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THE LONDON EDITION 2026

London’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in London. 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 2,003Food and Agriculture ecosystem in London Disclosed funding $11.33B268 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 86With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 1544 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore London’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 London, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
CNH Industrialcnhindustrial.com$5.14B—63,356Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Whole Foods Marketwholefoodsmarket.co.uk$1.43B—789—
Caffe Nerocaffenero.com$1.18B—201—
Ferovinumferovinum.com$572.67M—10—
Pretpret.com$501.16M—8,000—
Emmersonemmersonplc.com$239.89M———
F1 Arcadef1arcade.com$167.73M11 roles70—
Purepure.co.uk$165M——$31.78MFYFY2024 filing
Diageodiageo.com—13 roles27,987Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Tate & Lyletateandlyle.com—8 roles4,522Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Liberty Wineslibertywines.co.uk—5 roles158—
Alivinialivini.com—3 roles——
Electric Shuffleelectricshuffle.com—3 roles——
Lucky Saintluckysaint.co—3 roles24—
Stolt-Nielsenstolt-nielsen.com—3 roles6,511—
Anglo-Eastern Plantationsangloeastern.co.uk——14,530Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Associated British Foodsabf.co.uk——132,273—
Berkmannberkmann.co.uk——215$149.64MFYFY2025 filing
ED&F Manedfman.com——5,500Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Fortnum & Masonfortnumandmason.com——926Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Fuller Smith & Turnerfullers.co.uk——4,240Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Pladispladisglobal.com——3,250—
Unileverunilever.com——128,000—
YOUNG’Syoungs.co.uk——5,654—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in London

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

6 August 2026
Hiring participation4.3%

86 of 2,003 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation16.3%

326 of 2,003 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share68.3%

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

Median disclosed round$972.91K

Midpoint of 455 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 68.3% of disclosed capital, while 83.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How London 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

London food and agriculture
$0$1.4B$2.8B$4.2B$5.6B2016: $694.65M20162017: $105M20172018: $366.47M20182019: $4.91B20192020: $97.95M20202021: $157.03M20212022: $796.25M20222023: $206.39M20232024: $292.06M20242025: $662.77M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in London
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$694.65M11734
2017$105M10931
2018$366.47M11951
2019$4.91B11646
2020$97.95M10454
2021$157.03M7742
2022$796.25M4750
2023$206.39M3939
2024$292.06M1536
2025$662.77M117
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • CNH Industrial45.3%
  • Whole Foods Market12.6%
  • Caffe Nero10.4%
  • Other companies31.7%

Funding by stage

533 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel337 63.2%
Series A–B90 16.9%
Series C+ / PE21 3.9%
Grants, debt & other85 15.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
7 rounds

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Series A04/2026
Gymkhana $8.5M

Backed by CAVU Consumer Partners.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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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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GBP · millions · consolidated

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 · 17 reporting entities from 576 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts£262.8m

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

Net profit / loss£-0.3m

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin-0.1%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue£13.4m

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+52.9%

9 of 17 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+75.7%

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 · 17 reporting entities

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

Busiest websites

34 of the 2,004 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.7%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 218,302 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Nando\'s UK & IREnandos.co.uk3,714,8466295.7%
wagamamawagamama.com1,618,8315295.8%
Gordon Ramsay Restaurantsgordonramsayrestaurants.com1,174,6115785.9%
PizzaExpresspizzaexpress.com1,093,4865390%
Unileverunilever.com926,0355341.4%
Yfoodyfood.com796,6384586.2%
Zizzizizzi.co.uk659,3735493.8%
Spacegoodsspacegoods.com648,1063488.8%
Flight Clubflightclubdarts.com582,8274991.6%
F1 Arcadef1arcade.com486,3924777.6%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

69 of these companies (3.4%) publish at least one Android app — 94 apps in all, carrying 14.4M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
ShikharUnilever4.4M3.6Shopping
Nando\'s UK - Order NowNando\'s UK & IRE2.8M4.8Food & Drink
Caffè NeroCaffe Nero1.9M3.1Food & Drink
PizzaExpressPizzaExpress1.6M—Food & Drink
Young\'s - On TapYOUNG’S789.9K3Food & Drink
wagamama soul club rewardswagamama447.2K—Food & Drink
Pret A Manger: Coffee & FoodPret435.5K4.6Food & Drink
JollibeeJollibee357.2K3.4Food & Drink
ChopstixChopstix Group255.3K—Food & Drink
GAIL\'sGAIL\'s Bakery229.6K—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 (2023Q1–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Food & Beverage Products255.1MShikhar 4.4M
Home Care Products134.5MUnilever TH Track and Trace 40.3K
Alcoholic Beverage Products450.4KPinter App 47.8K
Services For Restaurants314.3KOrderPin Mobile 10.3K
Crop Equipment59.7KCRM CNH 4.7K
Food Retailers28.9KBiscuiteers 4.5K
Food Distributors47.9KBerry Bros. & Rudd 5.3K

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.

