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World Earth Day: Agritech is the driving force behind green transition

  • Agriculture 4.0 in Italy has shown extraordinary vitality, reaching a value of €2.5 billion last year, up 9%
  • Diagram Group is leading innovation towards sustainable and regenerative agriculture: a 25% increase in revenue by 2025
  • Roberto Mancini (CEO of Diagram Group) “Investing in Agritech means giving farmers the tools to be the primary guardians of the environment

Jolanda di Savoia (Fe), 22 April 2026 To save the planet, we can no longer rely on chance: we need data, analysis and informed decisions based on data. On World Earth Day, whose theme for 2026 highlights the urgency of transforming the power of action into concrete care for the planet, the Italian agricultural sector is sending a clear message: sustainability is not a cost but an operational choice that drives innovation and growth. Diagram Group, a leading agritech hub in Italy and Europe, reaffirms its technological commitment to an agricultural sector capable of feeding the world’s population whilst regenerating natural resources.

Agriculture today faces an unprecedented challenge: meeting growing food demand whilst drastically reducing its environmental footprint. In this context, agritech is no longer an option, but an economic and environmental necessity.

“Earth Day reminds us that the future of the planet depends on the land we cultivate,” says Roberto Mancini, CEO of Diagram Group. “Investing in digital agriculture solutions means giving farmers the tools to be the primary guardians of the environment. In 2025, we demonstrated that environmental sustainability is the main driver of economic growth: technological efficiency cuts costs and regenerates the ecosystem.”

Industry figures and Diagram’s impact
The Agriculture 4.0 market in Italy continues to show strong growth, reaching a value of €2.5 billion in 2025 (+9% compared to the previous year). In this context, Diagram Group has established itself as a key player in the sector, recording a revenue increase of over 25% in the same year.

Technology at the service of the Earth
Thanks to its platforms and proprietary technologies, Diagram transforms data into sustainable agronomic decisions. Through Decision Support Systems (DSS) and artificial intelligence tools, the solutions developed by the Group enable farms toreduce water consumption by 20–30% through precision irrigation, optimise the use of fertilisers and plant protection products to prevent waste and protect biodiversity, and certify carbon sequestration, highlighting the role of farms as active guardians against climate change.

Diagram
Diagram was born in 2024 from the transformation of the IBF Servizi SpA Group and the acquisitions of Agronica Srl, Abaco SpAAgriconsulting SpA and Netsens SrlIt is an Italian and European leader in the digitalisation of services dedicated to the agri-food sector, in the development of farm management software and in the management of delivery processes, monitoring and control of environmental and agricultural support programmes. A partner of important governments on the European continentit supports public administrationagricultural companies, banking and insurance institutions and the agri-food industry with the aim of promoting social, economic and environmental sustainability. Today the company is 41.6% owned by CDP Equity (Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group), 41.6% by Trilantic Europe and 15% by BF Agricola.