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THE TORONTO EDITION 2026

Toronto’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

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

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

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MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Toronto’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 Toronto, snapshot 1 September 2026
Company
Maple Leaf Foodsmapleleaffoods.com$2.14B11 roles14,000—
The Cronos Groupthecronosgroup.com$1.87B8 roles—Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Restaurant Brands Internationalrbi.com$1.75B11 roles6,200Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Open Farmopenfarmpet.com$65M—93—
Flow Waterflowhydration.com$62M—214—
Beekeeper\'s Naturalsbeekeepersnaturals.com$36.62M—65—
GreenSpace Brandsgreenspacebrands.ca$26.08M—29—
Red Light Hollandredlighttruffles.com$23.62M———
Pizza Pizzapizzapizza.ca—10 roles5,100—
Oliver & Bonacinioliverbonacini.com—9 roles889—
FGF Brandsfgfbrands.com—8 roles——
Give and Go Prepared Foodsgiveandgo.com—8 roles2,000—
Lactalis Canadalactalis.ca—8 roles4,200—
Corbycorby.ca——192—
GreenFirst Forestgreenfirst.ca——1,500—
McCainmccain.com——501Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Parmalatparmalat.ca——942—
Pizza Novapizzanova.com——644—
Quesadaquesada.ca——3—
Soul Foods Groupsoulfoodsgroup.com——7,500—
Tim Hortonstimhortons.com——122—
Tim Hortonstimhortons.ca————
Westonweston.ca——198,000—
the keg royalties income fundkegincomefund.com——10,700—
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

Explore the live startup set in Radar

No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in Toronto

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

1 September 2026
Hiring participation9.7%

64 of 661 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation8.9%

59 of 661 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share93.3%

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

Median disclosed round$2M

Midpoint of 79 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 93.3% of disclosed capital, while 91.1% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Toronto 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

Toronto food and agriculture
$0$1.61B$3.21B$4.82B$6.43B2016: $20.85M20162017: $15.78M20172018: $18.21M20182019: $5.64B20192020: $82.65M20202021: $110.95M20212022: $38.4M20222023: $28.65M20232024: $32.65M20242025: $3.97M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in Toronto
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$20.85M304
2017$15.78M382
2018$18.21M315
2019$5.64B487
2020$82.65M556
2021$110.95M2211
2022$38.4M159
2023$28.65M94
2024$32.65M18
2025$3.97M15
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Maple Leaf Foods34.7%
  • The Cronos Group30.3%
  • Restaurant Brands International28.4%
  • Other companies6.7%

Funding by stage

103 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel28 27.2%
Series A–B11 10.7%
Series C+ / PE9 8.7%
Grants, debt & other55 53.4%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
2 rounds

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Post IPO05/2026
Cizzle Brands $6.2M

Backed by Joseph Gunnar & Co and Ascent Partners.

Seed04/2026
Froot Pops $1.48M

Backed by Active Partners and Graph Ventures and others.

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

The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.; The measured Canada identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: world_filings_distributed exposes no reviewed Canadian national-ID key; none of the designated Canadian identities carried a CIK.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

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

Busiest websites

7 of the 661 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 287,610 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Tim Hortonstimhortons.ca2,382,9876186.1%
Tim Hortonstimhortons.com947,9415987.1%
Pizza Pizzapizzapizza.ca938,9205480.8%
Open Farmopenfarmpet.com287,6104869.7%
McCainmccain.com198,8834033.1%
Restaurant Brands Internationalrbi.com114,5714543.9%
Kabritakabrita.com14,6073570%

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

Most-installed apps

11 of these companies (1.7%) publish at least one Android app — 20 apps in all, carrying 1.6M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Pizza PizzaPizza Pizza1.2M3.5Food & Drink
Pizza NovaPizza Nova164.4K2.3Lifestyle
freshiiFreshii143.2K4.5Food & Drink
SHOP MONINMonin19.6K3.9Shopping
Maker Pizza OrderingMaker Pizza17.9K—Food & Drink
Chatime USAChatime13.3K3.9Food & Drink
Odd BurgerOdd Burger10.1K—Food & Drink
Momo2goMomo 2Go7.2K—Food & Drink
Hero Certified BurgersHero Certified Burger7.2K—Food & Drink
FGF Amber AlertFGF Brands2.1K3.9Productivity

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Toronto food and agriculture market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Internet first brands44
Consumer digital17
B2c e-commerce14
Plant based foods11
Nutritional formula9
Enterprise tech6
Internet first pet food brands6
B2c grocery delivery6
Uber for grocery delivery6
Subscription commerce5

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Internet first brands

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

44companies
2.3%have hiring activity

1 companies hiring · $75.15M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

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

E-commerce - product465
Physical commerce255
Advertising108
E-commerce - service98
Commission on transaction91
Fee-for-service73
Sponsorship16
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 & acquisitionsfox-river.ca ↗

Avenir Minerals Limited has agreed to acquire Fox River Resources Corporation in an all-cash deal valued at approximately C$94.3 million.

