- To mark World Food Safety Day on 7 June, Diagram highlights the role of predictive models and precision agriculture in consumer protection: reducing chemical residues, strengthening controls and certifying the supply chain are now strategic priorities for ensuring safer food.
- Roberto Mancini (CEO of Diagram Group) said: “Ensuring safe and healthy food is no longer merely an ethical objective, but an industrial and social priority that requires reliable data, scientific precision and the ability to intervene throughout the supply chain. Agritech technologies enable us to turn uncertainty into knowledge, helping producers to prevent risks and offering consumers greater transparency, thanks to increasingly comprehensive and verifiable traceability systems.”
Jolanda di Savoia (Fe), June 6, 2026 – Over 600 million people worldwide fall ill each year due to unsafe food, and around 420,000 lose their lives to foodborne diseases: these are the figures released by the World Health Organisation and the FAO. Figures which, on the occasion of World Food Safety Day on 7 June, call for reflection on the fundamental role of traceability, prevention and the sustainable management of resources. Foodborne diseases encompass over 200 different conditions, caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites or harmful chemicals. However, in most cases they are preventable through correct practices and targeted interventions throughout the supply chain. In this context, agritech remains a strategic tool for protecting consumers, reducing risks and supporting a safer, more transparent and resilient agri-food supply chain
‘Ensuring safe and healthy food is no longer merely an ethical objective, but an industrial and social priority that requires reliable data, predictive capabilities and scientific precision,’ states Roberto Mancini, CEO of Diagram Group. ‘Today, technology enables us to address food safety from the very earliest stages of production, by intervening directly in the field, on the ground, on crops and in agronomic processes. Agritech enables us to transform uncertainty into knowledge, offering producers tools to prevent risks and consumers greater transparency through comprehensive and verifiable traceability systems. It is now an essential element in safeguarding public health and strengthening the competitiveness of agri-food businesses in international markets.”
Diagram Group responds to this global challenge through smart farming solutions that help agri-food supply chains prevent risks right from the source and ensure greater transparency, control and traceability from field to table.
Food safety is not built solely during the packaging stages, but begins in the fields, where the prevention of mycotoxin contamination and the targeted use of treatments are crucial. From this perspective, the integrated use of data collected by drones for aerial monitoring, advanced sensors and predictive models now makes it possible to intervene only where and when necessary. Precision agriculture thus becomes a practical tool for prevention: it significantly reduces the use of plant protection products, minimises the risk of chemical residues in the final products and helps to preserve soil balance.
All data collected by sensors and connected machines is fed into digital platforms that enable complete and verifiable traceability of the raw material. This digital identity of the food provides consumers and processing companies with reliable information on its origin and the cultivation methods used, reducing information asymmetries throughout the supply chain.
“Food safety and sustainability are two sides of the same coin,” continues Mancini. “Technology is not just about producing more, but about producing better and more safely. Digitising agriculture means giving agricultural businesses the tools to defend crops against climate change and disease, protecting public health with objective data and certified processes: In a context marked by increasingly demanding markets and strict European regulations, agritech is no longer a future option, but an essential standard for ensuring healthy, safe and accessible food for all.”
Diagram
Diagram was established in 2024 following the transformation of the IBF Servizi SpA Group and the acquisitions of Agronica Srl, Abaco SpA, Agriconsulting SpA and Netsens Srl. It is the 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 processes for the delivery, monitoring and control of environmental and agricultural support programmes.
A partner to major governments across Europe, it supports public administrations, agricultural businesses, 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.