Dairy Pal is a blockchain-enabled quality assurance and traceability platform that gives smallholder dairy farmers in the West Bank a verifiable identity in the market — and gives consumers the confidence that every batch is safe, tested, and certified.
A short film on how blockchain traceability is changing what smallholder dairy can prove — and the path to resilient food security.
Dairy is a lifeline for smallholder households in the West Bank — yet informal supply chains leave farmers and consumers without assurance.
Without credible test data, farmers can't demonstrate the safety or quality of what they produce.
Testing for diseases like Brucellosis and mastitis is out of reach for most smallholders.
The least visible, most price-vulnerable farmers can't negotiate fair prices or earn consumer trust.
Dairy Pal links every batch of milk to its quality and health data on a tamper-proof ledger — readable by buyers and consumers in a single scan.
A blockchain backbone with smart contracts securely records batch-level data — so quality history can never be quietly rewritten.
Designed for low-connectivity, low-literacy settings, farmers register and track batches — and log Brucellosis and mastitis results — right from the farm.
A certification mark and QR code travel with the product, letting any consumer instantly confirm origin, testing, and certification at point of sale.
Improve the safety, traceability, and market competitiveness of dairy from smallholder farmers in the West Bank.
Develop dairy quality control and certification protocols defining how milk quality and herd health are tested, recorded, and certified across the chain.
Deploy a blockchain framework — smart contracts, web interface, and mobile app — that securely records data from milking to sale.
Integrate QR verification so farmers can track batches in the field and consumers can instantly verify origin, quality, and certification.
Strengthen farmers' diagnostic capability in two pilot regions and raise consumer awareness of certified, traceable dairy.
From participatory design through field piloting to institutional sustainability — each phase produces the evidence and trust needed to justify the next.
Ground the platform in the real needs, constraints, and trust barriers of the people who will use it.
Engage farmers, public health officials, cooperatives, and retailers before any technical design is finalized.
Design a technical architecture adapted to local connectivity, language, and digital literacy.
Build user-friendly onboarding so adoption doesn't depend on prior technical familiarity.
Build a platform that stays accessible in low-tech environments — with health data built in.
Develop web and mobile interfaces usable with limited connectivity or smartphone capability.
Structured recording of Brucellosis test results alongside mastitis screening data.
Certification status travels with the product from farm to point of sale.
An independent review of data handling, encryption, and certification logic before rollout.
Roll out with 50 farmers across two regions under real field conditions.
Register 50 small-scale dairy farmers and their batches on the platform for the first time.
Ongoing technical support for app usage, data entry, and QR scanning during early adoption.
Track usage to catch low adoption or recurring issues early — not at project close.
Structured feedback feeds directly into in-pilot refinements.
Measure real impact on milk quality and consumer trust before expanding.
Assess the system using platform data and field observation.
Compare milk quality and consumer-trust outcomes against baseline conditions.
Refine based on field experience before any expansion decision.
Expand to additional communities and dairy processors beyond the pilot regions.
Ensure the platform outlives the project itself.
Align with national food-safety systems as a recognized — not parallel — tool.
Define ownership, funding, and technical responsibility after donor support ends.
Publish evidence on blockchain-enabled traceability in smallholder dairy.
Train local universities to sustain innovation and future development.
By placing affordable diagnostics, a simple mobile tool, and a recognizable certification mark in farmers' hands, Dairy Pal turns a market disadvantage into a defensible quality claim.
50 in the pilot, with more joining at scale — gaining a verifiable identity and stronger bargaining power.
Aggregate and certify batches from member farmers under one trusted mark.
A verifiable basis for trusting the safety and origin of every dairy product.
A digital tool that aligns with national food-safety and disease-surveillance systems.
Long-term partners supporting continued innovation and technical sustainability.
Safer dairy, stronger local livelihoods, and a model that can be repeated elsewhere.
Dairy Pal is building a repeatable model in which digital traceability becomes a practical tool for inclusion — helping the most price-vulnerable farmers earn trust, fair prices, and a place in premium markets.
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