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THE AHMEDABAD EDITION 2026

Ahmedabad’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in Ahmedabad. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

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MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Ahmedabad’s food and agriculture leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Food and Agriculture company highlights in Ahmedabad, snapshot 2 September 2026
Company
Hoccohocco.in$66.22M—286—
Iscon Balaji Foodsisconbalajifoods.com$44.43M4 roles872$155.81MFYFY2025 filing
GSP Crop Sciencegspcrop.in$16.3M—900$147.42MFYFY2025 filing
Epigralepigral.com$11.5M———
Parikh Packagingparikhpackaging.com$9.78M—259—
The Bakers Dozenthebakersdozen.in$9M—119—
Mimansa Industriesmimansaindustries.com$7.2M—119—
Clear Premium Waterclearpani.com$5.94M—372—
Halewood Laboratorieshalewoodlabs.com—5 roles302—
Hyfun Foodshyfunfoods.com—4 roles620—
The Project Cafetheprojectcafe.in—4 roles——
Crop Life Sciencecroplifescience.com—3 roles75—
Meteoric Biopharmaceuticalsmeteoricbiopharma.com—3 roles175—
N.K.Proteinsnkproteins.com—3 roles174$523.11MFYFY2025 filing
Pure Temptationpuretemptation.com—2 roles125—
AWL Agri Businessadaniwilmar.com——1,935$6.45BFYFY2025 filing
Dharmaj Cropdharmajcrop.com——626Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Farmsefarmseindia.com————
Gokul Agrogokulagro.com——810$1.79BFYFY2025 filing
Gujarat Ambuja Exportsambujagroup.com——921$482.72MFYFY2025 filing
Gulab Oilsshopgulab.com——101—
Prime Freshprimefreshlimited.com——665—
Vadilalvadilalgroup.com——209$105.84MFYFY2025 filing
Wagh Bakri Tea Groupwaghbakritea.com——1,048$239.79MFYFY2025 filing
24 featured companies

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in Ahmedabad

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

2 September 2026
Hiring participation8.3%

38 of 459 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation6.1%

28 of 459 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share68.7%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$522.55K

Midpoint of 37 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 68.7% of disclosed capital, while 93.9% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Ahmedabad food and agriculture has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Ahmedabad food and agriculture
$0$11.35M$22.7M$34.06M$45.41M2016: $1.52M20162017: $449.3K20172018: $637.13K20182019: $1.4M20192020: $55.21K20202021: $193.93K20212022: $10.97M20222023: $1.12M20232024: $30.07M20242025: $39.83M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in Ahmedabad
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$1.52M162
2017$449.3K171
2018$637.13K152
2019$1.4M202
2020$55.21K211
2021$193.93K201
2022$10.97M245
2023$1.12M193
2024$30.07M137
2025$39.83M43
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Hocco35.8%
  • Iscon Balaji Foods24.0%
  • GSP Crop Science8.8%
  • Other companies31.3%

Funding by stage

44 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel29 65.9%
Series A–B6 13.6%
Series C+ / PE2 4.5%
Grants, debt & other7 15.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
2 rounds

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Series C04/2026
Hocco $10.77M

Backed by Sauce and Abhishek Bachchan and others.

Seed03/2026
Stroom $108.08K

Backed by Shreeyansh Edutrade.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series B05/2025
Hoccohocco.in$23.2M

Backed by Chona Family Office and Sauce and others.

Series A01/2024
Hoccohocco.in$15.63M

Backed by Sauce and Ritesh Sidhwani and others.

Series C04/2026
Hoccohocco.in$10.77M

Backed by Sauce and Abhishek Bachchan and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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₹ crore · standalone

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 139 reporting entities from 165 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts₹109,523.4 crore

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not Ahmedabad market sales.

Net profit / loss₹2,500.7 crore

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin+2.3%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue₹40.2 crore

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+79.9%

111 of 139 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+82.8%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 139 reporting entities

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AHMEDABAD · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does food and agriculture compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Ahmedabad companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Most-installed apps

19 of these companies (4.1%) publish at least one Android app — 25 apps in all, carrying 847.8K installs between them.

