Agro EDI

What Agro EDI does

Agro EDI Europe is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 1992 that develops, maintains, and promotes digital data exchange standards for the agricultural sector. Headquartered in Domont (Val-d'Oise) near Paris, the association has grown to 260 member organizations spanning the agricultural value chain: input manufacturers (phytosanitary products, seeds, fertilizers), cooperatives and traders (La Coopération Agricole, InVivo, Axereal, Agrial, Terrena, Vivescia, Limagrain), software publishers (ISAGRI), accounting centers (CerFrance), banks, insurers, logistics providers, technical institutes, and government bodies (Chambre Agriculture France, French Ministry of Agriculture / DGAL).

Its core technology is a portfolio of EDIFACT and XML UN/CEFACT standards adapted for agriculture, comprising approximately 50 implementation guides (ORDERS, ORDRSP, DESADV, RECADV, INVOIC, INVRPT, PRODAT, PRICAT, IFCSUM, QUOTES) and 55 harmonized nomenclatures with over 10,000 reference codes covering crops, organisms, BBCH vegetative stages, equipment, and soil types. Members access standards, nomenclature, and validators through a secure extranet and APIs, while specialized modules cover parcel records (DAPLOS/eDAPLOS), agronomical observations (AgroObs), logistics traceability (the trademarked SC TRACE system with 2D Datamatrix coding), poultry traceability (BD Avicole, valued at 150M€), and the EPIPHYT national plant-health surveillance network (400 observers, 143,000 annual observations on 2,125 plots).

The association is financed exclusively by member contributions (cotisations) and ancillary training fees (500€ HT for members, 900€ HT for non-members, per session), without venture capital or commercial product sales. Its go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: annual Rencontres Agro EDI events at Maison de la Chimie in Paris, working groups, webinars, and DATADOCK-certified training (since January 2019). Internationally, the association has participated in UN/CEFACT since 2004 (chairing its Agriculture sector group 2005–2014) and joined AgGateway Europe in March 2020, while domestically it contributes to the FNFE working groups shaping France's 2024–2026 electronic invoicing reform. Operating with 1–10 employees under President Jérôme CALLEAU and Directrice générale Marie BEURET, Agro EDI Europe functions as a standards-setting and coordination utility for French and increasingly European agricultural digital interoperability.

Name

Agro EDI

Legal name

Agro EDI Europe

Website

https://agroedieurope.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Agro EDI Europe is a French non-profit association founded in 1992 that develops and maintains EDIFACT/XML data exchange standards, nomenclatures, and traceability systems (SC TRACE, BD Avicole, EPIPHYT) for its 260 agricultural sector members, including cooperatives, input suppliers, software publishers, and public bodies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Data Exchange Standards

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Integration, Interoperability & APIs (ETL, Data Standards, Connectivity Hubs) (AFABAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Environmental Data Management Platforms (EHS/EMS, LIMS, ELN, Compliance Data Hubs) (EUAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Agricultural EDI standards
• Data exchange standards
• Agricultural supply chain messaging
• Agricultural traceability standards
• EDIFACT implementation guides

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Member Dues/Cotisations: The association is financed by membership dues from its 260 members, which include agricultural suppliers, distributors (cooperatives, traders), software publishers, banks, insurance companies, logistics providers, agricultural technical institutes, professional organizations, and public bodies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agro EDI Europe is a non-profit association that develops and maintains standardized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) specifications and reference data for the French agricultural sector. It provides approximately 50 EDIFACT implementation guides, a nomenclature database of 55 harmonized lists with over 10,000 codes, APIs, message validators, traceability systems (SC TRACE, BD Avicole, EPIPHYT), and DATADOCK-referenced training programs, all delivered to its 260 member organizations through a secure member extranet.

Product overview

Agro EDI Europe is an agricultural industry association founded in 1992 that develops and maintains digital data exchange standards for the agricultural sector. The organization operates a platform-centered portfolio consisting of approximately 50 EDIFACT implementation guides for standardized EDI messages (ORDERS, ORDRSP, ORDRCHG, DESADV, RECADV, INVOIC, INVRPT, PRODAT, PRICAT, IFCSUM) covering agricultural supply chain operations, a nomenclature database of 55 harmonized reference standards with over 10,000 codes for crops, organisms, and transversal data categories, the SC TRACE trademarked traceability solution for phytosanitary products and seeds, and specialized databases including BD Avicole for poultry traceability and EPIPHYT for plant disease surveillance. Key products include DAPLOS and eDAPLOS for parcel/crop data exchanges, AgroObs for agronomical observations, and electronic invoicing/e-reporting standards aligned with French fiscal reform. Services include APIs for nomenclature access, message validators, and DATADOCK-referenced professional training programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SC TRACE: A trademarked brand by Agro EDI Europe for logistics traceability in the agricultural supply chain, covering plant protection products and seeds.
• BD Avicole
• EPIPHYT
• AgroObs
• eDAPLOS
• DAPLOS (Data Plot Sheet)

