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

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
MEET THE COMPANIESExplore the Netherlands’s food and agriculture leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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Explore the Netherlands’s food and agriculture leaders
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.
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A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
192 of 2,261 tracked companies have open roles.
84 of 2,261 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 95 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 82.4% of disclosed capital, while 96.3% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATIONHow the Netherlands food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
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How the Netherlands 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 | $16.05M | 103 | 5 |
| 2017 | $2.15M | 90 | 1 |
| 2018 | $40.04M | 100 | 6 |
| 2019 | $689.11M | 102 | 10 |
| 2020 | $33.85M | 102 | 10 |
| 2021 | $10.95M | 61 | 5 |
| 2022 | $26.2M | 32 | 16 |
| 2023 | $43.98M | 18 | 6 |
| 2024 | $14.84M | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | $83.81M | 0 | 6 |
Funding concentration
Share of all disclosed company funding.
- Ahold Delhaize54.3%
- Strauss Coffee23.3%
- The Protein Brewery4.8%
- Other companies17.6%
Funding by stage
130 recorded rounds since 2016
Investors appearing most often
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
- 01Europa 33 rounds
- 02Oost NL 7 rounds
- 03EIC Fund 5 rounds
- 04SHIFT Invest 4 rounds
- 05UNIIQ 3 rounds
- 06Invest-NL 3 rounds
- 07Icecat 3 rounds
- 08Rabobank 3 rounds
- 09ABN AMRO Social Impact Fund 3 rounds
- 010Abn Amro 2 rounds
Recent recorded rounds
Latest recorded rounds · USDLargest and notable recorded rounds
Each card is one recorded roundBacked by Invest-NL and BOM and others.
Backed by Invest-NL and Grey Silo Ventures and others.
Backed by Unovis Asset Management and Novo Holdings and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by CAVU Consumer Partners.
Backed by 301 INC.
Backed by Powerplant Ventures.
Backed by Corbion and phase2.earth and others.
Backed by Cosun and Oost NL.
Backed by Icecat and ECBF and others.
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 maps Netherlands company identities to the configured global filings table.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps Netherlands company identities to the configured global filings table.
Web traffic, app reach and release cadence
How the the Netherlands companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
Busiest websites
22 of the 2,268 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 139,724 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heinekenheineken.com | 1,118,055 | 53 | 73.3% |
| UPFRONTupfront.nl | 897,718 | 41 | 65.2% |
| New York Pizzanewyorkpizza.nl | 818,022 | 51 | 76% |
| Sligrosligro.nl | 706,060 | 51 | 58.1% |
| Jongerenraad Staatsbosbeheerstaatsbosbeheer.nl | 404,539 | 52 | 81.4% |
| The HEINEKEN Companytheheinekencompany.com | 353,985 | 48 | 54.3% |
| de berenberen.nl | 267,283 | 47 | 89.4% |
| La Cubanita Franchiselacubanita.nl | 257,745 | 40 | 91.3% |
| Happy Italyhappyitaly.nl | 248,037 | 44 | 92.8% |
| Wildkampwildkamp.nl | 190,302 | 38 | 61% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
Most-installed apps
52 of these companies (2.3%) publish at least one Android app — 71 apps in all, carrying 1.8M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| HeiHeineken | 780.4K | — | Entertainment |
| New York PizzaNew York Pizza | 529.7K | 4.6 | Food & Drink |
| Zusje appZusje | 90.7K | — | Lifestyle |
| Budget FoodBudget Food | 71K | — | Shopping |
| Zireto CaffeZireto | 54.8K | — | Food & Drink |
| VISwijzerGoodfish | 37.3K | — | Lifestyle |
| CropalyserBejo | 32.9K | — | Business |
| Food ingredientsFi Global | 27.9K | — | Business |
| HANOSHanos | 22.1K | — | Shopping |
| Zafaran Market - زعفران ماركتZafaranmarket | 16.7K | — | 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 (2023Q1–2025Q4).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoholic Beverage Products | 5 | 786.5K | Hei 780.4K | |
| Food Service Chains | 15 | 617K | New York Pizza 529.7K | |
| Food Retailers | 4 | 92.4K | Budget Food 71K | |
| Crop Inputs | 4 | 39.2K | Cropalyser 32.9K | |
| Services For Restaurants | 3 | 30.2K | Food ingredients 27.9K | |
| Marketing Services | 2 | 30.1K | Fi India 2026 2.2K | |
| Food Distributors | 2 | 22.3K | HANOS 22.1K | |
| Animal Feed And Nutrition | 4 | 17.4K | CoolCare by De Heus 7.1K |
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. 44 of 71 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2025Q4, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
INSIDE THE INDUSTRYThe the Netherlands food and agriculture market map
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
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The the Netherlands 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.
