Recent Reports by ETC Group

Generative Biology (GenBio) is the use of generative AI to redesign genomes, proteins, RNA and metabolic pathways. Promoted as a transformative solution for health, food, and climate challenges, its greatest value may lie in serving the AI industry itself
This case study examines the rise of digitised, data-dependent agriculture, focusing on Bayer's Climate FieldView as a prime example of how agribusiness and technology companies are reshaping food systems
Emerging Technologies • Ecological and Cultural Erosion • Global Governance • Corporate Concentration
Our updated research, co-published with GRAIN, shows how a handful of agribusiness corporations have consolidated unprecedented control over the world's food supply, with devastating consequences for farmers, consumers and the planet.
An exploration of different ways of thinking about technology and its influence at every level of our lives
Integration of artificial intelligence with synthetic biology
Report cover for Behind Sugar and Spice report
The Environmental Impacts of Digitalization
Artist's impression of a digital Trojan horse on the farm
Challenging the digitalization of agriculture: six key questions
Industrial seaweed will not cool the climate or save nature
The ongoing digitalisation tsunami is likely to usher in a new worldwide wave of gender-based impacts.
Digital agriculture and climate financialisation illustration
Emerging Cases in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
Report cover art showing digital game console being used to manipulate small farms
Deployment of Agricultural Digitalization in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
Report cover showing a spanner around the planet
Geoengineering comprises a set of technologies that include interventions on land, in the oceans, or in the atmosphere.
Food Barons 2022 report - cover art
Crisis Profiteering, Digitalization and Shifting Power
Communique cover showing artist's interpretation of digital agriculture
The wrong kind of Food Systems Summit

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