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Food and Agriculture Landscape of India
14,626 Food and Agriculture companies in India, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.
14,626companies tracked
$15.5Bdisclosed funding
865hiring right now
9,195events · 24 months
111,989news articles · 12 months
Who leads Food and Agriculture in India
Tracks 14,626 food and agriculture firms in India, highlighting the top hiring firms, the best‑funded companies, and the 865 firms currently recruiting.
open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
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McCain Foods13last posted Aug 2026
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Subway11last posted Jun 2026
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Brik Oven9last posted Jul 2026
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Kayem Foods9last posted May 2026
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NCCF7last posted Mar 2026
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United Breweries7last posted Aug 2026
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California Burrito6last posted Aug 2026
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Cargill India6last posted Aug 2026
865 companies hiring · 230 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
- 01
HURL$1.4BConventional Debt · Mar 2026
- 02
Starbucks$1BConventional Debt · May 2019
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Insecticides$838MPost IPO · Aug 2015
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Samunnati$510MConventional Debt · Jun 2025
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Bira 91$495.8MSeries D · Mar 2024
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Licious$490.1MSeries G · Sep 2023
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Patanjali Ayurved$472.4MConventional Debt · May 2021
- 08
Del Monte Foods$450MConventional Debt · Oct 2009
847 companies with disclosed rounds · $15.5B total
revenue
Revenue leaders
official filings first, else latest snapshot
- 01
ITC$8.7BFY2025 filing
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Patanjali Foods$4.5BFY2020 filing
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Diageo India$3.1BFY2025 filing
- 04
National Fertilizers$2.3BFY2025 filing
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Chambal Fertilisers and Chemicals$2.2BFY2021 filing
- 06
Radico Khaitan$2BFY2025 filing
- 07
- 08
Paradeep Phosphates$1.7BFY2024 filing
980 companies with a revenue figure
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
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Avantha Group25,000tracked employees
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Tata Coffee11,813tracked employees
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burger king india8,733tracked employees
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Haldiram7,032tracked employees
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McDonald\'s6,459tracked employees
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Wow Momo5,836tracked employees
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Parle Agro5,784tracked employees
799 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
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Mahindra Tractors4.5%730 tracked events
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Britannia3.0%485 tracked events
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Tata Consumer Products2.2%354 tracked events
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Jubilant FoodWorks1.7%273 tracked events
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Tata Trusts1.6%255 tracked events
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Varun Beverages1.5%244 tracked events
16,273 tracked events across 742 companies
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
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Amul1,300articles in the window
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United Spirits844articles in the window
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359 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Food and Agriculture ecosystem in India grew, 2016–2025
Shows the number of companies founded each year, with a peak of 884 new firms in 2020 and 151 founded in 2025.
Companies founded / year
new Food and Agriculture companies in India
20162025
peak 884 in 2020
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 225 in 2022
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
20162025
peak $2.1B in 2019
Where Food and Agriculture companies in India are based
Lists the cities with the most food and agriculture companies, led by Mumbai (1,365), Delhi (1,194) and Bengaluru (1,005).
Hub 01
Mumbai
1,365 Food and Agriculture companies
22% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
1,365companies
$2.5Bdisclosed funding
134hiring now
Hub 02
Delhi
1,194 Food and Agriculture companies
20% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
1,194companies
$4.1Bdisclosed funding
101hiring now
Hub 03
Bengaluru
1,005 Food and Agriculture companies
17% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
1,005companies
$2.6Bdisclosed funding
94hiring now
Hub 04
Hyderabad
586 Food and Agriculture companies
10% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
586companies
$863.2Mdisclosed funding
39hiring now
Hub 05
Pune
545 Food and Agriculture companies
9% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
545companies
$392.3Mdisclosed funding
49hiring now
Hub 06
Chennai
487 Food and Agriculture companies
8% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
487companies
$646.7Mdisclosed funding
28hiring now
Hub 07
Ahmedabad
459 Food and Agriculture companies
8% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
459companies
$184.8Mdisclosed funding
40hiring now
Hub 08
Kolkata
429 Food and Agriculture companies
7% of the Food and Agriculture companies across these hubs
429companies
$307.2Mdisclosed funding
28hiring now
The Food and Agriculture market map of India: what these companies actually do
Breaks down product sub‑categories and revenue models, noting that food & beverage products number 3,554 and e‑commerce product sales account for 11,251 revenue streams.
