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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.

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
MEET THE COMPANIESExplore Toronto’s food and agriculture leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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Explore Toronto’s food and agriculture leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Company discovery
Recorded evidence onlyExplore the live startup set in Radar
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in Toronto
A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
64 of 661 tracked companies have open roles.
59 of 661 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
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.
Explore the segments →CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATIONHow Toronto food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
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How Toronto food and agriculture has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Disclosed funding by year
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
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| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $20.85M | 30 | 4 |
| 2017 | $15.78M | 38 | 2 |
| 2018 | $18.21M | 31 | 5 |
| 2019 | $5.64B | 48 | 7 |
| 2020 | $82.65M | 55 | 6 |
| 2021 | $110.95M | 22 | 11 |
| 2022 | $38.4M | 15 | 9 |
| 2023 | $28.65M | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | $32.65M | 1 | 8 |
| 2025 | $3.97M | 1 | 5 |
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
Investors appearing most often
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
- 01Export Development Canada 4 rounds
- 02District Ventures 3 rounds
- 03Penfund 3 rounds
- 04Hatch Blue 2 rounds
- 05Good Startup 2 rounds
- 06Eight Capital Management 2 rounds
- 07Leaf Forward 1 rounds
- 08Dundee Corporation 1 rounds
- 09Serruya Private Equity 1 rounds
- 010RIV Capital 1 rounds
Recent recorded rounds
Latest recorded rounds · USDBacked by Joseph Gunnar & Co and Ascent Partners.
Backed by Active Partners and Graph Ventures and others.
Largest and notable recorded rounds
Each card is one recorded roundBacked by General Atlantic and Encore Consumer Capital.
Backed by Ruttenberg Gordon Investments and Post Malone and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by CAVU Consumer Partners and Vibrant and others.
Backed by Lever VC and Blue Horizon and others.
Backed by CIBC World Markets.
Backed by Gravitas Securities.
Backed by RIV Capital.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITYRevenue, profitability & financial strength
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Revenue, profitability & financial strength
Annual accounts availability
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.
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.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Hortonstimhortons.ca | 2,382,987 | 61 | 86.1% |
| Tim Hortonstimhortons.com | 947,941 | 59 | 87.1% |
| Pizza Pizzapizzapizza.ca | 938,920 | 54 | 80.8% |
| Open Farmopenfarmpet.com | 287,610 | 48 | 69.7% |
| McCainmccain.com | 198,883 | 40 | 33.1% |
| Restaurant Brands Internationalrbi.com | 114,571 | 45 | 43.9% |
| Kabritakabrita.com | 14,607 | 35 | 70% |
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.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pizza PizzaPizza Pizza | 1.2M | 3.5 | Food & Drink |
| Pizza NovaPizza Nova | 164.4K | 2.3 | Lifestyle |
| freshiiFreshii | 143.2K | 4.5 | Food & Drink |
| SHOP MONINMonin | 19.6K | 3.9 | Shopping |
| Maker Pizza OrderingMaker Pizza | 17.9K | — | Food & Drink |
| Chatime USAChatime | 13.3K | 3.9 | Food & Drink |
| Odd BurgerOdd Burger | 10.1K | — | Food & Drink |
| Momo2goMomo 2Go | 7.2K | — | Food & Drink |
| Hero Certified BurgersHero Certified Burger | 7.2K | — | Food & Drink |
| FGF Amber AlertFGF Brands | 2.1K | 3.9 | Productivity |
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 INDUSTRYThe Toronto food and agriculture market map
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The Toronto food and agriculture market map
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Where companies are building
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
Internet first brands
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
1 companies hiring · $75.15M disclosed funding
Explore in RadarHow companies make money
Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.
THE COMPANIES IN MOTIONWho is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
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Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Avenir Minerals Limited has agreed to acquire Fox River Resources Corporation in an all-cash deal valued at approximately C$94.3 million.
Burger King last year bought the struggling business from TFI Asia Holdings for $158 million, determined to turn the business around.
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.
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.
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.
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").
Under the Offering, the Company issued 4,062,500 units at a price of $0.08 per unit for gross proceeds of $325,000.
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.
Separately, Corby also announced that its subsidiary, ABG, has sold certain non-core brands to Twenty Bench Brewing Company Inc. ("Bench Brewing").
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.
