Empowering Farmers with Blockchain-based Transparency Throughout the Value Chain

Majority of the Indian farmers growing diverse local crops and traditional cultivars are small small-landholding farmer. Lower yields and challenges to find a value chain are accentuated by the effects of climate change. Since 2003, a new provision has been made available to farmers to come together and form ‘Farmer Producer Organization’ and ‘Farmer Producer Company’, in which farmers themselves are shareholders and external entities aren’t allowed to become investors. Currently, there are 7,000 such registered groups in India, and it’s being hailed as a promising step towards farmer liberation. Many farmer collectives, especially Farmer Producer Companies, are eagerly adopting emerging technologies for their operations, scaling, value-chain integration, and marketing purposes. This paper will seek to explore a case study of India’s largest farmer collective of fruits and vegetables regarding their usage of Blockchain technology in bringing transparency and efficiency across their integrated value chain.