The AgriTech and Advanced Food Technologies Market is unusually broad because the problems are unusually distributed. Precision agriculture applies AI, satellite imaging, drone sensing, and variable-rate application technology to reduce input waste across conventional farming. Vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture produce crops near urban consumers with dramatically lower water and land footprints. Alternative proteins from precision fermentation and cultivated meat decouple animal protein from livestock. Agricultural biotechnology develops crops with resistance to drought, disease, and pests without synthetic chemistry. And food technology including AI-driven quality inspection, smart packaging, and food waste reduction technologies improve the efficiency of every stage from harvest to consumption. The agritech advanced food technologies market covers all of these simultaneously.
AgriTech and Advanced Food Technologies Market Report 2027-2037 — Key Coverage Areas
- Precision Agriculture — GPS-guided variable-rate application of fertilisers, pesticides, and water; AI-driven crop monitoring using satellite, drone, and IoT sensor data; autonomous agricultural machinery; and the precision agriculture technology market by application
- Vertical Farming and Controlled Environment Agriculture — LED-lit indoor farming facilities; hydroponic, aeroponic, and aquaponic growing systems; the energy challenge and LED efficiency roadmap; unit economics and geographic expansion; and the vertical farming market forecast
- Alternative Proteins — precision fermentation for animal-free dairy and egg proteins; cultivated meat technology and bioreactor scale-up; plant-based meat products and market saturation dynamics; and the alternative protein market forecast by production method and application
- Agricultural Biotechnology — CRISPR gene editing in crops for disease resistance, drought tolerance, and yield improvement; regulatory frameworks for gene-edited crops by jurisdiction; and the agricultural biotechnology market
- Agricultural Robotics and Automation — harvesting robots for strawberries, lettuce, and tree fruits; autonomous tractors and field robots; drone-based crop protection and seeding; and the agricultural robotics market forecast
- AI and Data Analytics in Agriculture — farm management software; satellite and drone-based crop intelligence platforms; AI-driven yield prediction; and the agtech software and data market
- Food Safety and Quality Technology — AI-powered optical inspection systems; hyperspectral imaging for contamination detection; blockchain-based food traceability; and rapid pathogen detection technologies
- Smart Packaging and Food Waste Reduction — active and intelligent packaging systems; IoT-enabled cold chain monitoring; dynamic shelf-life indicators; and the food waste reduction technology market
- Water Technology for Agriculture — precision irrigation systems; soil moisture monitoring and AI-driven irrigation scheduling; water recycling in controlled environment agriculture; and the agricultural water technology market
- 10-Year Forecasts — agritech and advanced food technologies market value by technology category, application, and region from 2027 through 2037
The agritech advanced food technologies market report is the essential intelligence resource for food companies, agricultural technology developers, investors, and sustainability-focused procurement teams.
Ideal for food companies, agricultural technology developers, agrifood investors, sustainability teams, and government agricultural agencies.

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- Published: September 2026
- Pages: 880
- Tables: 143
- Figures: 22
AgriTech describes the application of engineering, biology, data science and materials technology to the production of food, feed, fibre and agricultural feedstocks. The field extends across the whole of the agricultural value chain, encompassing the genetics of the seed and the microbiology of the soil as much as the machinery that works the field, the software that directs it, and the processes through which agricultural output is converted into finished food. The sector has undergone a substantial repricing since 2022. Capital committed during the preceding three years was allocated on the expectation that agricultural technology businesses would exhibit the margins and growth rates characteristic of enterprise software, an expectation that proved unfounded. Vertical farms, indoor greenhouse operators and cultivated protein developers are capital-intensive manufacturing businesses selling into commodity markets, and as the cost of capital rose the distance between that reality and the valuations placed upon it became apparent. A significant number of prominent ventures subsequently entered insolvency proceedings, restructured their operations, or withdrew from their principal markets.
