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THE SOUTH AFRICA EDITION 2026

South Africa’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

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

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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Food and Agriculture illustration
Companies tracked 992Food and Agriculture ecosystem in South Africa Disclosed funding $50.68M10 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 39With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 700 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore South Africa’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 South Africa, snapshot 31 August 2026
Company
PURA Beveragelivealittlepura.com$15M—33—
United Exportsunited-exports.com$11.44M—98—
Dowson Limitada$10M———
Synercoresynercore.co.za$4.54M—108—
Periesperies.co.za$4.5M—250—
De Novo Foodlabsdenovofoodlabs.com$4M—8—
Fairfoodfairfood.org.za$672.03K———
Shuthukashuthuka.com$231K———
westfalia fruitwestfaliafruit.com—9 roles303—
Chill Beverageschillbev.co.za—6 roles370—
Devils Peakdevilspeak.beer—4 roles100—
Boxmore Packagingboxmore.co.za—3 roles1,000—
Lyrelyres.co.za—3 roles——
Spartasparta.co.za—3 roles90—
Babylonstorenbabylonstoren.com—2 roles201—
Merensky Timbermerenskytimber.com—2 roles167—
Astral Foodsastralfoods.com——12,417—
Boxerboxer.co.za————
CADACcadacinternational.com——40—
Coleus Packagingcoleus.co.za——140—
Eskorteskort.com——422Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Famous Brandsfamousbrands.co.za——4,197—
Pick n Paypnp.co.za——59,900—
Sea Harvestseaharvest.co.za——5,400—
24 featured companies

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in South Africa

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

31 August 2026
Hiring participation3.9%

39 of 992 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation2.0%

20 of 992 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share71.9%

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

Median disclosed round$2.5M

Midpoint of 12 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 71.9% of disclosed capital, while 98.0% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How South Africa 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

South Africa food and agriculture
$0$4.28M$8.55M$12.82M$17.1M2016: $020162017: $129.07K20172018: $11.44M20182019: $4.5M20192020: $169.77K20202021: $020212022: $3.4M20222023: $14.54M20232024: $1.5M20242025: $15M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in South Africa
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$0700
2017$129.07K461
2018$11.44M401
2019$4.5M491
2020$169.77K421
2021$0340
2022$3.4M133
2023$14.54M72
2024$1.5M21
2025$15M01
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • PURA Beverage29.6%
  • United Exports22.6%
  • Dowson Limitada19.7%
  • Other companies28.1%

Funding by stage

23 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel9 39.1%
Series A–B5 21.7%
Series C+ / PE2 8.7%
Grants, debt & other7 30.4%

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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THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

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

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

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

Busiest websites

11 of the 992 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (1.1%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 98,740 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Pick n Paypnp.co.za1,781,1516271%
Nando’snandos.co.za277,1074892%
Steerssteers.co.za184,8114588.1%
McDonald\'s (South Africa)mcdonalds.co.za152,5625376.7%
Chicken Lickenchickenlicken.co.za106,4093987.2%
Boxerboxer.co.za98,7404065.1%
Burger King South Africaburgerking.co.za69,2944573.5%
Wimpywimpy.co.za52,2464584.4%
Nandosnandos.com47,5004271.3%
Switch Energydrinkswitch.co.za11,0623084.1%

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

Most-installed apps

25 of these companies (2.5%) publish at least one Android app — 30 apps in all, carrying 8.5M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Spur Family ClubSpur3.4M3.5Food & Drink
Burger King SABurger King South Africa1.2M—Food & Drink
Nando’s SA – Food OrderNando’s943.3K4.4Food & Drink
Nando\'s MalaysiaNando’s798K3.9Lifestyle
BoxerBoxer743.5K—Lifestyle
Wimpy Rewards AppWimpy720.5K—Food & Drink
FreshStop Rewards & SaveFreshStop231.6K—Lifestyle
vida e caffèVida E Caffe178.5K4.5Food & Drink
Ocean BasketOcean Basket105.4K—Food & Drink
BabylonstorenBabylonstoren44.4K—Lifestyle

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 (2023Q3–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Food & Beverage Products73.4MSpur Family Club 3.4M
Food Retailers3777.8KBoxer 743.5K
Restaurants5371.9KFreshStop Rewards & Save 231.6K
Alcoholic Beverage Products244.6KBabylonstoren 44.4K

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 South Africa 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 brands32
Nutritional formula13
Consumer digital10
Plant based foods9

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Internet first brands

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

32companies
0.0%have hiring activity

0 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 - product710
Physical commerce448
Advertising148
Commission on transaction103
Fee-for-service95
E-commerce - service85
Sponsorship46
Subscription13
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 & acquisitionsinvictaholdings.co.za ↗

Paul tells Manufacturing Today more about its 2025 acquisition by Invicta Holdings.

