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THE KOLKATA EDITION 2026

Kolkata’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

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

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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Food and Agriculture illustration
Companies tracked 429Food and Agriculture ecosystem in Kolkata Disclosed funding $307.21M19 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 28With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 442 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Kolkata’s food and agriculture leaders

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

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Food and Agriculture company highlights in Kolkata, snapshot 3 September 2026
Company
Wow Momowowmomo.com$198.01M—5,836—
Keventerkeventer.com$38.54M—1,774—
Mcleod Russelmcleodrussel.com$31.76M—351—
Ganesh Grainsganeshgrains.com$19.8M—160$89MFYFY2025 filing
Anmolanmolindustries.com$7.61M—2,365Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Mohit Bakersmohitbakers.com$5.13M—181$23.65MFYFY2025 filing
Rozzanarozzana.com$2.26M—1—
Rollickrollick.co.in$776.26K—166—
Bisk Farmbiskfarm.com—4 roles1,231$174.4MFYFY2025 filing
Madhu Jayanti Internationaljaytea.com—4 roles247$48.78MFYFY2025 filing
Tek Foodstekfoods.co.in—4 roles——
Chaizupchaizup.com—3 roles118—
Associated Alcohols & Breweriesassociatedalcohols.com—2 roles350Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Regaal Resources Private Limitedregaal.in—2 roles——
Saman Teasamantea.com—2 roles16—
Shalimar Groupshalimarcorp.in—2 roles2,814Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Balrampur Chini Millschini.com——2,267—
Britanniabritannia.co.in——4,144—
Chowmanchowman.net——1,071$15.4MFYFY2025 filing
Halder Venturehalderventure.in——9$80.82MFYFY2025 filing
ITCitcportal.com——10,286$7.77BFYFY2025 filing
Love of Indialoveofindia.com————
Matix Fertilisers and Chemicalsmatixgroup.com——750Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Spencer\'s Retailspencers.in——3,760—
24 featured companies

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in Kolkata

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

3 September 2026
Hiring participation6.5%

28 of 429 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation5.1%

22 of 429 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share87.3%

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

Median disclosed round$1.38M

Midpoint of 35 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 87.3% of disclosed capital, while 94.9% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Kolkata food and agriculture has grown

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

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Kolkata food and agriculture
$0$20.76M$41.53M$62.29M$83.06M2016: $16.15M20162017: $72.86M20172018: $8.78M20182019: $23.03M20192020: $6.14M20202021: $20.12M20212022: $20.83M20222023: $37.43M20232024: $31.77M20242025: $54.8M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in Kolkata
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$16.15M123
2017$72.86M153
2018$8.78M213
2019$23.03M172
2020$6.14M151
2021$20.12M202
2022$20.83M215
2023$37.43M93
2024$31.77M62
2025$54.8M23
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Wow Momo64.5%
  • Keventer12.5%
  • Mcleod Russel10.3%
  • Other companies12.7%

Funding by stage

38 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel15 39.5%
Series A–B6 15.8%
Series C+ / PE7 18.4%
Grants, debt & other10 26.3%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
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Series C09/2021
Wow Momowowmomo.com$17.38M

Backed by Tree Line Investment Management and Lighthouse and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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

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₹ crore · standalone

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

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 127 reporting entities from 158 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts₹242,745.6 crore

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

Net profit / loss₹50,576.2 crore

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin+20.8%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue₹80.8 crore

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+81.9%

104 of 127 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+88.9%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

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

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

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 127 reporting entities

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KOLKATA · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does food and agriculture compare?

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

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

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

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

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

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

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

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

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

Most-installed apps

23 of these companies (5.4%) publish at least one Android app — 44 apps in all, carrying 9M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Jiffy by SpencersSpencer\'s Retail5.8M3.8Shopping
Mangaldeep Pujas, Bhajans, ManITC2M4.1Lifestyle
Chowman Food Order & DeliveryChowman594.2K3.7Food & Drink
Meadow:A2 Milk+Daily EssentialMeadowkart228.8K—Food & Drink
BalramBalrampur Chini Mills149.5K—Productivity
HungryTop - Food DeliveryHungryTop59.7K—Food & Drink
BHub RuralBritannia55.9K—Business
Adya DairyAdya Dairy48.2K—Food & Drink
BHub AWSM 4.0Britannia47.4K—Business
eChoupalITC23.5K—Business

