A Unified Digital Platform to Help Farmers Grow Their Businesses
A new resource set to launch in 2026 will give rural producers a single point of access to all government information systems operated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rosselkhoznadzor, and Rosrybolovstvo, marking a major step in the digital transformation of Russia’s agri-food sector.
Bringing Federal Information Systems Together
The Unified Digital Platform for the agro-industrial and fisheries sectors (ETzP) has been assigned complex and strategically important tasks. It will consolidate federal state information systems and simplify how farmers interact with government agencies and regulators. This was outlined by Russia’s Minister of Agriculture, Oksana Lut, during a plenary session at the All-Russian Field Day 2025.
“If you read any chats, especially farmers’ chats, the first cry you hear everywhere is about information systems,” the minister said. Oksana Lut noted that the transition to digital tools is a challenging process. In 2026, the ministry plans to bring multiple federal information systems together on a single digital platform.
At the first stage, the ETzP will integrate six systems operated by the Ministry of Agriculture. These systems manage critical data: the Grain system tracks the movement of commercial grain nationwide; the Seed Production system records which seed varieties and hybrids are planted, where, and for what purpose; the Breeding Resources system maintains centralized records and analytics on pedigree livestock in Russia; the USMT system registers and tracks tractors, self-propelled machinery, and trailers; the Unified Agricultural Land System accounts for all agricultural land in the country; and the NTOR-SH analytics system monitors risks and the state of scientific and technological support for agricultural development.
Integrating Sector Ministries
The scale of the task is significant. Today, agricultural producers may be required to work with up to 30 different systems. These include the Electronic Budget system operated by the Ministry of Finance, information systems of the Federal Treasury, the Cerberus automated system, and the Mercury traceability platform. Development of the ETzP is being led by Agropromtsifra JSC, which in August 2025 was designated by the Russian government as the sole provider of solutions for the Ministry of Agriculture for the development and operation of state information systems in 2025–2026.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has previously stated that by 2030, the Unified Digital Platform should bring together all relevant ministries and agencies, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Rosrybolovstvo, Rosselkhoznadzor, and others.
As a result, farmers will no longer need to work across dozens of disconnected systems. Instead, they will operate through a single interface.
Advancing Digital Agriculture
The ETzP will give agribusinesses access to large datasets for analysis and operational efficiency gains. Even at the initial stage, users’ personal dashboards will include a Calendar for planning activities, Notifications to remind users of critical actions such as mandatory technical inspections, and an Industry Leaders widget that allows producers to benchmark their performance across regions and neighboring areas. A Government Services section will consolidate Ministry of Agriculture services, enabling farmers to move directly to the relevant digital service to submit applications or requests.
Over time, the platform will add data on planted and sown areas, fertilizer use, yield dependence on multiple factors drawing on seed and land registries, seed and grain quality, harvest volumes, inventories, and storage capacity utilization at grain elevators. Market conditions will also become easier to analyze.
Prices for fertilizers and other agricultural products will be published in a Benchmarking section. Weather forecasts and historical data from the national hydrometeorological service will also be integrated. This will bring crop development forecasting and trend analysis into a single digital environment. A dedicated module titled Human Resources in Agriculture will serve as a digital talent marketplace designed to build a кадровый reserve for the sector.
Fewer Barriers, Higher Yields
The ETzP will make the sector more transparent for regulators, simplify quality control, and improve crop yield forecasting. At the same time, administrative barriers for producers will be reduced as sector ministries are consolidated into a single digital ecosystem.
“Our task is not to create information systems because we suddenly want to know something we did not know before,” Oksana Lut said. “We are creating information systems first and foremost for business, so that businesses have access to richer sources of information.”
Digital analytics is expected to support the growth of Russian agricultural production. Over time, the ETzP could also evolve into a foundational platform for cooperation among agri-food sectors in friendly countries and for the development of joint projects.
