Digitization strategy
The vision: “The Swiss agricultural and food sector is digitally transformed. As a competent, trustworthy and agile partner, we enable user-friendly, secure and value-adding solutions. Together with our partners, we are creating a data-based agricultural and food sector and an administratively simpler agricultural policy.”
Added value through data
Digitalization in the Swiss agricultural and food sector is necessary in order to reduce administrative costs, increase data security and make the use of resources more efficient.
Data and new technologies should support the various players in this process.
In order to take advantage of these benefits, common data standards and rules for data management must be defined.
All players in the agricultural and food sector are working closely together to this end and have played a key role in the development of the digitalization strategy.
Only a digitalization strategy supported by all stakeholders can be successfully implemented.
The goals of digitization
Creating added value for partners
Focus on efficient, user-friendly solutions that offer partners along the value chain concrete added value and simplify administrative processes.
Using data as a resource
Promote interoperability and multiple use of data to facilitate collaboration and develop data-driven solutions.
Promoting digital sovereignty
Ensure that the players in the sector have access to their own data and technologies.
Making agriculture more attractive to the younger generation
Ensure that the Swiss agri-food sector promotes the use of state-of-the-art technologies.
The principles of digital transformation
Principles are, so to speak, the guard rails that accompany the implementation of the measures from the digitalization strategy.
Once only
Standardized data formats and interfaces are used.
This enables the reuse and exchange of data between different systems so that data only has to be entered once.
Digital only
The digital channel is used to provide information and services.
The digital channel should be device-independent, barrier-free and free of media discontinuity.
Suitable measures are taken to prevent digital exclusion.
Open by default
The available data is made available in machine-readable and open formats for free further use by anyone, taking data protection into account.
Each data provider can decide for themselves whether to release their data and can transparently track the use of their data at any time.
User friendly
The digital services are being optimized and redesigned to meet the needs of users.
The applications are designed to be as easy to use and understand as possible, making them as user-friendly as possible.
Security & Privacy by default
The data providers themselves decide on the transfer of their data on the basis of defined and transparently published rules and agreements.
The data users assume their responsibility in handling the data and ensure information security and data protection.
Agile by default
Agile tools, processes and practices are standard.
Agile thinking and action form the basis for self-organized and cross-divisional collaboration on an equal footing with all stakeholders.
The focus is on partners and employees and their needs.
We are a learning organization.
Innovation first
By actively scouting for innovative approaches, technologies and trends and by collaborating with partners and experts, we identify promising innovations at an early stage.
As an early adopter, we encourage the courage to test new ideas and gain experience, while focusing on the needs of stakeholders in the agriculture and food industry.
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