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

App reach by segment

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

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Food Retailers35.8MJiffy by Spencers 5.8M
Food & Beverage Products282.4MMangaldeep Pujas, Bhajans, Man 2M
Traditional Conglomerates22MeChoupal 23.5K
Food Service Chains5616KChowman Food Order & Delivery 594.2K
Restaurants261.1KHungryTop - Food Delivery 59.7K
Food Distributors2447Hansaria Food Super App 239

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

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Kolkata food and agriculture market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Food & beverage products124
Internet first brands30
Consumer digital17
Uber for grocery delivery15
B2c grocery delivery15
Food tech15
B2c e-commerce15

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Food & beverage products

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

124companies
8.9%have hiring activity

11 companies hiring · $73.66M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

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

E-commerce - product360
Physical commerce208
Commission on transaction53
Advertising42
E-commerce - service35
Fee-for-service27
Sponsorship9
Subscription4
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 8 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsitcportal.com ↗

ITC announced that the company with effect from today i.e., 1 April 2026 has acquired the right to nominate the majority of the Directors on the Board of Sproutlife.

IPO activityhalderventure.in ↗

Halder Venture Limited, a leading agri-processing and rice milling company, today marked a significant milestone with the successful listing of its equity shares on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE).

Mergers & acquisitionsifbagro.in ↗

Ace investor Dolly Khanna, known for identifying multibagger small-cap stocks early, has added IFB Agro Industries to her Rs 250-crore portfolio by acquiring a 1.13% stake.

Mergers & acquisitionsannapurnasnacks.in ↗

Annapurna Swadisht Limited (ASL) has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in soya-based food manufacturer Andri Agro Foods Private Limited (AAFPL).

Mergers & acquisitionsassociatedalcohols.com ↗

Equity Intelligence India, the portfolio management company founded by ace investor Porinju Veliyath, has picked half a percent equity stake in Associated Alcohols & Breweries, the alcoholic beverages maker, via open market transaction on October 30.

Funding roundswowmomo.com ↗

Quick-service restaurant chain Wow! Momo is raising $8.5 million in its ongoing Series D round, led by 360 ONE with participation from Kyrush Investments. The funds will be used for capital expansion, working capital, and scaling its outlet network, FMCG business, and HORECA operations.

Contractsmcleodrussel.com ↗

The Khaitan family, promoters of McLeod Russel India Ltd, have secured a reprieve through a debt restructuring deal with the National Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd.

Company announcementsgoodricke.com ↗

By the end of 2026, the number of cows will increase to around 180, and the target is to scale it up to 500 over the next five years.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 536 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
281
Company announcements
71
Leadership moves
58
Mergers & acquisitions
49
Regulatory
15
Asset acquisitions
13
Capital infusions
9
Contracts
9
IPO activity
8
Lawsuit
7
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Leadership moves

22 tracked people moves

Wow Momo ↗
Sylvia Dutta

Appointment Lead – Corporate Communications & PR

Britannia ↗
Annu Gupta

Departure Previously CEO – International Business

Britannia ↗
Puneet Das

Appointment Chief Marketing Officer

Britannia ↗
Siddharth Gupta

Promotion Vice President – Marketing

Anmol ↗
Abhishek Kumar

Appointment Vice President – Marketing

ITC ↗
YC Deveshwar

Death Previously Non-Executive Chairman

ITC ↗
Sanjiv Puri

Appointment chairman and managing director

ITC ↗
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar

Death Previously chairman

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Healthy & Tasty – FOR CHEF

Product

Regulatory events

16 recorded events

approved for acquisitionNational Company Law Tribunal, Kochi Bench (NCLT)

Britannia ↗

issued demand noticeOffice of the Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, Thane

Britannia ↗

fined for non-payment of tax due to incorrect classificationOffice of the Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise

Britannia ↗

demand notice issued for tax and penaltyOffice of the Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, Thane

Litigation

10 tracked suits

Company
itc v britannia industries

intellectual property rights infringement (packaging and trade dress)Civil · Filed

