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Ireland’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.
The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in Ireland. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
MEET THE COMPANIESExplore Ireland’s food and agriculture leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Company discovery
Recorded evidence onlyExplore the live startup set in Radar
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 ↗Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in Ireland
A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
30 of 846 tracked companies have open roles.
38 of 846 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 33 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 67.8% of disclosed capital, while 95.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATIONHow Ireland food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
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How Ireland food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Disclosed funding by year
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
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| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $14.37M | 33 | 5 |
| 2017 | $683 | 52 | 1 |
| 2018 | $58.01K | 47 | 1 |
| 2019 | $18.55M | 68 | 2 |
| 2020 | $10.15M | 54 | 4 |
| 2021 | $69.41M | 28 | 5 |
| 2022 | $1.77M | 5 | 2 |
| 2023 | $84.73M | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | $1.47M | 6 | 3 |
| 2025 | $3.48M | 2 | 3 |
Funding concentration
Share of all disclosed company funding.
- Strong Roots32.1%
- Waterford Whisky21.0%
- POWERSCOURT DISTILLERY14.7%
- Other companies32.2%
Funding by stage
45 recorded rounds since 2016
Investors appearing most often
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
- 01Enterprise Ireland 6 rounds
- 02Europa 4 rounds
- 03HSBC 2 rounds
- 04BACARDI 1 rounds
- 05Blackbox 1 rounds
- 06Goode Partners 1 rounds
- 07Nestle 1 rounds
- 08Linda Kiely 1 rounds
- 09Dan Kiely 1 rounds
- 010Rob Kearney 1 rounds
Recent recorded rounds
Latest recorded rounds · USDLargest and notable recorded rounds
Each card is one recorded roundBacked by McCain.
Backed by Goode Partners.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Mark Anthony Wine & Spirits.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Warsteiner Gruppe.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITYRevenue, profitability & financial strength
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Revenue, profitability & financial strength
Annual accounts availability
No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Ireland; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for Ireland; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.
Web traffic, app reach and release cadence
How the Ireland companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
Busiest websites
8 of the 846 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.9%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 182,011 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| SuperValusupervalu.ie | 750,946 | 56 | 79.3% |
| Guinness Storehouseguinness-storehouse.com | 296,335 | 55 | 76.3% |
| Baileysbaileys.com | 242,851 | 50 | 88.4% |
| Jameson Irish Whiskeyjamesonwhiskey.com | 186,147 | 56 | 63.8% |
| Apache Pizzaapache.ie | 177,876 | 43 | 87.7% |
| Bord Biabordbia.ie | 41,100 | 46 | 50% |
| Camilecamile.ie | 33,266 | 40 | 74.1% |
| Four Star Pizzafourstarpizza.ie | 24,034 | 39 | 88.1% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
Most-installed apps
44 of these companies (5.2%) publish at least one Android app — 50 apps in all, carrying 2.7M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real RewardsSuperValu | 1M | — | Shopping |
| SuperValuSuperValu | 394.8K | 3.1 | Shopping |
| Apache Pizza: Food DeliveryApache Pizza | 347.3K | — | Food & Drink |
| Supermac\'sSupermac’s | 158.9K | — | Food & Drink |
| CamileCamile | 140.6K | — | Food & Drink |
| Insomnia Coffee IEinsomnia | 129.5K | 5 | Food & Drink |
| Starbucks IrelandStarbucks Ireland | 84.6K | — | Food & Drink |
| Romayo\'s IrelandRomayo’s | 77.5K | — | Lifestyle |
| Four Star Pizza AppFour Star Pizza | 60.7K | — | Food & Drink |
| SPAR Ireland - My SPAR RewardsSPAR | 57.6K | — | Food & Drink |
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 (2023Q1–2023Q1).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Retailers | 6 | 1.5M | Real Rewards 1M | |
| Food Distributors | 5 | 1.4M | SuperValu 394.8K | |
| Restaurants | 13 | 22.7K | Friends of BuJo 5.6K | |
| Livestock Research And Training Services | 2 | 12.8K | PBI Grass Pasturebase Ireland 9K |
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.
Release cadence by quarter
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 36 of 50 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2025Q3, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
INSIDE THE INDUSTRYThe Ireland food and agriculture market map
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The Ireland food and agriculture market map
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Where companies are building
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
Internet first brands
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $15M disclosed funding
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Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.
