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THE NEW ZEALAND EDITION 2026

New Zealand’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

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

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Food and Agriculture illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore New Zealand’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 New Zealand, snapshot 31 August 2026
Company
Mataura Valley Milkmataura.com$142.34M—70—
Oritainoritain.com$115.33M—180—
DFNZdairyfarms.nz$113.72M———
The a2 Milk Companythea2milkcompany.com$26.46M—231—
Cooks Global Foodscooksglobalfoods.com$9M———
Mirukumiruku.com$7.4M—1—
Darling Groupdarlinggroup.co.nz$7.02M—12—
Invivo Winesinvivowines.com$5.56M—13—
Dairy Goat Co-operativedgc.co.nz—5 roles170Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Kiwifruit Breeding Centrekiwifruitbreeding.com—4 roles45—
Cardrona Distillerycardronadistillery.com—3 roles——
AgriNova New Zealandnz.grochem.com—2 roles15—
Fonterrafonterra.com—2 roles19,608Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Tegel Foodstegel.co.nz—2 roles2,300—
AF Drinksaf-drinks.com—1 roles8—
Comvitacomvita.co.nz—1 roles50—
ANZCOanzcofoods.com——3,000—
AgResearchagresearch.co.nz——812—
Burger King New Zealandburgerking.co.nz——1,800—
Restaurant Brandsrestaurantbrands.co.nz——11,989—
Seekaseeka.co.nz——804—
Silver Fern Farmssilverfernfarms.com——7,000—
Zesprizespri.com——1,085Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
pgg wrightsonpggwrightson.co.nz——341—
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

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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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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in New Zealand

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

31 August 2026
Hiring participation2.2%

28 of 1,261 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation2.8%

35 of 1,261 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share83.8%

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

Median disclosed round$1M

Midpoint of 30 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 83.8% of disclosed capital, while 97.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How New Zealand 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

New Zealand food and agriculture
$0$66.2M$132.41M$198.61M$264.81M2016: $232.29M20162017: $1.2M20172018: $741.75K20182019: $5.12M20192020: $1.27M20202021: $8.02M20212022: $61.57M20222023: $60.13M20232024: $6.17M20242025: $357.44K2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in New Zealand
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$232.29M756
2017$1.2M701
2018$741.75K732
2019$5.12M773
2020$1.27M711
2021$8.02M262
2022$61.57M245
2023$60.13M133
2024$6.17M33
2025$357.44K01
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Mataura Valley Milk32.1%
  • Oritain26.0%
  • DFNZ25.7%
  • Other companies16.2%

Funding by stage

49 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel16 32.7%
Series A–B6 12.2%
Series C+ / PE5 10.2%
Grants, debt & other22 44.9%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
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Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series B12/2015
DFNZdairyfarms.nz$28.72M

Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.

Seed03/2022
Mirukumiruku.com$2.4M

Backed by New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and Movac and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps New Zealand company identities to the configured global filings table.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector maps New Zealand company identities to the configured global filings table.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

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

Most-installed apps

28 of these companies (2.2%) publish at least one Android app — 34 apps in all, carrying 519K installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Burger King NZBurger King New Zealand247.9K—Food & Drink
BurgerFuel VIB ClubBurgerfuel107.4K—Food & Drink
On FarmFonterra38.9K—Business
Pita Pit NZPita Pit31.2K—Food & Drink
Farm Source Dairy DiaryFonterra22.3K—Business
Wendy\'s New ZealandWendy\'s15.9K—Food & Drink
My Co-opFonterra12.7K—Business
Silver Fern FarmerSilver Fern Farms5.9K—Business
Dunkin\' Donuts NZDunkin Donuts5.1K—Lifestyle
MojoMojo Coffee3.8K—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 (2024Q1–2026Q1).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Food & Beverage Products987.2KOn Farm 38.9K
Livestock Research And Training Services35.2KMilksmart 2.3K
Food Processing22.2KANZCO Livestock 1.8K
Food Distributors2494SF VENDOR 389

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

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The New Zealand 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 brands57
Nutritional formula20
New zealand tech18
B2c e-commerce14
Plant based foods13
B2c grocery delivery11
Uber for grocery delivery11

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Internet first brands

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

57companies
1.8%have hiring activity

1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding

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How companies make money

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

E-commerce - product919
Physical commerce548
Advertising180
E-commerce - service116
Fee-for-service115
Commission on transaction109
Sponsorship46
Subscription20
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 & acquisitionseuropeanfood.co.nz ↗

Western Australian independent foodservice distributor, New West Foods, has acquired Perth-based producer and distributor of European-style foods and beverages, European Foods.