IPO pipeline
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
Follow-on Offering · NYSE2 reports
Leadership moves
14 tracked people moves
Appointment Vice President of Marketing
Appointment Vice President of Sales
Departure Previously Chief Marketing Officer
Appointment vice president of Marketing
Appointment vice president of Growth Marketing
Appointment chief digital officer
Appointment Chief Operating Officer
Appointment Vice-President, Operations
Product launches
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Dog treats
Feature
Ice cream van
Product
Product
Protein snack
Product
Contract wins
9 recorded customer wins
Customer: filament healthPsychedelic drug development
Customer: canada dryBeverage (ready‑to‑drink)
Customer:
Customer: Vinarchy North America, Inc.Wine
Customer: Shareholders (McCain Capital Corporation and Ontario Teachers\' Pension Plan Board)
Customer: fiddlehead technology
Workforce actions
5 companies with reported reductions
Scale not stated rolesplanned closure
140 rolestariff and market conditions
400 rolescost reduction
350 rolesmerger layoffs
100 roleseconomic downturn
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
fined for failing to lodge audited financial reportsAustralian Securities and Investments Commission
Litigation
18 tracked suits
unpaid royalty fees, advertising fund contributions and opening chargesCivil · Filed
unpaid royalties, ad fund, opening charges for seven locationsCivil · Filed
Earnings pulse
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 259 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Mergers and acquisitions
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avenir Minerals→Fox River ↗ | Announced | 2026-05-04 | Not stated in snapshot |
| cpe→Restaurant Brands International ↗ | Completed | 2026-02-03 | $350.0M |
| Restaurant Brands International→TFI Asia Holdings | Completed | 2026-02-03 | $158.0M |
| McCain→penobscot mccrum | 2026-01-02 | Not stated in snapshot | |
| cizzle→Flow Water ↗ | Completed | 2025-12-24 | $83.8M |
| The Cronos Group→canadelaar | Announced | 2025-12-10 | $67.0M |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITYThe talent market
2,648 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 6,516-posting snapshot covers 80 employers.
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The talent market
2,648 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 6,516-posting snapshot covers 80 employers.
Most advertised job titles
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
The seniority mix
1,984 postings specify a level.
Skills employers mention
Top skills across 6,516 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 731 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Salary by seniority
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
Companies hiring
Large employers
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Weston ↗ | 198,000 |
| Maple Leaf Foods ↗ | 14,000 |
| the keg royalties income fund ↗ | 10,700 |
| Soul Foods Group ↗ | 7,500 |
| Restaurant Brands International ↗ | 6,200 |
| GreenFirst Forest ↗ | 1,500 |
| Parmalat ↗ | 942 |
| Oliver & Bonacini ↗ | 889 |
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELDFounders and leaders
175 founders and chief executives across 146 companies.
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Founders and leaders
175 founders and chief executives across 146 companies.
Michael Gorenstein
The Cronos Group ↗Co-Founder - GGP Funds · Ex - Cronos Group · University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Jacqueline Prehogan
Open Farm ↗Founder & CEO Canada Pooch, RSM Richter, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Queen's University B.Com 2007
Nicholas Reichenbach
Flow Water ↗Founder Flow Alkaline Spring Water, ex-Founder Rabbit, Magmic, GuestDriven. University of Liverpool MBA 2005
Dave Jones
Beekeeper\'s Naturals ↗Beekeepers Naturals, ex-Bev Hub, ex-Califia Farms, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 1989
Todd Shapiro
Red Light Holland ↗CEO The Todd Shapiro Show, Ex-Graph Blockchain.
Ben Nikolaevsky
Blue Goose Pure Foods ↗Natura Naturals, Blue Goose Capital Corp, IBM.
Christophe Bonduelle
Del Monte ↗ex- Beauvais, Louis Bonduelle Foundation.
Steven Salm
Chase Hospitality Group ↗PLANTA Restaurants, ex-AdvisoryCloud, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, BLT Restaurants. The George Washington University School of Business BS 2007
Xinduo Yu
Hanfeng Evergreen ↗ex-Dalian Office, Hanwei Energy Services, Yalian Steel
Emma Knight
Greenhouse ↗Ex-WAN-IFRA, The New York Times, The Argentina Independent. The University of Edinburgh MA 2010
John Celenza
Cizzle Brands ↗Ex-Co-Founder BioSteel
Adam Armeland
Kitchen Hub ↗Ivanhoé Cambridge, McCarthy T, Torkin Manes. The University of Western Ontario BA, The University of Calgary MBA & JD
Education networks
20 profiles with education records.
Prior employers
2 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
NEWS INTELLIGENCEHow this industry appears in the news
5,687 articles in the measured 12-month window.
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How this industry appears in the news
5,687 articles in the measured 12-month window.
