*EN The digitalization of the food system*
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*The new edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter is now online! *
Today, more than 820 million people suffer from hunger while obesity also
continues to increase across the world. Biodiversity in food and
agriculture is being eroded at an alarming rate by the destruction of
eco-systems. Climate change is accelerating (...).
Meanwhile a new “silver bullet” is being presented by corporations,
governments and international institutions to tackle hunger, malnutrition
and climate change: digitalization. (...)
Digital technologies have the potential to be beneficial or harmful
depending on the context. Small-scale food producers have their own
technologies, innovations and knowledge. However, so do corporations, who
seek monopoly controls on technology. Also, digitalization is happening in
an era of increasing inequalities, authoritarianism and oppression.(...)
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