Mergers & acquisitionsfonterra.com ↗

Fonterra’s deal to sell its consumer and associated businesses to Lactalis Group has been green‑lit by regulators and is set to be completed in the first quarter of calendar 2026.

Mergers & acquisitionsrestaurantbrands.co.nz ↗

We have significant admiration for the work done by the RBA team in building the business so far.

Mergers & acquisitionswestland.co.nz ↗

Westland, which trades more than $4 billion of premium, announced Tuesday its acquisition of PV&V Insurance Centre Ltd. and Meester Insurance Centre (collectively PV&V), effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Mergers & acquisitionsopencountry.co.nz ↗

Open Country Dairy has bought Māori-backed dairy processor Miraka.

Mergers & acquisitionsmataura.com ↗

having bought Mataura Valley Milk off The a2 Milk Company a fortnight ago.

Mergers & acquisitionscomvita.com ↗

Comvita’s board asked to ‘please explain’ by former chair Lack of guidance not acceptable, says Neil Craig, as acquisition bid waits in the wings.

Mergers & acquisitionspggwrightson.co.nz ↗

Rural services company PGG Wrightson has acquired local animal health company Nexan Group for $20 million in a move the listed company says will keep production of key farm products in New Zealand.

Mergers & acquisitionshansells.com ↗

Walter and Wild said it had acquired the business under its new entity Hansells Acquisition Limited.

Asset acquisitionstandg.global ↗

Meanwhile, the sale to Bidfood is proposed to include T&G’s Fijian business and its Pacific Island Exports business.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 337 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
77
Company announcements
63
Leadership moves
51
Asset acquisitions
47
Mergers & acquisitions
39
Regulatory
15
Capital infusions
9
Contracts
9
Board Updates
8
Layoffs
5
7 activity cards

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Leadership moves

20 tracked people moves

Fonterra ↗
Gaby Amade

Appointment President Global Ingredients Sales and Operations

Fonterra ↗
Elisa Giusti

Appointment President Global Ingredients Growth

Fonterra ↗
Miles Hurrell

Departure Previously Chief Executive Officer

Oritain ↗
Dave Fluty

Appointment Executive Director of Forensic Science

Lachlan Boyle

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Patsy Bass

Appointment General Manager of Marketing

sanford ↗
Antony (Tony) Carter

Appointment Independent Director

Sarah Brown

Departure Previously Independent Deputy Chair

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Milkio ↗
premium butter range

Butter

Zespri ↗
fully digitised claims platform

Platform

Nibblish ↗
Minecraft fruit snacks

Fruit snacks

Workforce actions

4 companies with reported reductions

300 rolescost reduction

Zespri ↗

Scale not stated rolesefficiency

Foodstuffs ↗

360 rolesstore fire

Fonterra ↗

Scale not stated roleslow product volumes and increasing complexities in production

Regulatory events

10 recorded events

Fonterra ↗

sale approvedRegulators

Fonterra ↗

all required regulatory approvals and sale conditions had been satisfied

Fonterra ↗

Court

Fonterra ↗

green‑lit the acquisitionAustralia\'s Foreign Investment Review Board

Litigation

5 tracked suits

Company
Commerce Commission v Alderson Logistics, Supa Shavings

breach of Commerce Act over acquisition that lessened competitionRegulatory · Verdict

Company
N, A v zespri

Regulatory · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

12companies
92period observations
9.0%median reported growth

Median across 45 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
New West Foods→European Foods ↗Completed2026-05-01Not stated in snapshot
lactalis→Fonterra ↗Completed2026-04-29Not stated in snapshot
Inspira Global→Restaurant Brands ↗Announced2026-01-21Not stated in snapshot
ajanta pharma→Restaurant Brands ↗Pending2026-01-19Not stated in snapshot
Westland→PV&V Insurance Centre Ltd. and Meester Insurance Centre (collectively PV&V)Announced2026-01-14Not stated in snapshot
Finaccess Restauración→Restaurant Brands ↗Pending2025-11-06$630.0M

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

3 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 8-posting snapshot covers 6 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Restaurant Manager2
Summer Student: Geospatial Deep Learning For Forestry Applications Scion1
Service Manager1
Livestock Representative1
Burgerfuel Tauranga Part Time Night Work1
Payroll/ Systems Analyst1
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

3 postings specify a level.

unspecified
5
manager
3
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

216 founders and chief executives across 168 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

5 profiles with education records.