THE COMPANIES IN MOTIONWho is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
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Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
SuperValu owner Musgrave has pumped over €20.3m into retailer Donnybrook Fair since buying the high-end grocery and food brand in 2018.
Clarendon Agricare is a well-established distributor within the Northern Ireland agricultural sector.
Pilgrim's Europe has announced the acquisition of Hermitage AI Ltd
Royal HZPC Group has completed the acquisition of IPM Potato Group, following an initial announcement made in October 2025.
Cork flavour, ingredients and dairy company Carbery Group has acquired Solutaste, a flavour and ingredients manufacturer and distribution firm based in Sao Paulo.
Greencore Group plc has secured a largely favourable ruling from the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority in relation to its proposed acquisition of Bakkavor Group plc.
In September, Bunzl completed the acquisition of Caterline Catering Equipment Ltd (Caterline), a distributor of commercial catering equipment in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
C&C Group plc, the Dublin-based manufacturer, marketer and distributor of beer and hard cider brands including Woodchuck and Hornsby’s, has acquired the remaining 50 percent stake in Wallaces Express, Scotland's largest wine and spirits wholesaler.
Its recent acquisition, Ready Chef, has been performing well.
The US fresh vegetable business of Dublin-based company Dole has been acquired by Organicgirl, a packaged salad firm owned by Arable Capital Partners, for USD 140m.
Full recorded event mix
Top 10 categories among 189 recorded events in the 24-month window.
IPO pipeline
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · Dublin1 reports
Leadership moves
12 tracked people moves
Appointment Member of the Board of Directors
Appointment Member of the Board of Directors
Appointment Member of the Board of Directors
Resignation
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chairman
Product launches
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Electric Heavy Goods Vehicle
Contract wins
3 recorded customer wins
Customer: THG PLC
Customer: bakkavor
Customer: lion
Workforce actions
1 companies with reported reductions
70 rolescost reduction
Regulatory events
12 recorded events
required sale of plantCMA
approved for saleUK court
approved for examinershipHigh Court
transaction cleared conditional on saleCompetition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Earnings pulse
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 54 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Mergers and acquisitions
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Dairy UK→Greencore ↗ | Announced | 2026-06-15 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Greencore→bakkavor | 2026-04-22 | Not stated in snapshot | |
| Origin Enterprises→clarendon agricare | Announced | 2026-03-20 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Pilgrim\'s Europe→Hermitage AI ↗ | Announced | 2026-03-02 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Royal HZPC Group→IPM Potato ↗ | Completed | 2026-02-10 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Fyffes→chiquita brands international | Announced | 2026-02-10 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITYThe talent market
3 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 14-posting snapshot covers 8 employers.
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The talent market
3 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 14-posting snapshot covers 8 employers.
Most advertised job titles
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
The seniority mix
3 postings specify a level.
Companies hiring
Large employers
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Kerry ↗ | 23,351 |
| bwg foods ↗ | 23,000 |
| Ornua ↗ | 3,000 |
| origin enterprises ↗ | 2,643 |
| Greencore ↗ | 2,469 |
| Teagasc ↗ | 1,616 |
| Supermac’s ↗ | 1,503 |
| Tirlan ↗ | 1,145 |
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELDFounders and leaders
152 founders and chief executives across 130 companies.
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Founders and leaders
152 founders and chief executives across 130 companies.
Ashley Gardiner
POWERSCOURT DISTILLERY ↗DDC Shopfit & Design, ex-Marks and Spencer.
