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THE SOUTH KOREA EDITION 2026

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

The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in South Korea. 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 640Food and Agriculture ecosystem in South Korea Disclosed funding $197.62M21 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 4With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 40 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore South Korea’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 Korea, snapshot 1 September 2026
Company
Gopizzagopizza.kr$55M—106—
Cellmeatthecellmeat.com$25.6M—29—
GOOD FOOD FOR GOODgffg.co.kr$23.2M—105—
INTAKEintakefoods.kr$15.23M—47—
Sweet Biosweetbio.co.kr$11.92M—12—
Medisolamedisola.co.kr$10.45M———
Rokyarokya.co.kr$7.9M—34—
Simple Planeten.simpleplanet.io$7.5M———
CJ Freshwaycjfreshway.com—1 roles7,057Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Imdakimdak.com—1 roles——
Mr Milkmrmilk.co.kr—1 roles4—
seven springssevensprings.co.kr—1 roles——
BGF Retailbgfretail.com——1,778Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
BHCbhc.co.kr————
CJcj.net——67—
Chilsung Hanmi Beveragelottechilsung.co.kr——5,844—
Conveniiconvenii.com————
Dongwon F&Bdongwonfnb.com——3,211Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
GS Retailgsretail.com——7,814Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Hanmi Sciencehanmiscience.co.kr——428Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Lotte Wellfoodlottewellfood.com——6,795Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Nongshimnongshim.com——5,321—
Samyang Foodssamyangfoods.com———Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
ottogiottogi.co.kr——3,122—
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 ↗

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Recorded evidence only

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in South Korea

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

1 September 2026
Hiring participation0.6%

4 of 640 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation6.7%

43 of 640 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share52.5%

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

Median disclosed round$4.21M

Midpoint of 32 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 52.5% of disclosed capital, while 93.3% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How South Korea 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 Korea food and agriculture
$0$21.67M$43.34M$65.01M$86.68M2016: $020162017: $020172018: $20M20182019: $2.5M20192020: $7.4M20202021: $16.76M20212022: $76.04M20222023: $20.74M20232024: $26.28M20242025: $22.14M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in South Korea
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$0290
2017$0290
2018$20M291
2019$2.5M372
2020$7.4M303
2021$16.76M294
2022$76.04M147
2023$20.74M93
2024$26.28M57
2025$22.14M13
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Gopizza27.8%
  • Cellmeat13.0%
  • GOOD FOOD FOR GOOD11.7%
  • Other companies47.5%

Funding by stage

57 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel28 49.1%
Series A–B25 43.9%
Series C+ / PE4 7.0%
Grants, debt & other0 0.0%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
3 rounds

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Series A03/2026
Dr.true $2.65M

Backed by BNK Venture Capital and Sema Investment and others.

Seed03/2026
Salt By Peb —

Backed by BluePoint Partners and Vine Ventures and others.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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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 has yet been qualified for South Korea; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.; No reviewed exact national-ID connector has yet been qualified for South Korea; this is a checked implementation boundary, not evidence that filings are absent.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

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

Busiest websites

22 of the 640 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (3.4%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 198,223 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Ediya Coffeeediya.com682,7194095.6%
CJcj.net616,4144310.9%
Burger King Koreaburgerking.co.kr570,6194691.1%
Chilsung Hanmi Beveragelottechilsung.co.kr566,1664078.5%
GS Retailgsretail.com462,1174947.7%
Outbackoutback.co.kr298,2594093%
McDonaldmcdonalds.co.kr295,6364875%
Forestforest.go.kr260,6795058%
BGF Retailbgfretail.com255,2254429.2%
Compose Coffeecomposecoffee.com214,3323883.8%

