TRST01, a technology company, has developed the Open AgriTrace Stack (OATS), a blueprint for digital public infrastructure (DPI) in agricultural traceability, with an objective to strengthen food safety and improve export compliance, from farm to consumer.A media statement said this World Bank-commissioned blueprint has been published under a Creative Commons license.The open, interoperable framework sets out how a trusted, tamper-evident record of agricultural produce can be maintained from farm to consumer, serving food safety, consumer confidence, GI protection and export compliance through a single shared layer rather than separate systems for each.Drawing on the design lessons of India’s DPI programmes such as Aadhaar and UPI that demonstrated the value of common standards and network interoperability at national scale, OATS proposes a shared digital backbone for agricultural traceability, the statement said.Open frameworkIt would allow farmers, exporters, laboratories, logistics companies and regulators to exchange authenticated information using open standards rather than isolated proprietary systems.Unlike closed software platforms, OATS is designed as an open framework that allows different digital systems to communicate seamlessly. Farmers, farmer producer organisations (FPOs), processors, exporters, laboratories and regulators would be able to share verified information without duplication of records or repeated compliance submissions, it said.The blueprint further sets out inclusivity as a core design principle, recommending that participation should carry no cost to the farmer, so that small and marginal farmers are not excluded from premium domestic and international markets.Quoting Prabir Mishra, CEO of TRST01, the statement said: “Global buyers today are no longer satisfied with declarations. They expect verifiable proof of where a product came from, how it was grown and how it moved through the supply chain. As regulations become more stringent across Europe, the US, Japan and other major markets, India requires trusted digital infrastructure that enables complete transparency while keeping compliance simple for every stakeholder.”A first implementation, ‘MahaTRACE’, is under consideration by the Maharashtra government, with TRST01 and GS1 India as proposed implementation partners, the statement said, adding, the scope, crop coverage and phasing of any such deployment would be determined by the State government.Published on July 30, 2026