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THE THE NETHERLANDS EDITION 2026

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.

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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

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MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the Netherlands’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 the Netherlands, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
Ahold Delhaizeaholddelhaize.com$684M6 roles102
Strauss Coffeestrausscoffee.com$293M7,500
The Protein Brewerytheproteinbrewery.nl$60.9M38
revyverevyve.bio$37.59M12
Rebblrebbl.com$33.27M
Organtoorganto.com$33.06M40
Tony\'s Chocolonelytonyschocolonely.com$21.85M252
Wakuliwakuli.com$12.18M36
Perfetti Van Melleperfettivanmelle.com12 roles1,001
Corbioncorbion.com11 roles15
Nutreconutreco.com9 roles11,000
Av Qav-q.com7 roles
Maxxium Nederlandmaxxium.nl6 roles72
albronalbron.nl6 roles
United Dutch Breweriesuniteddutchbreweries.com5 roles56
Aquaculture Stewardship Councilasc-aqua.org19Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Euro Pool Systemeuropoolsystem.comFinancial figure available in RadarView in Radar
ForFarmersforfarmersgroup.eu2,500
FrieslandCampinafrieslandcampina.com23,000
Heinekenheineken.com86,000
KOMAkoma.comFinancial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Louis Dreyfuslouisdreyfus.com18,000
Louis Dreyfus Companyldc.com18,988
Sligro Food Groupsligrofoodgroup.nl5,185
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 ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

Explore the live startup set in Radar

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in the Netherlands

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

6 August 2026
Hiring participation8.5%

192 of 2,261 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation3.7%

84 of 2,261 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share82.4%

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

Median disclosed round$766.76K

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.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the Netherlands 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

the Netherlands food and agriculture
$0$196.4M$392.79M$589.19M$785.59M2016: $16.05M20162017: $2.15M20172018: $40.04M20182019: $689.11M20192020: $33.85M20202021: $10.95M20212022: $26.2M20222023: $43.98M20232024: $14.84M20242025: $83.81M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in the Netherlands
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$16.05M1035
2017$2.15M901
2018$40.04M1006
2019$689.11M10210
2020$33.85M10210
2021$10.95M615
2022$26.2M3216
2023$43.98M186
2024$14.84M810
2025$83.81M06
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

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

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel49 37.7%
Series A–B15 11.5%
Series C+ / PE4 3.1%
Grants, debt & other62 47.7%

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 B09/2025
revyverevyve.bio$28.24M

Backed by Invest-NL and Grey Silo Ventures and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

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DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

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.

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.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
HeiHeineken780.4KEntertainment
New York PizzaNew York Pizza529.7K4.6Food & Drink
Zusje appZusje90.7KLifestyle
Budget FoodBudget Food71KShopping
Zireto CaffeZireto54.8KFood & Drink
VISwijzerGoodfish37.3KLifestyle
CropalyserBejo32.9KBusiness
Food ingredientsFi Global27.9KBusiness
HANOSHanos22.1KShopping
Zafaran Market - زعفران ماركتZafaranmarket16.7KFood & 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).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Alcoholic Beverage Products5786.5KHei 780.4K
Food Service Chains15617KNew York Pizza 529.7K
Food Retailers492.4KBudget Food 71K
Crop Inputs439.2KCropalyser 32.9K
Services For Restaurants330.2KFood ingredients 27.9K
Marketing Services230.1KFi India 2026 2.2K
Food Distributors222.3KHANOS 22.1K
Animal Feed And Nutrition417.4KCoolCare 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.

2022Q4: 32022Q4: 12022Q42023Q1: 12023Q1: 12023Q12023Q2: 12023Q2: 02023Q22023Q3: 32023Q3: 02023Q32023Q4: 12023Q4: 22023Q42024Q1: 22024Q1: 22024Q12024Q3: 22024Q3: 22024Q32024Q4: 12024Q4: 12024Q42025Q2: 22025Q2: 42025Q22025Q4: 32025Q4: 92025Q4

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 INDUSTRY

The the Netherlands 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 brands44
Plant based foods21
Consumer digital20
Nutritional formula17
Deep tech14
Enterprise tech14
Novel foods13
Vegan food10
Plant based protein8
Plant based food ingredients8
B2b agritech7
Agritech7

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Internet first brands

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

44companies
4.5%have hiring activity

2 companies hiring · $50.94M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

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

E-commerce - product1,551
Physical commerce1,084
Fee-for-service307
Advertising298
Sponsorship166
Commission on transaction166
E-commerce - service131
Subscription52
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 & acquisitionsjdepeets.com ↗

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.

Mergers & acquisitionsrefresco.com ↗

today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of SunOpta Inc.

Funding roundsorganto.com ↗

The financing facility has been increased from €4 million to €7 million.

Mergers & acquisitionsheineken.com ↗

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.

Mergers & acquisitionshessingsupervers.nl ↗

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.

Mergers & acquisitionsimcdgroup.com ↗

IMCD will now take ownership of 100% of Willows Ingredients’ shares.

