Technology changing the game for smallholder farmers

Food traceability solution.

Combating counterfeit seeds with food traceability

While in developed markets counterfeit seeds are an economic nuisance, they represent a real threat to the livelihood of the most vulnerable. The use of potentially ineffectual and substandard products contributes to the loss of 10.6 million tons of food per year, adversely impacting the performance, efficiency, and confidence of hundreds of thousands of smallholder farmers.

In India alone, around 25% of pesticides, seeds and fertilizers on the market are thought to be counterfeit.

By leveraging commonly available mobile technology and assigning individual products with unique, secure and traceable identities, small-scale farmers can authenticate the provenance of their seeds before planting. Furthermore, Kezzler’s cloud-based app opens up a direct channel of communication between farmers and consultants, who are on hand to provide tailored consultation and information relating to the farmer’s location and specific crop based on individualized information acquired during the authentication. With this newly incorporated data brand owners can now plan and forecast better, reduce product returns, and improve overall supply chain efficiency using real-time reports and dashboards.

Over eight-hundred thousand farming households have already become integrated into this program in 2019 and use Kezzler’s cloud-based app and SMS based authenticate platform to personally verify the agricultural inputs they purchase are genuine.

Over eight-hundred thousand farming households have already become integrated into this program in 2019 and use Kezzler’s cloud-based app and SMS based authenticate platform to personally verify the agricultural inputs they purchase are genuine.

Revenue Protection

One of the largest cotton seeds manufacturers in India is leveraging the Kezzler solution to help identify retailers selling counterfeit seeds, enabling them to take legal action against them,not only safeguarding their business interest but also securing farmer’s trust in their brand.

Better Business Insights

By creating a universal connection layer Kezzler supports the acquisition of data from external sources and connects to programs as diverse as mobile apps or enterprise logistic systems – in turn, this also enables the platform to deliver the most appropriate analysis to the relevant stakeholders.

The result? Democratizing access to information to improve the food value-chain. The visibility provided by the Kezzler platform means the brand owners have more accurate data to improve planning and forecasting, reduce returns, and improve overall supply chain efficiency using real-time reports and dashboards

Smallholders Indian famers using game changing technology