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THE THE UNITED KINGDOM EDITION 2026

the United Kingdom’s
food and agriculture industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in the United Kingdom. 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 14,196Food and Agriculture ecosystem in the United Kingdom Disclosed funding $15.28B765 companies · all recorded rounds Companies hiring 388With open roles at the snapshot Tracked open roles 6509 employers posted in the preceding 30 days
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore the United Kingdom’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 the United Kingdom, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
CNH Industrialcnhindustrial.com$5.14B—63,356Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Whole Foods Marketwholefoodsmarket.co.uk$1.43B—789—
Caffe Nerocaffenero.com$1.18B—201—
2 Sisters Food Group2sfg.com$1.14B—9,478—
Ferovinumferovinum.com$572.67M—10—
Pretpret.com$501.16M—8,000—
BrewDogbrewdog.com$441.82M—1,767—
Emmersonemmersonplc.com$239.89M———
Coca-Cola Europacific Partnerscocacolaep.com—13 roles33—
Diageodiageo.com—13 roles27,987Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
F1 Arcadef1arcade.com—11 roles70—
Greene Kinggreeneking.co.uk—11 roles40,000—
Barburritobarburrito.co.uk—10 roles161—
Cadburycadbury.co.uk—10 roles250—
Mazergroupmazergroup.ca—10 roles——
Taco Timetacotimenw.com—10 roles148$27.99MFYFY2025 filing
Associated British Foodsabf.co.uk——132,273—
Cellular Agriculturecellularagriculture.co.uk——5Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Compass Groupcompass-group.com——562,460Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
ED&F Manedfman.com——5,500Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Fuller Smith & Turnerfullers.co.uk——4,240—
Greggsgreggs.co.uk——28,485Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Hilton Food Grouphiltonfoods.com——7,000Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Mitchells & Butlersmbplc.com——46,000—
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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THE KEY SIGNALS

Food and Agriculture industry KPIs in the United Kingdom

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

6 August 2026
Hiring participation2.7%

388 of 14,196 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation6.8%

965 of 14,196 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share50.7%

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

Median disclosed round$571.62K

Midpoint of 1,190 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 50.7% of disclosed capital, while 93.2% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How the United Kingdom 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

the United Kingdom food and agriculture
$0$1.55B$3.09B$4.64B$6.19B2016: $786.89M20162017: $529.05M20172018: $571.87M20182019: $5.43B20192020: $1.09B20202021: $442.08M20212022: $1.06B20222023: $344.74M20232024: $403.52M20242025: $778.5M2025
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Annual food and agriculture funding and company formation in the United Kingdom
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$786.89M53274
2017$529.05M54185
2018$571.87M593109
2019$5.43B638113
2020$1.09B591175
2021$442.08M466138
2022$1.06B277123
2023$344.74M21886
2024$403.52M7485
2025$778.5M2642
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • CNH Industrial33.6%
  • Whole Foods Market9.3%
  • Caffe Nero7.7%
  • Other companies49.3%

Funding by stage

1,466 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel740 50.5%
Series A–B191 13.0%
Series C+ / PE44 3.0%
Grants, debt & other491 33.5%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
8 rounds

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Series A04/2026
Gymkhana $8.5M

Backed by CAVU Consumer Partners.

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

Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.

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GBP · millions · consolidated

Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.

FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 111 reporting entities from 2456 eligible matches.

Revenue in covered accounts£1,483.0m

Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United Kingdom market sales.

Net profit / loss£50.8m

Combined result for the same cohort.

Aggregate net margin+3.4%

Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.

Median company revenue£3.8m

The middle covered reporting entity.

Profitable entities+71.2%

79 of 111 covered entities.

Top-five concentration+26.3%

Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.

Annual account trend

Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.

Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.

Profitability has two perspectives

FY2025 · 111 reporting entities

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THE UNITED KINGDOM · INDUSTRY COHORTS

How does food and agriculture compare?

Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.

IndustryCovered / eligibleRevenue totalMedian revenueNet profit / lossAggregate marginProfitable shareOverlap

Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.

Coverage, calculations & financial sources

Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.

The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.

Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

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

Busiest websites

113 of the 14,225 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.8%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 219,104 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Sainsbury\'ssainsburys.co.uk17,707,8828275.8%
Iceland Foodsiceland.co.uk7,478,4107183.3%
Myproteinmyprotein.com6,969,8026278.9%
Domino\'s Pizza Groupdominos.co.uk4,366,6886384.6%
Waitrose & Partnerswaitrose.com4,335,6436968.5%
Nando\'s UK & IREnandos.co.uk3,714,8466295.7%
J D Wetherspoonjdwetherspoon.com2,930,2866394.4%
KFCkfc.co.uk2,533,1756488.3%
Greene Kinggreeneking.co.uk2,236,6156386.2%
The Protein Workstheproteinworks.com1,629,4504886.1%

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

Most-installed apps

527 of these companies (3.7%) publish at least one Android app — 584 apps in all, carrying 79.4M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
Domino\'s Pizza Delivery UK&ROIDomino\'s Pizza Group11.6M4.7Food & Drink
WetherspoonJ D Wetherspoon10.1M4.6Food & Drink
KFC UKI – Order and DeliveryKFC6.9M3.1Food & Drink
Pizza Hut UK Delivery&Takeawaypizza hut uk6.8M4.5Food & Drink
Greggs App - Food & DrinkGreggs4.9M4.5Food & Drink
Burger King UK - Food RewardsBurger King UK4.7M3.3Food & Drink
ShikharUnilever4.4M3.6Shopping
Sainsbury’s SmartShopSainsbury\'s3.4M4.2Shopping
Sainsbury\'s GroceriesSainsbury\'s3.1M3.7Shopping
Nando\'s UK - Order NowNando\'s UK & IRE2.8M4.8Food & Drink

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

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q2–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Hotels210.1MWetherspoon 10.1M
Food & Beverage Products525.4MShikhar 4.4M
Traditional Conglomerates134.5MUnilever TH Track and Trace 40.3K
Food Distributors27257.2KBooker 201.8K
Alcoholic Beverage Products18246.4KSAB Order: St Austell Brewery 108K
Crop Inputs1079.2KWe Agri SSGC 32.4K
Services For Crop Farming534.8KWWOOF: Live & Learn on Farms 27.3K
Restaurant Franchisees425.5KFavorite Chicken App 23.2K

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: 122023Q2: 72023Q22023Q3: 152023Q3: 82023Q32023Q4: 262023Q4: 132023Q42024Q1: 42024Q1: 32024Q12024Q2: 72024Q2: 72024Q22024Q3: 132024Q3: 292024Q32024Q4: 42024Q4: 302024Q42025Q1: 62025Q1: 62025Q12025Q2: 52025Q2: 252025Q22025Q3: 92025Q3: 752025Q32025Q4: 92025Q4: 392025Q42026Q1: 102026Q1: 582026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 280 of 584 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The the United Kingdom food and agriculture market map

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Internet first brands450
Consumer digital198
B2c e-commerce160
Plant based foods117
Uber for grocery delivery112
B2c grocery delivery112
Enterprise tech92
Nutritional formula82
Internet first snack brands37
Agritech35
Enterprise software34
Subscription commerce32

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

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Internet first brands

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

450companies
1.8%have hiring activity

8 companies hiring · $266.33M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

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

E-commerce - product8,375
Physical commerce5,225
Advertising2,350
E-commerce - service2,090
Commission on transaction2,042
Fee-for-service1,996
Sponsorship419
Subscription179
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
Funding roundsaroundnoon.com ↗

Northern Ireland food-to-go manufacturer Around Noon has secured investment from Whiterock to support its next phase of growth across the UK and Ireland.

Mergers & acquisitionsfinsburyfoods.co.uk ↗

Speciality bakery manufacturer Finsbury Food Group has acquired healthy snacking brand Flower & White for an undisclosed amount as it works towards expanding its portfolio with high-growth businesses.

Funding roundsfuelwood.co.uk ↗

a further €3 million will be injected into a newly created subsidiary, Fuelwood Finland Oy.

Mergers & acquisitionsoffpistewines.com ↗

Terold Invest, the parent company of Argentine wine powerhouse Grupo Peñaflor, has acquired UK business Off-Piste Wines in a move it says “significantly strengthens its position”, db can exclusively reveal.

Mergers & acquisitionsspaldings.co.uk ↗

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

Mergers & acquisitionsbriggsplc.com ↗

The UK based division of US based international rental group Briggs has been acquired from its owner, privately held Sammons Enterprises, by private equity firm, IFM Investors.