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

Most-installed apps

77 of these companies (12%) publish at least one Android app — 158 apps in all, carrying 59M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
스타벅스Starbucks Coffee Korea16.6M3.7Food & Drink
버거킹 - 햄버거 킹오더·딜리버리Burger King Korea9M2.3Food & Drink
아웃백Outback5.8M3.8Lifestyle
이디야멤버스Ediya Coffee5.2M4.9Food & Drink
bhc 치킨 - Tasty, Crispy, Juicy!BHC3.3M—Food & Drink
KFC KoreaKFC Korea2.8M—Food & Drink
써브웨이Subway1.8M—Food & Drink
컴포즈커피Compose Coffee1.8M—Food & Drink
매드포갈릭Mad for Garlic1.6M—Lifestyle
할리스HOLLYS COFFEE1.6M—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 (2023Q4–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Food Service Chains2341.9M스타벅스 16.6M
Food & Beverage Products3010.2M이디야멤버스 5.2M
Restaurants128.9M우리 음식을 만나는 스마트한 경험, 본오더! 1.1M
Restaurant Franchisees31.9M써브웨이 1.8M
Food Processing64805.5KFireWizardRPG 274.6K
Food Distributors5367.5KH-Cafeteria 현대그린푸드 283.5K
Crop Farming2290.3K#풀무원 258.1K
Food Retailers7158.8K칼로바이 - 다이어트의 시작은 CALOBYE 105K

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

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q2: 12023Q2: 52023Q22023Q3: 42023Q3: 32023Q32023Q4: 32023Q4: 32023Q42024Q1: 12024Q1: 112024Q12024Q2: 42024Q2: 32024Q22024Q3: 62024Q3: 42024Q32024Q4: 42024Q4: 52024Q42025Q1: 42025Q1: 42025Q12025Q2: 22025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 32025Q3: 182025Q32025Q4: 12025Q4: 262025Q42026Q1: 22026Q1: 192026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 99 of 158 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The South Korea food and agriculture market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Internet first brands32
Nutritional formula10
Consumer digital8
B2c e-commerce6
Uber for grocery delivery6
B2c grocery delivery6
Plant based foods6

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
3.1%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 - product461
Physical commerce323
Commission on transaction68
Advertising66
E-commerce - service64
Fee-for-service36
Subscription29
Sponsorship10
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 & acquisitionskfckorea.com ↗

Last month, the Carlyle Group completed its acquisition of a 100 percent stake in KFC Korea from Orchestra Private Equity.

Mergers & acquisitionssunjin.com ↗

followed by pork processor Sunjin in 2007.

Mergers & acquisitionsfarmsco.com ↗

and livestock farming and processing company Farmsco in 2008.

Mergers & acquisitionschickenplus.co.kr ↗

Korean venture capital firm The Ventures has made a strategic move in Vietnam by acquiring a 65% controlling stake in Chicken Plus, a Vietnamese chicken franchise with 75 stores.

Mergers & acquisitionsnorangtongdak.co.kr ↗

Jollibee Foods Corp., a household name in Southeast Asia’s food market, has been named the preferred buyer of Norang Tongdak, a South Korean fried chicken brand, in a deal estimated at 140 billion won ($100 m.

Funding roundshisnt.com ↗

Shares of SNT Group affiliates have reached all-time highs after IMM Credit & Solutions (ICS), a subsidiary of the Korean private equity firm IMM Private Equity, made a strategic 200 billion won ($144 million) investment, market watchers said Tuesday.

Mergers & acquisitionsbhc.co.kr ↗

On May 8, UOB Venture Management Pte Ltd (UOBVM) acquired a 12 per cent equity stake in BHC, becoming a major shareholder.

Mergers & acquisitionseasyholdings.co.kr ↗

Two years ago, it made its first US investment when it acquired DFS Oskaloosa, a feed mill operation in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Mergers & acquisitionstechpacksol.com ↗

Techpack (ex Madeco) today reported the sale of the brand "Madeco," cable class, to Nexans, a leading company in the world's cable manufacturing.