- Food & Beverage Products3,554 companies · $5.8B raised · 300 hiring
- Internet First Brands1,276 companies · $2.1B raised · 118 hiring
- Food Tech607 companies · $2B raised · 83 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce594 companies · $1.7B raised · 82 hiring
- Consumer Digital585 companies · $2.4B raised · 70 hiring
- B2C Grocery Delivery566 companies · $1.7B raised · 80 hiring
- Uber for Grocery Delivery566 companies · $1.7B raised · 80 hiring
- Internet First Snack Brands162 companies · $192.6M raised · 18 hiring
- Plant Based Foods140 companies · $74.5M raised · 9 hiring
- Enterprise Tech117 companies · $633.6M raised · 23 hiring
- B2C Farm Produce E-Commerce107 companies · $912.7M raised · 13 hiring
- Shark Tank96 companies · $131.9M raised · 28 hiring
Monetization
How Food and Agriculture companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
E-Commerce - Product11,251
Physical Commerce6,238
Advertising1,402
Commission on Transaction1,396
E-Commerce - Service1,168
Fee-For-Service1,061
Subscription310
Sponsorship248
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Food and Agriculture in India
Earnings 3,670Announcement 1,801Leadership 739M&A 733Funding 404IPO 403Product 365Contracts 260Capital 195Lawsuit 179
- IPOMilky Mist Dairy Food has completed a pre-IPO placement worth ₹3,570 crore, as part of its preparations for a proposed initial public offering, according to a public notice filed with regulators.2026-05-04
- FundingBlue Tokai Coffee Roasters is raising Rs 175 crore (around $19 million) through an extension of its Series D funding round.2026-05-04
- FundingRosier Foods Secures Angel Investment from Aman Gupta A2 Gir cow ghee and organic pantry brand Rosier Foods has secured investment from boAt co-founder Aman Gupta through his venture fund SailThru Ventures.2026-05-04
- M&AThe acquisition of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in March, for instance, had included both the men’s Indian Premier League franchise and the Women’s Premier League franchise, from United Spirits Limited (USL), a subsidiary of Diageo plc.2026-05-03
- IPOParle Products, the Mumbai-based maker of Parle-G biscuits, has initiated conversations with at least five investment banks for a potential initial public offering.2026-04-28
- M&AChalet Hotels has successfully completed the first tranche of its acquisition of Seasons Hotels Private Limited, officially making it a subsidiary of the company.2026-04-25
- FundingAgrow Allied Ventures Private Limited has raised ₹186 crore from a combination of primary capital infusion by India Advantage Fund S5 I, a fund managed by ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited; and secondary sale by existing shareholders.2026-04-23
- M&AHindustan Unilever’s acquisition of the residual 49% stake in plant-based nutrition brand OZiva, valuing the D2C brand at about ₹1,682 crore.2026-04-20
- FundingHOCCO Ecommerce D2C B2C $10.7 Mn - Sauce.vc Sauce.vc2026-04-18
- FundingIn a previous Series A funding round co-led by Fireside Ventures and pi Ventures, the Jaipur-based company raised $10.5 million (roughly Rs 64.1 crore).2026-04-15
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Food and Agriculture company in India was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | $736M | Announced | 2026-07-18 | |
| Siddharth Shriram | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-06-20 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-06-02 | ||
| Royal Challengers Bengaluru | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-03 | |
| Meru Travel Solutions | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-25 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for companies in the sector.