Mergers & acquisitionsfera.co.uk ↗

York’s Fera Science Ltd has completed the acquisition of Oxfordshire-based 3Keel Group Ltd.

Mergers & acquisitionsunilever.com ↗

Unilever’s acquisition of greens gummy supplement Grüns in a $1.2 billion deal (announced April 4)

Mergers & acquisitionsdeightonmanufacturing.co.uk ↗

Fortifi Food Processing Solutions, a Texas-headquartered food processing automation business, has signed an agreement to acquire Bradford-based Deighton Manufacturing.

Mergers & acquisitionsyoungs.co.uk ↗

Young’s to acquire Cubitt House

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 3,917 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Leadership moves
806
Earnings
709
Company announcements
672
Mergers & acquisitions
538
Asset acquisitions
258
Contracts
194
Funding rounds
153
New products
142
Buyback
113
Capital infusions
74
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Leadership moves

196 tracked people moves

Will Rice

Appointment Managing Director

Jochen Van Esch

Departure Previously Managing Director

Jeff Davies

Appointment Managing Director

Cadbury ↗
Ibukun Awosika

Resignation Previously Director of Cadbury Nigeria Plc

Diageo ↗
Dave Lewis

Appointment Chief Executive Officer

Rennie Donaldson

Appointment Chief Financial Officer

BrewDog ↗
Steven Kersley

Resignation Previously Managing Director

ASC ↗
Mark Hunter

Retirement Previously Chairman

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

KFC ↗
Kwench Drink Menu

beverage

Cadbury ↗
Cadbury &MORE collection

Chocolate

Heron Foods ↗
x-hoppers headsets

Feature

CleanOil

Fermentation‑derived yeast fat

Asuki

Japanese-inspired liqueur

Quadz

Ready-to-drink range

24/7 vending machine

Vending

THIS ↗
Whole‑Muscle Steak Fillet

Plant‑based meat product

Litigation

31 tracked suits

Company
Bia Tosha v diageo, east african breweries, asahi group holdings

Attempt to restrain a cross‑border share sale over distribution and goodwill disputeCivil · Dismissed

Company
Bia Tosha Distributors v diageo

Diageo\'s sale of EABL stake to Asahi GroupCivil · Dismissed

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

153companies
750period observations
4.0%median reported growth

Median across 609 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

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

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Premier Foods→The Spice Tailor ↗Announced2026-07-25Not stated in snapshot
hony capital→PizzaExpress ↗Completed2026-07-01$1.5B
Finsbury Food Group→Flower & WhiteAnnounced2026-05-01Not stated in snapshot
Finsbury Food Group→Lola’sCompleted2026-04-30Not stated in snapshot
Terold Invest→Off-Piste Wines ↗Completed2026-04-29Not stated in snapshot
invicta holdings→spaldings ltd ↗Announced2026-04-29Not stated in snapshot

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

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

64 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 274-posting snapshot covers 55 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Team Member4
Customer Services Co Ordinator3
Training Coordinator3
Shop Manager2
Chief Operating Officer2
Legal Counsel2
4 internship postings

1 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

27 postings specify a level.

unspecified
247
manager
19
senior
5
entry
1
lead
1
intern
1

Skills employers mention

Top skills across 274 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.

Typescript
20
Node.Js
13
Aws
13
Terraform
11
Warehouse Experience
10
Phone Apps
10
Uk Manual Driving Licence
10
React.Js
9
Postgres
6
Postgresql
5
ADVERTISED PAY$33.0K/ year

Median across 44 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

2,202 founders and chief executives across 1,832 companies.

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Education networks

146 profiles with education records.

University of Oxford
28
University of Cambridge
19
University of Manchester
16
Imperial College London
13
University of Bristol
13
University of Edinburgh
11
INSEAD
8
University College London
8

Prior employers

13 profiles with prior-work records.