The industry that has emerged from this period is smaller and considerably more disciplined. Companies continuing to attract investment tend to share a common set of attributes, namely a saving or yield improvement that can be quantified at the farm gate, a customer possessing both the incentive and the balance sheet to pay for it, a regulatory pathway permitting commercial deployment, and a cost structure capable of reaching positive gross margin within the life of a single funding round. These criteria, rather than the novelty of the underlying technology, increasingly determine which parts of the market expand.
Demand is shaped by three enduring forces. The first is the cost and availability of inputs, where nitrogen price volatility, the progressive withdrawal of conventional crop protection active ingredients and persistent labour scarcity in horticulture have each generated substitution demand that technology is well positioned to satisfy. The second is regulation, which in agriculture operates as a driver of demand rather than merely as a constraint upon it, since reduction targets, supply chain due diligence obligations and reform of the rules governing gene editing have each created markets that did not previously exist. The third is climatic volatility, which narrows the tolerance for agronomic error and correspondingly raises the value of any technology improving the predictability of yield.
Growth is distributed unevenly. The established input and genetics markets expand steadily from a large base, while controlled environment agriculture and advanced food technologies grow more rapidly yet carry a materially greater degree of forecast risk, the determining question in those categories being whether cost parity is achievable at all rather than how competitive position will be divided. This report is a complete commercial assessment of agricultural and food production technology through to 2037. It covers seven addressable segments — vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture, crop biotechnology, smart farming and agricultural robotics, biostimulants and biopesticides, natural fertilizers, livestock biotechnology, and advanced food technologies — together with agrivoltaics and agricultural carbon capture.
It is written for investors, corporate strategists, input and equipment manufacturers, food companies and policymakers who need an accurate picture rather than a promotional one.
Contents include:
- Market definition, scope and segmentation across the full agricultural value chain
- Macro drivers: input costs, labour scarcity, regulation, climate volatility and food security
- Technology enablers: artificial intelligence, automation, robotics, biologicals, genetics, data platforms
- Regulatory frameworks governing pesticides, fertilizers, gene editing, novel foods and feed additives
- Vertical farming and CEA: system design, lighting, automation, economics and the post-correction landscape
- Crop biotechnology: transgenic traits, gene editing, RNAi, synthetic biology, advanced breeding, seed treatments
- Smart farming: agricultural robotics, crop monitoring, precision livestock farming, drones, farm management software
- Biostimulants and biopesticides: microbial and biochemical products, semiochemicals, macrobial biocontrol