Company
real touch finance, idbi trusteeship services ltd v Mcleod Russel India

facility agreement disputeCivil · Verdict

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

34companies
273period observations
8.2%median reported growth

Median across 281 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
ITC→Sanrise Foods, Hobits International Foods and Sunrise ColdeAnnounced2026-08-28Not stated in snapshot
ITC→yoga barRumored2026-04-07Not stated in snapshot
ITC→SproutlifeAnnounced2026-04-01Not stated in snapshot
ITC→yogabarCompleted2026-02-12Not stated in snapshot
ITC→24 mantraAnnounced2026-02-06Not stated in snapshot
Dolly Khanna→IFB Agro Industries ↗Announced2026-01-17Not stated in snapshot

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

79 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 82-posting snapshot covers 15 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Office Associate5
Assistant Manager Manufacturing Excellence2
Online Sales Aggregator Swiggy & Zomato1
Customer Experience / Sales Executive1
Post Doctoral Research Fellow1
Assistant Manager Consumer And Market Insights (Kolkata)1
2 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

38 postings specify a level.

unspecified
44
manager
27
senior
5
entry
2
lead
2
intern
2

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 82 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Negotiation
10
Fmcg Sales
9
Market Expansion
6
Ms Excel
6
Sales
6
Excel
4
Budgeting
4
Financial Analysis
4
Distributor Management
4
Quality Assurance
4
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

240 founders and chief executives across 191 companies.

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Education networks

12 profiles with education records.

University of Warwick
2
University of Pennsylvania
2
IIT Kanpur
1
INSEAD
1
IIM Calcutta
1
Singapore Management University (SMU)
1
The Wharton School
1
Wharton School
1

Prior employers

1 profiles with prior-work records.

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

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

2,375 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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2,375articles in the measured year
691articles in 2026Q1
83.2%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Kolkata · articles per complete quarter

02324656979292021Q2: 3562021Q22021Q3: 3662021Q4: 4212022Q1: 4592022Q2: 5172022Q22022Q3: 6052022Q4: 6002023Q1: 6322023Q2: 5712023Q22023Q3: 6352023Q4: 6512024Q1: 6012024Q2: 5812024Q22024Q3: 7162024Q4: 8082025Q1: 7682025Q2: 4412025Q22025Q3: 6762025Q4: 5072026Q1: 6912026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q2356
2021Q3366
2021Q4421
2022Q1459
2022Q2517
2022Q3605
2022Q4600
2023Q1632
2023Q2571
2023Q3635
2023Q4651
2024Q1601
2024Q2581
2024Q3716
2024Q4808
2025Q1768
2025Q2441
2025Q3676
2025Q4507
2026Q1691

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
919 positive · 11 neutral · 282 negative
2022
1,717 positive · 26 neutral · 434 negative
2023
1,926 positive · 18 neutral · 540 negative
2024
2,133 positive · 17 neutral · 551 negative
2025
1,985 positive · 17 neutral · 384 negative

Leading coverage topics

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

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

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

India comparison coverage

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

Event and signal lenses

India comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

156,776 classified articles

stock performance, stock indices, trade compliance agriculture

46.8% critical · 39.8% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

34,580 classified articles

pre-ipo valuation, ipo prospectus, agricultural venture capital

48.0% critical · 54.6% positive
Rising

Growth

70,581 classified articles

economic output growth, gdp growth rate, economic growth statistics

35.6% critical · 50.3% positive

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

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Food and Agriculture research is working on

1,113 papers in the recorded india scope.

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

Research orientation

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

Contribution mix

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Landmark: IOT Based Smart Agriculture System

Leading institutions

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

Leading researchers

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

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

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

Common problems researchers identify

140 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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Climate Impact on Food ProductionCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Climate Impact on Food Production

52 papers

37.1% of this theme group

Researchers highlight how climate change threatens food security and raises greenhouse gas emissions in Indian agriculture.