Goldman Sachs
7
Bain
3
McKinsey
2
Amazon
1

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

229,685 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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229,685articles in the measured year
58,462articles in 2026Q1
67.6%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Food and Agriculture coverage across United Kingdom · articles per complete quarter

022,25844,51666,77489,0322021Q2: 41,7492021Q22021Q3: 44,4902021Q4: 41,2322022Q1: 42,8772022Q2: 42,5782022Q22022Q3: 44,8752022Q4: 50,1132023Q1: 47,7862023Q2: 51,1822023Q22023Q3: 49,0312023Q4: 46,6622024Q1: 52,8222024Q2: 49,3772024Q22024Q3: 50,0442024Q4: 52,9812025Q1: 77,4192025Q2: 52,6402025Q22025Q3: 66,4982025Q4: 48,3852026Q1: 58,4622026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q241,749
2021Q344,490
2021Q441,232
2022Q142,877
2022Q242,578
2022Q344,875
2022Q450,113
2023Q147,786
2023Q251,182
2023Q349,031
2023Q446,662
2024Q152,822
2024Q249,377
2024Q350,044
2024Q452,981
2025Q177,419
2025Q252,640
2025Q366,498
2025Q448,385
2026Q158,462

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
90,383 positive · 2,276 neutral · 56,011 negative
2022
111,328 positive · 3,891 neutral · 64,922 negative
2023
129,149 positive · 3,179 neutral · 61,999 negative
2024
138,343 positive · 3,682 neutral · 62,895 negative
2025
165,286 positive · 5,033 neutral · 74,247 negative

Leading coverage topics

Food and Agriculture coverage across United Kingdom · ranked by full-period article count.

International Political Relations20,752 articles in the full recorded period
6,707 recent · 3,543 prior
Security And Defense Policies11,455 articles in the full recorded period
4,070 recent · 2,182 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy9,534 articles in the full recorded period
3,197 recent · 1,795 prior
Executive Leadership Changes And Appointments8,382 articles in the full recorded period
2,117 recent · 1,904 prior
Nationalism And Sovereignty Debates8,263 articles in the full recorded period
1,678 recent · 840 prior
Trade Policies And Agreements7,613 articles in the full recorded period
3,525 recent · 1,545 prior
Strategic Partnerships And Collaborations7,531 articles in the full recorded period
2,071 recent · 1,522 prior
New Product Launches And Innovations7,434 articles in the full recorded period
1,944 recent · 1,532 prior
Political Biographies And Memoirs6,779 articles in the full recorded period
746 recent · 734 prior
Government International Agreements Coordination6,764 articles in the full recorded period
1,749 recent · 1,273 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Food and Agriculture coverage across United Kingdom

KeywordRecentPriorChange
tariff negotiations2,020707186%
stock performance1,70698972%
free trade deals1,153336243%
trade dispute mechanisms894234282%
bilateral trade850247244%
exchange rates835621247%
forex liquidity832342347%
gold spot price820253180%
multilateral diplomacy74039786%
eur/usd69468921%
f1 world championship469762-38%
f1 championship444739-40%
mark rule gaelic football120305-61%
food safety modernization49229-79%
plastic recycling105192-45%

Event and signal lenses

Food and Agriculture coverage across United Kingdom

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

246,198 classified articles

stock performance, tariff negotiations, inflation outlook

43.2% critical · 35.2% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

58,687 classified articles

food rescue donations, meal distribution funding, currency intervention policies

33.8% critical · 47.7% positive
Rising

Growth

106,836 classified articles

earnings report, stock performance, quarterly results

26.2% critical · 48.8% positive

Food and Agriculture coverage across United Kingdom. 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 GapsCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Extension and Machinery Gaps

418 papers

25.8% of this theme group

Researchers highlight limited technology transfer and outdated equipment hindering farm productivity.

Agricultural machinery (87) · Agriculture (363) · Agricultural extension (51) · Extension (36)

Use of information and communication technologies for transfer of technology- The impact on adoption of improved agricultural technology

A Comment on the Study of Agricultural Technology Extension

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YearShare index
202228.8
202328.8
202425.7
202537.7
Climate‑Driven Food Security RisksCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Climate‑Driven Food Security Risks

323 papers

19.9% of this theme group

Studies flag climate impacts threatening crop yields and stable food supplies.

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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20222471.4
20232538.0
20242508.1
20252600.9
Adaptation Challenges for SmallholdersCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Adaptation Challenges for Smallholders

250 papers

15.4% of this theme group

Papers discuss difficulties small farms face adopting climate‑smart practices.