Mergers & acquisitionsrbi.com ↗

Burger King last year bought the struggling business from TFI Asia Holdings for $158 million, determined to turn the business around.

Mergers & acquisitionsmccain.com ↗

On January 2, 2026, Penobscot McCrum LLC, a North American premier supplier of frozen potato specialty products, was acquired by McCain Foods, a global leader in prepared potato and appetizer products.

Mergers & acquisitionsflowhydration.com ↗

On December 24, 2025, Cizzle Brands Corporation finalized the acquisition of Flow Water Inc.'s Package Packaging Activities from RI Flow Sub LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Rucker Investments LLC, for an amount of approximately $83.75 million, subject to the usual post-closure adjustments.

Mergers & acquisitionsthecronosgroup.com ↗

Our acquisition of CanAdelaar is a financially compelling and highly strategic transaction that will establish a strategic footprint in Europe and enable us to leverage our investments in borderless products.

Mergers & acquisitionsperigonbeverage.ca ↗

Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. announces that today the Company issued 679,928 common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Second Tranche Earnout Shares") at a deemed issuance price of $0.21 per share as part of the purchase price of the acquisition of Perigon Beverage Group ("Perigon").

Funding roundscityviewgreen.ca ↗

Under the Offering, the Company issued 4,062,500 units at a price of $0.08 per unit for gross proceeds of $325,000.

Mergers & acquisitionscorby.ca ↗

Corby Spirit and Wine Limited ("Corby") today announced that it has exercised its call option provided for in the shareholder agreement between Corby, Ace Beverage Holdco Inc. ("Ace Holdco") and the other shareholders of Ace Holdco dated July 4, 2023, to purchase additional outstanding shares of Ace Holdco, increasing its ownership stake in Ace Holdco by 5% to 95% of the issued and outstanding shares.

Mergers & acquisitionsacebeveragegroup.com ↗

Separately, Corby also announced that its subsidiary, ABG, has sold certain non-core brands to Twenty Bench Brewing Company Inc. ("Bench Brewing").

Funding roundsoddburger.com ↗

Odd Burger Corporation (TSXV: ODD) (OTCPK: ODDAF) (FSE: IA9) "Odd Burger" ... in connection with the previously announced Equity Distribution Agreement with Westmount Ventures Inc. d/b/a Rockcliffe Capital ("Rockcliffe"), and subsequent $1,500,000 drawdown notice, the Company will conduct a Refill Private Placement with CEO, James McInnes and will issue him 8,311,110 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.18 per share for gross proceeds of $1,496,000.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 700 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Earnings
248
Company announcements
150
Leadership moves
82
Mergers & acquisitions
46
Lawsuit
29
Funding rounds
24
New products
24
Asset acquisitions
24
Board Updates
19
Capital infusions
16
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Leadership moves

14 tracked people moves

Ola Machnowski

Appointment Vice President of Marketing

Vish Aggarwal

Appointment Vice President of Sales

Fernando Machado

Departure Previously Chief Marketing Officer

Open Farm ↗
Maria Chilewicz

Appointment vice president of Marketing

Open Farm ↗
Trevor Koons

Appointment vice president of Growth Marketing

Open Farm ↗
John Winer

Appointment chief digital officer

George Hatzolglou

Appointment Chief Operating Officer

Abe Schmitt

Appointment Vice-President, Operations

Regulatory events

16 recorded events

approved acquisitionSupreme Court of British Columbia

approved for NCIB program establishmentToronto Stock Exchange (TSX)

Approved for pension surplus distributionFinancial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario

McCain ↗

fined for failing to lodge audited financial reportsAustralian Securities and Investments Commission

Litigation

18 tracked suits

Company
tim hortons v show me hospitality

unpaid royalty fees, advertising fund contributions and opening chargesCivil · Filed

Company
tim hortons v TM Inc.

unpaid royalties, ad fund, opening charges for seven locationsCivil · Filed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

