Solution stories
Seed Company: Verified Fields, Faster Inspections, Traceable Lots
Offline mapping, verified visits and field-to-lot traceability with Seed Track, Anvaya and ASTR Reporting.
Trikaan Research & Engineering4 min read
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Field data was the weakest link in seed quality.
- Offline mapping and verified visits created trusted field records.
- Visit plans driven by crop stage focused officers where needed.
- Linking fields to lots made quality issues traceable.
A seed company running hybrid seed production with many contracted growers relied on officers’ notebooks and spreadsheets.
This story shows how field records became trustworthy.
The situation
Officers visited growers across several districts. Visit reports arrived late, field areas were declared rather than measured, and isolation risks were often discovered too late. When a seed lot failed testing, tracing it back to fields took weeks.
What they had already tried
- Spreadsheet templates for officers.
- A generic form app that did not work offline.
- Phone calls to check whether visits happened.
How we diagnosed the real problem
We rode along with officers for several days in the sowing and flowering seasons.
- Coverage disappeared in most fields.
- Area disputes affected grower payments.
- Managers could not see which fields were behind schedule.
- Harvest records did not link cleanly to processing lots.
The solution, product by product
No single product solved this. The value came from the products working on the same data.
| Product | Role in this solution |
|---|---|
| Seed Track (app) | Offline grower onboarding with consent, walk/draw/hybrid mapping, stage-based inspections with photos |
| Seed Track (portal) | Programme dashboards, lagging fields, isolation risks, visit planning |
| Anvaya | Seed issue to growers, procurement of harvested produce, processing, lots and payments |
| ASTR Reporting | Yield and quality by variety, region and grower; officer coverage |
| ASTR field agent | Weekly visit plans from crop stage and last visit |
How it rolled out
- Pilot with one district’s officers.
- Map tiles pre-loaded for offline use.
- Stage checklists per crop.
- Harvest-to-lot linkage at processing.
What changed
Managers moved from asking whether visits happened to acting on what officers found.
- Field areas measured, with method recorded.
- Inspection coverage at key stages improved by [X]%.
- Lot-to-field traceability in minutes.
- Payment disputes reduced by [X]%.
What we would tell a similar company
- Ride along before designing.
- Make offline the default.
- Plan visits from risk, not lists.
- Link harvest records to lots from day one.
Frequently asked questions
Does Seed Track work offline?
Yes, fully, syncing when coverage returns.
Which products were used?
Seed Track app and portal, Anvaya and ASTR Reporting.
Is this a real customer?
It is an illustrative composite.
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Trikaan Research & Engineering
Trikaan
Written by the researchers and engineers who build Anvaya, ASTR and Seed Track, with input from Trikaan's delivery and engineering teams.