Agriculture (235) · Climate change (86) · Food security (56) · Livelihood (35)

The Dynamics of Climate Change Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of Climate-Smart Agriculture among Small-Scale Farmers

Uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture in West Africa: What can we learn from climate-smart villages of Ghana, Mali and Niger?

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20222172.1
20232235.5
20242156.2
20252399.7
Precision Agriculture Implementation BarriersCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Precision Agriculture Implementation Barriers

224 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Research points to technical and infrastructural 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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2022516.4
2023519.5
2024651.7
2025478.3
Production Management and Animal Welfare IssuesCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Production Management and Animal Welfare Issues

210 papers

12.9% of this theme group

Works examine inefficiencies in farm operations and concerns for 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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YearShare index
2022303.6
2023290.5
2024208.2
2025118.7
IoT Security and Cloud VulnerabilitiesCommon problems researchers identify · 06

IoT Security and Cloud Vulnerabilities

114 papers

7.0% of this theme group

Authors raise concerns about data protection and reliability in connected farming systems.

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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YearShare index
20221283.1
20231265.5
20241203.5
20251198.7
Robotics Integration LimitsCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Robotics Integration Limits

83 papers

5.1% of this theme group

Studies note technical and economic constraints slowing robot adoption 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
2022886.8
2023910.3
2024891.5
2025945.5

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

Researchers urge careful evaluation of climate‑smart agriculture outcomes before scaling.

Agriculture (73) · Climate change (33) · Food security (23) · Natural resource economics (17)

Climate Smart Agriculture: Achievements and Prospects in Africa

Is Climate-Smart Agriculture effective? A review of selected cases.

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20222413.8
20232486.1
20242510.3
20252616.8
Subsidy Impacts on Technology AdoptionCautions · 02

Subsidy Impacts on Technology Adoption

82 papers

21.4% of this theme group

Analyses caution that financial incentives may not guarantee effective uptake of new tools.

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
2022394.3
2023383.7
2024360.0
2025244.5
Livestock and Agronomy Trade‑offsCautions · 03

Livestock and Agronomy Trade‑offs

65 papers

16.9% of this theme group

Papers warn about balancing animal health, crop production, and soil management.

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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YearShare index
2022189.7
2023178.6
2024129.2
2025115.0
Livelihood Vulnerabilities under Climate ChangeCautions · 04

Livelihood Vulnerabilities under Climate Change

62 papers

16.1% of this theme group

Studies highlight uncertain benefits of climate‑smart practices for rural incomes.

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
20222172.1
20232235.5
20242156.2
20252399.7
Emerging Tech Reliability ConcernsCautions · 05

Emerging Tech Reliability Concerns

45 papers

11.7% of this theme group

Research flags reliability and safety issues for IoT devices and agricultural drones.

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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20221212.2
20231229.2
20241220.3
20251185.7
Credit Access and Inequality EffectsCautions · 06

Credit Access and Inequality Effects

28 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Works caution that financing gaps can widen disparities in technology adoption.

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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2022944.5
2023942.8
2024838.2
2025826.1
Profitability of Sustainable ManagementCautions · 07

Profitability of Sustainable Management

19 papers

4.9% of this theme group

Studies question the economic returns of agroforestry and wetland‑based practices.

Wetland (3) · Profitability index (3) · Agronomy (4) · Agroforestry (5)

Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do?

Farm Management Practices Used by Wheat Producers in the Western Great Plains: Estimating Their Productivity and Profitability

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YearShare index
2022852.4
2023826.0
2024730.8
2025469.6

Opportunities

3,768 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Sensor Networks for Precision FarmingOpportunities · 01

Sensor Networks for Precision Farming

799 papers

21.2% of this theme group

Research showcases how wireless sensors enable real‑time monitoring and resource efficiency.

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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2022376.9
2023371.8
2024365.6
2025332.3
IoT‑Enabled Smart Agriculture PlatformsOpportunities · 02

IoT‑Enabled Smart Agriculture Platforms

671 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Papers highlight cloud‑connected IoT systems that streamline field data collection and analysis.

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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20221077.0
20231072.5
20241077.3
20251184.3
Autonomous Agricultural RoboticsOpportunities · 03

Autonomous Agricultural Robotics

561 papers

14.9% of this theme group

Studies present advances in mobile robots for tasks like planting, weeding, and crop collection.