Donal O'Gallachoir
Glendalough Distillery ↗Ex- The Irishman Brands, CMS Marketing Services, Grass Roots Group. National University of Ireland BBS 2011, Dublin Institute of Technology MSc 2013
Tom Cronin
Rye River Brewing Company ↗ex CEO NORTH WEST BARS, Molson Coors Ireland, The HEINEKEN. Dublin Institute of Technology 2015
Tom Jensen
Connacht Whiskey ↗Founder New Liberty Distillery, Woodland Radicle ex- Remy Cointreau USA, Allied Domecq, Central Division, Central States, Gallo Wine Division…
Quincey Fennelly
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company ↗Ex-San Francisco Baking Institute, C&C Wholesale, United Beverages, Ballygowan. Trinity College Dublin
Eamon Fitzgerald
WineSpark ↗Ex- Naked Wines, Decanter, Donnybrook Fair. Trinity College Dublin 2007
Ernest Cantillon
LYQD ↗Co-Founder Black Emerald Irish Whiskey, Sober Lane, Electric Cork. University College Cork BCom 2004
Conor Quinn
Wilde Irish Gin ↗Leftys, ex-805basecamp, ex-The Hangar Santa Barbara, University of Denver, 2002
Padraig McPhillips
DPTC ↗Wuxi Vaccines, ex-Wuxi Biologics, ex-Confirm Sfi Research Centre For Smart Manufacturing, University College Dublin, 2007
John Lynam
Hexafly ↗Hexafly, ex-The Energy Centre, ex-Himalayan Crafts, university of galway, 2014
Noreen Doyle
Irish Biltong ↗The Irish Biltong, ex-The Saoirse Foundation Bumbleance Childrens National Ambulance Service, Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Jack Teeling
Teeling Whiskey ↗Berman Consulting, ex-Director Imagine Technologies, Clontarf Energy, MD Cooley Distillery, Anglo Irish Bank. Trinity College Dublin MSc 2005
Education networks
4 profiles with education records.
Prior employers
2 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
NEWS INTELLIGENCEHow this industry appears in the news
67,564 articles in the measured 12-month window.
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How this industry appears in the news
67,564 articles in the measured 12-month window.
News volume trends
Food and Agriculture coverage across Ireland · articles per complete quarter
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| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 13,941 |
| 2021Q3 | 27,483 |
| 2021Q4 | 13,229 |
| 2022Q1 | 16,049 |
| 2022Q2 | 14,113 |
| 2022Q3 | 13,586 |
| 2022Q4 | 16,260 |
| 2023Q1 | 17,649 |
| 2023Q2 | 19,263 |
| 2023Q3 | 18,219 |
| 2023Q4 | 16,470 |
| 2024Q1 | 19,027 |
| 2024Q2 | 18,666 |
| 2024Q3 | 17,969 |
| 2024Q4 | 17,796 |
| 2025Q1 | 24,456 |
| 2025Q2 | 14,891 |
| 2025Q3 | 19,361 |
| 2025Q4 | 13,990 |
| 2026Q1 | 19,051 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
Tone of coverage over time
Most-covered companies
Company share of voice
194 recorded company events across 25 companies; percentages use that event total.
Leading coverage topics
Food and Agriculture coverage across Ireland · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Topics gaining and losing attention
Food and Agriculture coverage across Ireland
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| study overseas | 294 | 137 | 115% |
| semester abroad | 262 | 119 | 120% |
| overseas study | 259 | 128 | 102% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 212 | 66 | 221% |
| sports legislation | 168 | 62 | 171% |
| overseas air routes | 159 | 103 | 54% |
| decentralized forex | 155 | 74 | 109% |
| pro league fixtures | 150 | 67 | 124% |
| international programs | 135 | 69 | 96% |
| world cup women | 133 | 82 | 62% |
| odi world cup | 186 | 477 | -61% |
| icc world cup | 168 | 441 | -62% |
| test cricket | 212 | 342 | -38% |
| odi tactics | 171 | 334 | -49% |
| mark rule gaelic football | 132 | 325 | -59% |
Event and signal lenses
Food and Agriculture coverage across Ireland
Regulatory Risk
83,151 classified articlesmark rule gaelic football, odi world cup, icc world cup
35.1% critical · 34.1% positiveFunding Momentum
20,021 classified articlesodi world cup, icc world cup, africa t20 cup
28.4% critical · 39.7% positiveGrowth
22,149 classified articlesmoney laundering investigations, league expansion news, quarterly results
33.0% critical · 43.6% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage across Ireland. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
RESEARCH SIGNALSWhat Food and Agriculture research is working on
8,585 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
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What Food and Agriculture research is working on
8,585 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Research orientation
Contribution mix
Tone counts: 7,821 positive · 438 neutral · 326 negative.
