Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in China. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
13 of 2,700 tracked companies have open roles.
366 of 2,700 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 193 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 31.3% of disclosed capital, while 86.4% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $524.65M | 86 | 5 |
| 2017 | $149.23M | 131 | 6 |
| 2018 | $838.12M | 104 | 21 |
| 2019 | $867.8M | 111 | 16 |
| 2020 | $3.5B | 114 | 36 |
| 2021 | $3.49B | 106 | 36 |
| 2022 | $1.22B | 70 | 27 |
| 2023 | $337.98M | 43 | 12 |
| 2024 | $166.73M | 11 | 13 |
| 2025 | $38.74M | 2 | 4 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
439 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Alibaba and DST Global and others.
Backed by IDG Capital and BA Capital and others.
Backed by Mengniu Dairy.
Backed by Capital Today and Tencent and others.
Backed by China Renaissance Group and Loayal Valley Capital and others.
Backed by CMB International Capital and Tiantu Capital.
Backed by Capital Today and Tencent and others.
Backed by CMC Capital and Taihecap Capital and others.
Backed by Sequoia Capital China.
Backed by CICC and GIC and others.
The measured China identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: the scoped identities lack an authoritative Chinese registrar mapping; bare ticker overlaps produced no complete annual revenue and net-income statement groups.
How the China companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
5 of the 2,700 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.2%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 147,567 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luckin Coffeeluckincoffee.com | 168,954 | 30 | 89.2% |
| HEYTEAheytea.com | 158,569 | 46 | 55% |
| Starbucksstarbucks.com.hk | 147,567 | 49 | 89.9% |
| Angel Yeastangelyeast.com | 135,463 | 34 | 13.8% |
| Chageechagee.com.sg | 69,942 | 33 | 81.3% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
32 of these companies (1.2%) publish at least one Android app — 35 apps in all, carrying 6.6M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| OK STAMP ITOK Convenience Store | 1.4M | — | Lifestyle |
| luckin coffeeLuckin Coffee | 1.2M | — | Food & Drink |
| Saint Honore Cake Easy HKSaint Honore Cake Shop | 901.1K | 2.5 | Lifestyle |
| Starbucks Hong KongStarbucks | 675.3K | 3.5 | Lifestyle |
| FairwoodFairwood Fast Food | 602.4K | — | Food & Drink |
| 譚仔三哥米線TamJai Samgor | 467.2K | — | Food & Drink |
| 瑞幸咖啡Luckin Coffee | 196K | — | Food & Drink |
| Pacific Coffee Hong KongPacific Coffee | 190.8K | 1.2 | Food & Drink |
| PHDPHD | 155.2K | — | Food & Drink |
| Starbucks ChinaStarbucks | 139.7K | 2.4 | Lifestyle |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q2–2026Q1).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Service Chains | 14 | 2.9M | luckin coffee 1.2M | |
| Food Retailers | 3 | 2.4M | OK STAMP IT 1.4M | |
| Retailers | 2 | 924.1K | Saint Honore Cake Easy HK 901.1K | |
| Restaurants | 7 | 834K | Starbucks Hong Kong 675.3K | |
| Foodservice Equipment | 2 | 198.9K | 瑞幸咖啡 196K | |
| Food & Beverage Products | 4 | 145.3K | OMUSUBI 129.5K | |
| Pharmaceutical Distributors | 2 | 710 | NLC 459 | |
| Crop Inputs | 2 | 368 | Rainbow Agro 360 |
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.
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $241.8M disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
In late 2025, a strategic investor acquired a majority stake in Starbucks China
including Muyuan Foods’ US$1.5 billion offering, the biggest equity issuance in Hong Kong so far this year
Luckin Coffee is reportedly buying Blue Bottle Coffee for $400 million.
