Stakeholders along the entire natural fibre supply chain, from the mulberry and cotton farms to the retail establishments piled high with endless rows of sparkling sarees, strive to be self-sufficient in addition to protecting themselves from market risks. Adoption of digital solutions on a broad scale may guarantee that all parties involved, especially those at the bottom – farmers, reelers, and weavers – are justly paid.
While this is going on, the store may take advantage of their higher quality to more precisely determine the price because they are aware of the complete lifecycle of both the fabric and the raw ingredients. Every stakeholder along the natural fibre value chain has seen an enormous rise in income as a result of improved quality and increased overall production. With the aid of technology and an enabling ecology, many villages in the recent past had farmers, reelers, and weavers who scripted similar success stories. Stakeholders in the mostly rural textile industry have been able to enhance the advantages they have gained from increased internet connectivity and smartphone adoption with the help of digital solutions.
Assurance of quality
As an illustration, weaving silk is a very difficult operation. Mulberry leaf silk cocoons must be delivered from the farms within a set amount of time because every minute lost in transit can lower the quality of the strands. Mulberry growers frequently gripe about the hassle involved in moving silk cocoons, which includes having to get up at strange hours, organising transportation, and finding small storage areas.
Farmers would be able to deliver the gathered cocoons to the reelers/yarn makers relatively instantaneously if the entire ecosystem were digitally integrated on an app, for example. The farmer can delegate the job of delivering the cocoons to skilled logistics handlers as soon as he harvests the cocoons and sends an alert on this app. In the meanwhile, with third-party vendors making sure that cocoons are transported in sterile chambers, neither the reeler nor the farmer needs to be concerned about the likelihood that the cocoons would deteriorate and can rest comfortable that they will be appropriately compensated. Pricing consistency will be brought about by streamlining the supply chain from the farm to the retail outlet, and data accessibility on both domestic and international markets will support persistent demand.