2 companies hiring · $50.94M 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
Farr referenced completed work on Keurig Dr Pepper’s $23 billion acquisition of JDE Peet’s and a planned subsequent separation into two independent companies.
today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of SunOpta Inc.
The financing facility has been increased from €4 million to €7 million.
Heineken N.V. (AMS: HEIA) has sold its shareholding in Brasseries, Limonaderies et Malteries S.A., known as Bralima, in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Mauritius-based ELNA Holdings Ltd.
In December 2024, Taylor Farms also took a stake in Hessing, a Netherlands-based processor and distributor of fresh produce serving Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.
IMCD will now take ownership of 100% of Willows Ingredients’ shares.
Aviko has acquired the remaining 75% of the shares in Eurofrits, making the Spanish producer of frozen potato products and snacks a full member of Aviko.
sold its global ingredients division to Amsterdam Commodities for around $390M.
In 2024, Royal A-ware also acquired a dairy business in Belgium – The Dairy Food Group – for an undisclosed sum.
Ahold Delhaize announces that its great local brand Delhaize in Belgium has completed the acquisition of Delfood NV.
Full recorded event mix
Top 10 categories among 768 recorded events in the 24-month window.
IPO pipeline
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
Direct Listing · Euronext Amsterdam2 reports
Leadership moves
51 tracked people moves
Appointment Global Sustainability Director
Appointment Chief Sustainability Officer
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Departure Previously Group Chief Information/Technology Officer
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Head of Digital Technology and Business Controlling
Appointment Director of Operations
Appointment Senior Vice President, Business Development
Product launches
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Sustainability plan
Contract wins
14 recorded customer wins
Customer: Cooperative Agroindustrial FrisiaAgroindustrial
Customer: AD Ports Group subsidiaryPort Development
Customer: tv globo
Customer: manchester united
Customer: tottenham hotspur
Customer: nopalm ingredientsBiotechnology
Workforce actions
3 companies with reported reductions
6.0% roleschallenging market conditions
Scale not stated rolesstate intervention
68 rolesbusiness downturn
Regulatory events
19 recorded events
acquisition completed
acquisition approval received
pending approvalTSX Venture Exchange
approved for share issuanceTSX Venture Exchange
Litigation
3 tracked suits
Regulatory measures affecting Serbian operationsCivil · Filed
anti-competitive practicesAntitrust · Ongoing
Earnings pulse
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 110 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| keurig dr pepper→JDE Peet\'s ↗ | Completed | 2026-05-04 | $23.0B |
| Refresco Gerber→sunopta | Announced | 2026-05-01 | $811.6M |
| ELNA Holdings Ltd→Heineken ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-11 | Not stated in snapshot |
| bridor→Pandriks Bake Off ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-06 | Not stated in snapshot |
| taylor farms→Hessing Supervers ↗ | Completed | 2026-03-26 | Not stated in snapshot |
| FrieslandCampina→Wisconsin Whey Protein | 2026-03-25 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITYThe talent market
34 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 288-posting snapshot covers 64 employers.
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The talent market
34 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 288-posting snapshot covers 64 employers.
Most advertised job titles
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
The seniority mix
61 postings specify a level.