Top 10 Largest Hong Kong IPOs in 2025: Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) – $5.2 billion (HKD 41 billion) Zijin Gold International – $3.6 billion (HKD 28.7 billion) SANY Heavy Industry – $1.9 million (HKD 15.3 billion) Seres Group – $1.8 billion (HKD 14.3 billion) Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals – $1.4 billion (HKD 11.4 billion) Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls – $1.3 billion (HKD 10.7 billion) Foshan Haitian Flavouring and Food Company – $1.3 billion (HKD 10.6 billion) Chery Automobile – $1.3 billion (HKD 10.4 billion) Pony AI – $861 million (HKD 6.7 billion) Chuangxin Industries Holdings – $809 million (HKD 6.3 billion)
Hong Kong Sheng Yuan Holding Company Limited acquired the controlling stake.
[HONG KONG] China’s Manner Coffee is considering an initial public offering in Hong Kong as soon as next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, reviving expectations of a listing that first emerged in 2021.
In September last year, Miniso announced it would acquire Yonghui Superstores for around RMB 6.27 billion (USD 877.8 million).
Sources have told Bloomberg that Nestle now wants to sell its controlling stake in the two companies for more than $1 billion.
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL) has finalized the sale of a 41% stake in Ball United Arab Can Manufacturing Company (UAC), its Saudi Arabia-based joint venture, to a subsidiary of ORG Technology Co., Ltd. for approximately USD 70 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.
AB InBev has also agreed to sell SABMiller's Chinese Snow Breweries to state-supported China Resources Beer Co.
Top 10 categories among 358 recorded events in the 24-month window.
9 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · Hong Kong17 reports
IPO · HKEX5 reports
IPO · Hong Kong1 reports
IPO · Hong Kong Stock Exchange7 reports
IPO · Nasdaq1 reports
IPO · Hong Kong Stock Exchange6 reports
IPO1 reports
IPO · Stock Exchange of Hong Kong1 reports
5 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Group Head of Marketing
Appointment Independent Non-Executive Director
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Straw
Beer
9 recorded customer wins
Customer: fibaSports
Customer: Brazilian coffee suppliersAgriculture
Customer: Banggai Islands Regency
Customer: BASF Corp.CASE markets
Customer: Kraft FoodsFood Technology
Customer: basf
1 companies with reported reductions
15.0% rolescost reduction
8 recorded events
disqualified for 3.5 yearsHong Kong Securities & Futures Commission
disqualified for 10 yearsHong Kong Securities & Futures Commission
disqualified directorsHong Kong Securities & Futures Commission
2 tracked suits
Restoration of shareholdingsCivil ·
Due diligence concealment, environmental violationsCivil ·
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 112 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategic investor→Starbucks ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-03 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Centurium Capital Partners→Luckin Coffee ↗ | Rumored | 2026-03-05 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Luckin Coffee→blue bottle coffee | Announced | 2026-03-05 | $400.0M |
| WH Group→smithfield foods | Completed | 2026-01-21 | $4.7B |
| Hong Kong Sheng Yuan Holding Company Limited→Kangda Food ↗ | Completed | 2025-12-09 | Not stated in snapshot |
| boyu capital→Starbucks ↗ | Announced | 2025-11-20 | $4.0B |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
Recorded hiring and workforce signals from the available source snapshot.
No repeated job title is supported by this snapshot.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Yum China ↗ | 450,000 |
| Muyuan Food ↗ | 140,403 |
| Haidilao ↗ | 136,161 |
| Swire Pacific ↗ | 130,783 |
| WH Group ↗ | 110,000 |
| Yili ↗ | 64,305 |
| Mengniu Dairy ↗ | 46,064 |
| Guangdong HAID Group ↗ | 36,018 |
367 founders and chief executives across 318 companies.
ex-UCAR, CAR. Wuhan Institute of Textile Science 1998, Peking University 2012
EX-CEO-HKICPA, Lam Soon, Guoco Group. University of Birmingham
Anhui Xiaocaiyuan Catering Management
CEO Ausnutria Hyproca, PMH Investment, Ex- Vegelin Groep, sc Heerenveen, Rabobank Heerenveen.
APAC Society for Cellular Agriculture, ex-The Boston Consulting Group, Novantas. Tufts University BS, The Wharton School MBA
Johnson & Johnson Group, Roche Pharmaceuticals. Xiamen University
Co-Founder Sungivenfoods Canada.