Mergers & acquisitionsob.co.kr ↗

Oriental Brewery Company announced, Wednesday, that it has decided to acquire Jeju Soju from Shinsegae L&B.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 130 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Company announcements
45
Earnings
25
Board Updates
11
New products
11
Mergers & acquisitions
10
Capital infusions
7
Leadership moves
6
Contracts
4
Asset acquisitions
3
Incorporation
2
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IPO pipeline

1 companies with recorded IPO activity

BHC ↗

IPO1 reports

Leadership moves

5 tracked people moves

LS Mtron ↗
Paul Caprio

Appointment Member of the Board of Directors for North America

Nongshim ↗
Shin Sang-yeol

Promotion Executive Vice President

Nongshim ↗
Jo Yong-chul

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Kyung Jae-hyung

Promotion Senior Vice President and CEO of SPC Samlip

Lim Hyeong-seop

Appointment Head of Business Unit

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

Hite Jinro ↗
JINRO Melon Limited Edition

Soju

Contract wins

2 recorded customer wins

Gopizza ↗

Customer: Hextar GroupFood and Beverage

Customer: Stream Empire Holding

Workforce actions

1 companies with reported reductions

MONKi ↗

Scale not stated rolesbusiness downturn

Regulatory events

1 recorded events

pendingSuwon District Court

Litigation

1 tracked suits

Company
Hanmi Science v Park Jae-hyun, Hanmi Pharm

lawsuits filed by Hanmi ScienceCivil · Filed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

12companies
25period observations
18.4%median reported growth

Median across 14 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Carlyle Group→KFC Korea ↗Completed2026-05-05Not stated in snapshot
the carlyle group→KFC Korea ↗Completed2026-04-28Not stated in snapshot
Yonhap Harim Group→SUNJIN ↗Completed2026-04-22Not stated in snapshot
Yonhap Harim Group→Farmsco ↗Completed2026-04-22Not stated in snapshot
The Ventures→Chicken Plus ↗Announced2026-03-03Not stated in snapshot
jollibee→Norangtongdak ↗Announced2026-02-19Not stated in snapshot

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

Recorded hiring and workforce signals from the available source snapshot.

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Most advertised job titles

No repeated job title is supported by this snapshot.

0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

180 founders and chief executives across 160 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

4 profiles with education records.

University of California (Los Angeles)
1
Singapore Management University (SMU)
1
INSEAD
1
Cornell University
1

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

248,577 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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248,577articles in the measured year
38,622articles in 2026Q1
38.4%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

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

038,30176,602114,903153,2042021Q2: 26,4602021Q22021Q3: 30,0412021Q4: 27,1042022Q1: 32,2362022Q2: 27,9822022Q22022Q3: 31,0152022Q4: 37,3912023Q1: 39,6392023Q2: 40,1232023Q22023Q3: 40,6562023Q4: 37,4772024Q1: 45,7732024Q2: 45,3312024Q22024Q3: 47,6882024Q4: 61,0022025Q1: 70,9632025Q2: 45,5842025Q22025Q3: 133,2212025Q4: 35,6212026Q1: 38,6222026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q226,460
2021Q330,041
2021Q427,104
2022Q132,236
2022Q227,982
2022Q331,015
2022Q437,391
2023Q139,639
2023Q240,123
2023Q340,656
2023Q437,477
2024Q145,773
2024Q245,331
2024Q347,688
2024Q461,002
2025Q170,963
2025Q245,584
2025Q3133,221
2025Q435,621
2026Q138,622

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
53,585 positive · 19,860 neutral · 16,046 negative
2022
73,813 positive · 29,959 neutral · 24,734 negative
2023
88,889 positive · 42,595 neutral · 26,319 negative
2024
105,310 positive · 65,266 neutral · 29,082 negative
2025
109,463 positive · 141,263 neutral · 34,529 negative