Mergers & acquisitionstwizza.co.za ↗

Varun Beverages, through its subsidiary The Beverage Company (BevCo), has completed the acquisition of South African soft drink manufacturer Twizza for R2.1 billion.

Mergers & acquisitionscrickley.co.za ↗

The Beverage Company Proprietary Limited (Bevco), a South African subsidiary of Varun Beverages, executed the acquisition agreement on March 17, 2026.

Mergers & acquisitionsin2food.co.za ↗

Woolworths has announced a landmark deal to acquire one of its longest-standing and largest suppliers, in2food, from a consortium of sellers including the founders and Old Mutual Private Equity, in a transaction valued on the back of the supplier’s massive revenue base.

Mergers & acquisitionsladismithcheese.co.za ↗

Woodlands CEO Helen McDougall said: "This transaction aligns perfectly with our vision to deliver high-quality, sustainable dairy products to a growing market."

Funding roundsspur.co.za ↗

Spur, which provides e-commerce retailers and travel booking platforms with AI powered quality testing that emulates real consumer shopping behaviour, has raised $4.5 million from investors including First Round, Pear VC, Neo, Conviction, Liquid2Ventures, and Predictive Venture Partners.

Mergers & acquisitionswestfaliafruit.com ↗

Westfalia Fruit has completed the acquisition of Greenpoint Trading B.V., a Dutch supplier of fruit and vegetables specialising in avocados.

Mergers & acquisitionsinverroche.com ↗

February also saw Pernod Ricard buy the remaining shares in South African gin distiller Inverroche it did not own for an undisclosed sum.

Mergers & acquisitionsdistell.co.za ↗

The approval also cleared the way for the brewing giant to take over the import business of Distell International Limited in Nigeria.

Mergers & acquisitionslactolab.co.za ↗

Merieux NutriSciences acquired Lactolab Ltd.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 176 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
43
Company announcements
36
Mergers & acquisitions
27
Leadership moves
25
New products
17
Asset acquisitions
8
Capital infusions
4
Job creation
4
Lawsuit
3
Funding rounds
3
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Leadership moves

21 tracked people moves

capespan ↗
André de Klerk

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

capespan ↗
Charl du Bois

Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer

capespan ↗
Bernie Denton

Appointment Chief Operating Officer

Spur ↗
Vuyokazi "Vuyo" Henda

Appointment Executive Director

Lorraine De Graaff

Appointment Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer

Johan Geel

Appointment Chief Financial Officer

Dries Ferreira

Resignation

Henry Enslin

Appointment Chief Financial Officer

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

OB Rewards

Loyalty Programme

Ocean Basket Mobile App

Mobile Application

Pick n Pay ↗
Smart Shopper loyalty program integration

Loyalty program

Pick n Pay ↗
Asap! on-demand delivery platform

On-demand delivery

2026 R-40 maize mill

maize mill

Litigation

3 tracked suits

Company
pick n pay v Lashka 167

Repayment of liquidation proceedsCivil · Dismissed

Company
Listeriosis victims v tiger brands

Listeria contamination and injury class actionClass Action · Ongoing

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

9companies
55period observations
3.7%median reported growth

Median across 35 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Invicta Holdings→SpaldingsAnnounced2026-04-29Not stated in snapshot
the beverage company→Twizza ↗Completed2026-03-31Not stated in snapshot
India-based Varun Beverages→Twizza ↗Completed2026-03-31Not stated in snapshot
woolworths holdings→in2food ↗Announced2026-03-18Not stated in snapshot
varun beverages→Twizza ↗Announced2026-03-18Not stated in snapshot
The Beverage Company Proprietary Limited (Bevco)→Crickley ↗Announced2026-03-17Not stated in snapshot

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

2 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 8-posting snapshot covers 7 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Finished Goods Warehouse Manager1
Area Sales Manager Transkei1
Project Manager1
Lab Analyst Intern1
Fleet Controller Milk Collection1
Creditors Clerk1
1 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

5 postings specify a level.

manager
4
unspecified
3
intern
1
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

161 founders and chief executives across 136 companies.

