Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in Vancouver. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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 ↗
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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35 of 347 tracked companies have open roles.
36 of 347 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 78 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 57.9% of disclosed capital, while 89.6% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $3.32M | 21 | 1 |
| 2017 | $4.39M | 17 | 2 |
| 2018 | $14.86M | 21 | 5 |
| 2019 | $18.2M | 24 | 1 |
| 2020 | $12.99M | 13 | 6 |
| 2021 | $117M | 13 | 9 |
| 2022 | $17.82M | 7 | 9 |
| 2023 | $8.1M | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | $7.01M | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | $38.13M | 1 | 6 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
94 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Pender Ventures and Garage Capital and others.
Backed by Vestech Partners.
Backed by Scott E and Terry Tierney and others.
Backed by Media Investment Group and Milnegroup and others.
Backed by Vestech Partners.
Backed by Ethan Song and Mike Fata and others.
Backed by Telus.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
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.
How the Vancouver companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
9 of these companies (2.6%) publish at least one Android app — 10 apps in all, carrying 377.7K installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBS BreadCobsbread | 290.7K | 3.4 | Food & Drink |
| FRESHSLICEFreshslice | 76K | 3.5 | Food & Drink |
| Grounds for CoffeeGrounds For Coffee | 5.5K | — | Food & Drink |
| Hi Five Chicken- RestaurantHiFive Chicken | 3.3K | — | Food & Drink |
| Urban FareUrban Fare | 1.2K | — | Shopping |
| VeritreeVeritree | 558 | — | Business |
| Freshslice WarmerFreshslice | 243 | — | Tools |
| Tractor FoodsTractor | 111 | — | Food & Drink |
| Field & SocialField And Social | 33 | — | Food & Drink |
| Greens MarketGreensmarket | 27 | — | Food & Drink |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
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Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $1.3M disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Canfor Corporation has finalized the acquisition of all remaining shares of Canfor Pulp Products Inc., achieving full ownership of the company following a court-approved plan of arrangement.
Western Forest Products Inc. announced today that it has entered into an amendment to its $250 million syndicated credit facility to allow for the concurrent closing of a new $30 million bilateral term loan (the “Term Loan”) with Royal Bank of Canada.
Purebread Brands Inc. (TSXV: BRED) ('Purebread' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that, further to the Company's news releases on March 13, 2025 and October 2, 2025, it has completed the second tranche of its previously announced shares for debt transaction (the 'Debt Settlement') and issued to certain creditors of the Company an aggregate of 640,000 units at an average price of approximately $1.22 per Unit, in full and final settlement of accrued and outstanding indebtedness in the aggregate amount of $783,978.
Sage Potash Corp. (TSXV: SAGE) (OTCQB: SGPTF) is pleased to announce that, further to its December 8, 2025 news release, due to strong investor commitment and interest, it has upsized its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") from $7 million to $10 million.
Vancouver, Canada – The FDP Group, a leader in the distribution of ethnic, organic, and conventional produce, has acquired Yen Bros Food Service Ltd. (“Yen Bros”), a food service distributor based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia / Aug 29, 2025 / Business Wire / Great Quest Gold Ltd. (TSXV:GQ) (“Great Quest” or the “Company”) announces that it has closed the final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) for gross proceeds of $211,000 (the “Final Tranche”).
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The Good Flour Corp. announced on Nov. 8 that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of VGAN Brands Inc.
Concord Premium Meats is one of four acquisitions Premium Brands closed this year along with The Meat Factory Ltd., and Ontario-based manufacturer of cooked protein products for retailers and foodservice customers; Country Prime Meats Ltd., a maker of shelf-stable meat snacks based in British Columbia and Frandon Seafood Inc., a Quebec-based distributor of fresh and frozen seafood to foodservice and retail customers in the greater Montreal, Quebec, area.
