(Rooted magazine). In a world where corporate giants dominate, digital innovation in agriculture is often promoted as the primary solution to the global food crisis. But in reality it is often associated with data extraction, concentrating power while deepening inequalities. Experiences 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. In this piece, the authors argue that young people’s technological fluency can serve as a vehicle for grassroots agricultural digitalisation rooted in data sovereignty – but only if they are equipped to lead.
Read the article in Rooted magazine 2026 | Carolina Diaz et al. | Issue 4 Youth leading the way in agroecology