2023Q1: 22023Q1: 22023Q12023Q2: 32023Q2: 22023Q22023Q3: 42023Q3: 02023Q32023Q4: 62023Q4: 12023Q42024Q2: 22024Q2: 12024Q22024Q3: 42024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 12024Q4: 52024Q42025Q1: 12025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 42025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 12025Q4: 82025Q42026Q1: 32026Q1: 162026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 60 of 94 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The London food and agriculture market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Internet first brands139
Consumer digital67
B2c e-commerce58
B2c grocery delivery53
Uber for grocery delivery53
Plant based foods40
Nutritional formula31
Enterprise tech30
Internet first snack brands17
Enterprise software13
Subscription commerce11
Grocery subscription11

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Internet first brands

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

139companies
4.3%have hiring activity

6 companies hiring · $192.62M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

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

E-commerce - product1,303
Physical commerce711
Advertising420
E-commerce - service366
Commission on transaction358
Fee-for-service239
Sponsorship69
Subscription41
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsunilever.com ↗

Unilever’s acquisition of greens gummy supplement Grüns in a $1.2 billion deal (announced April 4)

Mergers & acquisitionsyoungs.co.uk ↗

Young’s to acquire Cubitt House

Funding roundswasabi.uk.com ↗

That includes a $70 million equity round this past January.

Funding roundscleanfood.group ↗

Clean Food Group, a UK-based biotechnology company focused on sustainable oils and fats, announced it has raised £4.5 million in new funding to accelerate the scale-up of its fermentation manufacturing capabilities.

Funding roundscaprice-holdings.co.uk ↗

Meanwhile Times has reported that the strategic stake has been bought by an unit of Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s investment conglomerate for £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion).

Mergers & acquisitionscandykittens.co.uk ↗

Laing co-founded confectionary brand Candy Kittens in 2012 and recently snapped up snacking brand Graze from Unilever.

Mergers & acquisitionswbc.co.uk ↗

Wine Box Company, a trading division of Premier Paper Group Limited, has acquired the wholesale packaging business Transpack Limited.

Funding roundsadonis-foods.com ↗

Adonis raised $40 million in venture funding from General Catalyst, Bling Capital, and Quadrille Capital.

Earningsguinness.com ↗

Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC has recorded a year-to-date profit of GH₵185 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2026

Earningscnhindustrial.com ↗

CNH Industrial is anticipated to post its Q1 2026 results before the market opens on Thursday, April 30th. Analysts expect CNH Industrial to post earnings of $0.0018 per share and revenue of $3.7147 billion for the quarter.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 1,439 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Leadership moves
311
Earnings
273
Company announcements
179
Mergers & acquisitions
175
Asset acquisitions
103
Buyback
100
Funding rounds
78
Contracts
67
Lawsuit
49
Regulatory
25
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IPO pipeline

3 companies with recorded IPO activity

White Pearl ↗

SPAC · New York Stock Exchange5 reports

Pret ↗

IPO1 reports

Unilever ↗

IPO · Amsterdam2 reports

Leadership moves

110 tracked people moves

Will Rice

Appointment Managing Director

Jochen Van Esch

Departure Previously Managing Director

Diageo ↗
Dave Lewis

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Ottolenghi ↗
Neil John Campbell