Skills employers mention
Top skills across 288 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 42 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Companies hiring
Large employers
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| The HEINEKEN Company ↗ | 80,425 |
| FrieslandCampina ↗ | 23,000 |
| Louis Dreyfus ↗ | 18,000 |
| nutreco ↗ | 11,000 |
| trouw nutrition ↗ | 8,000 |
| Sligro Food Group ↗ | 5,185 |
| oci global ↗ | 4,059 |
| nidera ↗ | 3,800 |
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELDFounders and leaders
456 founders and chief executives across 380 companies.
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Founders and leaders
456 founders and chief executives across 380 companies.
Frans Muller
Ahold Delhaize ↗Ahold Delhaize, ex-Royal Ahold Delhaize, ex-Delhaize Group Sanv, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Wim Laat
The Protein Brewery ↗Ex- BioscienZ, Soiltech, DSM, Royal Nedalco, Hercules. Wageningen University and Research Center 1987
Edgar Garcia
revyve ↗FUMI Ingredients, ex-Bodec, PURAC. Wageningen University & Research PhD 2019
Henk Beltman
Tony\'s Chocolonely ↗Founder genuine business, ex-innocent drinks, Vrumona. EFMI Business School 2007
Yorick Bruins
Wakuli ↗One Young World, ex-Au Eu Youth Cooperation Hub, ex-Agriterra, City University London
Dirk Holzapfel
GreenPro International ↗Greenpro International, ex-Danone, ex-Danone Waters, INSEAD, 2009
Neil Birnie
Rewilding Europe ↗Conservation Capital, Nature Spaces, Off Grid Travel, ECOSystems Technologies, Wilderness Journeys, ex-Wilderness Scotland, Dundas & Wilson.
Dimitris Pagkratis
Timberhub ↗Ex-Co-Founder Mazeblock. Athens University of Economics and Business 2014.
Diederik Brasser
Milkways ↗Milkways, ex-Foundation Het Nieuwe Gilde, ex-Cdi Asia, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 1988
Dimitris Karefyllakis
Time Travelling Milkman ↗Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) BSc 2011 Wageningen University & Research MSc 2014
Martijn Adorf
AHC ↗Animal Health Concepts, ex-Vaneeghen, ex-Performanat, Radboud University, 1991
Leontine Wegewijs
Smith & Sinclair ↗Managing Director-SMITH & SINCLAIR, Petrovitch
Education networks
18 profiles with education records.
Prior employers
1 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
NEWS INTELLIGENCEHow this industry appears in the news
23,267 articles in the measured 12-month window.
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How this industry appears in the news
23,267 articles in the measured 12-month window.
News volume trends
Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands · articles per complete quarter
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| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 4,587 |
| 2021Q3 | 4,324 |
| 2021Q4 | 4,424 |
| 2022Q1 | 4,635 |
| 2022Q2 | 5,127 |
| 2022Q3 | 4,556 |
| 2022Q4 | 5,316 |
| 2023Q1 | 4,984 |
| 2023Q2 | 5,482 |
| 2023Q3 | 5,029 |
| 2023Q4 | 5,242 |
| 2024Q1 | 5,753 |
| 2024Q2 | 6,057 |
| 2024Q3 | 6,112 |
| 2024Q4 | 5,670 |
| 2025Q1 | 11,736 |
| 2025Q2 | 5,643 |
| 2025Q3 | 5,261 |
| 2025Q4 | 6,169 |
| 2026Q1 | 6,080 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
Tone of coverage over time
Most-covered companies
Company share of voice
1,044 recorded company events across 46 companies; percentages use that event total.
Leading coverage topics
Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands · 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 Netherlands
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| geopolitical alliances | 160 | 20 | 700% |
| multilateral diplomacy | 114 | 17 | 571% |
| stock performance | 101 | 25 | 304% |
| diplomatic strategies | 68 | 21 | 224% |
| diplomatic engagements | 49 | 16 | 206% |
| low-carbon hydrogen | 44 | 25 | 76% |
| international courts | 51 | 94 | -46% |
| intuitive painting | 2 | 86 | -98% |
| stress-relief herbs | 3 | 75 | -96% |
| climate protests | 45 | 72 | -38% |
| europa league | 26 | 66 | -61% |
Event and signal lenses
Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands
Regulatory Risk
29,366 classified articlesraw rock production, garage rock resurgence, back-to-basics rock
37.1% critical · 39.6% positiveFunding Momentum
9,008 classified articlesavant-garde rock, conceptual rock albums, complex rock narratives
32.1% critical · 56.6% positiveGrowth
8,469 classified articlesquarterly results, quarterly financials, earnings report
25.8% critical · 57.9% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands. 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 Gaps
418 papers25.8% of this theme group
Researchers highlight limited technology transfer and adoption challenges in agricultural extension and machinery use.