14companies
307period observations
6.2%median reported growth

Median across 259 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Avenir Minerals→Fox River ↗Announced2026-05-04Not stated in snapshot
cpe→Restaurant Brands International ↗Completed2026-02-03$350.0M
Restaurant Brands International→TFI Asia HoldingsCompleted2026-02-03$158.0M
McCain→penobscot mccrum2026-01-02Not stated in snapshot
cizzle→Flow Water ↗Completed2025-12-24$83.8M
The Cronos Group→canadelaarAnnounced2025-12-10$67.0M

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

2,648 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 6,516-posting snapshot covers 80 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Food Service Supervisor480
Restaurant Manager411
Team Member375
Food Counter Attendant245
Assistant Manager226
Supervisor204
0 internship postings

0 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

1,984 postings specify a level.

unspecified
4,532
manager
1,786
senior
111
intern
42
lead
39
entry
6

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 6,516 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Product Formulation
2
Biological Engineering
2
Food Product Design
2
Physical Chemistry
2
Materials Science
2
Chemistry
2
Chemical Engineering
2
Physics
2
Biophysics
2
Financial Modeling
1
ADVERTISED PAY$28.1K/ year

Median across 731 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

Salary by seniority

manager$35.8K/ year151 postings

Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

175 founders and chief executives across 146 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

20 profiles with education records.

University of Toronto
4
Queen's University
3
McGill University
3
University of Pennsylvania
2
INSEAD
1
University of Oxford
1
London Business School (LBS)
1
Harvard 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

5,687 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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5,687articles in the measured year
1,264articles in 2026Q1
78.1%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Toronto · articles per complete quarter

01,1062,2123,3184,4242021Q2: 1,6122021Q22021Q3: 1,5502021Q4: 1,1352022Q1: 1,5032022Q2: 1,5182022Q22022Q3: 1,3402022Q4: 1,2702023Q1: 1,2712023Q2: 1,5892023Q22023Q3: 1,3452023Q4: 1,3742024Q1: 1,8482024Q2: 1,8992024Q22024Q3: 1,9652024Q4: 1,6142025Q1: 3,8472025Q2: 1,4512025Q22025Q3: 2,0152025Q4: 9882026Q1: 1,2642026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q21,612
2021Q31,550
2021Q41,135
2022Q11,503
2022Q21,518
2022Q31,340
2022Q41,270
2023Q11,271
2023Q21,589
2023Q31,345
2023Q41,374
2024Q11,848
2024Q21,899
2024Q31,965
2024Q41,614
2025Q13,847
2025Q21,451
2025Q32,015
2025Q4988
2026Q11,264

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
3,878 positive · 45 neutral · 776 negative
2022
4,460 positive · 87 neutral · 1,078 negative
2023
4,257 positive · 52 neutral · 1,257 negative
2024
5,698 positive · 59 neutral · 1,559 negative
2025
6,471 positive · 54 neutral · 1,760 negative

Leading coverage topics

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Toronto · ranked by full-period article count.

Executive Leadership Changes And Appointments2,838 articles in the full recorded period
644 recent · 755 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations2,474 articles in the full recorded period
468 recent · 586 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations2,305 articles in the full recorded period
500 recent · 506 prior
Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) Programs2,172 articles in the full recorded period
444 recent · 507 prior
Sustainability Initiatives And Esg Reporting2,046 articles in the full recorded period
360 recent · 486 prior
Formula One Championships1,842 articles in the full recorded period
412 recent · 476 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements1,800 articles in the full recorded period
596 recent · 999 prior
Quarterly And Annual Financial Results1,799 articles in the full recorded period
489 recent · 601 prior
Company Expansions And New Market Entries1,684 articles in the full recorded period
460 recent · 366 prior
Industry Awards And Recognition Announcements1,668 articles in the full recorded period
323 recent · 376 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Canada comparison coverage

KeywordRecentPriorChange
cannabis policy reform discussions21811688%
coffee subscriptions1578291%
coffee shop design1427784%
ceo change1399448%
crab availability1178341%
beef nutrition1156674%
ncaa updates11438200%
non-medical cannabis consumption11155102%
marijuana legalization arguments1065689%
brewery business plans1056659%
tariff negotiations374837-55%
f1 world championship246380-35%
free trade deals140365-62%
f1 championship217357-39%
wildlife disease monitoring87355-75%

Event and signal lenses

Canada comparison coverage

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

69,842 classified articles

tariff negotiations, f1 world championship, f1 championship

26.9% critical · 41.3% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

18,940 classified articles

agtech startup funding, agricultural venture capital, agri-investment funds

23.4% critical · 50.8% positive
Rising

Growth

37,323 classified articles

cannabis policy reform discussions, earnings report, quarterly results

16.8% critical · 50.0% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Toronto. 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
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Extension and Machinery AdoptionCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Extension and Machinery Adoption

418 papers

25.8% of this theme group

Researchers highlight gaps in technology transfer and extension services for modern agricultural machinery.