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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YearShare index
2022828.7
2023850.4
2024844.0
2025861.1
Greenhouse‑Gas Reduction through Climate‑Smart PracticesOpportunities · 04

Greenhouse‑Gas Reduction through Climate‑Smart Practices

558 papers

14.8% of this theme group

Research emphasizes methods to lower emissions while sustaining crop productivity.

Climate change (205) · Agriculture (505) · Food security (143) · Greenhouse gas (43)

Climate-smart agriculture: adoption, impacts, and implications for sustainable development

Climate Smart Agriculture: Innovating Sustainable Practices for a Changing Climate

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20222178.4
20232250.1
20242183.1
20252412.8
Deep Learning for Plant Disease DetectionOpportunities · 05

Deep Learning for Plant Disease Detection

433 papers

11.5% of this theme group

Works demonstrate convolutional networks identifying crop ailments to improve yields.

Convolutional neural network (78) · Agriculture (263) · Plant disease (39) · Precision agriculture (80)

Deep Learning Techniques for Smart Agriculture Applications

An Efficient Disease Prediction in Smart Agriculture Using Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Improving Crop Productivity

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202284.0
202397.1
202473.8
2025128.3
Technology Adoption for Productivity GainsOpportunities · 06

Technology Adoption for Productivity Gains

413 papers

11.0% of this theme group

Papers explore how modern machinery and economics boost output 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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2022578.7
2023566.7
2024533.2
2025402.8
AI‑Driven Farm Management SystemsOpportunities · 07

AI‑Driven Farm Management Systems

333 papers

8.8% of this theme group

Research outlines 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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2022130.9
2023122.4
202496.0
2025109.6

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%37.7%
Descriptive22.0%17.8%
Problem-identifying20.3%9.6%
Breakthrough13.1%25.6%
Cautionary5.1%4.3%
Comparative2.7%4.0%
Critical0.8%1.0%

Concerns receiving less research attention

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

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

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

DEMAND, SUPPLY & PLACE

Where demand signals run ahead of mapped supply — the United Kingdom

Compare demand signals in the United Kingdom’s newsflow with the food and agriculture categories mapped to each signal.

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HOW TO READ THE GAP

Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.

The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.

COMPARISON PERIOD2025-07-01 to 2026-07-01Against 2024-07-01 to 2025-07-01Explore the signals ↓

The opportunity, in one view

Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.

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5 the United Kingdom demand signals compared with mapped food and agriculture supply
Signal familySignal percentileSupply percentileRelative gapGap (points)Signal share vs prior year
Post-harvest & exports ↗Investment Build-Out50.00.0+50.0+52.8%
Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure50.066.7-16.7+23.0%
Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure75.0100.0-25.0+37.0%
E-commerce & quick delivery ↗Channel Shift0.033.3-33.3-4.0%
Livestock & dairy ↗Demand Driver75.0—No matching category—+65.0%

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Where the signals are loudest

All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United Kingdom is highlighted.

Mentions per 10,000 articles

Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.

Colorado165.7

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Livestock & dairy

London71.7

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Post-harvest & exports

Scotland57.6

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Livestock & dairy

Northern Ireland46.8

Layoffs & income shocks · Livestock & dairy · Inflation & spending pressure

Bristol46.6

Layoffs & income shocks · Post-harvest & exports

North Yorkshire42.9

Layoffs & income shocks · Livestock & dairy

Edinburgh41.6

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure

Kent40.5

Layoffs & income shocks · Livestock & dairy · Post-harvest & exports

Lancashire40.5

Layoffs & income shocks · Livestock & dairy

Hong Kong40.2

Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks

North Carolina39.5

Layoffs & income shocks · Inflation & spending pressure · Post-harvest & exports

Wales38.6

Layoffs & income shocks · Livestock & dairy · Inflation & spending pressure

Inside the leading signals

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INVESTMENT BUILD-OUTPost-harvest & exports+50.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Storage and export build-out can pull processing and cold-chain demand with it.

3.01mentions per 10,000 articles+52.8%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

  • Agritech35

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012452024Q3: 02024Q32024Q4: 12024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 22025Q42026Q1: 42026Q12026Q2: 32026Q2
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Post-harvest & exports in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3200.9
2024Q4271.25
2025Q1773.05
2025Q2522.57
2025Q3592.44
2025Q4392.24
2026Q1844.23
2026Q2303.35

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

SPENDING PRESSUREInflation & spending pressure-16.7percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.

