Jharkhand become India’s first state to use Blockchain tech to distribute seed to farmers



In a significant development that will revolutionise agriculture in the country, the Directorate of Agriculture, Jharkhand, and global blockchain technology company, SettleMint, India jointly announced the successful launch of blockchain-based seed distribution to farmers.

SettleMint has made significant progress and made rapid strides towards the enablement of blockchain adaptation in India in its two years of operations. The successful rollout of blockchain-based seed distribution to farmers in Jharkhand attests to this.

“Jharkhand is 1st state to implement blockchain in the country which is being used to track seed distribution. 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 empanelled government seed producing agency to distributors, retailers, LAMPS/PACS, FPOs and finally to the farmers. The move to implement blockchain is aimed at bringing transparency and authenticity of seeds which the farmers receive under the seed exchange scheme and other schemes. ”

Blockchain technology to track

It is planned to use blockchain technology to track the distribution of seeds, inputs, and implements under all of the schemes run by the Directorate of Agriculture, such as the State Seed Distribution Scheme, NFSM, PMKSY, and NHM. As it enables traceability, real-time monitoring, and efficient scheme management, this will play a critical role in the transparent execution of schemes while eliminating middlemen. “It is the utmost priority of this government to make quality seeds available to the farmers at the right time, along with filtering of middlemen, identification of the beneficiaries and creation of farmers’ database.” 
Jharkhand Agriculture Director Nesha Oraon said.

Commenting on the development, Shahzad Fatmi, CEO, SettleMint India, said, “We are delighted to partner with Jharkhand as it become 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.”

Elaborating on the benefits of using blockchain for seed distribution, Oraon added “This will enable timely availability of seeds to distributors, retailers and most importantly, the farmers. Each farmer is first being registered in the block chain system along with their Aadhar card number and mobile number. Seed distribution is logged into the system after entry of OTP in the registered mobile number of the concerned farmer. The objective of implementing blockchain is to enable distribution of seed and other schemes in a transparent manner. The platform provides information on real time basis to monitor activities like 
LAMPS/PACS/FPO-wise seed distribution to farmers in different districts, quantity/variety of seed being purchased by farmers, no. of times seed is being purchased by a farmer, etc. Through use of blockchain, the state envisions to create a robust farmers’ database which 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” she further added.

Jharkhand become first state to deploy blockchain-based seed distribution

Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to deploy a production grade blockchain-based seed distribution programme by implementing the blockchain solution. The state is committed to bringing all stakeholders on board, including suppliers, distributors, and farmers, and to investing in their training and technology adoption.

Every year, the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Co-operative distributes 300+ seed varieties of 30+ crops to farmers at a subsidised rate during both the Kharif and Rabi seasons.

During the current kharif season, the department used block chain technology to completely cover seed distribution of cereals, pulses, oilseeds, and coarse cereals. More than 3 lakh farmers, 600 LAMPS/PACS/Private distributors, and 160 FPOs have registered on the platform as of today.

Around 30k quintals of seeds have been distributed: due to the current drought-like situation, total seed distribution for this kharif season is estimated to be between 35k and 40k quintals. As blockchain adoption grows, the entire seed distribution process will be free of pilferage, allowing farmers to confirm the variety and quantity received via their app.

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Dr. Kirti Sisodhia

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