Mergers & acquisitionscorporate.aviko.com ↗

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.

Mergers & acquisitionsacomo.nl ↗

sold its global ingredients division to Amsterdam Commodities for around $390M.

Mergers & acquisitionsroyal-aware.com ↗

In 2024, Royal A-ware also acquired a dairy business in Belgium – The Dairy Food Group – for an undisclosed sum.

Mergers & acquisitionsaholddelhaize.com ↗

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.

Leadership moves
170
Mergers & acquisitions
138
Earnings
128
Company announcements
98
Asset acquisitions
67
Funding rounds
40
Contracts
37
Buyback
23
Capital infusions
21
Regulatory
14
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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

ForFarmers ↗

Direct Listing · Euronext Amsterdam2 reports

Leadership moves

51 tracked people moves

Heineken ↗
Simon Henzell-Thomas

Appointment Global Sustainability Director

Marc Stolzman

Appointment Chief Sustainability Officer

Heineken ↗
Dolf van den Brink

Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer

Mike Laurenti

Departure Previously Group Chief Information/Technology Officer

Peter van Laarschot

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Organto ↗
Ana Cris de la Campa Ahedo

Appointment Head of Digital Technology and Business Controlling

Peter Hoekstra

Appointment Director of Operations

Organto ↗
Gian Ferreiras

Appointment Senior Vice President, Business Development

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

JDE Peet\'s ↗
Nature Transition Plan - \'Grounded in Nature\'

Sustainability plan

Workforce actions

3 companies with reported reductions

Heineken ↗

6.0% roleschallenging market conditions

Scale not stated rolesstate intervention

Oxbo ↗

68 rolesbusiness downturn

Regulatory events

19 recorded events

Heineken ↗

acquisition completed

Heineken ↗

acquisition approval received

Organto ↗

pending approvalTSX Venture Exchange

Organto ↗

approved for share issuanceTSX Venture Exchange

Litigation

3 tracked suits

Company
ahold delhaize v Serbian government

Regulatory measures affecting Serbian operationsCivil · Filed

Company
carlsberg v heineken

anti-competitive practicesAntitrust · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

14companies
149period observations
2.2%median reported growth

Median across 110 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
keurig dr pepperJDE Peet\'s ↗Completed2026-05-04$23.0B
Refresco GerbersunoptaAnnounced2026-05-01$811.6M
ELNA Holdings LtdHeineken ↗Completed2026-04-11Not stated in snapshot
bridorPandriks Bake Off ↗Completed2026-04-06Not stated in snapshot
taylor farmsHessing Supervers ↗Completed2026-03-26Not stated in snapshot
FrieslandCampinaWisconsin Whey Protein2026-03-25Not stated in snapshot

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

34 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 288-posting snapshot covers 64 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Orderpicker8
Logistic Account Manager6
Global Asset Care Excellence Manager4
Maintenance Mechanic3
Qa Medewerker3
Stagiair3
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

61 postings specify a level.

unspecified
227
manager
41
lead
8
senior
6
intern
4
entry
2

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 288 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Python
1
Phone
1
Email
1
Machine Learning
1
Salesforce
1
Forecasting
1
Data Engineering Tools
1
Predictive Modeling
1
Transaction Oriented Analytics
1
ADVERTISED PAY$42.8K/ year

Median across 42 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

456 founders and chief executives across 380 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

18 profiles with education records.

INSEAD
7
Utrecht University
2
University of Amsterdam
2
Booth School of Business
1
University of Chicago
1
IIM Bangalore
1
University of Groningen
1
University of Pennsylvania
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

23,267 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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23,267articles in the measured year
6,080articles in 2026Q1
72.4%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands · articles per complete quarter

03,3746,74810,12213,4962021Q2: 4,5872021Q22021Q3: 4,3242021Q4: 4,4242022Q1: 4,6352022Q2: 5,1272022Q22022Q3: 4,5562022Q4: 5,3162023Q1: 4,9842023Q2: 5,4822023Q22023Q3: 5,0292023Q4: 5,2422024Q1: 5,7532024Q2: 6,0572024Q22024Q3: 6,1122024Q4: 5,6702025Q1: 11,7362025Q2: 5,6432025Q22025Q3: 5,2612025Q4: 6,1692026Q1: 6,0802026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q24,587
2021Q34,324
2021Q44,424
2022Q14,635
2022Q25,127
2022Q34,556
2022Q45,316
2023Q14,984
2023Q25,482
2023Q35,029
2023Q45,242
2024Q15,753
2024Q26,057
2024Q36,112
2024Q45,670
2025Q111,736
2025Q25,643
2025Q35,261
2025Q46,169
2026Q16,080

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
9,959 positive · 253 neutral · 5,395 negative
2022
13,226 positive · 328 neutral · 6,050 negative
2023
14,113 positive · 326 neutral · 6,275 negative
2024
15,836 positive · 285 neutral · 7,455 negative
2025
20,834 positive · 288 neutral · 7,637 negative

Leading coverage topics

Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands · ranked by full-period article count.

