ITC Cluster (Innovation Technology Cluster)
- Type
- Network / Association / Cooperative
- Location
- Murska Sobota, Slovenia
- Industries
- Farm management & precision farming, Supply chain monitoring & traceability, Food waste tech, Waste efficiency, Arable farming, Digital / pixel farming, Farm management software, Field monitoring, Tracking & traceability, Food analyses, Food safety & quality, Smart logistics & operations, Circular economy
- Technologies
- Artificial intelligence, Decision support software, Platform technology, Information technology, Smart & digital, Platform & Service technologies, Blockchain, Processing
About ITC Cluster (Innovation Technology Cluster)
ITC – Innovation Technology Cluster is an innovation and collaboration hub based in Murska Sobota, Slovenia. Its website presents it as a cluster that works across agrifood digital transformation, living labs, data sharing, and project-based innovation support.
A major part of its activity is the DIH AGRIFOOD digital innovation hub, which acts as a one-stop shop for digital innovation in agriculture and food production. ITC connects farmers, food producers, advisors, researchers, technology providers, policy actors, and other stakeholders to co-create, test, deploy, and scale practical solutions across the agrifood value chain.
Core Values
- Collaboration: ITC emphasizes multi-stakeholder cooperation, bringing together businesses, researchers, public institutions, and end users to develop solutions together.
- Innovation: The cluster focuses on co-creation, testing, validation, and scaling of practical innovations, especially in agrifood and digital transformation.
- Sustainability: Its initiatives highlight environmental, economic, and social value, including local food systems, circular economy practices, and more efficient resource use.
- Data sovereignty and trust: Through its data space and digital tools, ITC promotes secure, controlled, and interoperable data sharing.
- Responsible research: The Research Ethics Committee reflects an institutional commitment to ethically sound research and compliance with applicable rules and standards.
Unique Aspects
- Integrated agrifood ecosystem: ITC combines a digital innovation hub, a living lab, a cooperation platform, and a data space under one umbrella, creating a broad support environment for agrifood innovation.
- Living lab capability: The Green Point Living Lab provides real-world co-creation, testing, and validation with farmers, consumers, processors, researchers, technology providers, and public bodies.
- Trusted data infrastructure: The DIH AGRIFOOD Data Space is positioned as a secure, federated platform built around data sovereignty and European data governance.
- Regional food hub: Green Point Center in Murska Sobota links local production, processing, distribution, and innovation to support short supply chains and regional food self-sufficiency.
- Project portfolio across Europe: ITC is involved in a wide range of EU-funded projects spanning agrifood, AI, data, sustainability, rural communities, and digital skills.