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 | 28.5 |
| 2023 | 29.5 |
| 2024 | 26.0 |
| 2025 | 37.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 02Climate‑Food Security Tension
323 papers19.9% of this theme group
Papers flag the strain climate change places on agriculture and food security, urging better resource management.
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 | 2471.3 |
| 2023 | 2535.7 |
| 2024 | 2507.3 |
| 2025 | 2599.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 03Adaptation for Smallholder Livelihoods
250 papers15.4% of this theme group
Studies examine how climate‑smart practices affect small‑scale farmers’ resilience and food security.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2169.3 |
| 2023 | 2233.6 |
| 2024 | 2157.1 |
| 2025 | 2398.2 |
Common problems researchers identify · 04Precision Agriculture Barriers
224 papers13.8% of this theme group
Works discuss technical and infrastructural obstacles hindering widespread adoption of precision and smart farming tools.
Agriculture (203) · Precision agriculture (27) · Archaeology (19) · Agricultural engineering (22)
Sustainable computing in smart agriculture: survey and challenges
Smart Agriculture Development and Its Contribution to the Sustainable Digital Transformation of the Agri-Food Sector
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 519.7 |
| 2023 | 517.2 |
| 2024 | 652.8 |
| 2025 | 479.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 05Production and Animal Welfare Issues
210 papers12.9% of this theme group
Research points to challenges in farm productivity, animal welfare, and climate impacts on management systems.
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 | 303.2 |
| 2023 | 291.9 |
| 2024 | 207.6 |
| 2025 | 119.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 06IoT Security Concerns
114 papers7.0% of this theme group
Authors raise concerns about data security and reliability of IoT and cloud platforms in smart 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1284.2 |
| 2023 | 1266.4 |
| 2024 | 1203.4 |
| 2025 | 1200.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 07Robotics Integration Limits
83 papers5.1% of this theme group
Papers note technical and economic limits to deploying robots and automation across diverse farming operations.
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 |
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| 2022 | 889.2 |
| 2023 | 910.9 |
| 2024 | 889.0 |
| 2025 | 944.5 |
Cautions
384 papers · 7 recurring themes
Cautions · 01Evaluating Climate‑Smart Outcomes
83 papers21.6% of this theme group
Cautionary analyses question the effectiveness and measurable benefits of climate‑smart agriculture interventions.
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 |
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| 2022 | 2412.6 |
| 2023 | 2485.5 |
| 2024 | 2510.4 |
| 2025 | 2614.1 |
Cautions · 02Adoption Incentive Risks
82 papers21.4% of this theme group
Studies caution that subsidies and incentives may not reliably drive technology uptake in developing regions.
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 | 393.3 |
| 2023 | 385.5 |
| 2024 | 359.8 |
| 2025 | 244.6 |
Cautions · 03Livestock Management Trade‑offs
65 papers16.9% of this theme group
Research warns of potential ecological and productivity trade‑offs in intensive milking and livestock 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 189.3 |
| 2023 | 178.8 |
| 2024 | 129.3 |
| 2025 | 114.3 |
Cautions · 04Food Security Impact Uncertainty
62 papers16.1% of this theme group
Analyses highlight uncertain links between climate‑smart practices and actual improvements in food security and livelihoods.
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 |
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| 2022 | 2169.3 |
| 2023 | 2233.6 |
| 2024 | 2157.1 |
| 2025 | 2398.2 |
Cautions · 05IoT and Drone Reliability
45 papers11.7% of this theme group
Authors caution about technical reliability and integration challenges of IoT sensors and agricultural drones.