Richelieu is also continuing to integrate three acquisitions made since the beginning of the 2024 financial year. They include Allegheny Plywood (Pennsylvania and Ohio), Rapid Start (Ohio) and Olympic Forest Products (Ontario).
Top 10 categories among 253 recorded events in the 24-month window.
8 tracked people moves
Resignation Previously President & Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Interim President & Chief Executive Officer
Departure
Appointment Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Appointment Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Departure Previously Chief Financial Officer
Appointment Interim Chief Financial Officer
Appointment Director
4 recorded customer wins
Customer: Manulife Financial Corp. MFC-TReforestation
Customer: United Steelworkers Local 1-1937Forestry
Customer: Equity Financing
Customer: Alberta Sugar Beet Growers marketing boardAgriculture
5 companies with reported reductions
120 rolesbusiness downturn
190 rolessignificant weakening of OSB demand
50 rolesmarket challenges
15 rolesconsolidation
290 rolescost reduction
7 recorded events
trading halt imposedCanadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO)
conditional approval of reverse takeover transactionTSX Venture Exchange
trading haltedCIRO
trading resumedCanadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO)
1 tracked suits
securities fraudClass Action · Filed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 57 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canfor→Canfor Pulp | Completed | 2026-03-21 | $4.0M |
| fdp group→Yen Bros ↗ | Announced | 2025-11-10 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Great Quest→Lotus Gold | Announced | 2025-05-07 | Not stated in snapshot |
| The Good Flour→VGAN Brands Inc. | Completed | 2025-02-14 | Not stated in snapshot |
| premium brands holdings→Country Prime Meats ↗ | Completed | 2025-02-14 | Not stated in snapshot |
| richelieu hardware→Olympic Forest ↗ | Completed | 2025-01-31 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
1,122 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 2,735-posting snapshot covers 37 employers.
6 tracked postings mention remote work.
592 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 2,735 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 279 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Local Public Eatery ↗ | 10 |
| White Spot ↗ | 10 |
| Canfor ↗ | 10 |
| Interfor ↗ | 10 |
| Moxies ↗ | 9 |
| Cactus Club Cafe ↗ | 9 |
| Mark Anthony Wine & Spirits ↗ | 9 |
| Denny’s ↗ | 6 |
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Canfor ↗ | 7,908 |
| Cactus Club Cafe ↗ | 5,000 |
| Mercer International ↗ | 3,320 |
| Interfor ↗ | 2,259 |
| western forest products ↗ | 2,034 |
| Moxies ↗ | 1,403 |
| Lantic ↗ | 869 |
| West Fraser ↗ | 563 |
93 founders and chief executives across 79 companies.
Ex- Qtrade Financial Group. Western University BA 1989, Michigan State University College of Law JD 1995
Ex-HEXO, B-Line, Plombco, Vortex Aquatic Structures International. Queen's University MBA 2008
Co-Founder tentree, ex-Future Shop. University of Regina BBA 2012
UBC Sauder School of Business
Limited Partner - LOI Venture. The University of British Columbia Bachelor of Arts
Cardiff University MBA 2017
Trigon Metals, ex-Verde Potash, ex-Cormark Securities, University of Toronto, 1998
Icoges 2012, University of Sherbrooke 2014
Social Profit Ventures, ex-CEO Small Business BC, ACCESS, METSI. McMaster University BCom 1993 & MBA 1994, York University PhD 1998
Russell Hendrix Foodservice Equipment, ex-American Tire Distributors, ex-Blue Point Capital Partners, University of Connecticut
Ex-Co-Founder & CEO Postmark Brewing, Settlement Building, Vancouver Urban Winery, FreshTAP, Roaring Twenties Wine, ST Agency.
Ex-MaxRivest, Digital Fluency Marketing, Credicor Financial, Western Pond Hockey Society. Thompson Rivers University BA 2010…
4 profiles with education records.