IPO pipeline
44 companies listed or filing · last 24 months
Milky Mist Dairy FoodIPO · BSE,NSE · 9 reportsMay 2026
Carlsberg IndiaIPO · 2 reportsMay 2026
Parle ProductsFollow-on Offering · 1 reportApr 2026
GSP Crop ScienceIPO · NSE · 26 reportsApr 2026
Pernod Ricard IndiaIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
Tea PostIPO · BSE & NSE · 2 reportsMar 2026
Elfin Agro IndiaIPO · BSE SME · 9 reportsMar 2026
JumbokingIPO · 1 reportMar 2026
Leadership moves
148 tracked people moves · last 12 months
EpigamiaRitesh Gauba · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerMay 2026
Sapphire FoodsPunit Jhunjhunwala · Appointment → Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Financial OfficerMay 2026
Burman HospitalityPraveen Nagar · Promotion → Senior Associate Vice President – MarketingMay 2026
CookieManSaibal Chandra Banerjee · Appointment → Business Head – Trade SalesApr 2026
TAFEDeepanjan Roy · Appointment → Senior Vice President, Sales & MarketingApr 2026
Crystal Crop ProtectionAkshay Kumar · Appointment → Brand AmbassadorApr 2026
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
MTR FoodsRice Rava Idli Batter (Fresh Batter)Apr 2026
VadilalPista Kunafa (Flavor)Apr 2026
EKLDigitrac PP43i Plus (Tractor)Apr 2026
L&T FinancePLANET app (Digital channel)Apr 2026
Contract wins
123 customer wins · last 24 months
Chowgule and Companywon boomsma shippingApr 2026
Farmmatewon Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA)Apr 2026
Escorts Construction Equipmentwon Tadano GroupApr 2026
Workforce actions
8 companies cutting roles · last 24 months
Ferrero~101 roles reported · scaling back operations at Chicago facilityNov 2025
Rich~139 roles reported · cost reductionFeb 2025
Third Wave Coffeescale undisclosedNov 2024
Regulatory & litigation
90 regulatory events · 43 tracked suits · 24 months
Associated Alcohols & Breweriesapproved for acquisition — National Company Law Tribunal, Kochi Bench (NCLT)May 2026
Devyani Internationalrecorded relocation — Registrar of Companies, HaryanaApr 2026
- tractors and farm equipment v massey fergusontrademark ownership dispute of the Massey Ferguson brand in India · OngoingApr 2026
- tafe v agcocontempt petition over termination of brand licence agreements without notice · FiledApr 2026
Earnings pulse
companies reporting results · last 24 months
428 companies reporting3,598 company-quarters trackedbeat 110miss 117in line 29
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +11.8%, half slower.
Who is building Food and Agriculture in India
Profiles 7,110 founders and CEOs, showing that IIM Ahmedabad (33 alumni) and McKinsey (11 former employees) are the most common alma mater and prior employer respectively.
Founders and chief executives12 of 7,110, from the best-funded companies on this page
Ex-CEO IFMR Rural Channels & Services, ICICI Bank, Canara Bank
Ex-Co-Founder ReliantMD, Reliance Industries, American India Foundation. Illinois Institute of Technology BS 2002
Ex-Futurisk Insurance Broking, India Insure Risk Management Services, Google · Bangalore University BSc 2007
repeat founder
Co-Founder-Patanjali Food and Herbal Park, Patanjali Research Foundation
Ex-VIP Industries, CavinKare, Britannia Industries, Mondelēz International. Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune MBA 2001
Ex-Mindtree, Way2wealth, Coffee Day Natural Resources, Way2wealth Securities. St. Aloysius College
Founder Dbaux, ex-Zynga, SupportSoft, ESRI. Model Engineering College, Cochin BTech 1999
Ex-Indxx Capital Management, Infosys · Indian Institute of Management, Indore 2007
Ex-L&T Finance, BNP Paribas. Sardar Patel Collage Of Engineering BE 1987, IIM Bangalore PGDM 1990
Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 435 of 7,110 founders
IIM Ahmedabad33
University of Delhi30
IIT Delhi25
Indian School of Business25
BITS Pilani24
IIT Bombay24
IIT Kharagpur21
IIM Bangalore19
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 68 of 7,110 founders
McKinsey11
Boston Consulting Group9
Goldman Sachs8
Amazon7
Intel6
Flipkart5
Microsoft5
Bain5
Founders flagged as repeat founders
of 5,530 founders with a profile on this page
34
carry a repeat-founder flag
- flagged as repeat founders34
- no repeat-founder flag5,496
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 5,510 of 7,110 founders
18%
of matched founders are women
- women995
- men4,515
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 1,600 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Food and Agriculture in India
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel List | 53 | 4 | Apr 2025 |
| DSG Consumer Partners | 52 | 17 | May 2026 |
| LetsVenture | 46 | 13 | Sep 2025 |
| Fireside Ventures | 34 | 19 | Apr 2026 |
| Anicut Capital | 32 | 9 | Apr 2026 |
| Aman Gupta | 32 | 7 | Mar 2026 |