Appointment Head Chef at Ottolenghi Edinburgh

Diageo ↗
Khushboo Benani

Departure Previously Global Head of Culture Marketing and Partnerships at Diageo

Desi Daru ↗
Gregorio Soriente

Appointment Brand Manager

Desi Daru ↗
Chet Patel

Appointment National Account Manager

RAP ↗
Mr Brian Seeley

Appointment President

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

CleanOil

Fermentation‑derived yeast fat

THIS ↗
Whole‑Muscle Steak Fillet

Plant‑based meat product

PizzaExpress pods

On-the-go pizza service

Mac & Wings

Food & Beverage

Unilever ↗
Sketch Pro studios

AI‑Powered Content Creation Studios

Italian sourdough sandwich range

Food

Litigation

31 tracked suits

Company
Bia Tosha v diageo, east african breweries, asahi group holdings

Attempt to restrain a cross‑border share sale over distribution and goodwill disputeCivil · Dismissed

Company
Bia Tosha Distributors v diageo

Diageo\'s sale of EABL stake to Asahi GroupCivil · Dismissed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

36companies
290period observations
2.1%median reported growth

Median across 231 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
premier foods→The Spice Tailor ↗Announced2026-07-25Not stated in snapshot
hony capital→PizzaExpress ↗Completed2026-07-01$1.5B
greencore→Bakkavor ↗2026-04-22Not stated in snapshot
mccormick→Unilever ↗Announced2026-04-15$44.8B
Unilever→GrünsAnnounced2026-04-14Not stated in snapshot
Unilever→mccormick & companyAnnounced2026-04-10$65.0B

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

20 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 90-posting snapshot covers 11 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Training Coordinator3
Customer Services Co Ordinator3
Engineering Manager2
Assistant Manager2
Chef Uk2
Electrical Engineering Technician1
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

7 postings specify a level.

unspecified
83
manager
7

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 90 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Typescript
20
Node.Js
13
Terraform
11
Aws
11
React.Js
9
Postgres
6
Postgresql
5
Swiftui
5
Molecular Biology
5
Lambdas
5
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

718 founders and chief executives across 552 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

89 profiles with education records.

University of Oxford
20
University of Cambridge
13
Imperial College London
10
University of Manchester
9
University of Bristol
6
London Business School (LBS)
6
INSEAD
5
University College London
5

Prior employers

9 profiles with prior-work records.

Goldman Sachs
5
McKinsey
2
Bain
2

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

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

38,571 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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38,571articles in the measured year
9,575articles in 2026Q1
68.1%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged London · articles per complete quarter

03,8397,67711,51615,3552021Q2: 6,4082021Q22021Q3: 6,6542021Q4: 8,2092022Q1: 6,8822022Q2: 7,0772022Q22022Q3: 9,1872022Q4: 8,8132023Q1: 7,7362023Q2: 8,5422023Q22023Q3: 6,9972023Q4: 7,1612024Q1: 8,7882024Q2: 8,1292024Q22024Q3: 8,2832024Q4: 8,4542025Q1: 13,3522025Q2: 8,1262025Q22025Q3: 11,3042025Q4: 8,6482026Q1: 9,5752026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q26,408
2021Q36,654
2021Q48,209
2022Q16,882
2022Q27,077
2022Q39,187
2022Q48,813
2023Q17,736
2023Q28,542
2023Q36,997
2023Q47,161
2024Q18,788
2024Q28,129
2024Q38,283
2024Q48,454
2025Q113,352
2025Q28,126
2025Q311,304
2025Q48,648
2026Q19,575

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
16,363 positive · 248 neutral · 7,889 negative
2022
20,096 positive · 579 neutral · 11,242 negative
2023
20,464 positive · 399 neutral · 9,525 negative
2024
22,299 positive · 469 neutral · 10,846 negative
2025
28,146 positive · 944 neutral · 12,251 negative

Leading coverage topics

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

International Political Relations20,752 articles in the full recorded period
6,208 recent · 3,313 prior
Security And Defense Policies11,455 articles in the full recorded period
3,764 recent · 2,049 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy9,534 articles in the full recorded period
2,948 recent · 1,684 prior
Executive Leadership Changes And Appointments8,382 articles in the full recorded period
1,975 recent · 1,757 prior
Nationalism And Sovereignty Debates8,263 articles in the full recorded period
1,573 recent · 781 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements7,613 articles in the full recorded period
3,282 recent · 1,431 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations7,531 articles in the full recorded period
1,917 recent · 1,410 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations7,434 articles in the full recorded period
1,801 recent · 1,417 prior
Political Biographies And Memoirs6,779 articles in the full recorded period
703 recent · 680 prior
Government International Agreements Coordination6,764 articles in the full recorded period
1,612 recent · 1,185 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