- Natural fertilizers: nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilisation, PGPR, compost, organic and mineral sources
- Livestock biotechnology: feed additives, methane reduction, vaccines, breeding, alternative feed proteins
- Advanced food technologies: plant-based and fermentation protein, cultivated meat, novel ingredients
- Agrivoltaics and carbon capture and utilisation in agriculture
- Funding, investment and competitive landscape by segment
- Market forecasts to 2037 by technology and by region, with tables and figures throughout
- 554 company profiles with country, founding year, products, funding, commercial position and website. Companies profiled include .Phagelux, 3Bar Biologics, 3D Bio-Tissues, Aardaia, Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies, Adisseo, Adjuvants Plus, ADM, AEssenseGrows, Afimilk, AFINGEN, AgBoost, Agerpoint, AgEye Technologies, AGOLIN S.A., Agragene, Agreena, Agrivi, AgroBot, AgroCares, Agrology, AgroScout, AgroSpheres, AgroUrbana, Agrow Analytics, Agroz Robotics, Agtonomy, Agurotech, AGvisorPRO, Agxio, Aigen, Aleph Farms, Alesca Life, Altius Farms, Amatera, Amfora, AmplifiedAg, Andermatt Biocontrol, Animal Health Concepts, Anpario, Aphea.Bio, AquaSpy, Arable Labs, Aranet, Arcadia Biosciences, Arctic Farming, Ascribe Bioscience, Ascus Biosciences, Atlántica Agrícola, Auranta, Autogrow, Avant, Avisomo, Azaneo, Azotic Technologies, Babylon Micro-Farms, Badia Farms, Barnstorm Agtech Inc, BASF, Bayer, Bayer CropScience, Bee Vectoring Technologies, Bee Wise Technologies, Benchmark PLC, Bentoli, BigSis, Bio Bee, Biobest, BioBetter, Bioceres Crop Solutions, BioConsortia, Biofeed Technology, Bioline AgroSciences, Biome Makers, Bionema, Biorigin, Biotalys, Biotangents, Biotelliga, Biotrop, Blue Ocean Barns, Blue White Robotics, BlueNalu, Bontera, Bonumose, Bosque Foods, Botanical Solutions, BotanoCap, BovControl, BoviSync, BrightFarms, Brightseed, Burro, California Safe Soil, Carbon Bee, Carbon Robotics, Cellularevolution, Ceradis, Ceragen, Ceres Imaging, Certis Biologicals, CiBO Technologies, Cibus, CINIS Fertilizer, Clean Food Group, CleverFarm, Concentric Ag, Concentric Agriculture, Conservis, ConstellR, Corteva Agriscience, Cosaic, Cow Manager, Crop One Holdings, CropX, Crover, Crysp Farms, Cubiq Foods, Cytophage Technologies, DAIZ, DeHaat, DeLaval, Dogtooth Technologies, DSM-Firmenich, EarthOptics, EarthSense, ec2ce, Ecorobotix, eCow, EdenShield, EIO Diagnostics, eLeaf, Elo Life Systems, Enko Chem, ENOUGH, Epicrop Technologies, Equinom, Esencia Foods, eternal.ag, Evja, Evogene, Evonik, Farm.One, FarmBox Foods, FarmQA, Faromatics, Ferme d'hiver, FermTech, FieldIn, Fieldless Farms, Finless Foods, Fodjan, Four Growers, Fruition Sciences, Fujian Sanan Sino-Science Photobiotech, Future Greens, FutureFeed, Gamaya, Gardin, Gardyn, General Probiotics, Ginkgo Bioworks, GoodLeaf Farms, Gotham Greens, Gourmey, Grassroots Carbon, Greeneye, Greenlabs, Groundwork BioAg, Grow Pod Solutions, Growcentia, The Growcer, GrowGeneration, GrowUp, Growy, Halter, Harpe Bio, Harvest London, Herbonis, Heura Foods, High Degree Machinery, Hippo Harvest, Holganix, IceRobotics, iFarm and more......
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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 27
- 1.1 Definition and scope of Agritech 27