Leading coverage topics

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

International And Transnational Geographic Entities295,768 articles in the full recorded period
107,695 recent · 80,667 prior
Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas295,767 articles in the full recorded period
107,695 recent · 80,667 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions295,755 articles in the full recorded period
107,691 recent · 80,660 prior
Mobile Operating Systems25,989 articles in the full recorded period
6,607 recent · 6,245 prior
Latest Gadgets And Consumer Electronics18,420 articles in the full recorded period
5,026 recent · 4,082 prior
Mobile Phone Camera Technology13,076 articles in the full recorded period
2,961 recent · 3,371 prior
Mobile Phone Pricing Strategies11,911 articles in the full recorded period
3,354 recent · 3,223 prior
International Political Relations8,855 articles in the full recorded period
1,948 recent · 2,351 prior
Mobile Phone Hardware Components8,733 articles in the full recorded period
2,432 recent · 2,182 prior
Mobile Phone Display Technologies8,119 articles in the full recorded period
2,303 recent · 2,132 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Food and Agriculture coverage across South Korea

KeywordRecentPriorChange
countries3,9111,432173%
smart tv1,7311,21343%
smart television1,5621,03052%
android tv1,42297945%
wifi television1,37786160%
app-enabled tv1,36591849%
google tv1,18076754%
internet tv1,17774259%
streaming tv89254265%
tv os80050259%
stock performance550978-44%
geopolitical alliances313665-53%
aircraft wreckage72589-88%
stock indices233539-57%
aircraft emergency procedures64531-88%

Event and signal lenses

Food and Agriculture coverage across South Korea

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

418,762 classified articles

disputed islands, territories, countries

12.0% critical · 10.6% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

21,557 classified articles

flagship pricing, surround sound systems, tv audio upgrades

31.3% critical · 46.0% positive
Rising

Growth

53,204 classified articles

business smartphone, budget smartphone, pcie ssd

33.6% critical · 47.9% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage across South Korea. 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 Adoption GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Extension and Machinery Adoption Gaps

418 papers

25.8% of this theme group

Researchers highlight barriers in technology transfer and equipment use for farmers.

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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202228.9
202328.9
202425.8
202538.7
Climate Impacts on Food SecurityCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate Impacts on Food Security

323 papers

19.9% of this theme group

Studies flag how changing climate threatens agricultural productivity and resource management.

Climate change (191) · Agriculture (299) · Food security (103) · Environmental resource management (68)

Climate-smart agriculture: Insights and challenges

Climate Smart Agriculture: An Option for Changing Climatic Situation

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20222470.2
20232535.7
20242517.4
20252603.9
Adaptation Challenges for SmallholdersCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Adaptation Challenges for Smallholders

250 papers

15.4% of this theme group

Works examine 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
20222172.3
20232236.1
20242166.2
20252403.3
Precision Agriculture Implementation IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Precision Agriculture Implementation Issues

224 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Papers discuss technical and sustainability obstacles in deploying smart farming tools.

Agriculture (203) · Precision agriculture (27) · Archaeology (19) · Agricultural engineering (22)

Sustainable computing in smart agriculture: survey and challenges

Smart Agriculture Development and Its Contribution to the Sustainable Digital Transformation of the Agri-Food Sector

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2022512.7
2023515.6
2024647.8
2025472.7
Production Management and Animal WelfareCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Production Management and Animal Welfare

210 papers

12.9% of this theme group

Research points to gaps in farm management systems affecting output and livestock wellbeing.

Agricultural science (35) · Agriculture (92) · Production (27) · Animal welfare (6)

Farm Management Information Systems.

Evaluating Impacts of Climate Change on Farm Management

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2022303.4
2023288.2
2024206.4
2025116.7
IoT Security and Cloud RisksCommon problems researchers identify · 06

IoT Security and Cloud Risks

114 papers

7.0% of this theme group

Authors raise concerns about data protection and reliability in connected agriculture platforms.

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
Robotics Integration BarriersCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Robotics Integration Barriers

83 papers

5.1% of this theme group

Studies note technical and economic hurdles limiting robot use on farms.