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 | 1213.4 |
| 2023 | 1228.1 |
| 2024 | 1218.4 |
| 2025 | 1183.8 |
Cautions · 06Credit and Inequality Effects
28 papers7.3% of this theme group
Papers caution that credit‑driven technology adoption may exacerbate income inequality among farmers.
Agriculture (25) · Productivity (10) · Agricultural economics (10) · Agricultural machinery (6)
Access to credit and heterogeneous effects on agricultural technology adoption: Evidence from large rural surveys in Ethiopia
The impact of agricultural technology adoption on income inequality: a propensity score matching analysis for rural Ethiopia
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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 941.1 |
| 2023 | 943.1 |
| 2024 | 839.3 |
| 2025 | 827.7 |
Cautions · 07Profitability of Sustainable Practices
19 papers4.9% of this theme group
Research questions the economic returns of agroforestry and other sustainable management approaches.
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 | 853.1 |
| 2023 | 826.1 |
| 2024 | 731.5 |
| 2025 | 469.0 |
Opportunities
3,768 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · 01Sensor Networks for Precision Farming
799 papers21.2% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on wireless sensor systems enabling real‑time monitoring and resource‑efficient precision agriculture.
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 | 378.6 |
| 2023 | 370.1 |
| 2024 | 365.7 |
| 2025 | 332.9 |
Opportunities · 02IoT‑Enabled Smart Agriculture
671 papers17.8% of this theme group
Works explore cloud‑connected IoT platforms that automate data collection and decision‑making in farming.
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 | 1077.8 |
| 2023 | 1072.1 |
| 2024 | 1078.6 |
| 2025 | 1187.1 |
Opportunities · 03Autonomous Agricultural Robots
561 papers14.9% of this theme group
Research highlights advances in mobile robots and motion planning for field tasks and crop management.
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 | 831.3 |
| 2023 | 850.7 |
| 2024 | 841.6 |
| 2025 | 859.9 |
Opportunities · 04Climate‑Smart Sustainable Practices
558 papers14.8% of this theme group
Studies present innovative approaches linking climate mitigation, food security, and greenhouse‑gas reduction in agriculture.
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 | 2176.7 |
| 2023 | 2248.2 |
| 2024 | 2183.0 |
| 2025 | 2411.3 |
Opportunities · 05Deep Learning for Plant Health
433 papers11.5% of this theme group
Papers showcase convolutional neural networks detecting diseases and optimizing crop productivity through precision imaging.
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 | 85.7 |
| 2023 | 95.7 |
| 2024 | 73.8 |
| 2025 | 129.1 |
Opportunities · 06Technology‑Driven Productivity Gains
413 papers11.0% of this theme group
Research emphasizes how modern machinery and economic models can boost yields and reduce poverty in farming communities.
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 | 577.3 |
| 2023 | 567.3 |
| 2024 | 533.1 |
| 2025 | 401.2 |
Opportunities · 07AI‑Assisted Farm Management
333 papers8.8% of this theme group
Works explore generative AI tools for optimizing livestock production, resource allocation, and overall farm efficiency.
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 | 130.9 |
| 2023 | 121.7 |
| 2024 | 95.6 |
| 2025 | 109.6 |
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% | 37.0% |
| Descriptive | 22.0% | 17.3% |
| Problem-identifying | 20.3% | 9.8% |
| Breakthrough | 13.1% | 26.3% |
| Cautionary | 5.1% | 4.5% |
| Comparative | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| 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.

Amsterdam
240 companies50.1% across the displayed hubs
23 companies hiring · $89.5M disclosed funding
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Rotterdam
68 companies14.2% across the displayed hubs
7 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Utrecht
39 companies8.1% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $2.5M disclosed funding
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Wageningen
34 companies7.1% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $42.7M disclosed funding
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Breda
32 companies6.7% across the displayed hubs
6 companies hiring · $60.9M disclosed funding
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24 companies5.0% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Eindhoven
24 companies5.0% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Venlo
18 companies3.8% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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