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It contends that these entities promote a version of 'junk agroecology' that focuses on 'sustainable intensification' and technological fixes—such as big data, blockchain, and genomic editing—rather than the holistic, social, and political transformation central to genuine agroecology. 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Their shared objective is to convert small-scale farming into sustainable agro-industries without redistributing power or value.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-001085#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI), founded in 2002 by Danone, Nestlé, and Unilever, is dominated by private multinational interests (95% of members) and emphasizes the role of profit and technological innovation like big data and blockchain.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-001085#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The New Vision for Agriculture (NVA), a World Economic Forum pillar, promotes 'sustainable intensification' to increase productivity in developing countries. 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While slightly more critical of market integration than SAI or NVA, it still relies on technological determinism, including digitalization and genetic improvements.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-001085#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Corporate agroecology is characterized by three 'obsessions': productivism (the belief that increasing production is the only way to end hunger), the pursuit of new business opportunities (integrating autonomous producers into global value chains), and a shift toward multi-stakeholder governance where corporations hold disproportionate power.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-001085#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The authors conclude that a real agroecological transition requires participatory public policies that center small-scale food producers and rural/urban workers, adhering to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other people working in rural areas.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"foei-001085#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["agroecology","regenerative agriculture","precision agriculture","gene editing","smallholder","climate change","biodiversity conservation"],"geography_discussed":["Mali","Brazil","Ecuador"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy critique","corporate analysis"]},{"id":"foei-000273","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/foei-000273","title":"We denounce the murder of Jehry Rivera Rivera in Costa Rica","publisher":{"name":"Friends of the Earth International","organization":"friends-of-the-earth-international"},"document_type":"statement","language":"en","date_published":"2020-03-06","source_url":"https://www.foei.org/we-denounce-the-murder-of-jehry-rivera-rivera-in-costa-rica/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Friends of the Earth International condemns the February 24, 2020, murder of Jehry Rivera Rivera, a Naso Bröran leader in Costa Rica who opposed land usurpation and the Diquís Hydroelectric Project. 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