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

Climate Smart Agriculture Practices in India

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

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

Robotics and Precision Farming Challenges

44 papers

31.4% of this theme group

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

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

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

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

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

Economic Barriers to Technology Adoption

23 papers

16.4% of this theme group

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

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

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

Affordances and agricultural technology

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

IoT Security and Automation Risks

21 papers

15.0% of this theme group

Works point out vulnerabilities and data‑security concerns in IoT‑driven automated farming systems.

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

Smart Agriculture: The Future of Agriculture using AI and IoT

An Internet of Things (IoT) Architecture for Smart Agriculture

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YearShare index
2022949.3
2023945.6
2024890.4
2025802.2

Cautions

23 papers · 3 recurring themes
3 cards

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IoT Implementation CaveatsCautions · 01

IoT Implementation Caveats

10 papers

43.5% of this theme group

Authors urge careful evaluation of IoT reliability and scalability before wide deployment in smart agriculture.

Internet of Things (4) · Agriculture (8)

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

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

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

Climate‑Smart Practices Trade‑offs

7 papers

30.4% of this theme group

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

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

Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security

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

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YearShare index
20222476.5
20232521.8
20242553.2
20252497.9
Tech Over‑Commercialization ConcernsCautions · 03

Tech Over‑Commercialization Concerns

4 papers

17.4% of this theme group

Papers caution against unchecked commodification of agri‑tech and over‑reliance on AI without contextual validation.

Agriculture (4)

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

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

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YearShare index
20221875.8
20231913.7
20241743.1
20251853.4

A further 2 papers sit in smaller themes.

Opportunities

686 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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IoT‑Enabled Precision ManagementOpportunities · 01

IoT‑Enabled Precision Management

225 papers

32.8% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on leveraging IoT and cloud platforms to improve real‑time farm monitoring and decision making.

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

IoT Based Smart Agriculture Management System

Smart agriculture system using IoT

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

Machine Learning for Yield Enhancement

126 papers

18.4% of this theme group

Studies showcase how advanced ML models can boost crop yields and support agricultural engineering solutions.

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

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

Smart Agriculture Using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms

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YearShare index
2022277.9
2023286.1
2024302.1
2025267.3
Wireless Sensors for Resource EfficiencyOpportunities · 03

Wireless Sensors for Resource Efficiency

107 papers

15.6% of this theme group

Research highlights low‑power sensor networks that optimize energy use and detect intrusions in farming environments.

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

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

Smart Sensors for Smart Agriculture

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

Deep Learning for Disease Diagnosis

82 papers

12.0% of this theme group

Papers demonstrate convolutional neural networks that accurately identify plant diseases, aiding early intervention.

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

Plant Diseases Concept in Smart Agriculture Using Deep Learning

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

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

Climate‑Smart Strategies for Food Security

59 papers

8.6% of this theme group

Works explore policies and practices that align climate resilience with sustainable food production in India.

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

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

Climate-smart Agriculture, Productivity and Food Security in India

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

Robotic Platforms for Field Operations

50 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Research presents mobile robots that automate tasks such as fertilization and crop monitoring.

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

Smart Multipurpose Agricultural Robot

Agricultural Robot for Automized Fertilizing and Vigilance for Crops

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YearShare index
2022827.0
2023847.9
2024840.1
2025849.0
Economic Gains from Agri‑Tech AdoptionOpportunities · 07

Economic Gains from Agri‑Tech Adoption

37 papers

5.4% of this theme group

Studies assess how new machinery and technologies can reduce poverty and improve nutrition in farming communities.

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

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

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

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YearShare index
2022371.8
2023355.6
2024340.9
2025217.8

How this field compares with the research baseline

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

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising43.8%37.5%
Breakthrough21.2%26.8%
Descriptive15.6%16.8%
Problem-identifying13.4%9.6%
Comparative3.3%4.0%
Cautionary2.4%4.4%
Critical0.2%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 paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceRetraction Notice: Exploring the Role of Security and Privacy in Machine Learning for Smart Agriculture242.32%2 (8.3%)1.19%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainAn Application Framework for IoTs Enabled Smart Agriculture Waste Recycle Management System20.19%0 (0.0%)0.04%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.12%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Labour & data work00.0%0 (%)0.21%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Bias & fairness00.0%0 (%)0.04%
Concentration of compute power00.0%0 (%)0.01%

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

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