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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.

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
MEET THE COMPANIESExplore New Zealand’s food and agriculture leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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Explore New Zealand’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.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in New Zealand
A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
28 of 1,261 tracked companies have open roles.
35 of 1,261 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
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.
Explore the segments →CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATIONHow New Zealand food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
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How New Zealand 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 | $232.29M | 75 | 6 |
| 2017 | $1.2M | 70 | 1 |
| 2018 | $741.75K | 73 | 2 |
| 2019 | $5.12M | 77 | 3 |
| 2020 | $1.27M | 71 | 1 |
| 2021 | $8.02M | 26 | 2 |
| 2022 | $61.57M | 24 | 5 |
| 2023 | $60.13M | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | $6.17M | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | $357.44K | 0 | 1 |
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
Investors appearing most often
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
- 01Europa 5 rounds
- 02Icehouse Ventures 4 rounds
- 03Booster 3 rounds
- 04Clavell Capital 2 rounds
- 05Punakaiki Fund 2 rounds
- 06Outset Ventures 2 rounds
- 07Movac 2 rounds
- 08Genesis Capital 1 rounds
- 09Agronomics 1 rounds
- 010Snowball Effect 1 rounds
Recent recorded rounds
Latest recorded rounds · USDLargest and notable recorded rounds
Each card is one recorded roundBacked by Clavell Capital.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Highland Europe and Long Ridge and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Booster.
Backed by Movac and NZVC and others.
Backed by Genesis Capital.
Backed by Icehouse Ventures.
Backed by New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and Movac and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITYRevenue, profitability & financial strength
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Revenue, profitability & financial strength
Annual accounts availability
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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.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burger King NZBurger King New Zealand | 247.9K | — | Food & Drink |
| BurgerFuel VIB ClubBurgerfuel | 107.4K | — | Food & Drink |
| On FarmFonterra | 38.9K | — | Business |
| Pita Pit NZPita Pit | 31.2K | — | Food & Drink |
| Farm Source Dairy DiaryFonterra | 22.3K | — | Business |
| Wendy\'s New ZealandWendy\'s | 15.9K | — | Food & Drink |
| My Co-opFonterra | 12.7K | — | Business |
| Silver Fern FarmerSilver Fern Farms | 5.9K | — | Business |
| Dunkin\' Donuts NZDunkin Donuts | 5.1K | — | Lifestyle |
| MojoMojo Coffee | 3.8K | — | 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).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & Beverage Products | 9 | 87.2K | On Farm 38.9K | |
| Livestock Research And Training Services | 3 | 5.2K | Milksmart 2.3K | |
| Food Processing | 2 | 2.2K | ANZCO Livestock 1.8K | |
| Food Distributors | 2 | 494 | SF 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 INDUSTRYThe New Zealand food and agriculture market map
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
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The New Zealand food and agriculture market map
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
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.
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore in RadarHow companies make money
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
Western Australian independent foodservice distributor, New West Foods, has acquired Perth-based producer and distributor of European-style foods and beverages, European Foods.
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.
We have significant admiration for the work done by the RBA team in building the business so far.
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.
Open Country Dairy has bought Māori-backed dairy processor Miraka.
having bought Mataura Valley Milk off The a2 Milk Company a fortnight ago.
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.
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.
Walter and Wild said it had acquired the business under its new entity Hansells Acquisition Limited.
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.
IPO pipeline
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO1 reports
Leadership moves
20 tracked people moves
Appointment President Global Ingredients Sales and Operations
Appointment President Global Ingredients Growth
Departure Previously Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Executive Director of Forensic Science
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Appointment General Manager of Marketing
Appointment Independent Director
Departure Previously Independent Deputy Chair
Product launches
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Butter
Platform
Fruit snacks
Contract wins
4 recorded customer wins
Customer:
Customer: lactalis
Customer: invivoWine
Customer: DairygoldRetail
Workforce actions
4 companies with reported reductions
300 rolescost reduction
Scale not stated rolesefficiency
360 rolesstore fire
Scale not stated roleslow product volumes and increasing complexities in production
Regulatory events
10 recorded events
sale approvedRegulators
all required regulatory approvals and sale conditions had been satisfied
Court
green‑lit the acquisitionAustralia\'s Foreign Investment Review Board
Litigation
5 tracked suits
breach of Commerce Act over acquisition that lessened competitionRegulatory · Verdict
Regulatory · Ongoing
Earnings pulse
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New West Foods→European Foods ↗ | Completed | 2026-05-01 | Not stated in snapshot |
| lactalis→Fonterra ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-29 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Inspira Global→Restaurant Brands ↗ | Announced | 2026-01-21 | Not stated in snapshot |
| ajanta pharma→Restaurant Brands ↗ | Pending | 2026-01-19 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Westland→PV&V Insurance Centre Ltd. and Meester Insurance Centre (collectively PV&V) | Announced | 2026-01-14 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Finaccess Restauración→Restaurant Brands ↗ | Pending | 2025-11-06 | $630.0M |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITYThe talent market
3 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 8-posting snapshot covers 6 employers.
