The Directorate of Agriculture, Jharkhand, and global blockchain technology company, SettleMint has jointly announced the successful launch of seed distribution to farmers based on blockchain technology.
By implementing the blockchain solution the state of Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to deploy a production-grade blockchain-based seed distribution program. The move is aimed at bringing transparency and authenticity to seeds that the farmers receive under the seed exchange scheme and other schemes.
The blockchain platform tracks seed supply distribution from issuing of supply orders from the Directorate of Agriculture, placing of seed demand by District Agriculture Officer, tracking seed distribution from the registered government seed producing agency to distributors, retailers, LAMPS/PACS, FPOs, and finally to the farmers.
Mr. Shahzad Fatmi, CEO, SettleMint India, said, “We are delighted to partner with Jharkhand as it becomes the first state in the country to distribute seeds through blockchain technology. Blockchain is proving to be a game-changer in the agricultural sector. It is revolutionizing agrarian supply chains by making them more transparent and traceable.”
Through the use of blockchain, the state envisions creating a robust farmers database that can be used to enhance the delivery of various agriculture and horticulture schemes and enable micro monitoring of every district in the state. Along with this, it is planned to enable e-KYC for authentication of aadhar number of farmers.
