Eurozone farmers invest a significant portion of their capital in agricultural inputs, only to discover—often too late—that seeds are sub-par, fertilizers diluted, or pesticides ineffective or counterfeit.

This trust gap between input sources and on-farm outcomes drives waste, demoralizes farmers, and undermines both food security and business performance.

The tension between the necessity for yield improvements and the risk of input quality errors stifles progress across the value chain.

The technical challenge lies in the lack of portable, affordable, and easy-to-use verification tools at the farm level, combined with fragmented supply chains and weak input traceability.

Regulatory oversight is insufficiently granular, and current testing solutions either require costly lab analysis or specialized expertise.

Current solutions rely on batch-level certification, laboratory testing, and sporadic government inspections, none of which are timely, affordable, or scalable for direct on-farm use.

Handheld devices exist, but they are expensive, complex, or limited to specific input types.