CIO and CDO Feroz Sheikh is helping transform farmers ’ lives through AgTech and promoting nature positive , regenerative agriculture practices .
SYNGENTA GROUP
CIO and CDO Feroz Sheikh is helping transform farmers ’ lives through AgTech and promoting nature positive , regenerative agriculture practices .
AgTech is a sector unlike any other . It involves the digitalisation of a lot of physical assets and typically spans over very vast , remote environments , which collectively have a huge role to play in the sustainability and climate agenda .
At Syngenta , they thrive off innovation , offering solutions to fight climate change and tackle the challenge of feeding the world in a sustainable manner .
As the Group Chief Information and Digital Officer ( CIO and CDO ) at Syngenta Group , Feroz Sheikh is guiding the organisation ' s entire digital transformation through technology .
AgTech and the key challenges it faces Syngenta ’ s mission is to help farmers improve their yield , increase their profitability and grow more sustainably . These three aspects are what define the mantra underpinning the company ’ s digital strategy . “ We are actually counting on the role of technology in helping farmers to be able to achieve these goals ,” says Sheikh .
“ Some of our competitors , for example , are more focused around growing the adoption of their tools , increasing the acreage and capturing the data , whereas we look at the value of this data to help the farmers make better decisions and to help us make a better innovation available to the farmers ,” he adds .
60 July 2022