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2024Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Food & Beverage Products1139.9KSAUDA APP 10.5K
Food Processing45.2KAdani Farm-Pik 4K
Crop Inputs21.8KRiddhi Plus App 1.8K
Household Durables2616Roastea Service App 428
Services For Crop Farming2241Suryan Organic 189

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Ahmedabad food and agriculture market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Food & beverage products125
Internet first brands39
Consumer digital21
Food tech19
B2c grocery delivery18
Uber for grocery delivery18
B2c e-commerce18
Enterprise tech8
Shark tank5

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Food & beverage products

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

125companies
13.6%have hiring activity

17 companies hiring · $23.4M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

E-commerce - product391
Physical commerce229
Commission on transaction39
Advertising39
E-commerce - service31
Fee-for-service16
Subscription4
Sponsorship4
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Funding roundshocco.in ↗

HOCCO Ecommerce D2C B2C $10.7 Mn - Sauce.vc Sauce.vc

IPO activitygspcrop.in ↗

GSP Crop Science IPO listed on March 24 with an issue price of ₹320.

Mergers & acquisitionsisconbalajifoods.com ↗

Advent International is in early talks to buy a 25% stake in Iscon Balaji Foods at a ₹ 5,000 crore valuation.

Funding roundsthekacoffee.com ↗

Theka Coffee secured ₹2.5 crore in funding from Dubai-based Zenith Multi Trading, reached a valuation of ₹120 crore.

Mergers & acquisitionsmadhur.co ↗

Annapurna Swadisht Limited had, in FY2025, acquired Madhur Confectioners Private Limited strengthening its positioning in confectionary segment and expanding its presence across key international markets such as UAE, Europe, UK, Saudi Arabia and Africa among others.

IPO activityhyfunfoods.com ↗

Frozen potato products maker, HyFun Foods, is planning to launch an initial public offering (IPO) by 2028, and aims to hit ₹1,500 crore in revenue for the financial year 2025-26, reported the news agency PTI, citing the MD and Group CEO, Haresh Karamchandani, on Sunday, 5 October 2025.

Earningsepigral.com ↗

Strong Revenue Growth Drives Sentiment For Q4FY26, Epigral reported consolidated revenue of Rs. 736 crore, marking a solid 17.3% year-on-year (YoY) increase compared to Rs. 628 crore in the same quarter last year.

New productsvadilalgroup.com ↗

By introducing Pista Kunafa and Café Mocha — flavors typically associated with premium pastry and café culture — the Ahmedabad-based company is seeking to move up the value chain in an increasingly crowded frozen dessert market.

Company announcementszyduswellness.com ↗

Apr 22: Zydus Wellness Ltd. today announced the expansion of its RiteBite Max Protein portfolio into three new formats ready-to-drink (RTD) protein shakes, culturally rooted Ghee Jaggery protein bars, and Korean flavoured protein chips, marking a significant step in its strategy to build a comprehensive, multi-format protein ecosystem.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 424 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
182
Mergers & acquisitions
58
Company announcements
42
IPO activity
35
Funding rounds
23
New products
21
Leadership moves
16
Capital infusions
13
Regulatory
11
Contracts
8
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Leadership moves

10 tracked people moves

Tushar Tripathi

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Rohit Sharma

Appointment Brand Ambassador

Adhir Anand

Appointment Head of Media & Digital

Bhawesh Thakar

Appointment chief digital and information officer

Vadilal ↗
Ravi Makwana

Appointment Chief Marketing Officer

Mazda ↗
Claire Andrews

Promotion UK Marketing Director

Vadilal ↗
Devanshu L. Gandhi

Resignation Previously Managing Director

Vadilal ↗
Rajesh R. Gandhi

Resignation Previously Managing Director

Regulatory events

13 recorded events

approvedAndhra Pradesh Cabinet

Mazda ↗

approved as an Individual System

Mangalam ↗

approved for stock split

Mangalam ↗

Board approved stock split, pending regulatory approval

Litigation

3 tracked suits

Company
vehicle owners v Mercedes, nissan, renault, Peugeot/Citroën, ford, Vauxhall/O

diesel engine defeat device emissions scandalCivil · Ongoing

Company
zydus wellness v Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence,

