Overview

With rising demand for clean-label, high-quality produce, protecting the integrity of food from farm to fork was vital, a high-tech polyhouse farmer growing premium vegetables and fruits sought a reliable traceability system to ensure market transparency, compliance and consumer confidence to become compliant with IndGAP standards.

Challenges

• Input Usage Documentation – Lack of digital records on fertilizers, pest control and irrigation practices
• Post-Harvest Tracking – Link produce to individual polyhouse batches and harvest dates
• Compliance IndGAP standards – Make the polyhouse compliant with IndGAP standards to enable certification 
• Market Credibility & Export Readiness – Demand for origin traceability and pesticide history by buyers and exporters
• Authentication in Retail Sales – Lack of visibility in where produce was grown and by whom

Farmer Recognition & Brand Identity – No direct connection between farmers and consumers

Solution

Outcome

• Scalion helped track every step of the polyhouse produce journey, from farm to market. It made it easy to follow where and how the crops were grown, what inputs were used and when they were harvested.

• This built trust with buyers and consumers, who could scan the QR code to see full details. It also helped farmers prove the quality of their produce and avoid mix-ups or fake entries in the market.

• As a result, the system improved transparency providing better recognition and market access to the farmer.

Conclusion

By adopting Scalion, the farmer established a transparent, accountable, and digitally traceable produce supply chain. Thereby becoming compliant with the certification standards, which has now enabled access to export market and avail premium pricing for the produce by establishing trust through enabling brand identity and traceability.