- 1.2 Advanced Food Tech 28
- 1.3 Agriculture in the 21st century 30
- 1.4 The importance of AgriTech 30
- 1.5 Market trends and drivers 31
- 1.5.1 Macro Forces 31
- 1.5.2 Increasing Demand for Food Production 32
- 1.5.3 Declining Availability of Arable Land and Water Resources 32
- 1.5.4 Advancements in Digital Technologies 33
- 1.5.4.1 Internet of Things (IoT) 33
- 1.5.4.2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) 33
- 1.5.4.3 Big Data and Analytics 33
- 1.5.5 Government Initiatives and Regulations 34
- 1.5.6 Venture Capital and Startup Ecosystem 35
- 1.5.6.1 Funding trends 36
- 1.6 Market challenges and barriers to growth 37
- 1.6.1 Farming Challenges 39
- 1.6.2 High Initial Investment Costs 40
- 1.6.3 Lack of Digital Literacy and Infrastructure 40
- 1.6.4 Regulatory and Policy Uncertainties 40
- 1.6.5 Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Concerns 41
- 1.6.6 Resistance to Change and Adoption Barriers 41
- 1.7 Technology enablers 41
- 1.7.1 The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 42
- 1.7.2 Automation 42
- 1.7.3 Robotics 42
- 1.7.4 Biologicals 43
- 1.7.5 Genetics 43
- 1.7.6 Data/software 43
- 1.8 Government regulations 44
- 1.8.1 Pesticides 44
- 1.8.2 Fertilisers 46
- 1.9 Key Growth Opportunities 47
- 1.9.1 Precision Farming and Smart Agriculture 48
- 1.9.1.1 Improved crop yields and resource efficiency 48
- 1.9.1.2 Adoption of advanced sensors and data analytics 48
- 1.9.2 Livestock Management and Animal Welfare 49
- 1.9.2.1 Monitoring animal health and behaviour 49
- 1.9.2.2 Optimizing feed and resource utilization 49
- 1.9.3 Supply Chain Optimization 49
- 1.9.3.1 Traceability and transparency 50
- 1.9.3.2 Reduced food waste and spoilage 50
- 1.9.4 Urban and Vertical Farming 50
- 1.9.4.1 Addressing food security in densely populated areas 51
- 1.9.4.2 Leveraging indoor farming technologies 51
- 1.9.5 Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries 52
- 1.9.5.1 Monitoring and optimizing aquatic ecosystems 52
- 1.9.5.2 Improving yields and reducing environmental impact 53
- 1.9.1 Precision Farming and Smart Agriculture 48
2 VERTICAL FARMING 54
- 2.1 Overview 54
- 2.1.1 What is a vertical farm? 54
- 2.1.1.1 Benefits 55
- 2.1.1.2 Challenges 56
- 2.1.1.3 Crops 57
- 2.1.2 Vertical farming costs 58
- 2.1.2.1 Power requirements 59
- 2.1.2.2 Integration of photovoltaic (PV) solar technology 60
- 2.1.2.3 LED costs 60
- 2.1.3 Vertical farm components 62
- 2.1.3.1 Infrastructure 63
- 2.1.3.2 Growing systems 63
- 2.1.3.3 Lighting 64
- 2.1.3.4 Air Conditioning 64
- 2.1.3.5 CO2 Supply Unit 65
- 2.1.3.6 Environmental Control Units 65
- 2.1.3.7 Sensors 65
- 2.1.3.7.1 Carbon dioxide (CO2) sensors 66
- 2.1.3.7.2 Light Sensors 66
- 2.1.3.8 Vertical Growth Walls and Towers 68
- 2.1.4 Why vertical farming has been economically problematic 69
- 2.1.1 What is a vertical farm? 54
- 2.2 Technologies 71
- 2.2.1 Aeroponics 71
- 2.2.1.1 Overview 72
- 2.2.1.2 Advantages 72
- 2.2.1.3 Types of systems 73
- 2.2.1.4 Challenges 74
- 2.2.2 Hydroponics 74
- 2.2.2.1 Advantages 74
- 2.2.2.2 Types of systems 74
- 2.2.3 Aquaponics 74
- 2.2.3.1 Overview 75
- 2.2.3.2 Advantages 75
- 2.2.3.3 Challenges 76
- 2.2.4 LEDs and lighting 79
- 2.2.4.1 Overview 79
- 2.2.4.2 Photosynthesis 79
- 2.2.4.3 Light recipes 80
- 2.2.4.4 LED Technology 81
- 2.2.5 Automation 82