GST demand related to acquisition of intellectual property rightsRegulatory · Filed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

24companies
179period observations
18.1%median reported growth

Median across 163 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Na→AWL Agri Business ↗Announced2026-07-18$736.0M
advent international→Iscon Balaji Foods ↗Rumored2026-03-29Not stated in snapshot
Zydus Wellness→comfort clickCompleted2026-01-20Not stated in snapshot
annapurna swadisht→Madhur Industries ↗Completed2026-01-06Not stated in snapshot
wilmar international→AWL Agri Business ↗Completed2025-11-19Not stated in snapshot
Canpac trends limited→Saptagiri PackagingsCompleted2025-11-17Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

68 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 75-posting snapshot covers 18 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Supervisor2
Business Development Executive Horeca2
Senior Officer Ra2
Operator / Technician / Officer / Executive2
Officer, Ipqa2
Power Bi Developer2
1 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

39 postings specify a level.

unspecified
36
senior
15
manager
14
intern
6
lead
4

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 75 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Data Analysis
8
Documentation
7
Reporting
7
Negotiation
6
Regulatory Compliance
6
Quality Assurance
6
Sap
6
Vendor Management
6
Project Management
5
Compliance
5
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

255 founders and chief executives across 205 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

10 profiles with education records.

IIM Ahmedabad
3
IIT Bombay
2
University of California (Los Angeles)
2
IIM Bangalore
1
IIT Kharagpur
1
Anna University
1
Indian Institute Of Management–Lucknow
1

Prior employers

2 profiles with prior-work records.

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

1,243 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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1,243articles in the measured year
275articles in 2026Q1
78.4%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Ahmedabad · articles per complete quarter

01312613925222021Q2: 1632021Q22021Q3: 1862021Q4: 1832022Q1: 2142022Q2: 2512022Q22022Q3: 3702022Q4: 3582023Q1: 3502023Q2: 2582023Q22023Q3: 3092023Q4: 4542024Q1: 3372024Q2: 3492024Q22024Q3: 3752024Q4: 3422025Q1: 3712025Q2: 2872025Q22025Q3: 3582025Q4: 2822026Q1: 2752026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2163
2021Q3186
2021Q4183
2022Q1214
2022Q2251
2022Q3370
2022Q4358
2023Q1350
2023Q2258
2023Q3309
2023Q4454
2024Q1337
2024Q2349
2024Q3375
2024Q4342
2025Q1371
2025Q2287
2025Q3358
2025Q4282
2026Q1275

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
430 positive · 4 neutral · 140 negative
2022
838 positive · 27 neutral · 326 negative
2023
1,031 positive · 11 neutral · 325 negative
2024
1,095 positive · 6 neutral · 298 negative
2025
1,017 positive · 9 neutral · 271 negative

Leading coverage topics

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Ahmedabad · ranked by full-period article count.

New Product Launches And Innovations6,867 articles in the full recorded period
1,903 recent · 1,654 prior
Indian Curry Variations6,337 articles in the full recorded period
2,057 recent · 1,890 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations5,563 articles in the full recorded period
1,609 recent · 1,302 prior
Rural Community Development Programs5,468 articles in the full recorded period
1,703 recent · 1,075 prior
Agricultural Export And International Trade5,264 articles in the full recorded period
1,491 recent · 1,016 prior
Agricultural Insurance And Risk Management5,020 articles in the full recorded period
1,451 recent · 761 prior
Water Efficient Irrigation Technologies4,776 articles in the full recorded period
1,495 recent · 912 prior
Political Party Dynamics4,419 articles in the full recorded period
787 recent · 758 prior
Technology Adoption And Digital Transformation4,343 articles in the full recorded period
1,244 recent · 993 prior
Company Expansions And New Market Entries4,132 articles in the full recorded period
1,371 recent · 920 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

India comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
tariff structure agriculture68043556%
master farmer programs67939970%
youth agriculture programs62841153%
tariff negotiations588282109%
agribusiness education52535747%
trade facilitation commitments516166211%
commodity export strategies51635844%
trade barrier reduction480201139%
agricultural extension outreach435217100%
crop adaptation research42527654%
stock performance8071,242-35%
stock indices403777-48%
ipo prospectus317556-43%
pre-ipo valuation246464-47%
ipo258456-43%

Event and signal lenses

India comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

156,776 classified articles

stock performance, stock indices, trade compliance agriculture

46.8% critical · 39.8% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

34,580 classified articles

pre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, agricultural venture capital

48.0% critical · 54.6% positive
Rising

Growth

70,581 classified articles

economic output growth, gdp growth rate, economic growth statistics

35.6% critical · 50.3% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Ahmedabad. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Food and Agriculture research is working on

1,113 papers in the recorded india scope.

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1,113papers
8,585worldwide comparison pool
1,113India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
488
Breakthrough
236
Descriptive
174
Problem-identifying
149
Comparative
37
Cautionary
27
Critical
2

Contribution mix

Methods-led
583
Empirical
259
Reviews
208
Position pieces
58
Theoretical
5

Tone counts: 1,071 positive · 16 neutral · 26 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
151 papers · 13.6% of this field
  • Agriculture131 papers
  • Food security29 papers
  • Climate change28 papers
  • Internet of Things19 papers
  • Precision agriculture13 papers
  • Sustainability12 papers
  • Productivity11 papers
  • Livelihood9 papers

Landmark: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Smart Agriculture: Applications, Requirements, and Challenges

Cautions
27 papers · 2.4% of this field
  • Agriculture24 papers
  • Internet of Things4 papers
  • Agricultural economics3 papers
  • Weed3 papers
  • Tillage3 papers
  • Irrigation3 papers
  • Weed control3 papers
  • Food security2 papers

Landmark: Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

Opportunities
724 papers · 65.0% of this field
  • Agriculture497 papers
  • Internet of Things170 papers
  • Precision agriculture96 papers
  • Agricultural engineering90 papers
  • Cloud computing73 papers
  • Wireless sensor network40 papers
  • Robot40 papers
  • Convolutional neural network36 papers

Landmark: IOT Based Smart Agriculture System

Leading institutions

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2,547
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
1,659
Vellore Institute of Technology University
1,161
Borlaug Institute for South Asia
625
Sikkim University
490
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
406

Leading researchers

Robert B. Zougmoré
1,784
Bruce Campbell
1,110
Mathieu Ouédraogo
820
Philip K. Thornton
806
Samuel T. Partey
726
Leslie Lipper
698
Thippa Reddy Gadekallu
688
Arun Khatri‐Chhetri
621

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • An efficient LoRa-based smart agriculture management and monitoring system using wireless sensor networks211 citations
  • sCrop: A Novel Device for Sustainable Automatic Disease Prediction, Crop Selection, and Irrigation in Internet-of-Agro-Things for Smart Agriculture130 citations
  • Internet of Things application for implementation of smart agriculture system125 citations
  • PEFL: Deep Privacy-Encoding-Based Federated Learning Framework for Smart Agriculture116 citations
  • Blockchain-Based Cloud-Enabled Security Monitoring Using Internet of Things in Smart Agriculture111 citations

Common problems researchers identify

140 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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Climate Impact on Food ProductionCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Climate Impact on Food Production

52 papers

37.1% of this theme group

Researchers highlight how climate change threatens crop yields, greenhouse gas emissions, and overall food security in India.

