People often talk about food sovereignty and energy sovereignty, but we should also be thinking about data sovereignty. Europe is the world’s leading agricultural power, and we have everything to gain by working collectively and committing together to produce structured, high-quality data that serves the entire value chain.” Marc Hoppenot CEO of Wiuz 3 For the 2024 season, we analysed 18,000 plots, and after multiple rounds of verification, we identified errors on 107 plots — meaning less than 0.5% of the total. Such a low error rate could have justified simply removing those data points, but as VIVESCIA rightly explained to us, this would potentially have affected around fifty farmers who might not have received the remuneration they deserved. So we had to redo all our calculations over the summer, breaking down every single data point from each of the affected plots. The main source of error came from a calculator that was not recognising new practices, particularly those related to the application of organic amendments.” Audrey Bourolleau Co-founder of Hectar 5 EXPERT INSIGHTS Data maturity is progressing rapidly. We now have increasingly robust statistical references, and, above all, we are beginning to see the emergence of time series and trends. Scaling up also makes the data more representative. TRANSITIONS is one of the most advanced programmes that exists — both in its ambition and in the way it has been designed and aligned with international standards.” Adrien Trompier Head of agri-food, Quantis 4 3. An open data platform used to track observations, identify plots, and generate the indicators used in the TRANSITIONS programme. 4. Environmental strategy consulting firm. 5. Pilot farm and partner of the TRANSITIONS programme. 11