From Bihar's ponds to the world's shelves — traceable, export‑grade Makhana.
SnackMint pairs IoT-enabled pond monitoring and drone surveys with shared processing and QR-code traceability, so buyers get quality-assured Makhana and Bihar's farmers finally capture the value their crop creates.
Bihar grows the world's Makhana. It rarely captures the world's prices.
85–90% of global Makhana comes from ponds in Bihar's Mithila belt — yet fragmented, manual practices mean the farmers who grow it see little of the value it creates downstream.
No monitoring
Pond water quality, temperature and disease risk are tracked by eye and instinct, not data — so crop loss is often caught too late to act on.
Manual processing
Roasting and popping — the steps that turn raw seed into export-grade Makhana — happen by hand in small batches, with no shared standard for quality or scale.
No traceability
Once Makhana leaves the pond, its origin disappears. Buyers can't verify quality or source, so a GI-tagged crop still sells at commodity prices.
One connected system, from pond to port.
SnackMint layers monitoring, processing and market infrastructure so quality and origin travel with every batch of Makhana.
IoT sensors & drone pond surveys
Low-cost sensors and periodic drone flyovers track water quality, temperature and disease risk across pond clusters in real time.
Shared Common Facility Centres
Semi-automated roasting and popping lines, shared across farmer clusters, bring every batch up to a consistent export standard.
QR traceability & a B2B export platform
Every pack carries a QR code linking to pond, processing and grading records, feeding a B2B platform integrated with AgriStack.
Every pack carries a story buyers can verify in seconds.
Origin has always been Makhana's biggest credibility gap. Our QR-code system closes it — turning a commodity sack into a verifiable, GI-tagged product buyers can stand behind.
- Pond-level origin data, not just a region on a label
- Processing facility and quality grade attached to every batch
- Built to interoperate with AgriStack & Farmer ID records
Built for both ends of the value chain.
Small & marginal Makhana growers
In Darbhanga & Madhubani, working ponds that have grown Makhana for generations.
- Affordable pond monitoring & early risk alerts
- Shared access to export-grade processing
- Better, traceability-backed prices
Export importers & FMCG brands
B2B buyers in the USA, Gulf & Japan, plus domestic health-food and FMCG brands.
- Verified, GI-tagged sourcing
- Consistent, export-standard quality
- Batch-level traceability on demand
Nothing from the pond goes to waste.
Makhana husk — the shell left over after popping — is collected at our Common Facility Centres and converted into biogas and compost under the GOBARdhan scheme, closing the loop back to the farm.
Ready to grow with confidence?
Whether you farm Makhana, buy it, or fund the systems behind it — there's a place for you in the pilot.