Climate change (29) · Food security (21) · Agriculture (49) · Greenhouse gas (10)

Climate Smart Agriculture Practices in India

Climate-Smart Agriculture: Strategies for Enhancing Productivity, Resilience and Sustainability

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YearShare index
20222178.9
20232250.8
20242192.9
20252416.6
Robotics and Precision Farming ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Robotics and Precision Farming Challenges

44 papers

31.4% of this theme group

Papers discuss technical and adoption hurdles of robotics and precision tools in Indian agriculture.

Agriculture (38) · Precision agriculture (10) · Robot (4) · Robotics (4)

Smart agriculture and nanotechnology: Technology, challenges, and new perspective

Agricultural Robots: The Applications of Robotics in Smart Agriculture: towards More Advanced Agro Informatics Practice

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YearShare index
2022855.1
2023884.2
2024877.7
2025922.5
Economic Barriers to Technology AdoptionCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Economic Barriers to Technology Adoption

23 papers

16.4% of this theme group

Studies examine how profitability, market access, and extension services limit uptake of new agricultural technologies.

Agriculture (17) · Agricultural economics (5) · Agricultural extension (4) · Marketing (3)

Money Matters: The Role of Yields and Profits in Agricultural Technology Adoption

Affordances and agricultural technology

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2022734.1
2023717.3
2024545.0
2025307.8
IoT Security and Automation RisksCommon problems researchers identify · 04

IoT Security and Automation Risks

21 papers

15.0% of this theme group

Works point out vulnerabilities and reliability concerns when integrating IoT and automation into farming systems.

Internet of Things (18) · Agriculture (21) · Automation (3) · Computer security (3)

Smart Agriculture: The Future of Agriculture using AI and IoT

An Internet of Things (IoT) Architecture for Smart Agriculture

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YearShare index
2022949.3
2023945.6
2024890.4
2025802.2

Cautions

23 papers · 3 recurring themes
3 cards

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Smart Agriculture Technology CaveatsCautions · 01

Smart Agriculture Technology Caveats

10 papers

43.5% of this theme group

Authors urge careful evaluation of IoT implementations to avoid unintended consequences in field deployments.

Internet of Things (4) · Agriculture (8)

Enabling Technologies in Smart Agriculture: A Way Forward Towards Future Fields

A Comprehensive Study of Using Internet of Things (IOT) in Monitoring System for Smart Agriculture

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YearShare index
2022524.7
2023531.1
2024588.5
2025562.9
Climate‑Smart Practices Trade‑offsCautions · 02

Climate‑Smart Practices Trade‑offs

7 papers

30.4% of this theme group

Research warns that climate‑adapted interventions may affect weed dynamics and household food security.

Climate change (3) · Agricultural economics (3) · Agriculture (6) · Natural resource economics (2)

Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

Climate-smart agriculture practices influence weed density and diversity in cereal-based agri-food systems of western Indo-Gangetic plains

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YearShare index
20222476.5
20232521.8
20242553.2
20252497.9
Commercialization and AI OverpromisesCautions · 03

Commercialization and AI Overpromises

4 papers

17.4% of this theme group

Analyses critique the hype around AI and commodified agritech, stressing realistic performance expectations.

Agriculture (4)

The orbit of commodified technoscience: innovations in agricultural technology in India

Will Artificial Intelligence be a Performance Booster to Agritech Start-Up?: Empirical Evidence from Emerging Economy

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YearShare index
20221875.8
20231913.7
20241743.1
20251853.4

A further 2 papers sit in smaller themes.

Opportunities

686 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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IoT‑Enabled Precision AgricultureOpportunities · 01

IoT‑Enabled Precision Agriculture

225 papers

32.8% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on leveraging IoT and cloud platforms to improve monitoring and decision‑making on farms.

Internet of Things (160) · Agriculture (170) · Cloud computing (48) · Precision agriculture (48)

IoT Based Smart Agriculture Management System

Smart agriculture system using IoT

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YearShare index
20221075.2
20231070.3
20241072.3
20251179.8
Machine Learning for Yield EnhancementOpportunities · 02

Machine Learning for Yield Enhancement

126 papers

18.4% of this theme group

Papers explore advanced ML models that boost crop productivity and quality through data‑driven insights.