Shanghai BFT, Minhang District municipal committee, Shanghai Cuisine Association.
Grow International. York University BBA 1979
Ex-CQ Penglin, Yongpeng
Proxies, ex-Citrus Soul, ex-Future Food Studio, University of Guelph, 2018
Ex-Danone.
14 profiles with education records.
2 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
881,032 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Food and Agriculture coverage across China · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 111,352 |
| 2021Q3 | 123,673 |
| 2021Q4 | 106,704 |
| 2022Q1 | 125,344 |
| 2022Q2 | 118,620 |
| 2022Q3 | 148,055 |
| 2022Q4 | 148,107 |
| 2023Q1 | 160,705 |
| 2023Q2 | 148,888 |
| 2023Q3 | 164,804 |
| 2023Q4 | 138,149 |
| 2024Q1 | 150,596 |
| 2024Q2 | 161,226 |
| 2024Q3 | 159,549 |
| 2024Q4 | 181,247 |
| 2025Q1 | 259,010 |
| 2025Q2 | 194,186 |
| 2025Q3 | 342,404 |
| 2025Q4 | 136,768 |
| 2026Q1 | 148,418 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
573 recorded company events across 53 companies; percentages use that event total.
Food and Agriculture coverage across China · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Food and Agriculture coverage across China
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 3,907 | 1,710 | 128% |
| sustainable city planning | 3,117 | 60 | 5095% |
| domestic robots | 2,595 | 192 | 1252% |
| toy robots | 2,584 | 154 | 1578% |
| summit diplomacy | 1,728 | 1,120 | 54% |
| sanctions policies | 1,655 | 988 | 68% |
| export sanctions | 1,581 | 698 | 127% |
| wto rulings | 1,269 | 425 | 199% |
| asian games | 1,203 | 38 | 3066% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 1,099 | 545 | 102% |
| preferential tariff | 2,917 | 4,822 | -40% |
| economic slowdown | 2,490 | 4,565 | -45% |
| tariff rate quota | 2,210 | 3,345 | -34% |
| mfn tariff | 1,794 | 2,857 | -37% |
| gold futures trends | 1,586 | 2,694 | -41% |
Food and Agriculture coverage across China
territories, disputed islands, tariff negotiations
41.8% critical · 16.5% positiveinflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, trade deficits fx
50.8% critical · 39.4% positivegdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, economic output growth
44.3% critical · 39.6% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage across China. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
8,585 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Tone counts: 7,821 positive · 438 neutral · 326 negative.
Landmark: Internet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk
Landmark: Adoption of agricultural technology in the developing world: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature
Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis
Common problems researchers identify · 0125.8% of this theme group
Challenges in transferring technology and adopting modern machinery among farmers.
Agricultural machinery (87) · Agriculture (363) · Agricultural extension (51) · Extension (36)
Use of information and communication technologies for transfer of technology- The impact on adoption of improved agricultural technology
A Comment on the Study of Agricultural Technology Extension
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.5 |
| 2023 | 29.5 |
| 2024 | 26.0 |
| 2025 | 37.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0219.9% of this theme group
How changing climate threatens agricultural productivity and food availability.
Climate change (191) · Agriculture (299) · Food security (103) · Environmental resource management (68)
Climate-smart agriculture: Insights and challenges
Climate Smart Agriculture: An Option for Changing Climatic Situation
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2471.3 |
| 2023 | 2535.7 |
| 2024 | 2507.3 |
| 2025 | 2599.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0315.4% of this theme group
Barriers faced by small-scale producers when implementing climate‑smart practices.
Agriculture (235) · Climate change (86) · Food security (56) · Livelihood (35)
The Dynamics of Climate Change Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Climate-Smart Agriculture among Small-Scale Farmers
Uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture in West Africa: What can we learn from climate-smart villages of Ghana, Mali and Niger?
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2169.3 |
| 2023 | 2233.6 |
| 2024 | 2157.1 |
| 2025 | 2398.2 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0413.8% of this theme group
Technical and infrastructural hurdles in deploying smart farming and precision tools.