| Venture Catalysts | 28 | 17 | Jan 2026 |
| Mumbai Angels | 28 | 13 | Apr 2026 |
| Alteria Capital | 27 | 8 | May 2026 |
| Anupam Mittal | 24 | 11 | Mar 2026 |
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel1,413
Series A–B401
Series C+ / PE147
Grants, debt & other225
The typical round is $527k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Food and Agriculture funding rounds in India
Highlights the largest disclosed round—a $200 million Series C by Coffee Day Group—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series C | $200M | Apr 2010 | NSR Partners, KKR, Standard Chartered | |
| Series F | $192M | Jun 2021 | Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Vertex Ventures, 3one4 Capital +13 more | |
| Series G | $150M | Mar 2022 | Amansa Capital, Axis Growth Avenues AIF–I, Temasek +16 more | |
| Series C | $121M | Oct 2020 | Iron Pillar, Ascent Capital, Raed Ventures +8 more | |
| Series D | $113.4M | Mar 2022 | Venturi Partners, Trifecta Capital, Elevation Capital +9 more | |
| Series D | $104M | Feb 2023 | Investcorp, ACG, Iron Pillar +18 more | |
| Series D | $93.3M | May 2022 | Amaya Ventures, Day1 Advisors, Placid Express +32 more | |
| Series B | $88.1M | Sep 2018 | Proterra Investment Partners, Black River Food | |
| Series D | $85.1M | Nov 2022 | Kirin Holdings, Kirin Holdings Singapore, CDL | |
| Series B | $74.5M | Jan 2023 | Danish Sustainable Development Goals Investment Fund, Nexus Venture Partners, responsAbility +5 more |
Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M398
$1–10M188
$10–50M49
$50–250M3
>$250M0
638 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Fresh cheques · last 6 months
Venture Debt$6.8MMay 2026
Seed$836kMay 2026
- Seed$635kMay 2026
Seed$73kMay 2026
SeedundisclosedMay 2026
SeedundisclosedMay 2026
Series AundisclosedMay 2026
PE$40MApr 2026
What the news says about Food and Agriculture in India
Indexes 111,989 news articles from the last year, with frequent coverage of product launches, Indian curry variations, partnerships and rural development programs.
News volume
Food and Agriculture coverage across India · articles per quarter
2021Q22026Q1
peak 37,871 in 2025Q1 · 111,989 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 61% → 73%, negative 37% → 26% across 2021–2025.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Food and Agriculture news in India. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- New product launches and innovations6,867▲+15%
- Indian curry variations6,337→-6%
- Strategic partnerships and collaborations5,563▲+24%
- Rural community development programs5,468▲+58%
- Agricultural export and international trade5,264▲+47%
- Agricultural insurance and risk management5,020▲+91%
- Water-efficient irrigation technologies4,776▲+64%
- Political party dynamics4,419→+4%
- Technology adoption and digital transformation4,343▲+25%
- Company expansions and new market entries4,132▲+49%
Most-covered companies · last 12 months
- 1,300
- 1,169
- 974
- 928
- 844
- 809
- 770
- 728
- 578
- 520
359 Food and Agriculture companies here were named in the news over this period.
Prism
Watch Food and Agriculture coverage in India as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
tariff structure agriculture+56%master farmer programs+70%youth agriculture programs+53%tariff negotiations+109%agribusiness education+47%trade facilitation commitments+211%commodity export strategies+44%trade barrier reduction+139%agricultural extension outreach+100%crop adaptation research+54%
stock performance-35%stock indices-48%ipo prospectus-43%pre-ipo valuation-47%ipo-43%
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in India Food and Agriculture coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
156,776 articles touch this dimension · 46.8% critical tone
20212025
signals: stock performance, stock indices, trade compliance agriculture
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
34,580 articles touch this dimension · 48.0% critical tone
20212025
signals: pre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, agricultural venture capital
Growth ▲ rising
70,581 articles touch this dimension · 35.6% critical tone
20212025
signals: economic output growth, gdp growth rate, economic growth statistics
Food and Agriculture jobs in India: who is hiring and what they ask for
2,411postings · last 12 months
3,131postings tracked overall
463employers advertising
$5kmedian advertised salary/yr (n=243)
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Food and Agriculture employers in India put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- excel191▲
- python183▲
- customer service164▲
- communication159▲
- sap150▲
- project management149▲
- communication skills138▲
- sql135▲
- data analysis130▲
- sales124▲
What level are these roles?