United Kingdom comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
tariff negotiations1,877656186%
stock performance1,58591473%
free trade deals1,076314243%
trade dispute mechanisms828222273%
bilateral trade793233240%
exchange rates783541350%
forex liquidity778302493%
gold spot price768252972%
multilateral diplomacy67637282%
foreign policy analysis64839066%
f1 world championship440714-38%
f1 championship415692-40%
mark rule gaelic football112284-61%
food safety modernization46214-79%
plastic recycling98181-46%

Event and signal lenses

United Kingdom comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

246,198 classified articles

stock performance, tariff negotiations, inflation outlook

43.2% critical · 35.2% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

58,687 classified articles

food rescue donations, meal distribution funding, currency intervention policies

33.8% critical · 47.7% positive
Rising

Growth

106,836 classified articles

earnings report, stock performance, quarterly results

26.2% critical · 48.8% positive

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

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Food and Agriculture research is working on

8,585 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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8,585papers
8,585worldwide comparison pool
—India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
3,090
Descriptive
1,886
Problem-identifying
1,744
Breakthrough
1,128
Cautionary
435
Comparative
231
Critical
71

Contribution mix

Empirical
3,801
Methods-led
2,885
Reviews
1,164
Position pieces
645
Theoretical
90

Tone counts: 7,821 positive · 438 neutral · 326 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
1,815 papers · 21.1% of this field
  • 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

Cautions
435 papers · 5.1% of this field
  • 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

Opportunities
4,218 papers · 49.1% of this field
  • 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

International Center for Tropical Agriculture
2,646
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
2,547
Wageningen University & Research
2,127
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1,929
Nanjing Agricultural University
1,699
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
1,659

Leading researchers

Robert B. Zougmoré
1,840
Leslie Lipper
1,705
Bruce Campbell
1,377
Mohammad Ammad Uddin
1,324
Ali Mansour
1,194
Muhammad Ayaz
1,175
Zubair Sharif
1,175
El‐Hadi M. Aggoune
1,175

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
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Extension and Machinery Adoption GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Extension and Machinery Adoption Gaps

418 papers

25.8% 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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202228.5
202329.5
202426.0
202537.0
Climate Impacts on Food SecurityCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate Impacts on Food Security

323 papers

19.9% of this theme group

Studies flag climate change as a major threat to agricultural productivity and food availability.

Climate change (191) · Agriculture (299) · Food security (103) · Environmental resource management (68)

Climate-smart agriculture: Insights and challenges

Climate Smart Agriculture: An Option for Changing Climatic Situation

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20222471.3
20232535.7
20242507.3
20252599.6
Adaptation Challenges for SmallholdersCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Adaptation Challenges for Smallholders

250 papers

15.4% 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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20222169.3
20232233.6
20242157.1
20252398.2
Precision Agriculture Implementation IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Precision Agriculture Implementation Issues

224 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Research points to technical and infrastructural barriers 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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2022519.7
2023517.2
2024652.8
2025479.5
Production Management and Animal WelfareCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Production Management and Animal Welfare

210 papers

12.9% 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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2022303.2
2023291.9
2024207.6
2025119.4
IoT Security and Reliability ConcernsCommon problems researchers identify · 06

IoT Security and Reliability Concerns

114 papers

7.0% of this theme group

Authors raise worries about data safety and system robustness in connected agriculture.

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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20221284.2
20231266.4
20241203.4
20251200.0
Robotics Integration ObstaclesCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Robotics Integration Obstacles

83 papers

5.1% of this theme group

Studies identify technical and economic hurdles to deploying agricultural robots at scale.

Robot (52) · Robotics (35) · Agriculture (67) · Automation (10)

Agricultural Robotics

Global trends in the development of agricultural robotics

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YearShare index
2022889.2
2023910.9
2024889.0
2025944.5

Cautions

384 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart StrategiesCautions · 01

Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart Strategies

83 papers

21.6% of this theme group

Researchers urge careful evaluation of climate‑smart agriculture outcomes before broad rollout.

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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YearShare index
20222412.6
20232485.5
20242510.4
20252614.1
Subsidy and Adoption Trade‑offsCautions · 02

Subsidy and Adoption Trade‑offs

82 papers

21.4% of this theme group

Papers caution that policy incentives may not guarantee 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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2022393.3
2023385.5
2024359.8
2025244.6
Livestock and Crop Management BalanceCautions · 03

Livestock and Crop Management Balance

65 papers

16.9% of this theme group

Works stress the need for integrated approaches to avoid unintended impacts on animal and plant systems.