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 Change Impact on Food SecurityCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate Change Impact on Food Security

323 papers

19.9% of this theme group

Studies flag the challenges climate change poses to agricultural productivity and food availability.

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 of Smallholder FarmersCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Adaptation of Smallholder Farmers

250 papers

15.4% of this theme group

Papers discuss how small-scale producers struggle to adopt climate‑smart practices for livelihoods.

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
Precision Agriculture ImplementationCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Precision Agriculture Implementation

224 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Research points to technical and infrastructural barriers 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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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

Works identify shortcomings in farm management systems affecting productivity and animal well‑being.

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 security and reliability of IoT‑based smart farming 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 ChallengesCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Robotics Integration Challenges

83 papers

5.1% of this theme group

Studies note technical, economic, and labor issues hindering widespread agricultural robot adoption.

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

Agricultural Robotics

Global trends in the development of agricultural robotics

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YearShare index
2022885.3
2023907.9
2024887.9
2025934.6

Cautions

384 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart PracticesCautions · 01

Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart Practices

83 papers

21.6% of this theme group

Researchers caution that climate‑smart agriculture may not consistently deliver expected 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

Analyses warn that subsidies alone may not ensure effective technology uptake among farmers.

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 Agronomy Trade‑offsCautions · 03

Livestock and Agronomy Trade‑offs

65 papers

16.9% of this theme group

Papers highlight potential conflicts between intensive livestock practices and sustainable agronomy.

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 VulnerabilitiesCautions · 04

Livelihood Vulnerabilities

62 papers

16.1% of this theme group

Research points to uneven impacts of climate‑smart interventions on rural incomes and food security.

Agriculture (61) · Food security (19) · Livelihood (11) · Climate change (17)

Assessing the role of climate-smart agriculture in combating climate change, desertification and improving rural livelihood in Northern Nige

Adoption of agricultural practices with climate smart agriculture potentials and food security among farm households in northern Nigeria

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YearShare index
20222172.3
20232236.1
20242166.2
20252403.3
IoT and Drone ReliabilityCautions · 05

IoT and Drone Reliability

45 papers

11.7% of this theme group

Studies caution about technical reliability and data quality issues in IoT‑driven and drone systems.

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 InequalityCautions · 06

Credit Access and Inequality

28 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Works warn that uneven credit access can exacerbate income disparities when adopting new technologies.

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 AgroforestryCautions · 07

Profitability of Agroforestry

19 papers

4.9% of this theme group

Research questions the economic returns of agroforestry and wetland management under changing climates.

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 PrecisionOpportunities · 01

Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision

799 papers

21.2% of this theme group

Opportunities focus on sensor‑based systems that enable 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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2022374.3
2023368.8
2024362.0
2025329.0
IoT‑Enabled Cloud FarmingOpportunities · 02

IoT‑Enabled Cloud Farming

671 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Papers explore cloud‑connected IoT platforms that streamline data collection and decision support.

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

Research highlights advances in mobile robots and motion planning for field operations.

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
Greenhouse‑Gas Reduction StrategiesOpportunities · 04

Greenhouse‑Gas Reduction Strategies

558 papers

14.8% of this theme group

Studies propose climate‑smart practices that lower emissions while sustaining crop yields.

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 HealthOpportunities · 05

Deep Learning for Plant Health

433 papers

11.5% of this theme group

Works demonstrate convolutional networks for early disease detection and precision crop management.

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 in Emerging MarketsOpportunities · 06

Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets

413 papers

11.0% of this theme group

Research shows how modern machinery and economics can boost productivity in developing regions.

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

Papers present generative AI tools for optimizing livestock and production workflows.

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%38.0%
Descriptive22.0%17.1%
Problem-identifying20.3%9.5%
Breakthrough13.1%26.1%
Cautionary5.1%4.4%
Comparative2.7%3.8%
Critical0.8%1.0%

Concerns receiving less research attention

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

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

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