- 2.2.5.1 Overview 83
- 2.2.5.2 Levels 83
- 2.2.5.3 Types of Control 83
- 2.2.5.4 Costs 84
- 2.2.6 Pests and diseases 85
- 2.2.6.1 Pest Management 85
- 2.2.7 Container farming 86
- 2.2.1 Aeroponics 71
- 2.3 Funding and investments 87
- 2.4 Market map 89
- 2.5 Global market revenues to 2037 89
- 2.5.1 By technology 90
- 2.5.2 By region 91
- 2.6 Company profiles 93 (71 company profiles)
3 CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY 166
- 3.1 Overview 166
- 3.1.1 How Could Crop Biotechnology Help? 166
- 3.1.2 Genetics Can Help Save Dying Crops 167
- 3.1.3 The Americas Dominate GMO Production 167
- 3.1.4 Transgenic Crops Have Clear Benefits for Farmers 167
- 3.1.5 Future Directions for Transgenic Crops 168
- 3.1.6 CRISPR Could Significantly Reduce Time to Market 168
- 3.2 Synthetic Biology in Agriculture 169
- 3.2.1 How Could Synthetic Biology Benefit Agriculture? 169
- 3.2.2 Plants as Production Systems Compared with Other Cells 170
- 3.3 Global Differences in Regulation for Genetic Engineering 170
- 3.4 Global Policy Developments Towards Gene Editing 170
- 3.5 The "Big Four" of Crop Biotechnology 171
- 3.6 Technologies 171
- 3.6.1 Gene modification 171
- 3.6.1.1 Nitrogenics 171
- 3.6.1.2 Genetically Modified Organisms 172
- 3.6.1.3 Mutagenesis 172
- 3.6.1.4 Distribution of Mutagenic Crops Worldwide 172
- 3.6.1.5 RNA Interference (RNAi) 172
- 3.6.1.6 Transgenic Organisms 172
- 3.6.1.7 Genetic Engineering in Agriculture 172
- 3.6.1.8 GMO Production 173
- 3.6.2 Gene editing 173
- 3.6.2.1 TALENs and ZFNs 174
- 3.6.2.2 CRISPR 174
- 3.6.2.2.1 CRISPR-Cas9: A Bacterial Immune System 174
- 3.6.2.2.2 CRISPR Can Have Multiple Outcomes 174
- 3.6.2.2.3 What Can CRISPR Do? 175
- 3.6.2.2.4 The Outlook for CRISPR-Cas9 175
- 3.6.2.2.5 CRISPR Could Significantly Reduce Time to Market 176
- 3.6.2.2.6 How CRISPR is Being Used to Improve Crops 176
- 3.6.3 Gene silencing 178
- 3.6.4 Synthetic biology 179
- 3.6.4.1 Synthetic Biology for Increasing Nutritional Value 180
- 3.6.4.2 Synthetic Metabolism to Increase Yields 180
- 3.6.4.3 C3 and C4 Photosynthesis 181
- 3.6.4.4 Improved Drought Tolerance 181
- 3.6.4.5 Novel production platforms that leverage photoautotrophic organisms 182
- 3.6.4.5.1 Photoautotroph-based Production 182
- 3.6.4.5.2 Plant Synthetic Biology for Biofuels 182
- 3.6.4.5.3 Leaf Expression Systems 182
- 3.6.4.5.4 Challenges of Recombinant Protein Production in Plants 183
- 3.6.4.5.5 Phytosensors 184
- 3.6.4.6 Reducing Fertilizer Usage 184
- 3.6.4.7 Engineering Plant Microbiomes 185
- 3.6.5 Selective breeding 185
- 3.6.5.1 Types of Selective Breeding 185
- 3.6.5.2 Issues with Selective Breeding 186
- 3.6.5.3 Genomics 186
- 3.6.5.4 Selective Breeding for Improving Tomatoes 187
- 3.6.5.5 Marker-Assisted Selection 187
- 3.6.5.5.1 Marker-Assisted Selection: Disease Resistant Tomatoes 188
- 3.6.5.6 Principles of Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci 188
- 3.6.5.7 Using the Microbiome to Improve Disease Resistance 188
- 3.6.5.7.1 Networking the Microbiome 189
- 3.6.5.8 The Importance of Diversity 189
- 3.6.6 Seed treatments 190
- 3.6.6.1 Types 190
- 3.6.1 Gene modification 171
- 3.7 Funding and investments 190
- 3.8 Market map 192
- 3.9 Global market revenues to 2037 193
- 3.9.1 By technology 193
- 3.9.2 By region 195
- 3.10 Company Profiles 197 (59 company profiles)