INSEAD
3
London Business School (LBS)
1
Mannheim Business School
1
Tsinghua University
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

98,353 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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98,353articles in the measured year
26,368articles in 2026Q1
58.6%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand · articles per complete quarter

09,26218,52427,78537,0472021Q2: 20,1822021Q22021Q3: 21,9312021Q4: 21,8112022Q1: 19,5892022Q2: 23,1852022Q22022Q3: 20,6002022Q4: 27,8152023Q1: 31,4962023Q2: 20,1952023Q22023Q3: 25,6262023Q4: 25,7462024Q1: 22,3752024Q2: 22,0032024Q22024Q3: 25,7692024Q4: 28,7162025Q1: 32,2152025Q2: 22,1072025Q22025Q3: 28,6222025Q4: 21,4732026Q1: 26,3682026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q220,182
2021Q321,931
2021Q421,811
2022Q119,589
2022Q223,185
2022Q320,600
2022Q427,815
2023Q131,496
2023Q220,195
2023Q325,626
2023Q425,746
2024Q122,375
2024Q222,003
2024Q325,769
2024Q428,716
2025Q132,215
2025Q222,107
2025Q328,622
2025Q421,473
2026Q126,368

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
36,571 positive · 1,376 neutral · 29,951 negative
2022
51,114 positive · 2,120 neutral · 37,741 negative
2023
61,507 positive · 2,627 neutral · 38,659 negative
2024
57,463 positive · 2,415 neutral · 38,808 negative
2025
61,063 positive · 2,598 neutral · 40,575 negative

Leading coverage topics

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

International Sports Competitions61,301 articles in the full recorded period
6,797 recent · 7,896 prior
Championship Event Highlights22,846 articles in the full recorded period
3,105 recent · 2,790 prior
Sports Injury Reports18,815 articles in the full recorded period
2,236 recent · 1,748 prior
Cricket Test Matches18,682 articles in the full recorded period
1,716 recent · 2,606 prior
Olympic Games Coverage17,987 articles in the full recorded period
1,528 recent · 2,916 prior
College Athletics News14,778 articles in the full recorded period
2,479 recent · 1,830 prior
Sports History And Legacy Stories14,674 articles in the full recorded period
1,834 recent · 1,735 prior
Professional League Updates13,741 articles in the full recorded period
1,908 recent · 1,278 prior
Sports Governance And Policy Changes11,696 articles in the full recorded period
1,124 recent · 1,149 prior
International Political Relations10,460 articles in the full recorded period
1,318 recent · 1,435 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Food and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand

KeywordRecentPriorChange
flood resilience344166107%
weather emergency24814868%
trade facilitation commitments246112120%
floodplain management21711392%
rugby world cup qualifiers20812369%
flood control measures20090122%
storm readiness19613941%
multilateral trade pact1929896%
world cup women18380129%
free trade pact17970156%
test cricket1,3623,026-55%
test innings9942,383-58%
odi cricket8402,309-64%
limited overs cricket8432,264-63%
odi tactics8132,230-64%

Event and signal lenses

Food and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

202,871 classified articles

test cricket, odi tactics, test innings

37.6% critical · 25.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

45,865 classified articles

inflation reports fx, odi world cup, icc world cup

31.5% critical · 29.1% positive
Rising

Growth

43,087 classified articles

inflation reports fx, gdp growth forex, currency intervention policies

34.7% critical · 39.3% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand. 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 outdated machinery hindering modern agricultural practices.

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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202228.8
202330.5
202424.8
202540.7
Climate‑Driven Food Security RisksCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate‑Driven Food Security Risks

323 papers

19.9% of this theme group

Studies flag climate change threatening crop yields and overall food security.

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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20222458.5
20232522.5
20242528.9
20252596.3
Adaptation Challenges for SmallholdersCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Adaptation Challenges for Smallholders

250 papers

15.4% of this theme group

Papers discuss difficulties small farms face adopting 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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YearShare index
20222160.6
20232222.4
20242175.8
20252401.9
Precision Agriculture Implementation BarriersCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Precision Agriculture Implementation Barriers

224 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Research points to technical and infrastructural obstacles in deploying precision 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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2022515.7
2023517.0
2024632.8
2025465.6
Production Efficiency and Animal WelfareCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Production Efficiency and Animal Welfare

210 papers

12.9% of this theme group

Works examine inefficiencies in production systems and concerns for animal welfare.

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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YearShare index
2022306.1
2023281.7
2024202.6
2025118.0
IoT Security and Reliability IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 06

IoT Security and Reliability Issues

114 papers

7.0% of this theme group

Authors raise concerns about data security and system robustness in IoT‑enabled farms.