Entry130
Intern85
Senior436
Lead247
Manager719
What they pay, by level
- Manager$6k/yr (n=66)
- Senior$7k/yr (n=37)
Most advertised titles
- 48
- 42
- 34
- 28
- 26
- 15
13 internships were advertised in the last 12 months, across 13 of these companies.
What Food and Agriculture research in India is working on
Summarizes 1,113 papers from India‑affiliated institutions, of which 724 identify opportunities, 151 note common problems, and 27 issue cautions.
How this field talks about itself
India-affiliated Food and Agriculture papers (gold) against all published research (grey)
Promising43.8% · 36.5%1.2×
Breakthrough21.2% · 26.5%0.8×
Descriptive15.6% · 17.9%≈ par
Problem-identifying13.4% · 9.8%1.4×
Comparative3.3% · 3.9%0.8×
Cautionary2.4% · 4.5%0.5×
How the work is done
Methods-led52.4%
Empirical23.3%
Reviews18.7%
Position pieces5.2%
Theoretical0.4%
How the research reads
96% positive · 1% neutral · 2% negative, across 1,113 papers.
The institutions doing the work · India
- 3k
- 2k
- 1k
- 625
- 490
- 406
ranked by how often their work is cited
Leading researchers · India-affiliated work
Robert B. Zougmoré · Bruce Campbell · Mathieu Ouédraogo · Philip K. Thornton · Samuel T. Partey · Leslie Lipper · Thippa Reddy Gadekallu · Arun Khatri‐Chhetri
The most-cited breakthroughs
- An efficient LoRa-based smart agriculture management and monitoring system using wireless sensor networks · 211 cites
- sCrop: A Novel Device for Sustainable Automatic Disease Prediction, Crop Selection, and Irrigation in Internet-of-Agro-Things for Smart Agriculture · 130 cites
- Internet of Things application for implementation of smart agriculture system · 125 cites
- PEFL: Deep Privacy-Encoding-Based Federated Learning Framework for Smart Agriculture · 116 cites
- Blockchain-Based Cloud-Enabled Security Monitoring Using Internet of Things in Smart Agriculture · 111 cites
Common problems researchers identify140 papers · 4 recurring themes
Problems · theme 01
Climate Impact on Food Production
52 papers · 37.1% of this block
▲ +11% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Researchers highlight how climate change threatens agricultural productivity and food security in India.
Climate change · Food security · Agriculture · Greenhouse gas
“Climate Smart Agriculture Practices in India”
52 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 02
Robotics and Precision Farming Challenges
44 papers · 31.4% of this block
▲ +9% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Papers discuss technical and adoption hurdles for robotics and precision agriculture technologies.
Agriculture · Precision agriculture · Robot · Robotics
“Smart agriculture and nanotechnology: Technology, challenges, and new perspective”
44 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 03
Economic Barriers to Technology Adoption
23 papers · 16.4% of this block
▼ -58% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Studies examine how cost, profit expectations, and market dynamics limit uptake of new farm technologies.
Agriculture · Agricultural economics · Agricultural extension · Marketing
“Money Matters: The Role of Yields and Profits in Agricultural Technology Adoption”
23 of these papers raise it as a problem
Problems · theme 04
IoT Security and Automation Risks
21 papers · 15.0% of this block
▼ -15% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Works point out vulnerabilities and reliability concerns in IoT‑driven agricultural automation.
Internet of Things · Agriculture · Automation · Computer security
“Smart Agriculture: The Future of Agriculture using AI and IoT”
21 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions23 papers · 3 recurring themes
Cautions · theme 01
IoT Implementation Caveats
10 papers · 43.5% of this block
▲ +7% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Authors urge careful assessment of technology readiness and infrastructure before scaling IoT solutions.