- Agriculture1,493 papers
- Climate change293 papers
- Food security235 papers
- Sustainability118 papers
- Productivity117 papers
- Internet of Things111 papers
- Production104 papers
- Agricultural economics101 papers
Landmark: Internet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk
- Agriculture318 papers
- Food security60 papers
- Climate change59 papers
- Productivity49 papers
- Agricultural economics46 papers
- Production35 papers
- Sustainability33 papers
- Agroforestry26 papers
Landmark: Adoption of agricultural technology in the developing world: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature
- Agriculture2,634 papers
- Internet of Things520 papers
- Robot461 papers
- Precision agriculture376 papers
- Agricultural engineering297 papers
- Food security255 papers
- Productivity253 papers
- Climate change233 papers
Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis
Leading institutions
Leading researchers
Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers
- Blockchain and IoT based Food Traceability for Smart Agriculture339 citations
- An Energy Efficient and Secure IoT-Based WSN Framework: An Application to Smart Agriculture293 citations
- IOT Based Smart Agriculture Monitoring System248 citations
- An efficient LoRa-based smart agriculture management and monitoring system using wireless sensor networks211 citations
- Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies190 citations
Common problems researchers identify
1,622 papers · 7 recurring themes
Common problems researchers identify · 01Extension and Machinery Adoption Gaps
418 papers25.8% of this theme group
Researchers highlight difficulties 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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.9 |
| 2023 | 28.9 |
| 2024 | 25.8 |
| 2025 | 38.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 02Climate Change Threats to Food Security
323 papers19.9% of this theme group
Studies flag climate impacts on agriculture and the resulting risks to 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
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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2470.2 |
| 2023 | 2535.7 |
| 2024 | 2517.4 |
| 2025 | 2603.9 |
Common problems researchers identify · 03Adaptation Challenges for Smallholders
250 papers15.4% of this theme group
Papers discuss obstacles small-scale farmers face 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?
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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2172.3 |
| 2023 | 2236.1 |
| 2024 | 2166.2 |
| 2025 | 2403.3 |
Common problems researchers identify · 04Precision Agriculture Implementation Barriers
224 papers13.8% of this theme group
Research points to technical and infrastructural hurdles limiting smart farming adoption.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 512.7 |
| 2023 | 515.6 |
| 2024 | 647.8 |
| 2025 | 472.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 05Production Management and Animal Welfare Issues
210 papers12.9% of this theme group
Works examine inefficiencies in farm management and concerns for livestock well‑being.
Agricultural science (35) · Agriculture (92) · Production (27) · Animal welfare (6)
Farm Management Information Systems.
Evaluating Impacts of Climate Change on Farm Management
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 303.4 |
| 2023 | 288.2 |
| 2024 | 206.4 |
| 2025 | 116.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 06IoT Security and Reliability Concerns
114 papers7.0% of this theme group
Authors warn about cybersecurity and data integrity problems in connected agricultural systems.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1280.1 |
| 2023 | 1261.2 |
| 2024 | 1196.6 |
| 2025 | 1192.1 |
Common problems researchers identify · 07Robotics Integration Obstacles
83 papers5.1% of this theme group
Studies identify technical and economic limits to deploying robots for farm automation.
Robot (52) · Robotics (35) · Agriculture (67) · Automation (10)
Agricultural Robotics
Global trends in the development of agricultural robotics
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 885.3 |
| 2023 | 907.9 |
| 2024 | 887.9 |
| 2025 | 934.6 |
Cautions
384 papers · 7 recurring themes
Cautions · 01Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart Strategies
83 papers21.6% of this theme group
Researchers caution that climate‑smart agriculture may not consistently deliver promised benefits.
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.
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2413.0 |
| 2023 | 2484.7 |
| 2024 | 2519.0 |
| 2025 | 2620.4 |
Cautions · 02Economic Viability of Technology Subsidies
82 papers21.4% of this theme group
Analyses question whether subsidies reliably promote technology uptake among farmers.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 393.5 |
| 2023 | 380.6 |
| 2024 | 357.7 |
| 2025 | 242.4 |
Cautions · 03Livestock and Crop Management Trade‑offs
65 papers16.9% of this theme group
Papers highlight potential conflicts between animal production goals and sustainable agronomy practices.
