Data Cooperatives as an Alternative to Platform Ownership: A Position Paper

Authors

  • Dolores Domenech-Vil Centre for Agricultural Data Governance, Ribera del Duero Institute of Agricultural Data Science, Aranda, Spain Author
  • Meeri Kinnunen Department of Rural Sociology, Kymijoki Centre for Digital Agriculture, Kouvola, Finland Author
  • Josette Grandmaison Centre for Agricultural Policy, Beauce Institute of Agro-Informatics, Chartres, France Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22664652

Keywords:

Data Cooperatives as an Alternative to Platform Ownership; Agro-informatics; Precision agriculture; Evidence synthesis; On-farm technology

Abstract

There is real interest in data cooperatives as an alternative to platform ownership right now, and real uncertainty about exactly
where it delivers the most value. We pull together the current evidence for data cooperatives as an alternative to platform
ownership, covering the methodological, practical, governance and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely
settled and where farms and advisors are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks
better supported by the evidence gathered here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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2023-12-12

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