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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Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart StrategiesCautions · 01

Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart Strategies

83 papers

21.6% of this theme group

Analyses question whether climate‑smart agriculture delivers promised benefits.

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
20222413.0
20232484.7
20242519.0
20252620.4
Subsidy and Adoption DynamicsCautions · 02

Subsidy and Adoption Dynamics

82 papers

21.4% of this theme group

Research cautions about policy designs that may not spur technology uptake.

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
Livestock and Crop Management Trade‑offsCautions · 03

Livestock and Crop Management Trade‑offs

65 papers

16.9% of this theme group

Works highlight complexities in balancing animal and plant production 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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2022190.1
2023178.6
2024129.7
2025114.6
Livelihood Impacts of Climate PracticesCautions · 04

Livelihood Impacts of Climate Practices

62 papers

16.1% of this theme group

Studies warn that climate‑smart interventions may not improve rural incomes uniformly.

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
IoT and Drone Deployment RisksCautions · 05

IoT and Drone Deployment Risks

45 papers

11.7% of this theme group

Authors point to technical and regulatory challenges in using sensors and drones on fields.

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
Credit Access and Inequality EffectsCautions · 06

Credit Access and Inequality Effects

28 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Research highlights how financing can unevenly affect technology adoption outcomes.

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
Profitability of Agroforestry PracticesCautions · 07

Profitability of Agroforestry Practices

19 papers

4.9% of this theme group

Papers assess economic returns of wetland and agroforestry management under climate stress.

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
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Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision FarmingOpportunities · 01

Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision Farming

799 papers

21.2% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on sensor‑based systems that enable real‑time field monitoring.

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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2022374.3
2023368.8
2024362.0
2025329.0
IoT‑Enabled Cloud PlatformsOpportunities · 02

IoT‑Enabled Cloud Platforms

671 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Research showcases cloud‑connected IoT solutions that streamline data-driven farm decisions.

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
Autonomous Agricultural RobotsOpportunities · 03

Autonomous Agricultural Robots

561 papers

14.9% of this theme group

Studies explore mobile robots that can perform planting, weeding, and harvesting tasks.

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
Low‑Carbon Climate‑Smart PracticesOpportunities · 04

Low‑Carbon Climate‑Smart Practices

558 papers

14.8% of this theme group

Works propose methods to reduce greenhouse gases while boosting food security.

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
Deep Learning for Plant Disease DetectionOpportunities · 05

Deep Learning for Plant Disease Detection

433 papers

11.5% of this theme group

Papers present neural‑network models that identify crop ailments from images.

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
Technology Adoption for Productivity GainsOpportunities · 06

Technology Adoption for Productivity Gains

413 papers

11.0% of this theme group

Research highlights how modern machinery can lift yields and reduce 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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2022578.2
2023562.6
2024531.1
2025402.3
AI‑Driven Farm Management SystemsOpportunities · 07

AI‑Driven Farm Management Systems

333 papers

8.8% of this theme group

Studies demonstrate generative AI tools optimizing livestock and crop operations.

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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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%37.3%
Descriptive22.0%17.4%
Problem-identifying20.3%9.9%
Breakthrough13.1%26.2%
Cautionary5.1%4.5%
Comparative2.7%3.9%
Critical0.8%0.9%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceInternet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk911.19%29 (31.9%)1.19%
Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology160.21%8 (50.0%)0.21%
Energy & datacenter footprintSustainable computing in smart agriculture: survey and challenges90.12%2 (22.2%)0.12%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainThe LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart 30.04%0 (0.0%)0.04%
Bias & fairnessGender and access to complex and gender-biased agricultural technology information and knowledge: Evidence from smart-va30.04%0 (0.0%)0.04%
Concentration of compute powerMonopoly and Micro-irrigation in Smallholder Water Markets: Using exploratory modeling to consider interactions between 10.01%0 (0.0%)0.01%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Carbon & emissions of compute00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%

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

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