International Political Relations2,144 articles in the full recorded period
893 recent · 323 prior
International Sports Competitions2,015 articles in the full recorded period
331 recent · 420 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations1,714 articles in the full recorded period
399 recent · 367 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations1,698 articles in the full recorded period
368 recent · 350 prior
Security And Defense Policies1,298 articles in the full recorded period
704 recent · 115 prior
Sustainability Initiatives And Esg Reporting1,066 articles in the full recorded period
195 recent · 239 prior
Technology Adoption And Digital Transformation1,036 articles in the full recorded period
217 recent · 209 prior
Olympic Games Coverage1,025 articles in the full recorded period
189 recent · 253 prior
Genocide And Ethnic Cleansing964 articles in the full recorded period
107 recent · 213 prior
Executive Leadership Changes And Appointments957 articles in the full recorded period
212 recent · 236 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands

KeywordRecentPriorChange
geopolitical alliances16020700%
multilateral diplomacy11417571%
stock performance10125304%
diplomatic strategies6821224%
diplomatic engagements4916206%
low-carbon hydrogen442576%
international courts5194-46%
intuitive painting286-98%
stress-relief herbs375-96%
climate protests4572-38%
europa league2666-61%

Event and signal lenses

Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

29,366 classified articles

raw rock production, garage rock resurgence, back-to-basics rock

37.1% critical · 39.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

9,008 classified articles

avant-garde rock, conceptual rock albums, complex rock narratives

32.1% critical · 56.6% positive
Rising

Growth

8,469 classified articles

quarterly results, quarterly financials, earnings report

25.8% critical · 57.9% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage across Netherlands. 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
7 cards

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Extension and Machinery GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Extension and Machinery Gaps

418 papers

25.8% 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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202228.5
202329.5
202426.0
202537.0
Climate‑Food Security TensionCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate‑Food Security Tension

323 papers

19.9% 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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20222471.3
20232535.7
20242507.3
20252599.6
Adaptation for Smallholder LivelihoodsCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Adaptation for Smallholder Livelihoods

250 papers

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

Precision Agriculture Barriers

224 papers

13.8% 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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2022519.7
2023517.2
2024652.8
2025479.5
Production and Animal Welfare IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Production and Animal Welfare Issues

210 papers

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

IoT Security Concerns

114 papers

7.0% 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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20221284.2
20231266.4
20241203.4
20251200.0
Robotics Integration LimitsCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Robotics Integration Limits

83 papers

5.1% 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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YearShare index
2022889.2
2023910.9
2024889.0
2025944.5

Cautions

384 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Evaluating Climate‑Smart OutcomesCautions · 01

Evaluating Climate‑Smart Outcomes

83 papers

21.6% 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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20222412.6
20232485.5
20242510.4
20252614.1
Adoption Incentive RisksCautions · 02

Adoption Incentive Risks

82 papers

21.4% 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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2022393.3
2023385.5
2024359.8
2025244.6
Livestock Management Trade‑offsCautions · 03

Livestock Management Trade‑offs

65 papers

16.9% 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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2022189.3
2023178.8
2024129.3
2025114.3
Food Security Impact UncertaintyCautions · 04

Food Security Impact Uncertainty

62 papers

16.1% 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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YearShare index
20222169.3
20232233.6
20242157.1
20252398.2
IoT and Drone ReliabilityCautions · 05

IoT and Drone Reliability

45 papers

11.7% 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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20221213.4
20231228.1
20241218.4
20251183.8
Credit and Inequality EffectsCautions · 06

Credit and Inequality Effects

28 papers

7.3% 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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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

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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2022853.1
2023826.1
2024731.5
2025469.0

Opportunities

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

Sensor Networks for Precision Farming

799 papers

21.2% 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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2022378.6
2023370.1
2024365.7
2025332.9
IoT‑Enabled Smart AgricultureOpportunities · 02

IoT‑Enabled Smart Agriculture

671 papers

17.8% 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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20221077.8
20231072.1
20241078.6
20251187.1
Autonomous Agricultural RobotsOpportunities · 03

Autonomous Agricultural Robots

561 papers

14.9% 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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2022831.3
2023850.7
2024841.6
2025859.9
Climate‑Smart Sustainable PracticesOpportunities · 04

Climate‑Smart Sustainable Practices

558 papers

14.8% 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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20222176.7
20232248.2
20242183.0
20252411.3
Deep Learning for Plant HealthOpportunities · 05

Deep Learning for Plant Health

433 papers

11.5% 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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202285.7
202395.7
202473.8
2025129.1
Technology‑Driven Productivity GainsOpportunities · 06

Technology‑Driven Productivity Gains

413 papers

11.0% 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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2022577.3
2023567.3
2024533.1
2025401.2
AI‑Assisted Farm ManagementOpportunities · 07

AI‑Assisted Farm Management

333 papers

8.8% 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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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%17.3%
Problem-identifying20.3%9.8%
Breakthrough13.1%26.3%
Cautionary5.1%4.5%
Comparative2.7%4.2%
Critical0.8%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 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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Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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