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Agriculture and Food

We support stronger data and evidence discipline on origin, traceability, supplier data and environmental performance across agri-food chains.

In agriculture and food, origin, traceability, and supplier data are assessed together with EUDR readiness, environmental performance, and raw-material evidence. Water, carbon, and operational data discipline requires a consistent record model at lot, geography, and supplier-declaration level.

Organisations often collect field data but cannot build verifiable evidence at site or supplier tier. ANKA aligns traceability, supplier data requests, and regulatory preparation under one data architecture for this sector.

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Sector Reality

Agri-food chains combine origin, processing, and distribution data with environmental performance expectations on water, carbon, land use, and supplier practice—often across fragmented farm, trader, and processor relationships.

Regulations such as EUDR raise the bar on traceability, due diligence, and documented evidence for commodities and derived products entering EU markets.

Critical Compliance and Data Areas

  • Origin, plot, and chain-of-custody logic with clear boundaries for mixed and processed products
  • Supplier and trader data structures, including gaps, assumptions, and quality review for traceability claims
  • Environmental performance data: water, carbon, soil, and land-related metrics where relevant to disclosure or buyers
  • EUDR-aligned due diligence files, risk assessment, and evidence links—not one-off supplier declarations
  • Connection between supply chain data work and Scope 3 or corporate reporting where the same evidence must hold

Common Challenges

  • Traceability limited to certificates without geolocation, volume, or processing evidence that can be reviewed
  • Supplier data collected late in the season or only for one commodity while portfolios are mixed
  • Environmental metrics reported without consistent methodology or site-level data ownership
  • EUDR preparation reduced to template forms without mapping real sourcing routes and control points

ANKA's Approach

ANKA helps agri-food organisations define what must be known about origin, suppliers, and environmental performance—and how that information is collected, checked, and retained in a workable file structure.

We prioritise EUDR and buyer-driven traceability requirements alongside data discipline for carbon, water, and reporting, so teams are not running parallel, incompatible evidence tracks.