VDB IS

Agriculture · Compliance and traceability

AI for agricultural compliance and traceability

Can AI take the certification paperwork off our office?

The challenge

Certification returns, batch records and buyer audit packs are assembled by hand from field records, lab results and delivery notes.

Prerequisites

  • Digitised field and delivery records
  • Named compliance owner
  • EU data residency

The approach

  • Governance first: inventory, EU AI Act classification and data-flow mapping before any tool is chosen
  • Consolidate field, machine, lab and delivery records into one reviewable dataset
  • Draft certification and traceability packs automatically, with the agronomist signing off every output
  • Hand the platform, policy, register and named owner to the client, under their ownership

What makes it work

The governance pack is the first deliverable, and the resulting platform belongs to the grower or cooperative outright.

What we would measure

Pack preparation

Hours to assemble an audit pack

Audit findings

Corrections raised per inspection

Coverage

Batches with complete digital traceability

Risk position — Limited risk, with data accuracy obligations. Certification claims remain human-approved.

Baselines are established in your business during the assessment. We publish no borrowed benchmark numbers.

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