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The talent market
3 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 8-posting snapshot covers 6 employers.
Most advertised job titles
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
The seniority mix
3 postings specify a level.
Companies hiring
Large employers
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Fonterra ↗ | 19,608 |
| Silver Fern Farms ↗ | 7,000 |
| ANZCO ↗ | 3,000 |
| t&g global ltd ↗ | 1,600 |
| sanford ↗ | 1,409 |
| Zespri ↗ | 1,085 |
| AgResearch ↗ | 812 |
| Seeka ↗ | 804 |
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELDFounders and leaders
216 founders and chief executives across 168 companies.
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Founders and leaders
216 founders and chief executives across 168 companies.
Craig McBeth
DFNZ ↗Dairy Farms, ex-Foundation For Youth Development Waikato, ex-Nutrient Management Advisor Certification Programme…
MJ McCoy
The a2 Milk Company ↗Creative Alignments, ex-OpenArts, Boulder Valley School District, Spyder Active Sports. Colorado State University 1981
Oded Shoseyov
Miruku ↗PlantArcBio, CollPlant, Hebrew University.
Hamish Penny
Croptide ↗Massey University MEng 2021
Hamish Howard
NewFish ↗Ex-Howard & Company. Victoria University of Wellington BSc 2009 & MSc 2020
Miles Hurrell
Fonterra ↗Ex-Farm Source.
Karin Kos
Apiculture New Zealand ↗Ex-Inland Revenue NZ, Seafood New Zealand, New Zealand Post. Otago University BA
Philip Cockrell
Accuro ↗Co-Founder Payve, ex-Serato INC, Optimal Usability, Firstlight ERA. Victoria University of Wellington BCA 2002, The University of Auckland 2014
Irina Miller
Daisy Lab ↗Ex-Positive Q, Crombie Lockwood, Fonterra, Korn Ferry Hay Group. The University of Auckland BCom 2010, Auckland University of Technology 2022
Amy Rennell
Feed My Furbaby ↗Owner Furnished Rentals, ex-Auckland Airport, Cato Bolam Consultants, Genesis EnergyGenesis, Project Management Support Services.
Justin Michael Hall
SmartFoods ↗Sustainable Food And Fibre Futures Humble To Hero, ex-Smartfoods, ex-New Zealand Food Basket, The University of Auckland, 2011
James Annabell
Egmont Honey ↗Ex-Midlands Apiaries, Onside Player Management, Watson and Son, Taranaki Regional. Victoria University of Wellington LLB 2007
Education networks
5 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
98,353 articles in the measured 12-month window.
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How this industry appears in the news
98,353 articles in the measured 12-month window.
News volume trends
Food and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand · articles per complete quarter
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| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 20,182 |
| 2021Q3 | 21,931 |
| 2021Q4 | 21,811 |
| 2022Q1 | 19,589 |
| 2022Q2 | 23,185 |
| 2022Q3 | 20,600 |
| 2022Q4 | 27,815 |
| 2023Q1 | 31,496 |
| 2023Q2 | 20,195 |
| 2023Q3 | 25,626 |
| 2023Q4 | 25,746 |
| 2024Q1 | 22,375 |
| 2024Q2 | 22,003 |
| 2024Q3 | 25,769 |
| 2024Q4 | 28,716 |
| 2025Q1 | 32,215 |
| 2025Q2 | 22,107 |
| 2025Q3 | 28,622 |
| 2025Q4 | 21,473 |
| 2026Q1 | 26,368 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
Tone of coverage over time
Most-covered companies
Company share of voice
751 recorded company events across 27 companies; percentages use that event total.