Agriculture (203) · Precision agriculture (27) · Archaeology (19) · Agricultural engineering (22)
Sustainable computing in smart agriculture: survey and challenges
Smart Agriculture Development and Its Contribution to the Sustainable Digital Transformation of the Agri-Food Sector
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 519.7 |
| 2023 | 517.2 |
| 2024 | 652.8 |
| 2025 | 479.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0512.9% of this theme group
Issues linking farm management systems with sustainable production and animal health.
Agricultural science (35) · Agriculture (92) · Production (27) · Animal welfare (6)
Farm Management Information Systems.
Evaluating Impacts of Climate Change on Farm Management
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 303.2 |
| 2023 | 291.9 |
| 2024 | 207.6 |
| 2025 | 119.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 067.0% of this theme group
Vulnerabilities and data‑privacy concerns arising from connected agricultural devices.
Internet of Things (95) · Agriculture (100) · Computer security (17) · Cloud computing (16)
An Internet of Things (IoT) Architecture for Smart Agriculture
Impact of Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1284.2 |
| 2023 | 1266.4 |
| 2024 | 1203.4 |
| 2025 | 1200.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 075.1% of this theme group
Economic and technical obstacles to widespread use of agricultural robots.
Robot (52) · Robotics (35) · Agriculture (67) · Automation (10)
Agricultural Robotics
Global trends in the development of agricultural robotics
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 889.2 |
| 2023 | 910.9 |
| 2024 | 889.0 |
| 2025 | 944.5 |
Cautions · 0121.6% of this theme group
Uncertainty over whether climate‑smart practices truly improve resilience and yields.
Agriculture (73) · Climate change (33) · Food security (23) · Natural resource economics (17)
Climate Smart Agriculture: Achievements and Prospects in Africa
Is Climate-Smart Agriculture effective? A review of selected cases.
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2412.6 |
| 2023 | 2485.5 |
| 2024 | 2510.4 |
| 2025 | 2614.1 |
Cautions · 0221.4% of this theme group
Risks that financial incentives may not lead to lasting technology uptake.
Agriculture (74) · Agricultural economics (21) · Agricultural machinery (11) · Subsidy (6)
An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
Cultivating Change: Computational Strategies for Enhancing Adoption of Agricultural Technology in Developing Countries: A Review
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 393.3 |
| 2023 | 385.5 |
| 2024 | 359.8 |
| 2025 | 244.6 |
Cautions · 0316.9% of this theme group
Potential conflicts between animal production goals and sustainable crop management.
Milking (4) · Animal science (4) · Livestock (6) · Agronomy (6)
Integrated farm management for sustainable agriculture: Lessons for knowledge exchange and policy
Assessing cover crop and intercrop performance along a farm management gradient
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 189.3 |
| 2023 | 178.8 |
| 2024 | 129.3 |
| 2025 | 114.3 |
Cautions · 0416.1% of this theme group
Questions about how new practices affect rural incomes and food security.
Agriculture (61) · Food security (19) · Livelihood (11) · Climate change (17)
Assessing the role of climate-smart agriculture in combating climate change, desertification and improving rural livelihood in Northern Nige
Adoption of agricultural practices with climate smart agriculture potentials and food security among farm households in northern Nigeria
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2169.3 |
| 2023 | 2233.6 |
| 2024 | 2157.1 |
| 2025 | 2398.2 |
Cautions · 0511.7% of this theme group
Concerns over reliability, data overload, and regulatory gaps for aerial and sensor systems.
Internet of Things (7) · Robot (6) · Agriculture (30) · Drone (3)
A Comprehensive Study of Using Internet of Things (IOT) in Monitoring System for Smart Agriculture
Making Agriculture More Intelligent: Progress of Agricultural Robots
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1213.4 |
| 2023 | 1228.1 |
| 2024 | 1218.4 |
| 2025 | 1183.8 |
Cautions · 067.3% of this theme group
How financing gaps may widen productivity gaps among farmers.