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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2022189.3
2023178.8
2024129.3
2025114.3
Livelihood Risks Under Climate ChangeCautions · 04

Livelihood Risks Under Climate Change

62 papers

16.1% of this theme group

Studies highlight potential negative effects of climate‑smart practices on rural incomes.

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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20222169.3
20232233.6
20242157.1
20252398.2
IoT and Drone Deployment LimitsCautions · 05

IoT and Drone Deployment Limits

45 papers

11.7% of this theme group

Authors point out practical constraints and regulatory issues for widespread sensor and drone use.

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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20221213.4
20231228.1
20241218.4
20251183.8
Credit Access and InequalityCautions · 06

Credit Access and Inequality

28 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Research warns that financing gaps can exacerbate disparities in technology adoption.

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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2022941.1
2023943.1
2024839.3
2025827.7
Profitability of Sustainable PracticesCautions · 07

Profitability of Sustainable Practices

19 papers

4.9% of this theme group

Papers question the economic returns of agroforestry and other climate‑resilient methods.

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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2022853.1
2023826.1
2024731.5
2025469.0

Opportunities

3,768 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision FarmingOpportunities · 01

Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision Farming

799 papers

21.2% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on sensor‑based systems that enable real‑time field monitoring and resource optimization.

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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YearShare index
2022378.6
2023370.1
2024365.7
2025332.9
IoT‑Enabled Cloud PlatformsOpportunities · 02

IoT‑Enabled Cloud Platforms

671 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Research highlights cloud‑connected IoT solutions that streamline data collection and decision support.

Internet of Things (451) · Agriculture (495) · Cloud computing (108) · Precision agriculture (129)

Smart agriculture system using IoT

IoT based System for Smart Agriculture

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YearShare index
20221077.8
20231072.1
20241078.6
20251187.1
Autonomous Agricultural RobotsOpportunities · 03

Autonomous Agricultural Robots

561 papers

14.9% of this theme group

Studies explore mobile robots capable of performing diverse field tasks with minimal human input.

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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YearShare index
2022831.3
2023850.7
2024841.6
2025859.9
Low‑Carbon Climate‑Smart PracticesOpportunities · 04

Low‑Carbon Climate‑Smart Practices

558 papers

14.8% of this theme group

Works propose methods to reduce greenhouse gases while maintaining crop yields and food security.

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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YearShare index
20222176.7
20232248.2
20242183.0
20252411.3
Deep Learning for Plant Disease DetectionOpportunities · 05

Deep Learning for Plant Disease Detection

433 papers

11.5% of this theme group

Papers demonstrate convolutional networks that identify crop ailments early to improve yields.

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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202285.7
202395.7
202473.8
2025129.1
Technology Adoption for Productivity GainsOpportunities · 06

Technology Adoption for Productivity Gains

413 papers

11.0% of this theme group

Research shows how modern machinery and economics can lift output and reduce 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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2022577.3
2023567.3
2024533.1
2025401.2
Smart Farm Management SystemsOpportunities · 07

Smart Farm Management Systems

333 papers

8.8% of this theme group

Studies present integrated platforms that optimize livestock and crop operations through data‑driven insights.

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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YearShare index
2022130.9
2023121.7
202495.6
2025109.6

How this field compares with the research baseline

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

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising36.0%37.0%
Descriptive22.0%17.1%
Problem-identifying20.3%9.7%
Breakthrough13.1%26.4%
Cautionary5.1%4.7%
Comparative2.7%3.9%
Critical0.8%1.1%

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 & surveillanceInternet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk911.19%29 (31.9%)1.19%
Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology160.21%8 (50.0%)0.21%
Energy & datacenter footprintSustainable computing in smart agriculture: survey and challenges90.12%2 (22.2%)0.12%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainThe LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart 30.04%0 (0.0%)0.04%
Bias & fairnessGender and access to complex and gender-biased agricultural technology information and knowledge: Evidence from smart-va30.04%0 (0.0%)0.04%
Concentration of compute powerMonopoly and Micro-irrigation in Smallholder Water Markets: Using exploratory modeling to consider interactions between 10.01%0 (0.0%)0.01%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%

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