from entities, components, and participants) that was most readily available and thus provide greater information and interpretation in as complete a work as possible.