Agriculture (25) · Productivity (10) · Agricultural economics (10) · Agricultural machinery (6)
Access to credit and heterogeneous effects on agricultural technology adoption: Evidence from large rural surveys in Ethiopia
The impact of agricultural technology adoption on income inequality: a propensity score matching analysis for rural Ethiopia
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 941.1 |
| 2023 | 943.1 |
| 2024 | 839.3 |
| 2025 | 827.7 |
Cautions · 074.9% of this theme group
Unclear economic returns from integrating trees and wetlands into farms.
Wetland (3) · Profitability index (3) · Agronomy (4) · Agroforestry (5)
Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do?
Farm Management Practices Used by Wheat Producers in the Western Great Plains: Estimating Their Productivity and Profitability
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 853.1 |
| 2023 | 826.1 |
| 2024 | 731.5 |
| 2025 | 469.0 |
Opportunities · 0121.2% of this theme group
Leveraging low‑power sensors to monitor crops and optimize inputs.
Agriculture (503) · Wireless sensor network (85) · Precision agriculture (108) · Agricultural engineering (103)
Innovations in Sensor-Based Systems and Sustainable Energy Solutions for Smart Agriculture: A Review
Smart Agriculture System
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 378.6 |
| 2023 | 370.1 |
| 2024 | 365.7 |
| 2025 | 332.9 |
Opportunities · 0217.8% of this theme group
Scalable cloud platforms that aggregate field data for real‑time decision support.
Internet of Things (451) · Agriculture (495) · Cloud computing (108) · Precision agriculture (129)
Smart agriculture system using IoT
IoT based System for Smart Agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1077.8 |
| 2023 | 1072.1 |
| 2024 | 1078.6 |
| 2025 | 1187.1 |
Opportunities · 0314.9% of this theme group
Developing mobile robots that can perform planting, weeding, and crop collection without human control.
Robot (412) · Robotics (77) · Mobile robot (60) · Motion planning (34)
On the Development of Intelligent Autonomous Agricultural Robot
Multi-Purpose Autonomous Agricultural Robot
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 831.3 |
| 2023 | 850.7 |
| 2024 | 841.6 |
| 2025 | 859.9 |
Opportunities · 0414.8% of this theme group
Innovations that reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions while boosting productivity.
Climate change (205) · Agriculture (505) · Food security (143) · Greenhouse gas (43)
Climate-smart agriculture: adoption, impacts, and implications for sustainable development
Climate Smart Agriculture: Innovating Sustainable Practices for a Changing Climate
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2176.7 |
| 2023 | 2248.2 |
| 2024 | 2183.0 |
| 2025 | 2411.3 |
Opportunities · 0511.5% of this theme group
Applying convolutional networks to identify and diagnose crop ailments early.
Convolutional neural network (78) · Agriculture (263) · Plant disease (39) · Precision agriculture (80)
Deep Learning Techniques for Smart Agriculture Applications
An Efficient Disease Prediction in Smart Agriculture Using Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Improving Crop Productivity
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 85.7 |
| 2023 | 95.7 |
| 2024 | 73.8 |
| 2025 | 129.1 |
Opportunities · 0611.0% of this theme group
Scaling affordable machinery and practices to lift productivity in developing regions.
Agriculture (331) · Agricultural machinery (69) · Agricultural economics (72) · China (40)
Small-scale Farming, Agricultural Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: The Enabling Role of Agricultural Technology Adoption
Application of Sustainable Agricultural Technology to Increase Productivity and Food Security
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 577.3 |
| 2023 | 567.3 |
| 2024 | 533.1 |
| 2025 | 401.2 |
Opportunities · 078.8% of this theme group
Integrating predictive analytics to streamline livestock and crop operations.
