Varda - Field Data Exchange
Simone Sala is an accomplished professional in the field of digital agriculture and technology, currently serving as the Direttore Generale at Varda - Foundation, where coordination of a team of experts promotes the SoilHive GlobalFieldID platforms as public digital goods. With previous experience as the Director of Global Soil & Ecosystem Solutions, Simone has led the design and development of SoilHive, fostering partnerships with multilateral organizations, governments, and academia. Prior roles include Director of Smallholder Markets at Yara International, where Simone supported data-sharing platforms for agricultural innovation, and ICT4D Senior Advisor at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), assisting in digital technology strategies. Additional experience includes serving as a Senior Expert at Eptisa and a Senior Research Affiliate with DataPop Alliance, focusing on big data applications for climate resilience and food supply chains. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Agriculture with a focus on ICTs for Food Security and an M.Sc. in Information & Communication Technology from Università degli Studi Milano.
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Varda - Field Data Exchange
Varda is an Ag tech start up developing software solutions for agriculture, founded by Yara International. Varda’s mission is to enable the use of field-level data to accelerate the transition towards a nature-positive food system by tackling the challenge of data fragmentation and lack of standards of data produced on farms every day. Varda operates a digital platform, Global Field ID, that through the ingestion of field boundaries assigns a unique identifier that allows for the identification of fields, globally. Having a common geospatial reference for fields will enable industry stakeholders to ‘speak the same language’, improving the interoperability of digital farming tools and data exchange across the whole food value chain. Through the widespread adoption of Global Field ID, Varda’s goal is to bring together leaders from the agri-food industry to collaborate to transition to a more sustainable, resilient, and transparent food system.