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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YearShare index
20221274.1
20231249.0
20241188.9
20251205.8
Robotics Integration LimitsCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Robotics Integration Limits

83 papers

5.1% of this theme group

Studies note technical and cost constraints limiting widespread agricultural robot adoption.

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

Agricultural Robotics

Global trends in the development of agricultural robotics

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YearShare index
2022888.2
2023902.3
2024877.3
2025924.0

Cautions

384 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Uncertain Impacts of Climate‑Smart StrategiesCautions · 01

Uncertain Impacts of Climate‑Smart Strategies

83 papers

21.6% of this theme group

Researchers caution that climate‑smart agriculture outcomes are mixed and context‑dependent.

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
20222401.8
20232478.2
20242534.6
20252605.1
Economic Viability of Technology AdoptionCautions · 02

Economic Viability of Technology Adoption

82 papers

21.4% of this theme group

Analyses warn about uneven economic returns and subsidy dependence for new machinery.

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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YearShare index
2022396.9
2023380.8
2024356.5
2025240.8
Livestock Management Trade‑offsCautions · 03

Livestock Management Trade‑offs

65 papers

16.9% of this theme group

Papers highlight potential environmental and productivity trade‑offs in intensive animal 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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YearShare index
2022183.6
2023176.4
2024127.3
2025117.8
Food Security Gains May Be LimitedCautions · 04

Food Security Gains May Be Limited

62 papers

16.1% of this theme group

Studies suggest climate‑smart practices alone may not secure livelihoods in vulnerable regions.

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
20222160.6
20232222.4
20242175.8
20252401.9
Complexity of IoT and Drone DeploymentsCautions · 05

Complexity of IoT and Drone Deployments

45 papers

11.7% of this theme group

Research points to integration challenges and regulatory hurdles for IoT and aerial platforms.

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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YearShare index
20221199.7
20231211.5
20241205.7
20251177.2
Credit Access and Inequality ConcernsCautions · 06

Credit Access and Inequality Concerns

28 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Works caution that financing gaps can exacerbate income disparities 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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YearShare index
2022938.3
2023951.3
2024844.7
2025817.4
Profitability Uncertainty in AgroforestryCautions · 07

Profitability Uncertainty in Agroforestry

19 papers

4.9% of this theme group

Authors note limited evidence on economic returns from wetland and agroforestry practices.

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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YearShare index
2022854.1
2023818.2
2024735.8
2025458.6

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 sensors enabling real‑time 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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2022373.7
2023368.5
2024352.7
2025333.9
IoT‑Driven Cloud AnalyticsOpportunities · 02

IoT‑Driven Cloud Analytics

671 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Research highlights cloud‑based IoT platforms that enhance data-driven decision making.

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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20221073.2
20231064.9
20241068.7
20251196.0
Autonomous Agricultural RobotsOpportunities · 03

Autonomous Agricultural Robots

561 papers

14.9% of this theme group

Papers explore mobile robots capable of performing diverse field tasks without human intervention.

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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2022825.6
2023841.3
2024828.2
2025837.8
Greenhouse‑Gas Mitigation via Smart PracticesOpportunities · 04

Greenhouse‑Gas Mitigation via Smart Practices

558 papers

14.8% of this theme group

Studies propose climate‑smart techniques to reduce emissions while maintaining productivity.

Climate change (205) · Agriculture (505) · Food security (143) · Greenhouse gas (43)

Climate-smart agriculture: adoption, impacts, and implications for sustainable development

Climate Smart Agriculture: Innovating Sustainable Practices for a Changing Climate

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YearShare index
20222167.0
20232240.5
20242194.7
20252410.2
Deep Learning for Disease DetectionOpportunities · 05

Deep Learning for Disease Detection

433 papers

11.5% of this theme group

Research showcases convolutional networks identifying plant diseases early to protect 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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202284.7
202399.1
202474.7
2025131.5
Technology Adoption for Poverty ReductionOpportunities · 06

Technology Adoption for Poverty Reduction

413 papers

11.0% of this theme group

Works emphasize how modern machinery can boost productivity and lift smallholders out of 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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2022572.1
2023562.2
2024530.9
2025390.2
AI‑Enhanced Farm Management SystemsOpportunities · 07

AI‑Enhanced Farm Management Systems

333 papers

8.8% of this theme group

Papers present AI tools that optimize livestock and crop management for higher 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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2022125.2
2023116.7
202493.5
2025114.8

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%37.5%
Descriptive22.0%17.5%
Problem-identifying20.3%9.5%
Breakthrough13.1%26.2%
Cautionary5.1%4.6%
Comparative2.7%3.8%
Critical0.8%1.0%

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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GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

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No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

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Company ecosystem snapshot: 31 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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