Small number of huge companies dominate global food chain, study finds

Sep 26, 2022

The dominance of a small number of big companies over the global food chain is increasing, aided by the rising use of “big data” and artificial intelligence, new research has found. Only two companies control 40% of the global commercial seed market, compared with 10...

Applying Big Data in Agriculture

Apr 29, 2022

Big data is an extensive collection of large, complex, and unprocessed data that can be mined for information and analyzed to build predictive systems for better decision-making. Big data applications in agriculture are gaining momentum as technologies like livestock...

Million voices initiative

Sep 27, 2021

This independent side event of the UN Food Systems Summit launches a new citizen science initiative reaching out to famers and food consumers around the world to take part in advancing knowledge that can accelerate agroecological transitions. Examples of citizen...