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Education networks

2 profiles with education records.

Prior employers

2 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

116,765 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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116,765articles in the measured year
34,172articles in 2026Q1
68.1%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage across South Africa · articles per complete quarter

09,98419,96829,95239,9362021Q2: 21,1912021Q22021Q3: 22,7032021Q4: 26,2222022Q1: 19,2262022Q2: 18,6972022Q22022Q3: 21,0632022Q4: 24,8742023Q1: 26,1942023Q2: 22,2302023Q22023Q3: 34,7272023Q4: 26,0492024Q1: 26,2172024Q2: 25,3702024Q22024Q3: 24,0482024Q4: 29,4692025Q1: 31,8482025Q2: 22,4362025Q22025Q3: 29,2962025Q4: 27,2942026Q1: 34,1722026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q221,191
2021Q322,703
2021Q426,222
2022Q119,226
2022Q218,697
2022Q321,063
2022Q424,874
2023Q126,194
2023Q222,230
2023Q334,727
2023Q426,049
2024Q126,217
2024Q225,370
2024Q324,048
2024Q429,469
2025Q131,848
2025Q222,436
2025Q329,296
2025Q427,294
2026Q134,172

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
45,295 positive · 1,214 neutral · 28,039 negative
2022
56,667 positive · 1,546 neutral · 25,433 negative
2023
79,154 positive · 2,069 neutral · 27,740 negative
2024
71,627 positive · 2,265 neutral · 31,031 negative
2025
75,341 positive · 2,389 neutral · 32,923 negative

Leading coverage topics

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

International Sports Competitions24,933 articles in the full recorded period
6,223 recent · 5,959 prior
Cricket Test Matches9,532 articles in the full recorded period
2,256 recent · 1,568 prior
Championship Event Highlights8,072 articles in the full recorded period
2,040 recent · 1,919 prior
Covid 19 Vaccine Development And Efficacy Trials6,723 articles in the full recorded period
204 recent · 81 prior
Sports History And Legacy Stories5,638 articles in the full recorded period
1,403 recent · 1,113 prior
Sports Injury Reports5,406 articles in the full recorded period
1,312 recent · 912 prior
Olympic Games Coverage5,097 articles in the full recorded period
1,082 recent · 1,114 prior
International Political Relations4,769 articles in the full recorded period
1,068 recent · 1,145 prior
Sports Governance And Policy Changes4,348 articles in the full recorded period
812 recent · 582 prior
Professional League Updates4,102 articles in the full recorded period
1,075 recent · 748 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Food and Agriculture coverage across South Africa

KeywordRecentPriorChange
international cups32119069%
world cup231102126%
international wine & spirit competition23015746%
solar electricity generation20711974%
vaccine candidates19964211%
global qualifiers19611472%
sommelier wine awards16810462%
vaccine trials16662168%
trade facilitation commitments16210554%
luxury beach resort16111342%
odi world cup8951,909-53%
icc world cup8261,806-54%
odi cricket9851,763-44%
odi tactics9301,754-47%
limited overs cricket9691,729-44%

Event and signal lenses

Food and Agriculture coverage across South Africa

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

141,843 classified articles

test cricket, odi world cup, icc world cup

42.4% critical · 35.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

29,616 classified articles

odi world cup, icc world cup, test cricket

39.8% critical · 42.8% positive
Rising

Growth

54,608 classified articles

gdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, economic output growth

30.7% critical · 49.4% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage across South Africa. 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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Agricultural Machinery / AgricultureCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Agricultural Machinery / Agriculture

418 papers

25.8% of this theme group

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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YearShare index
202228.9
202328.9
202425.8
202538.7
Climate Change / AgricultureCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate Change / Agriculture

323 papers

19.9% of this theme group

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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20222470.2
20232535.7
20242517.4
20252603.9
Agriculture / Climate ChangeCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Agriculture / Climate Change