0 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
2,892 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Vancouver · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 936 |
| 2021Q3 | 966 |
| 2021Q4 | 695 |
| 2022Q1 | 970 |
| 2022Q2 | 882 |
| 2022Q3 | 633 |
| 2022Q4 | 645 |
| 2023Q1 | 764 |
| 2023Q2 | 769 |
| 2023Q3 | 684 |
| 2023Q4 | 725 |
| 2024Q1 | 827 |
| 2024Q2 | 998 |
| 2024Q3 | 761 |
| 2024Q4 | 816 |
| 2025Q1 | 1,745 |
| 2025Q2 | 634 |
| 2025Q3 | 773 |
| 2025Q4 | 686 |
| 2026Q1 | 735 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
392 recorded company events across 18 companies; percentages use that event total.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Vancouver · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
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% |
Canada comparison coverage
tariff negotiations, f1 world championship, f1 championship
26.9% critical · 41.3% positiveagtech startup funding, agricultural venture capital, agri-investment funds
23.4% critical · 50.8% positivecannabis policy reform discussions, earnings report, quarterly results
16.8% critical · 50.0% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage tagged Vancouver. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
8,585 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Tone counts: 7,821 positive · 438 neutral · 326 negative.
Landmark: Internet-of-Things (IoT)-Based Smart Agriculture: Toward Making the Fields Talk
Landmark: Adoption of agricultural technology in the developing world: A meta-analysis of the empirical literature
Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis
Common problems researchers identify · 0125.8% of this theme group
Researchers highlight limited technology transfer and outdated machinery 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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 28.9 |
| 2023 | 28.9 |
| 2024 | 25.8 |
| 2025 | 38.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0219.9% of this theme group
Studies flag climate change as a major threat to stable food supplies and resource management.
Climate change (191) · Agriculture (299) · Food security (103) · Environmental resource management (68)
Climate-smart agriculture: Insights and challenges
Climate Smart Agriculture: An Option for Changing Climatic Situation
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2470.2 |
| 2023 | 2535.7 |
| 2024 | 2517.4 |
| 2025 | 2603.9 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0315.4% of this theme group
Paper focus on difficulties small farms face adopting 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?
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2172.3 |
| 2023 | 2236.1 |
| 2024 | 2166.2 |
| 2025 | 2403.3 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0413.8% of this theme group
Works discuss technical and infrastructural barriers to deploying smart farming and digital 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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 512.7 |
| 2023 | 515.6 |
| 2024 | 647.8 |
| 2025 | 472.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0512.9% of this theme group
Research points to inefficiencies in farm management and concerns for animal health.
Agricultural science (35) · Agriculture (92) · Production (27) · Animal welfare (6)
Farm Management Information Systems.
Evaluating Impacts of Climate Change on Farm Management
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 303.4 |
| 2023 | 288.2 |
| 2024 | 206.4 |
| 2025 | 116.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 067.0% of this theme group
Authors warn about cybersecurity and data privacy risks in connected agricultural 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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1280.1 |
| 2023 | 1261.2 |
| 2024 | 1196.6 |
| 2025 | 1192.1 |
Common problems researchers identify · 075.1% of this theme group
Studies note technical, economic, and labor challenges in adopting agricultural robots.
Robot (52) · Robotics (35) · Agriculture (67) · Automation (10)
Agricultural Robotics
Global trends in the development of agricultural robotics
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 885.3 |
| 2023 | 907.9 |
| 2024 | 887.9 |
| 2025 | 934.6 |
Cautions · 0121.6% of this theme group
Cautionary analyses question whether climate‑smart agriculture delivers promised outcomes.
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.
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2413.0 |
| 2023 | 2484.7 |
| 2024 | 2519.0 |
| 2025 | 2620.4 |
Cautions · 0221.4% of this theme group
Research cautions that subsidies and incentives may not guarantee technology uptake.
