Within LiveSeeding, AEDIT srl has developed a new digital tool, “OHMTrack”, to assist breeders, seed producers, seed traders and authorities in ensuring traceability and notification of the OHM.
OHMTrack is an open-source digital tool that supports the notification process and the traceability of OHM seed lots, ensuring transparent and harmonised tracking across the EU.
OHMTrack provides functionalities to:
• Support breeders, seed producers, seed traders and authorities in tracking OHM traceability;
• Trace seed lots exchange across organizations;
• Streamline the process of OHM notification.
OHM Track is based on open standards and guarantees interoperability with other digital tools supporting the constitution, characterization, and marketing of OHM, such as:
- SHiNeMaS, a digital system for recording seed lot history, phenotyping, and cultural practices, which will be adapted to support participatory breeding programs, including the constitution and development of OHM;
- SeedLinked (https://seedlinked.com/), a user-friendly and interactive platform that enables decentralized cultivar evaluation and integrates real-time multi-actor feedback (from farmers to consumers), allowing for extensive and heterogeneous data collection via smartphone;
- European router database (www.seeds4organic.eu), which provides up-to-date information on the availability of organic seeds and links to national databases.
The progress of OHMTrack development was presented during the “OHM traceability workshops” (7 Jul and 14 Sep 2023) and during the LiveSeeding annual meeting in Poznan in the session “Demonstration of OHMTrack (presentation and possibility to individually test the tool)”.
The beta version of OHMTrack was released in April 2024 and is accessible at the following address. The system is open for testing and accepts contributions to support the continuous improvement of the final version.
A detailed description of the OHMTrack and its user manual is available in the Deliverable 3.1 – Digital tool for the notification and traceability of OHM seed.
