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Cardano registers 100,000 Indian farm parcels on blockchain

  • —100,000 parcels in Maharashtra received tamper-resistant IDs on Cardano
  • —Pilot in April–May 2026 covered roughly 8,000–10,500 farms; over 15,000 by June
  • —Daily registrations peaked at 500 farms during expansion
  • —Infrastructure is designed to scale to 1 million farmer registrations
Why it matters: The registry could give smallholders access to credit and insurance, but its value hinges on whether lenders and insurers actually use the data to make decisions.
Source: Crypto Briefing