TRST01 to Implement Digital Traceability for GI-Tagged Tandur Red Gram
The project aims to digitally register farmers and track Tandur Red Gram from cultivation and harvesting through aggregation, processing and distribution, strengthening supply-chain transparency, verifying the geographical origin of the produce and improving farmers’ market access, the company said in a release on Monday.
Tandur Red Gram, popularly known as Tandur Toor Dal, became Telangana’s first agricultural product to receive a Geographical Indication (GI) tag in December 2022.
The GI is held by Yalal Farmers Producers Company Ltd., which filed the application with support from Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU).
Under the initiative, TRST01 will create digital profiles for around 65,000 farmers, linking their identities with landholdings, crops and harvests.
The platform will enable the identification of individual growers behind each lot of produce and provide digital records tracking its movement across the supply chain.
The company will also map farm plots and verify them against the registered geographical area of Tandur Red Gram.
Only produce originating from the designated area and supplied by registered farmers will qualify for verified Tandur origin under the system, helping prevent the sale of products falsely marketed under the name.
TRST01 Founder and CEO Prabir Mishra said the initiative would combine geographical recognition with digital verification to strengthen trust across the agricultural value chain.
The project seeks to connect farmers, product origin, quality and markets through technology, while strengthening the identity of Tandur Red Gram and creating greater value for growers, he said.
Tandur Red Gram is cultivated in the rain-fed black soils of the Tandur region in Vikarabad district.
According to the company, the region’s limestone- and attapulgite clay-rich soils contribute to the dal’s taste, cooking quality and protein content of 22–24 per cent.
The initiative is expected to demonstrate how GI recognition and digital traceability can work together to protect the identity of agricultural products, improve supply-chain transparency and support farmers.
The model could also provide a framework for similar initiatives involving other GI-tagged agricultural products in the country.
TRST01 operates in nine countries and provides digital platforms for supply-chain traceability, environmental, social and governance (ESG) management, and climate verification.