Leading coverage topics
Food and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand · 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 New Zealand
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| flood resilience | 344 | 166 | 107% |
| weather emergency | 248 | 148 | 68% |
| trade facilitation commitments | 246 | 112 | 120% |
| floodplain management | 217 | 113 | 92% |
| rugby world cup qualifiers | 208 | 123 | 69% |
| flood control measures | 200 | 90 | 122% |
| storm readiness | 196 | 139 | 41% |
| multilateral trade pact | 192 | 98 | 96% |
| world cup women | 183 | 80 | 129% |
| free trade pact | 179 | 70 | 156% |
| test cricket | 1,362 | 3,026 | -55% |
| test innings | 994 | 2,383 | -58% |
| odi cricket | 840 | 2,309 | -64% |
| limited overs cricket | 843 | 2,264 | -63% |
| odi tactics | 813 | 2,230 | -64% |
Event and signal lenses
Food and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand
Regulatory Risk
202,871 classified articlestest cricket, odi tactics, test innings
37.6% critical · 25.6% positiveFunding Momentum
45,865 classified articlesinflation reports fx, odi world cup, icc world cup
31.5% critical · 29.1% positiveGrowth
43,087 classified articlesinflation reports fx, gdp growth forex, currency intervention policies
34.7% critical · 39.3% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage across New Zealand. 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 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.8 |
| 2023 | 30.5 |
| 2024 | 24.8 |
| 2025 | 40.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 02Climate‑Driven Food Security Risks
323 papers19.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2458.5 |
| 2023 | 2522.5 |
| 2024 | 2528.9 |
| 2025 | 2596.3 |
Common problems researchers identify · 03Adaptation Challenges for Smallholders
250 papers15.4% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2160.6 |
| 2023 | 2222.4 |
| 2024 | 2175.8 |
| 2025 | 2401.9 |
Common problems researchers identify · 04Precision Agriculture Implementation Barriers
224 papers13.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 515.7 |
| 2023 | 517.0 |
| 2024 | 632.8 |
| 2025 | 465.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 05Production Efficiency and Animal Welfare
210 papers12.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 306.1 |
| 2023 | 281.7 |
| 2024 | 202.6 |
| 2025 | 118.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 06IoT Security and Reliability Issues
114 papers7.0% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1274.1 |
| 2023 | 1249.0 |
| 2024 | 1188.9 |
| 2025 | 1205.8 |
Common problems researchers identify · 07Robotics Integration Limits
83 papers5.1% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 888.2 |
| 2023 | 902.3 |
| 2024 | 877.3 |
| 2025 | 924.0 |
Cautions
384 papers · 7 recurring themes
Cautions · 01Uncertain Impacts of Climate‑Smart Strategies
83 papers21.6% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2401.8 |
| 2023 | 2478.2 |
| 2024 | 2534.6 |
| 2025 | 2605.1 |
Cautions · 02Economic Viability of Technology Adoption
82 papers21.4% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 396.9 |
| 2023 | 380.8 |
| 2024 | 356.5 |
| 2025 | 240.8 |
Cautions · 03Livestock Management Trade‑offs
65 papers16.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 183.6 |
| 2023 | 176.4 |
| 2024 | 127.3 |
| 2025 | 117.8 |
Cautions · 04Food Security Gains May Be Limited
62 papers16.1% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2160.6 |
| 2023 | 2222.4 |
| 2024 | 2175.8 |
| 2025 | 2401.9 |
Cautions · 05Complexity of IoT and Drone Deployments
45 papers11.7% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 1199.7 |
| 2023 | 1211.5 |
| 2024 | 1205.7 |
| 2025 | 1177.2 |
Cautions · 06Credit Access and Inequality Concerns
28 papers7.3% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 938.3 |
| 2023 | 951.3 |
| 2024 | 844.7 |
| 2025 | 817.4 |
Cautions · 07Profitability Uncertainty in Agroforestry
19 papers4.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 854.1 |
| 2023 | 818.2 |
| 2024 | 735.8 |
| 2025 | 458.6 |
Opportunities
3,768 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · 01Sensor Networks for Precision Farming
799 papers21.2% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 373.7 |
| 2023 | 368.5 |
| 2024 | 352.7 |
| 2025 | 333.9 |
Opportunities · 02IoT‑Driven Cloud Analytics
671 papers17.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 1073.2 |
| 2023 | 1064.9 |
| 2024 | 1068.7 |
| 2025 | 1196.0 |
Opportunities · 03Autonomous Agricultural Robots
561 papers14.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 825.6 |
| 2023 | 841.3 |
| 2024 | 828.2 |
| 2025 | 837.8 |
Opportunities · 04Greenhouse‑Gas Mitigation via Smart Practices
558 papers14.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2167.0 |
| 2023 | 2240.5 |
| 2024 | 2194.7 |
| 2025 | 2410.2 |
Opportunities · 05Deep Learning for Disease Detection
433 papers11.5% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 84.7 |
| 2023 | 99.1 |
| 2024 | 74.7 |
| 2025 | 131.5 |
Opportunities · 06Technology Adoption for Poverty Reduction
413 papers11.0% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 572.1 |
| 2023 | 562.2 |
| 2024 | 530.9 |
| 2025 | 390.2 |
Opportunities · 07AI‑Enhanced Farm Management Systems
333 papers8.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 125.2 |
| 2023 | 116.7 |
| 2024 | 93.5 |
| 2025 | 114.8 |
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% | 37.5% |
| Descriptive | 22.0% | 17.5% |
| Problem-identifying | 20.3% | 9.5% |
| Breakthrough | 13.1% | 26.2% |
| Cautionary | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| Comparative | 2.7% | 3.8% |
| Critical | 0.8% | 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 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.

Auckland
284 companies54.0% across the displayed hubs
7 companies hiring · $161.2M disclosed funding
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Christchurch
70 companies13.3% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Wellington
51 companies9.7% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $1.7M disclosed funding
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Hamilton
29 companies5.5% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Hastings
25 companies4.8% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Tauranga
23 companies4.4% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Nelson
22 companies4.2% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Blenheim
22 companies4.2% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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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.
Can segment counts be added together?
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
What does a missing figure mean?
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
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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