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
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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 190.1 |
| 2023 | 178.6 |
| 2024 | 129.7 |
| 2025 | 114.6 |
Cautions · 04Livelihood Impacts of Climate‑Smart Practices
62 papers16.1% of this theme group
Studies warn that adoption may not improve household incomes or resilience as expected.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2172.3 |
| 2023 | 2236.1 |
| 2024 | 2166.2 |
| 2025 | 2403.3 |
Cautions · 05Complexity of IoT and Drone Systems
45 papers11.7% of this theme group
Researchers note technical complexity and integration challenges for sensor and drone deployments.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1208.4 |
| 2023 | 1224.6 |
| 2024 | 1211.9 |
| 2025 | 1173.9 |
Cautions · 06Credit Access and Inequality Risks
28 papers7.3% of this theme group
Works caution that financing schemes can exacerbate income gaps among rural producers.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 946.2 |
| 2023 | 942.7 |
| 2024 | 840.0 |
| 2025 | 834.1 |
Cautions · 07Profitability Uncertainty in Agroforestry
19 papers4.9% of this theme group
Analyses point to unclear economic returns for wetland and agroforestry interventions.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 850.4 |
| 2023 | 819.4 |
| 2024 | 725.1 |
| 2025 | 462.4 |
Opportunities
3,768 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · 01Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision Farming
799 papers21.2% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on sensor‑based monitoring to enhance resource use efficiency.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 374.3 |
| 2023 | 368.8 |
| 2024 | 362.0 |
| 2025 | 329.0 |
Opportunities · 02IoT‑Enabled Cloud Platforms
671 papers17.8% of this theme group
Research promotes cloud‑connected IoT solutions for real‑time farm management.
Internet of Things (451) · Agriculture (495) · Cloud computing (108) · Precision agriculture (129)
Smart agriculture system using IoT
IoT based System for Smart Agriculture
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1075.2 |
| 2023 | 1070.3 |
| 2024 | 1072.3 |
| 2025 | 1179.8 |
Opportunities · 03Autonomous Agricultural Robots
561 papers14.9% of this theme group
Papers explore mobile robots that can perform planting, weeding, and harvesting tasks.
Robot (412) · Robotics (77) · Mobile robot (60) · Motion planning (34)
On the Development of Intelligent Autonomous Agricultural Robot
Multi-Purpose Autonomous Agricultural Robot
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 827.0 |
| 2023 | 847.9 |
| 2024 | 840.1 |
| 2025 | 849.0 |
Opportunities · 04Low‑Carbon Farming Practices
558 papers14.8% of this theme group
Studies highlight methods to reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions while maintaining 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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2178.9 |
| 2023 | 2250.8 |
| 2024 | 2192.9 |
| 2025 | 2416.6 |
Opportunities · 05Deep Learning for Plant Disease Detection
433 papers11.5% of this theme group
Research showcases neural‑network models that identify crop diseases from images.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 83.4 |
| 2023 | 96.6 |
| 2024 | 74.0 |
| 2025 | 129.0 |
Opportunities · 06Technology Adoption for Poverty Reduction
413 papers11.0% of this theme group
Works emphasize how modern machinery can boost yields and alleviate rural poverty.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 578.2 |
| 2023 | 562.6 |
| 2024 | 531.1 |
| 2025 | 402.3 |
Opportunities · 07Smart Management Systems for Livestock
333 papers8.8% of this theme group
Papers propose integrated digital tools to optimize animal production and health.
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
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 131.4 |
| 2023 | 123.3 |
| 2024 | 97.2 |
| 2025 | 110.7 |
How this field compares with the research baseline
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 36.0% | 36.8% |
| Descriptive | 22.0% | 17.2% |
| Problem-identifying | 20.3% | 9.7% |
| Breakthrough | 13.1% | 26.7% |
| Cautionary | 5.1% | 4.7% |
| Comparative | 2.7% | 4.0% |
| Critical | 0.8% | 0.9% |
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 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.
GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINTWhere companies are based
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
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Where companies are based
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

Dublin
247 companies65.9% across the displayed hubs
14 companies hiring · $75.0M disclosed funding
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Cork
45 companies12.0% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $2.9M disclosed funding
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Galway
18 companies4.8% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $68.5K disclosed funding
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Limerick
17 companies4.5% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $622.8K disclosed funding
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Waterford
13 companies3.5% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $47.9M disclosed funding
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Wicklow
12 companies3.2% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $6.7M disclosed funding
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Donegal
12 companies3.2% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $3.2M disclosed funding
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Kildare
11 companies2.9% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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What does this landscape measure?
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
Can segment counts be added together?
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 1 September 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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