Library material summaryExperiences around the world demonstrate the role of informed, independent and critically engaged youth in gaining digital sovereignty for agroecological farmers and other local food system actors. Read the article in Rooted magazine 2026 | Issue 4 Youth leading the way in agroecology
Library material summaryHow communities can drive genuine, place-based change in the face of corporate technology and consolidation
Library material summaryA case study focusing on Bayer’s Climate FieldView platform. "FieldView illustrates how digital agriculture functions not only as a technical toolkit but as an institutional form of governance, embedding seed, chemical, and data services into closed ecosystems".
Library material summaryA call for collaboration for organizations and groups working in open source and grassroots agricultural technology and innovation.
Library material summaryThe reports challenges the false promise of corporate-led digital agriculture (AI, platforms, “precision” tools) and warns of rising farmer debt, dependency, inequality and weaker climate resilience as Big Tech and Big Ag expand control over farming. It also spotlights the innovations that work: bottom-up, low-cost, open-source systems led by farmers, Indigenous Peoples and communities, already delivering biodiversity, resilience and local economic benefits — yet still underfunded.
Library material summaryThis publication is a set of tools designed to synthesise the insights of social movements and civil society communicators and offer ways to respond quickly and effectively to corporate agtech narratives.
Library material summaryDeclaration of participants of the First Pan-African Convening on the Future of Biodigital Technologies in Food and Agriculture, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 2–4 October 2025, and co-organized by the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and African Technology Assessment Platform (AfriTAP) and the ETC Group.
Library material summaryThere is much work to be done to build a decentralized web. We are committed to sharing knowledge and resources to enable anyone to jump in and get involved. Here is an ever-growing list of resources to help you along the way
Library material summaryThe second meeting of GIAA enabled the collective intelligence of grassroots organisation on the following aspects of Innovations and Agroecology: Grassroots Learning Experiences in grassroots learning, capacity-building, farmer-led experimentation, and Agroecology schools Innovation for whom? Risks and harms of Innovation, the Data industry, and the Need for technology assessment framework Fostering Innovation Processes of identification, documentation, and dissemination of grassroots innovations and local solutions. Enabling Infrastructure Exploring the Technical, Legal, Financial, Social structures and administrative backbone to support agricultural knowledge commons Connecting to Movements Nyéléni and the Agroecology / Food Sovereignty Movement