Agriculture (74) · Agricultural economics (21) · Agricultural machinery (11) · Subsidy (6)
An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
Cultivating Change: Computational Strategies for Enhancing Adoption of Agricultural Technology in Developing Countries: A Review
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 393.5 |
| 2023 | 380.6 |
| 2024 | 357.7 |
| 2025 | 242.4 |
Cautions · 0316.9% of this theme group
Papers highlight complex interactions between animal husbandry, agronomy, and sustainability.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 190.1 |
| 2023 | 178.6 |
| 2024 | 129.7 |
| 2025 | 114.6 |
Cautions · 0416.1% of this theme group
Analyses warn that climate‑smart interventions may not improve rural incomes uniformly.
Agriculture (61) · Food security (19) · Livelihood (11) · Climate change (17)
Assessing the role of climate-smart agriculture in combating climate change, desertification and improving rural livelihood in Northern Nige
Adoption of agricultural practices with climate smart agriculture potentials and food security among farm households in northern Nigeria
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2172.3 |
| 2023 | 2236.1 |
| 2024 | 2166.2 |
| 2025 | 2403.3 |
Cautions · 0511.7% of this theme group
Studies caution that IoT, robotics, and drones are still immature for large‑scale farming.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1208.4 |
| 2023 | 1224.6 |
| 2024 | 1211.9 |
| 2025 | 1173.9 |
Cautions · 067.3% of this theme group
Research flags 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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 946.2 |
| 2023 | 942.7 |
| 2024 | 840.0 |
| 2025 | 834.1 |
Cautions · 074.9% of this theme group
Works question the economic returns of agroforestry and climate‑adapted management.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 850.4 |
| 2023 | 819.4 |
| 2024 | 725.1 |
| 2025 | 462.4 |
Opportunities · 0121.2% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on sensor‑based monitoring to enhance 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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 374.3 |
| 2023 | 368.8 |
| 2024 | 362.0 |
| 2025 | 329.0 |
Opportunities · 0217.8% of this theme group
Research highlights cloud‑connected IoT systems as drivers of real‑time farm management.
Internet of Things (451) · Agriculture (495) · Cloud computing (108) · Precision agriculture (129)
Smart agriculture system using IoT
IoT based System for Smart Agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1075.2 |
| 2023 | 1070.3 |
| 2024 | 1072.3 |
| 2025 | 1179.8 |
Opportunities · 0314.9% of this theme group
Papers explore mobile robots and motion planning for labor‑intensive field tasks.
Robot (412) · Robotics (77) · Mobile robot (60) · Motion planning (34)
On the Development of Intelligent Autonomous Agricultural Robot
Multi-Purpose Autonomous Agricultural Robot
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 827.0 |
| 2023 | 847.9 |
| 2024 | 840.1 |
| 2025 | 849.0 |
Opportunities · 0414.8% of this theme group
Studies present climate‑adapted practices as pathways to resilient food production.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2178.9 |
| 2023 | 2250.8 |
| 2024 | 2192.9 |
| 2025 | 2416.6 |
Opportunities · 0511.5% of this theme group
Research showcases convolutional networks improving early diagnosis and crop health monitoring.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 83.4 |
| 2023 | 96.6 |
| 2024 | 74.0 |
| 2025 | 129.0 |
Opportunities · 0611.0% of this theme group
Works identify scalable solutions to boost productivity and reduce poverty 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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 578.2 |
| 2023 | 562.6 |
| 2024 | 531.1 |
| 2025 | 402.3 |
Opportunities · 078.8% of this theme group
Papers propose generative AI tools for optimizing livestock and production 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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 131.4 |
| 2023 | 123.3 |
| 2024 | 97.2 |
| 2025 | 110.7 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 36.0% | 37.3% |
| Descriptive | 22.0% | 17.9% |
| Problem-identifying | 20.3% | 9.6% |
| Breakthrough | 13.1% | 26.3% |
| Cautionary | 5.1% | 4.2% |
| Comparative | 2.7% | 3.8% |
| Critical | 0.8% | 0.9% |
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.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 3 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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