Production (35) · Livestock (18) · Management system (12) · Animal science (9)
A Farm Management Information System Using Future Internet Technologies
Leveraging Generative AI For Sustainable Farm Management Techniques Correspond To Optimization and Agricultural Efficiency Prediction
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 130.9 |
| 2023 | 121.7 |
| 2024 | 95.6 |
| 2025 | 109.6 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 36.0% | 37.4% |
| Descriptive | 22.0% | 17.5% |
| Problem-identifying | 20.3% | 9.5% |
| Breakthrough | 13.1% | 26.2% |
| Cautionary | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Comparative | 2.7% | 3.9% |
| Critical | 0.8% | 0.9% |
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 paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceInternet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk | 91 | 1.19% | 29 (31.9%) | 1.19% |
| Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology | 16 | 0.21% | 8 (50.0%) | 0.21% |
| Energy & datacenter footprintSustainable computing in smart agriculture: survey and challenges | 9 | 0.12% | 2 (22.2%) | 0.12% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainThe LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart | 3 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.04% |
| Bias & fairnessGender and access to complex and gender-biased agricultural technology information and knowledge: Evidence from smart-va | 3 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.04% |
| Concentration of compute powerMonopoly and Micro-irrigation in Smallholder Water Markets: Using exploratory modeling to consider interactions between | 1 | 0.01% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.01% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Safety & misuse | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.
Compare demand signals in China’s newsflow with the food and agriculture categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post-harvest & exports ↗Investment Build-Out | 33.3 | 0.0 | +33.3 | -40.5% | |
| Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure | 50.0 | 33.3 | +16.7 | -58.7% | |
| Inputs & irrigation ↗Demand Driver | 50.0 | 66.7 | -16.7 | -6.6% | |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 66.7 | 100.0 | -33.3 | -37.8% |
Showing all 4 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.
All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. China is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Inputs & irrigation
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Inputs & irrigation
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Post-harvest & exports
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Post-harvest & exports
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Post-harvest & exports
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Post-harvest & exports
Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Inputs & irrigation
Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure
Inflation & spending pressure · Post-harvest & exports · Layoffs & income shocks
Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Inputs & irrigation
Inflation & spending pressure · Post-harvest & exports · Layoffs & income shocks
Storage and export build-out can pull processing and cold-chain demand with it.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 53 | 8.34 |
| 2024Q4 | 41 | 5.97 |
| 2025Q1 | 169 | 16.79 |
| 2025Q2 | 48 | 7.33 |
| 2025Q3 | 95 | 5.3 |
| 2025Q4 | 69 | 8.78 |
| 2026Q1 | 85 | 13.79 |
Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 583 | 91.69 |
| 2024Q4 | 806 | 117.46 |
| 2025Q1 | 922 | 91.61 |
| 2025Q2 | 1600 | 244.38 |
| 2025Q3 | 705 | 39.3 |
| 2025Q4 | 605 | 76.99 |
| 2026Q1 | 430 | 69.74 |
Input costs can pull efficiency tooling — water, fertilizer and soil tech first.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 23 | 3.62 |
| 2024Q4 | 23 | 3.35 |
| 2025Q1 | 34 | 3.38 |
| 2025Q2 | 37 | 5.65 |
| 2025Q3 | 47 | 2.62 |
| 2025Q4 | 28 | 3.56 |
| 2026Q1 | 53 | 8.6 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 217 | 34.13 |
| 2024Q4 | 189 | 27.54 |
| 2025Q1 | 159 | 15.8 |
| 2025Q2 | 232 | 35.43 |
| 2025Q3 | 296 | 16.5 |
| 2025Q4 | 116 | 14.76 |
| 2026Q1 | 150 | 24.33 |
China food and agriculture coverage
Environment International
352 citations in the snapshot
Environment International
345 citations in the snapshot
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management
292 citations in the snapshot
Supply Chain Management An International Journal
283 citations in the snapshot
China coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| commodity export strategies | 74 | 67 | -33.7% |
| tariff structure agriculture | 75 | 81 | -44.4% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
30.1% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $224.6M disclosed funding
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20.5% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $1.4B disclosed funding
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12.9% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $1.7B disclosed funding
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8.7% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $1.0B disclosed funding
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8.6% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $96.3M disclosed funding
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7.7% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $29.9M disclosed funding
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6.0% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $428.7M disclosed funding
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5.4% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $129.3M disclosed funding
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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