Internet of Things · Agriculture
“Enabling Technologies in Smart Agriculture: A Way Forward Towards Future Fields”
10 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions · theme 02
Climate‑Smart Practices Trade‑offs
7 papers · 30.4% of this block
→ +1% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Research warns that some climate‑smart interventions may affect weed dynamics and household resilience.
Climate change · Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Natural resource economics
“Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security”
7 of these papers raise it as a problem
Cautions · theme 03
Tech Over‑Commercialization Concerns
4 papers · 17.4% of this block
→ -1% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Papers caution against unchecked commodification of agricultural tech and overstated AI benefits.
Agriculture
“The orbit of commodified technoscience: innovations in agricultural technology in India”
4 of these papers raise it as a problem
A further 2 papers sit in smaller, scattered themes.
Opportunities686 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · theme 01
IoT‑Enabled Smart Farming Platforms
225 papers · 32.8% of this block
▲ +10% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Opportunities focus on leveraging IoT and cloud services to improve farm monitoring and management.
Internet of Things · Agriculture · Cloud computing · Precision agriculture
“IoT Based Smart Agriculture Management System”
Opportunities · theme 02
Machine Learning for Yield Enhancement
126 papers · 18.4% of this block
▼ -4% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Studies explore advanced ML models to boost crop yields and optimize agricultural engineering processes.
Agriculture · Yield · Crop yield · Agricultural engineering
“Development of High-Quality Crops using Optimized Machine Learning in Smart Agriculture Environment”
Opportunities · theme 03
Wireless Sensor Networks for Resource Efficiency
107 papers · 15.6% of this block
▼ -20% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Research highlights low‑power sensor networks that reduce energy use while providing real‑time field data.
Wireless sensor network · Agriculture · Energy consumption · Intrusion detection system
“Modelling a smart agriculture system for multiple cropping using wireless sensor networks”
Opportunities · theme 04
Deep Learning for Plant Disease Detection
82 papers · 12.0% of this block
▲ +7% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Papers present convolutional networks that identify and classify crop diseases with high accuracy.
Convolutional neural network · Transfer of learning · Plant disease · Agriculture
“Plant Diseases Concept in Smart Agriculture Using Deep Learning”
Opportunities · theme 05
Climate‑Smart Strategies for Food Security
59 papers · 8.6% of this block
▲ +11% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Works propose integrated approaches to sustain production and mitigate greenhouse‑gas impacts.
Climate change · Food security · Agriculture · Greenhouse gas
“Agricultural sustainability under emerging climatic variability: the role of climate-smart agriculture and relevant policies in India”
Opportunities · theme 06
Agricultural Robotics for Field Operations
50 papers · 7.3% of this block
▲ +4% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Research showcases mobile robots that automate tasks such as fertilization and crop monitoring.
Robot · Mobile robot · Robotics · Agriculture
“Smart Multipurpose Agricultural Robot”
Opportunities · theme 07
Economic Impacts of Mechanization
37 papers · 5.4% of this block
▼ -41% share2022→2025 share of research on this subject
Studies assess how new machinery and adoption policies can reduce poverty and improve nutrition.
Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Agricultural machinery · Agency
“Poverty Reduction Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption: A Micro-evidence from Rural Tanzania”
Which of these themes are growing fastest
Tracks how the share of research themes changes globally from 2022 to 2025.
Problems
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Climate Impact on Food Production▲+11%
Robotics and Precision Farming Challenges▲+9%
IoT Security and Automation Risks▼-15%
Economic Barriers to Technology Adoption▼-58%
Cautions
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
IoT Implementation Caveats▲+7%
Climate‑Smart Practices Trade‑offs▲+1%
Tech Over‑Commercialization Concerns▼-1%
Opportunities
how much more (or less) of the world’s research on this subject each theme took up, 2022→2025
gaining sharelosing share
Climate‑Smart Strategies for Food Security▲+11%
IoT‑Enabled Smart Farming Platforms▲+10%
Deep Learning for Plant Disease Detection▲+7%
Agricultural Robotics for Field Operations▲+4%
Machine Learning for Yield Enhancement▼-4%
Wireless Sensor Networks for Resource Efficiency▼-20%
Economic Impacts of Mechanization▼-41%
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