24.02mentions per 10,000 articles+23.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

  • Plant Based Foods117
  • Uber For Grocery Delivery112
  • B2C Grocery Delivery112
  • Nutritional Formula82
  • Internet First Snack Brands37

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

071522292024Q3: 182024Q32024Q4: 192024Q42025Q1: 182025Q12025Q2: 222025Q22025Q3: 222025Q32025Q4: 242025Q42026Q1: 252026Q12026Q2: 252026Q2
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Inflation & spending pressure in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q340218.16
2024Q441919.34
2025Q146518.39
2025Q245822.66
2025Q353922.27
2025Q442224.28
2026Q150425.41
2026Q222625.22

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Colorado77.5 / 10,000
London35.6 / 10,000
SPENDING PRESSURELayoffs & income shocks-25.0percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.

27.56mentions per 10,000 articles+37.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

  • Internet First Brands450
  • Plant Based Foods117
  • Uber For Grocery Delivery112
  • B2C Grocery Delivery112
  • Internet First Snack Brands37

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

091828372024Q3: 182024Q32024Q4: 172024Q42025Q1: 222025Q12025Q2: 212025Q22025Q3: 272025Q32025Q4: 232025Q42026Q1: 312026Q12026Q2: 272026Q2
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Layoffs & income shocks in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q341418.7
2024Q438517.77
2025Q157022.55
2025Q242821.18
2025Q366327.39
2025Q440023.01
2026Q163431.96
2026Q224327.12

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

Colorado81.1 / 10,000
CHANNEL SHIFTE-commerce & quick delivery-33.3percentile-point gap
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Online and quick-commerce adoption can migrate spend across channels faster than networks adapt.

2.56mentions per 10,000 articles-4.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

  • B2C E-Commerce160
  • Uber For Grocery Delivery112
  • B2C Grocery Delivery112

Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

012342024Q3: 32024Q32024Q4: 32024Q42025Q1: 12025Q12025Q2: 22025Q22025Q3: 22025Q32025Q4: 22025Q42026Q1: 22026Q12026Q2: 22026Q2
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E-commerce & quick delivery in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3743.34
2024Q4713.28
2025Q1441.74
2025Q2492.42
2025Q3722.97
2025Q4422.42
2026Q1432.17
2026Q2232.57

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

DEMAND DRIVERLivestock & dairy—supply not mapped
THE OPERATING HYPOTHESIS

Livestock economics can pull husbandry, feed and health tooling demand.

5.04mentions per 10,000 articles+65.0%share change vs prior year

Mapped food and agriculture categories

This signal has no matching category in the page’s food and agriculture market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.

Quarterly share of the United Kingdom coverage

Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline

025792024Q3: 22024Q32024Q4: 22024Q42025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 32025Q22025Q3: 42025Q32025Q4: 42025Q42026Q1: 42026Q12026Q2: 82026Q2
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Livestock & dairy in the United Kingdom coverage
QuarterMentionsPer 10,000 articles
2024Q3582.62
2024Q4582.68
2025Q1883.48
2025Q2693.41
2025Q31074.42
2025Q4774.43
2026Q1974.89
2026Q2748.26

Where this signal concentrates in the comparison geography

RESEARCH & CHANGING CONVERSATIONS

Related research and changing coverage

the United Kingdom food and agriculture coverage

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RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2017

Sustainability impact assessments of different urban short food supply chains: examples from London, UK

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

74 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2020

‘Workable utopias’ for social change through inclusion and empowerment? Community supported agriculture (CSA) in Wales as social innovation

Agriculture and Human Values

55 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2020

The impact of coastal flooding on agriculture: A case‐study of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Land Degradation and Development

51 citations in the snapshot

RESEARCH CONTEXT · 2018

Modelling the production impacts of a widespread conversion to organic agriculture in England and Wales

Land Use Policy

47 citations in the snapshot

What is growing in this coverage

the United Kingdom coverage of this page's demand families

KeywordRecent articlesPrior articlesShare change
animal handling6623264.1%
pasture improvement5228135.6%
livestock auctions4929114.4%
beef cattle422890.3%
sheep farming43517.0%

Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

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

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Food and Agriculture in the United Kingdom: key questions

Clear definitions for making better comparisons.

What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

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