Products and services

• Supply Chain Agricultural EDI Messages Standardized EDIFACT EDI message implementation guides (ORDERS, ORDRSP, ORDCHG, DESADV, RECADV, INVOIC, INVRPT, PRODAT, PRICAT, IFCSUM, QUOTES) for commercial exchanges between agricultural input suppliers and distributors.
• Agricultural Nomenclatures Database Database of 55 harmonized agricultural nomenclatures with over 10,000 references covering crop classifications, live organisms (linked to EPPO standards), BBCH vegetative stages, and transversal classifications, accessible via API and member portal.
• SC TRACE (Supply Chain TRACE) Trademarked harmonized logistics traceability standards for the agricultural supply chain, covering identification, CRISTAL coding, 2D Datamatrix labeling recommendations, and EDIFACT DESADV implementation guides for phytosanitary products and seeds sectors.
• DAPLOS (Data Plot Sheet) Standard EDIFACT format for structuring parcel/crop management data including geographic information and crop intervention records for agricultural parcel traceability and exchanges.
• eDAPLOS (XML UN/CEFACT) XML UN/CEFACT standard format for describing technical data exchanges for crop productions between farms and economic partners, covering traceability data, forecast data, and consultation or recommendation information.
• AgroObs (Agronomical Observations) XML UN/CEFACT ebXML standard for transmitting agronomical observation results on plants, supporting plant health surveillance networks with 400 observers across 36 partner networks.
• BD Avicole (Poultry Database) National professional collective database for the poultry sector covering live poultry holders, production facilities, buildings, movements, and traceability for broiler, duck, and egg production chains.
• EPIPHYT National information system for plant disease surveillance enabling data collection from agricultural observations across France with 400 observers managing 2,125 plots and 143,000 annual observations.
• Electronic Invoicing Standards EDIFACT INVOIC implementation guide adapted for agricultural supply chain invoicing, including electronic fiscal dematerialization compliance for the 2024-2026 French e-invoicing reform.
• Electronic Reporting (e-Reporting) Standards and specifications for transmitting transaction lifecycle data to the French tax administration as part of the electronic invoicing reform.
• AEE Identification Codes 13-position identification codes for locations-functions (Lieux-Fonction) assigned to member companies, using prefix 359 (AEE code), SIREN-based company code, and internal location codes with check digit.
• Training Programs DATADOCK-referenced training programs covering EDI project management, ebXML standards, invoice dematerialization, and SC TRACE agricultural supply chain traceability from A to Z, delivered in Paris and Lyon with member (€500 HT) and non-member (€900 HT) pricing tiers.
• Message Validators Online validation tools allowing members to test and verify that EDI messages comply with standard specifications for AgroObs and eDAPLOS messages.

Quantifiable outcome

• BD Avicole database value of 150 million euros in preventing crisis-related losses
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AgGatewaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2020Agro EDI Europe joined the international AgGateway community on March 25, 2020. The association is now an active member of the AgGateway Europe committee to represent its members on data standardization and interoperability topics in agricultural supply chains, and to work collaboratively with stakeholders from other countries.
• UN/CEFACTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgro EDI Europe has participated in UN/CEFACT (United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) since 2004. The association created and chaired the Agriculture sector group from 2005 to 2014, and contributed to developing international standards like DAPLOS, eDAPLOS, AgroObs, RASFF, eCert, and others.
• FNFE (Forum National pour la Facture Electronique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgro EDI Europe participates in FNFE working groups to follow and contribute to the development of electronic invoicing regulations in France, specifically for the 2024-2026 reform implementation.
• BD Avicole AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgro EDI Europe was mandated by the BD Avicole Association to build the national poultry database solution and provide technical guidance for its implementation, completed in 2019.
• DGAL - Ministère de l'AgriculturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2008, the French Ministry of Agriculture has entrusted Agro EDI Europe with harmonizing observation protocols and maintaining standardized technical data references (crops, pests, growth stages) for the EPIPHYT plant health surveillance network.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• EPPO (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization): Intergovernmental plant protection organization that maintains EPPO codes referenced in Agro EDI's nomenclature database (organism classifications). Closely aligned with EPIPHYT and AgroObs work, and an obvious potential data partner.

Direct peers

• AgGateway: North American and increasingly European agricultural data exchange standards organization with which Agro EDI Europe partners via its Europe committee membership. Directly comparable mission of enabling interoperability in agriculture through collaborative standards development.
• GS1: Global supply chain standards organization that maintains barcoding, identification, and data exchange standards across industries. The most directly analogous standards body to Agro EDI Europe, operating a similar not-for-profit, member-funded model with reference data, implementation guides, and a member portal.

Broad incumbents

• CEN (European Committee for Standardization): European standards body with a mandate across multiple industries including agriculture. Comparable as a membership-driven standards-setting organization whose outputs Agro EDI Europe may align its sector-specific guides to.
• AFNOR: French national standardization body coordinating French positions in ISO and CEN. Adjacent but broader in scope than Agro EDI Europe, with potential overlap where agricultural standards intersect with general data exchange norms.
• UN/CEFACT: United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business, where Agro EDI Europe has held the Agriculture sector group presidency. A larger, government-affiliated standards body whose frameworks (BAPLIE, eDAPLOS, AgroObs) underpin Agro EDI's implementation guides.

Others

• ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute): European standards organization with a member-funded, sector-driven model for telecom and adjacent digital standards. Useful comparator for organizational structure and revenue sustainability rather than direct market overlap.
• OASIS Open: Global non-profit standards organization advancing open standards for supply chain, IoT, and other areas. Operates a similar member-funded, working-group-driven model and is an adjacent comparator for governance and content stewardship models.
• La Coopération Agricole: French federation of agricultural cooperatives and a founding member of Agro EDI Europe. Distinct in mission (advocacy and representation) but closely ecosystem-linked, sharing board representation and member base.

Regional players

• GS1 France: French national affiliate of GS1 that assigns barcodes and identifiers to French businesses. Operates a similar member-funded national standards body model in the same geographic market, with which Agro EDI Europe may partner (e.g., on identification codes or supply chain traceability).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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