SATHI - Seed Authentication, Traceability & Holistic Inventory
India
SATHI, or Seed Authentication, Traceability & Holistic Inventory, strives to create a nurturing digital environment. It aims to oversee seed production, ensure quality certification, and manage distribution with utmost care. The core objective is to offer complete traceability of seeds from their inception to the hands of farmers across successive generations. It envisions a system that not only monitors the journey of seeds but also fosters a holistic approach, acknowledging the significance of each step in empowering farmers and ensuring the authenticity of their agricultural resources.
Lead (category)
Government multi-agencies
Name of initiative lead (and partners)
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Govt. of India
Categories of Digital initiative deliverables
Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery
ICT products/solutions and services by category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Agrifood Services
Non ICT products and services (deliverables)
Business and governance structure
The key stakeholders within the SATHI ecosystem include ICAR, Breeder Seed Production Centres, State Seed Certification bodies, State Seed Testing Labs, Central Seed Testing Lab, Seed Producing Companies, Seed Processing Plants, Seed growers, Seed wholesalers, Seed retailers, State Governments, and farmers. SATHI is engineered on a robust Microservices Architecture, ensuring modular and independent components for seamless operation.
DI ICT-deliverables format
Cloud-based
Web-based platform
Mobile applications
Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)
Farmers
Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders
Participation: 766 - Districts ; 7,230 - Blocks ; and 597,483 - Villages. At least 14 states are active, including Odisha, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Jammu, Kashmir, West Bengal, Himachal, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Sikkim and Assam. More than 5678 seed producing agencies are on-boarded and over 75330 Seed growers are registered
Digital Initiative development Stage
Fully operational - Growing and expanding stage
Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries
Phase 1 of the project covers workflow automation of Nucleus to Breeder seed production, Breeder to Foundation and Certified seed production processes. Phase 2 of the project will cover seed dealer licensing, seed supply chain and inventory management.
Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)
National
All over India
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital solution