Traceable Seed Provenance Systems: A Review of Certification, Digital Records and Counterfeit Risk

Authors

  • Ctibor Gajdosik Department of Agri-Food Supply Chains, Podunajsko Institute of Agro-Informatics, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia Author
  • Gerda Haavistu Department of Plant Breeding, Sakala Institute of Agro-Informatics, Viljandi, Estonia Author
  • Helena Bogdanowicz Department of Agri-Food Supply Chains, Kujawy Centre for Digital Agriculture, Inowroclaw, Poland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22666212

Keywords:

Traceable Seed Provenance Systems; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

There is real interest in traceable seed provenance systems right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers the
most value. We pull together the current evidence for traceable seed provenance systems, covering the methodological, practical,
governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where farms and advisors are still largely
working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here than either
broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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