Agriculture (100) · Yield (17) · Crop yield (10) · Agricultural engineering (23)

Development of High-Quality Crops using Optimized Machine Learning in Smart Agriculture Environment

Smart Agriculture Using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms

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2022277.9
2023286.1
2024302.1
2025267.3
Wireless Sensor Networks for Resource ManagementOpportunities · 03

Wireless Sensor Networks for Resource Management

107 papers

15.6% of this theme group

Research highlights sensor‑based systems that optimize energy use and detect intrusions in agricultural settings.

Wireless sensor network (30) · Agriculture (56) · Energy consumption (7) · Intrusion detection system (6)

Modelling a smart agriculture system for multiple cropping using wireless sensor networks

Smart Sensors for Smart Agriculture

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YearShare index
2022294.4
2023279.4
2024195.9
2025236.8
Deep Learning for Plant Disease DetectionOpportunities · 04

Deep Learning for Plant Disease Detection

82 papers

12.0% of this theme group

Studies demonstrate convolutional networks that identify and classify crop diseases with high accuracy.

Convolutional neural network (27) · Transfer of learning (10) · Plant disease (12) · Agriculture (47)

Plant Diseases Concept in Smart Agriculture Using Deep Learning

Deep Learning Innovations for Improved Plant Leaf Disease Detection in Smart Agriculture

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YearShare index
202261.5
202367.8
202442.8
202565.9
Climate‑Smart Strategies for Food SecurityOpportunities · 05

Climate‑Smart Strategies for Food Security

59 papers

8.6% of this theme group

Works propose integrated approaches to sustain production and reduce emissions under changing climate conditions.

Climate change (22) · Food security (18) · Agriculture (52) · Greenhouse gas (7)

Agricultural sustainability under emerging climatic variability: the role of climate-smart agriculture and relevant policies in India

Climate-smart Agriculture, Productivity and Food Security in India

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YearShare index
20222178.9
20232250.8
20242192.9
20252416.6
Robotic Platforms for Field OperationsOpportunities · 06

Robotic Platforms for Field Operations

50 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Research showcases mobile robots that automate tasks such as fertilization, monitoring, and crop care.

Robot (37) · Mobile robot (8) · Robotics (6) · Agriculture (35)

Smart Multipurpose Agricultural Robot

Agricultural Robot for Automized Fertilizing and Vigilance for Crops

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YearShare index
2022827.0
2023847.9
2024840.1
2025849.0
Economic Impacts of Agricultural MachineryOpportunities · 07

Economic Impacts of Agricultural Machinery

37 papers

5.4% of this theme group

Analyses assess how mechanization and technology adoption influence poverty reduction and nutrition outcomes.

Agricultural economics (8) · Agriculture (28) · Agricultural machinery (6) · Agency (4)

Poverty Reduction Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption: A Micro-evidence from Rural Tanzania

Agricultural technology adoption and child nutrition enhancement: improved maize varieties in rural Ethiopia

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YearShare index
2022371.8
2023355.6
2024340.9
2025217.8

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising43.8%37.1%
Breakthrough21.2%26.9%
Descriptive15.6%17.1%
Problem-identifying13.4%9.6%
Comparative3.3%3.8%
Cautionary2.4%4.6%
Critical0.2%1.0%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceRetraction Notice: Exploring the Role of Security and Privacy in Machine Learning for Smart Agriculture242.32%2 (8.3%)1.19%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainAn Application Framework for IoTs Enabled Smart Agriculture Waste Recycle Management System20.19%0 (0.0%)0.04%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.12%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Labour & data work00.0%0 (%)0.21%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Bias & fairness00.0%0 (%)0.04%
Concentration of compute power00.0%0 (%)0.01%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: India. This may be broader than the company geography.

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