Farmer Registry Online Registration 2026: Step-by-Step Guide

To get a Farmer ID, you register on your own state’s Farmer Registry portal or app, verify yourself with Aadhaar, claim your land from the state’s land records, and sign the consent with Aadhaar e-Sign. After you submit, you receive an enrolment number by SMS. Once state officials approve your claim, your Farmer ID is generated.

This guide walks through every step of self-mode registration, the option where you register yourself. We base the steps on the official Uttar Pradesh self-mode user manual and the national AgriStack FAQ, because the screens are built on the same reference application in most states. Your state’s buttons and labels may be slightly different.

Before you start: a 5-minute checklist

Registration goes smoothly when you have these ready. Our documents checklist explains each item in more detail.

Step 1: Open your state portal and choose self mode

Open your state’s Farmer Registry portal in a browser, or install the official app linked from it. Most portals offer more than one way in:

• Farmer (self mode): you register yourself;
• Official or Department: for agriculture and revenue staff;
• CSC or Assisted mode: for Common Service Centre operators and other authorised facilitators.

Choose the farmer option. New users choose Sign Up or Create New User Account.

Step 2: Sign up with Aadhaar e-KYC

In the UP self-mode manual, signing up works like this:

1. Click Sign Up and enter the farmer's Aadhaar number.
2. Click Submit. An OTP is sent to the mobile number linked to Aadhaar.
3. Enter the OTP and click Verify. Your details are fetched from Aadhaar.
4. Click Next, then enter the mobile number you want to use for this account.
5. Verify that mobile number with the OTP sent to it.
6. Create a password, re-enter it and click Next. A popup confirms the account was created.

Tip: Choose a password you can remember but others cannot guess. You will need it to check status and update details later. If you forget it, see Farmer Registry forgot password.

Step 3: Sign in and start “Register as Farmer”

Sign in with your mobile number, password and the captcha shown on screen. After signing in, choose Register as Farmer. If the captcha keeps failing, see captcha not working.

Step 4: Check and complete your personal details

The form opens with details fetched from Aadhaar. In the UP manual, the sections are:

1. Farmer details: name and basic details from Aadhaar. These cannot usually be edited here, because they come from Aadhaar.
2. Farmer photo: taken from Aadhaar.
3. Residential details: your address. If it was not fetched correctly, the UP portal offers an option to insert the latest residential details. Choose your village from the dropdown.
4. Ownership details: choose your farmer type from the dropdown, for example owner. The options are set by your state.
5. Occupation: confirm the declarations (in the UP manual, two checkboxes) and continue.

Check spellings carefully. If your name in Aadhaar is wrong, stop and correct it at an Aadhaar centre first. A wrong Aadhaar name will lower your name-match score in the next step.

Step 5: Claim your land

This is the most important part of registration. The portal reads the state’s land record (record of rights, or RoR) and you claim the plots that belong to you.

5a. Fetch land shown under your name

Click Fetch Land Details. If your Aadhaar has already been linked to your land through earlier scheme data, some plots may appear automatically. The official FAQ explains that land already linked to your Aadhaar “would be shown automatically to farmer after he does his eKYC authentication”.

5b. Search for land that is missing

If some or all of your land is not shown:

1. Select the district, sub-district/tehsil and village where the land is.
2. Enter the survey number (khasra, gata or plot number, depending on your state) and click Submit.
3. Select the sub-survey number if your land has one.
4. From the list of owners, select your name, then click Show Land Details.
5. Check the area and details, tick the checkbox and click Add.
6. Repeat for every plot you own, including plots in other villages.

If your name is not in the owners list: the UP portal has an option, “My name is not there in the list of owners”, which searches the live land record. If your name still does not appear, the land is probably not recorded in your name. See land details error and missing plots.

If the village does not appear in the dropdown, see village not showing in Farmer Registry.

5c. Verify all lands and the name-match score

Click Verify All Lands. The system compares the name in your Aadhaar with the owner name in the land record and calculates a name-match score for each plot. The official FAQ says 0 means no match and 100 means a perfect match, and that each state decides its thresholds.

In Uttar Pradesh, according to the official manual:

A medium score does not mean you did anything wrong. It is common when names are spelt differently in Hindi and English records, or when a middle name or caste name is missing in one record. It just means a person will check.

Step 6: Consent, declaration and e-Sign

1. Read the consent and declaration screen. Tick the boxes and click Submit.
2. On the Farmer eSign screen, tick the boxes and click Proceed to eSign.
3. Choose OTP-based authentication, enter the Aadhaar number, and enter the OTP sent to the Aadhaar-linked mobile.
4. Tick the confirmation box and click Submit. A message confirms that your land details were added.

The official FAQ explains why this step matters: your farmer and land linkage “are not shared with any external entities, without an explicit consent from the Farmer, which the Farmer needs to provide with e-sign”. Read more in consent and data sharing.

If e-Sign fails or the OTP does not arrive, see e-Sign problems and OTP not received.

Step 7: Save your enrolment number

After submission, an enrolment number is sent by SMS to your registered mobile. Write it down and keep the SMS. The FAQ says this number “can be used to track the status of their claim”. It is not your Farmer ID. See enrolment number vs Farmer ID.

Step 8: Approval and Farmer ID

State revenue officials review claims that are not approved automatically. The FAQ says the onus to approve or reject is on them, and that states can set an auto-approval if officials do not act within a fixed time. Once the claim is approved, the Farmer ID is generated, typically within about 24 hours, according to the FAQ.

Check progress with the Check Enrolment Status option on your state portal. In Uttar Pradesh, the manual points to this option at upfr.agristack.gov.in. Our status check guide covers other states, and the approval process explains what happens behind the scenes.

After you get your Farmer ID

• Add land you missed. The UP manual describes the Update Farmer Request (UFR): log in, choose “Update My Information”, then “Land Ownership and Land Details”, and use ”+ Add New Land (Owned)”. The UP manual says UFR can be used only after the Farmer ID is approved.
• Keep your mobile number current. Updates and OTPs come to it. See mobile number change.
• Use it for schemes. Give your Farmer ID when a scheme asks for it, only on official portals or at official counters.

Other ways to register

Self mode is not the only option. The Ministry has said farmers without mobile phones can get help from Farmer Producer Organisations, Krishi Sakhis and Common Service Centres, and that states hold camps “so that no farmer is left out”.

Common problems and quick fixes

Safety reminders

• Do not share OTPs with anyone on the phone, even someone claiming to be from the government.
• Do not pay anyone who promises to “speed up” your Farmer ID.
• Use only official apps linked from your state portal. See how to identify official apps.