Submitter: (Deptt of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (DA&FW)
The Seed Traceability, Authentication & Holistic Inventory (SATHI) portal is a national digital platform that records every seed lot’s journey—from breeder, through processors and dealers, to the final buyer—using QR/bar-code tagging and real-time inventory updates. By exposing this data online and via a mobile app, SATHI tackles the chronic problem of counterfeit or sub-standard seed, giving farmers, companies and regulators an instant way to verify provenance and quality. When linked with Agri Stack’s verified farmer and crop registries, each tagged seed lot can also be mapped to the exact fields where it is sown, completing a trusted, end-to-end chain between certified seed and on-farm performance.
The SATHI portal has already been rolled out in the country’s main seed belts: eight large producing states came on-board for the Kharif 2024 season, and 16 states are now integrated into the national seed grid, with 5,600-plus producing agencies and more than 75,000 registered seed growers. Since the portal draws verified Farmer IDs and geo-referenced land parcels from Agri Stack, any remaining state can connect simply by mapping its local seed-certification data to the open APIs, making nationwide expansion both rapid and low-cost.
(Source: Informatics)
Dr. Pramod Kumar Meherda, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Email ID: pk.meherda@nic.in
Contact No. : 011-23381176