Summary
This IPES-Food policy report examines how digital agriculture technologies—including data analytics, artificial intelligence, and biodigitalization—are concentrating corporate power over food systems. The analysis highlights mechanisms of control through data ownership and explores what data sovereignty means for farmers and food system equity. The work suggests that without deliberate governance intervention, digitalization trends risk further consolidating market power among multinational agribusiness corporations.
Regional applicability
The findings apply broadly to United Kingdom farming policy and food system governance, particularly relevant to discussions around post-Brexit agricultural technology strategy and data rights for UK farmers. The report's emphasis on data sovereignty aligns with UK debates on agricultural data ownership and farmer participation in digital value chains.
Key measures
Qualitative assessment of corporate control mechanisms, data ownership structures, and power consolidation pathways in digital agriculture
Outcomes reported
The paper examines how digital agriculture technologies concentrate corporate control over food systems through data ownership, artificial intelligence, and biodigitalization mechanisms. It addresses implications for data sovereignty and farmer autonomy within digitalized food systems.
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