News volume trends
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Toronto · articles per complete quarter
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| Quarter | Articles |
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| 2021Q2 | 1,612 |
| 2021Q3 | 1,550 |
| 2021Q4 | 1,135 |
| 2022Q1 | 1,503 |
| 2022Q2 | 1,518 |
| 2022Q3 | 1,340 |
| 2022Q4 | 1,270 |
| 2023Q1 | 1,271 |
| 2023Q2 | 1,589 |
| 2023Q3 | 1,345 |
| 2023Q4 | 1,374 |
| 2024Q1 | 1,848 |
| 2024Q2 | 1,899 |
| 2024Q3 | 1,965 |
| 2024Q4 | 1,614 |
| 2025Q1 | 3,847 |
| 2025Q2 | 1,451 |
| 2025Q3 | 2,015 |
| 2025Q4 | 988 |
| 2026Q1 | 1,264 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
Tone of coverage over time
Most-covered companies
Company share of voice
1,009 recorded company events across 33 companies; percentages use that event total.
Leading coverage topics
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Toronto · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Topics gaining and losing attention
Canada comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| cannabis policy reform discussions | 218 | 116 | 88% |
| coffee subscriptions | 157 | 82 | 91% |
| coffee shop design | 142 | 77 | 84% |
| ceo change | 139 | 94 | 48% |
| crab availability | 117 | 83 | 41% |
| beef nutrition | 115 | 66 | 74% |
| ncaa updates | 114 | 38 | 200% |
| non-medical cannabis consumption | 111 | 55 | 102% |
| marijuana legalization arguments | 106 | 56 | 89% |
| brewery business plans | 105 | 66 | 59% |
| tariff negotiations | 374 | 837 | -55% |
| f1 world championship | 246 | 380 | -35% |
| free trade deals | 140 | 365 | -62% |
| f1 championship | 217 | 357 | -39% |
| wildlife disease monitoring | 87 | 355 | -75% |
Event and signal lenses
Canada comparison coverage
Regulatory Risk
69,842 classified articlestariff negotiations, f1 world championship, f1 championship
26.9% critical · 41.3% positiveFunding Momentum
18,940 classified articlesagtech startup funding, agricultural venture capital, agri-investment funds
23.4% critical · 50.8% positiveGrowth
37,323 classified articlescannabis policy reform discussions, earnings report, quarterly results
16.8% critical · 50.0% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage tagged Toronto. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
RESEARCH SIGNALSWhat Food and Agriculture research is working on
8,585 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
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What Food and Agriculture research is working on
8,585 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Research orientation
Contribution mix
Tone counts: 7,821 positive · 438 neutral · 326 negative.
- Agriculture1,493 papers
- Climate change293 papers
- Food security235 papers
- Sustainability118 papers
- Productivity117 papers
- Internet of Things111 papers
- Production104 papers
- Agricultural economics101 papers
Landmark: Internet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk
- Agriculture318 papers
- Food security60 papers
- Climate change59 papers
- Productivity49 papers
- Agricultural economics46 papers
- Production35 papers
- Sustainability33 papers
- Agroforestry26 papers
Landmark: Adoption of agricultural technology in the developing world: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature
- Agriculture2,634 papers
- Internet of Things520 papers
- Robot461 papers
- Precision agriculture376 papers
- Agricultural engineering297 papers
- Food security255 papers
- Productivity253 papers
- Climate change233 papers
Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis
Leading institutions
Leading researchers
Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers
- Blockchain and IoT based Food Traceability for Smart Agriculture339 citations
- An Energy Efficient and Secure IoT-Based WSN Framework: An Application to Smart Agriculture293 citations
- IOT Based Smart Agriculture Monitoring System248 citations
- An efficient LoRa-based smart agriculture management and monitoring system using wireless sensor networks211 citations
- Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies190 citations
Common problems researchers identify
1,622 papers · 7 recurring themes
Common problems researchers identify · 01Extension and Machinery Adoption
418 papers25.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.9 |
| 2023 | 28.9 |
| 2024 | 25.8 |
| 2025 | 38.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 02Climate Change Impact on Food Security
323 papers19.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
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| 2022 | 2470.2 |
| 2023 | 2535.7 |
| 2024 | 2517.4 |
| 2025 | 2603.9 |
Common problems researchers identify · 03Adaptation of Smallholder Farmers
250 papers15.4% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2172.3 |
| 2023 | 2236.1 |
| 2024 | 2166.2 |
| 2025 | 2403.3 |
Common problems researchers identify · 04Precision Agriculture Implementation