250 papers

15.4% of this theme group

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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20222172.3
20232236.1
20242166.2
20252403.3
Agriculture / Precision AgricultureCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Agriculture / Precision Agriculture

224 papers

13.8% of this theme group

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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2022512.7
2023515.6
2024647.8
2025472.7
Agricultural Science / AgricultureCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Agricultural Science / Agriculture

210 papers

12.9% of this theme group

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
2022303.4
2023288.2
2024206.4
2025116.7
Internet Of Things / AgricultureCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Internet Of Things / Agriculture

114 papers

7.0% of this theme group

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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20221280.1
20231261.2
20241196.6
20251192.1
Robot / RoboticsCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Robot / Robotics

83 papers

5.1% of this theme group

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

Agricultural Robotics

Global trends in the development of agricultural robotics

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YearShare index
2022885.3
2023907.9
2024887.9
2025934.6

Cautions

384 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Agriculture / Climate ChangeCautions · 01

Agriculture / Climate Change

83 papers

21.6% of this theme group

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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20222413.0
20232484.7
20242519.0
20252620.4
Agriculture / Agricultural EconomicsCautions · 02

Agriculture / Agricultural Economics

82 papers

21.4% of this theme group

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
2022393.5
2023380.6
2024357.7
2025242.4
Milking / Animal ScienceCautions · 03

Milking / Animal Science

65 papers

16.9% of this theme group

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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2022190.1
2023178.6
2024129.7
2025114.6
Agriculture / Food SecurityCautions · 04

Agriculture / Food Security

62 papers

16.1% of this theme group

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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20222172.3
20232236.1
20242166.2
20252403.3
Internet Of Things / RobotCautions · 05

Internet Of Things / Robot

45 papers

11.7% of this theme group

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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20221208.4
20231224.6
20241211.9
20251173.9
Agriculture / ProductivityCautions · 06

Agriculture / Productivity

28 papers

7.3% of this theme group

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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2022946.2
2023942.7
2024840.0
2025834.1
Wetland / Profitability IndexCautions · 07

Wetland / Profitability Index

19 papers

4.9% of this theme group

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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2022850.4
2023819.4
2024725.1
2025462.4

Opportunities

3,768 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Agriculture / Wireless Sensor NetworkOpportunities · 01

Agriculture / Wireless Sensor Network

799 papers

21.2% of this theme group

Agriculture (503) · Wireless sensor network (85) · Precision agriculture (108) · Agricultural engineering (103)

Innovations in Sensor-Based Systems and Sustainable Energy Solutions for Smart Agriculture: A Review

Smart Agriculture System

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YearShare index
2022374.3
2023368.8
2024362.0
2025329.0
Internet Of Things / AgricultureOpportunities · 02

Internet Of Things / Agriculture

671 papers

17.8% of this theme group

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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20221075.2
20231070.3
20241072.3
20251179.8
Robot / RoboticsOpportunities · 03

Robot / Robotics

561 papers

14.9% of this theme group

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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2022827.0
2023847.9
2024840.1
2025849.0
Climate Change / AgricultureOpportunities · 04

Climate Change / Agriculture

558 papers

14.8% of this theme group

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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20222178.9
20232250.8
20242192.9
20252416.6
Convolutional Neural Network / AgricultureOpportunities · 05

Convolutional Neural Network / Agriculture

433 papers

11.5% of this theme group

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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202283.4
202396.6
202474.0
2025129.0
Agriculture / Agricultural MachineryOpportunities · 06

Agriculture / Agricultural Machinery

413 papers

11.0% of this theme group

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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2022578.2
2023562.6
2024531.1
2025402.3
Production / LivestockOpportunities · 07

Production / Livestock

333 papers

8.8% of this theme group

Production (35) · Livestock (18) · Management system (12) · Animal science (9)

A Farm Management Information System Using Future Internet Technologies

Leveraging Generative AI For Sustainable Farm Management Techniques Correspond To Optimization and Agricultural Efficiency Prediction

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YearShare index
2022131.4
2023123.3
202497.2
2025110.7

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%37.6%
Descriptive22.0%17.4%
Problem-identifying20.3%9.8%
Breakthrough13.1%25.7%
Cautionary5.1%4.5%
Comparative2.7%4.0%
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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