224 papers13.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 512.7 |
| 2023 | 515.6 |
| 2024 | 647.8 |
| 2025 | 472.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 05Production Management and Animal Welfare
210 papers12.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 303.4 |
| 2023 | 288.2 |
| 2024 | 206.4 |
| 2025 | 116.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 06IoT Security and Cloud Risks
114 papers7.0% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1280.1 |
| 2023 | 1261.2 |
| 2024 | 1196.6 |
| 2025 | 1192.1 |
Common problems researchers identify · 07Robotics Integration Challenges
83 papers5.1% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 885.3 |
| 2023 | 907.9 |
| 2024 | 887.9 |
| 2025 | 934.6 |
Cautions
384 papers · 7 recurring themes
Cautions · 01Effectiveness of Climate‑Smart Practices
83 papers21.6% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2413.0 |
| 2023 | 2484.7 |
| 2024 | 2519.0 |
| 2025 | 2620.4 |
Cautions · 02Subsidy and Adoption Dynamics
82 papers21.4% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 393.5 |
| 2023 | 380.6 |
| 2024 | 357.7 |
| 2025 | 242.4 |
Cautions · 03Livestock and Agronomy Trade‑offs
65 papers16.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 190.1 |
| 2023 | 178.6 |
| 2024 | 129.7 |
| 2025 | 114.6 |
Cautions · 04Livelihood Vulnerabilities
62 papers16.1% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2172.3 |
| 2023 | 2236.1 |
| 2024 | 2166.2 |
| 2025 | 2403.3 |
Cautions · 05IoT and Drone Reliability
45 papers11.7% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1208.4 |
| 2023 | 1224.6 |
| 2024 | 1211.9 |
| 2025 | 1173.9 |
Cautions · 06Credit Access and Inequality
28 papers7.3% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 946.2 |
| 2023 | 942.7 |
| 2024 | 840.0 |
| 2025 | 834.1 |
Cautions · 07Profitability of Agroforestry
19 papers4.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 850.4 |
| 2023 | 819.4 |
| 2024 | 725.1 |
| 2025 | 462.4 |
Opportunities
3,768 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · 01Wireless Sensor Networks for Precision
799 papers21.2% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 374.3 |
| 2023 | 368.8 |
| 2024 | 362.0 |
| 2025 | 329.0 |
Opportunities · 02IoT‑Enabled Cloud Farming
671 papers17.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1075.2 |
| 2023 | 1070.3 |
| 2024 | 1072.3 |
| 2025 | 1179.8 |
Opportunities · 03Autonomous Agricultural Robots
561 papers14.9% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 827.0 |
| 2023 | 847.9 |
| 2024 | 840.1 |
| 2025 | 849.0 |
Opportunities · 04Greenhouse‑Gas Reduction Strategies
558 papers14.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2178.9 |
| 2023 | 2250.8 |
| 2024 | 2192.9 |
| 2025 | 2416.6 |
Opportunities · 05Deep Learning for Plant Health
433 papers11.5% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 83.4 |
| 2023 | 96.6 |
| 2024 | 74.0 |
| 2025 | 129.0 |
Opportunities · 06Technology Adoption in Emerging Markets
413 papers11.0% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 578.2 |
| 2023 | 562.6 |
| 2024 | 531.1 |
| 2025 | 402.3 |
Opportunities · 07AI‑Driven Farm Management Systems
333 papers8.8% 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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| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 131.4 |
| 2023 | 123.3 |
| 2024 | 97.2 |
| 2025 | 110.7 |
How this field compares with the research baseline
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 36.0% | 38.0% |
| Descriptive | 22.0% | 17.1% |
| Problem-identifying | 20.3% | 9.5% |
| Breakthrough | 13.1% | 26.1% |
| Cautionary | 5.1% | 4.4% |
| Comparative | 2.7% | 3.8% |
| Critical | 0.8% | 1.0% |
Concerns receiving less research attention
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceInternet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk | 91 | 1.19% | 29 (31.9%) | 1.19% |
| Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology | 16 | 0.21% | 8 (50.0%) | 0.21% |
| Energy & datacenter footprintSustainable computing in smart agriculture: survey and challenges | 9 | 0.12% | 2 (22.2%) | 0.12% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainThe LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart | 3 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.04% |
| Bias & fairnessGender and access to complex and gender-biased agricultural technology information and knowledge: Evidence from smart-va | 3 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.04% |
| Concentration of compute powerMonopoly and Micro-irrigation in Smallholder Water Markets: Using exploratory modeling to consider interactions between | 1 | 0.01% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.01% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Safety & misuse | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.
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