4 SMART FARMING INCLUDING ROBOTICS 268
- 4.1 Overview 268
- 4.2 Technologies 269
- 4.2.1 Use of AI 269
- 4.3 Market Overview 271
- 4.3.1 Agriculture has Historically been Slow to Digitize 271
- 4.3.2 Companies Developing Digital and Robotic Solutions for Agriculture 271
- 4.3.3 Robotics 272
- 4.3.4 Agricultural Robotics 272
- 4.3.5 Developing Agricultural Robots 273
- 4.3.6 Drivers and Restraints 273
- 4.3.7 Levels of Autonomy in Agricultural Robotics 274
- 4.3.8 Satellite Positioning 275
- 4.3.9 Electric vs Non-Electric Agricultural Robots 276
- 4.4 Agribots and autonomous tractors 277
- 4.4.1 Autonomous sensor technologies 288
- 4.4.2 Weed and pest control 289
- 4.4.3 Robotic seeding 291
- 4.4.4 Fully autonomous tractors 291
- 4.4.5 Other autonomous farming machines and robots 292
- 4.4.6 Robotic fruit and vegetable harvesting 293
- 4.4.7 Dairy farming robots 295
- 4.5 Crops monitoring & analytics 296
- 4.5.1 Satellite/aerial imagery 311
- 4.5.2 Multi-spectral imaging 311
- 4.5.3 Hyperspectral imaging 311
- 4.5.3.1 Precision agriculture 312
- 4.5.3.2 UAVs (drones) 312
- 4.5.3.3 Satellites equipped with hyperspectral imaging sensors 312
- 4.5.4 Proximal sensors 313
- 4.5.5 Software analytics 313
- 4.5.6 AI-based analytics 313
- 4.6 Precision livestock farming, monitoring & analytics 314
- 4.6.1 Smart wearable tags and collars 325
- 4.6.2 Computer vision systems 326
- 4.6.3 Autonomous mobile robots 326
- 4.6.4 Wireless sensor networks 328
- 4.6.5 Robotic milking 329
- 4.7 Drones and satellites 330
- 4.7.1 Agricultural drones 342
- 4.7.2 Satellite-monitoring 342
- 4.7.3 Major payload technologies 343
- 4.7.4 Commercial decision framework 344
- 4.8 Farmgate-to-fork 344
- 4.8.1 Traceability using blockchain 363
- 4.8.2 Smart logistics and Cold Chain 365
- 4.8.3 IoT-enabled warehouses 366
- 4.8.4 Data Platforms 367
- 4.9 Funding and investment 369
- 4.10 Market map 370
- 4.11 Global market revenues to 2037 370
- 4.11.1 By technology 370
- 4.11.2 By region 372
- 4.12 Company profiles 375 (131 company profiles)
5 BIOSTIMULANTS AND BIOPESTICIDES 578
- 5.1 Overview 579
- 5.1.1 Biologicals market 580
- 5.1.2 Biostimulants 581
- 5.1.3 Biopesticides 581
- 5.1.4 Biofertilizers 582
- 5.1.5 Organic Farming 583
- 5.2 Technologies 583
- 5.2.1 Microbial biostimulants 584
- 5.2.1.1 Nitrogen Fixation 586
- 5.2.1.2 Formulation Challenges 588
- 5.2.1.3 Natural Product Biostimulants 589
- 5.2.1.4 Manipulating the Microbiome 591
- 5.2.1.5 Synthetic Biology 593
- 5.2.1.6 Non-microbial biostimulants 594
- 5.2.2 Biopesticides 594
- 5.2.2.1 Semiochemical 595
- 5.2.2.2 Macrobial Biological Control Agents 596
- 5.2.2.3 Microbial pesticides 598
- 5.2.2.4 Biochemical pesticides 599
- 5.2.2.5 Plant-incorporated protectants (PIPs) 599
- 5.2.3 Agricultural Enzymes 600
- 5.2.3.1 Types of Agricultural Enzymes 601
- 5.2.1 Microbial biostimulants 584
- 5.3 Funding and investments 602
- 5.4 Market map 602
- 5.5 Global market revenues to 2037 603
- 5.5.1 By technology 604
- 5.5.2 By region 605
- 5.6 Company profiles 608 (47 company profiles)
6 NATURAL FERTILIZERS 655
- 6.1 Overview 655
- 6.2 Technologies 656
- 6.2.1 Biofertilizers 656
- 6.2.1.1 Nitrogen-fixing 656
- 6.2.1.2 Phosphate 657
- 6.2.1.3 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) 657
- 6.2.1.4 Compost 657
- 6.2.2 Organic 658
- 6.2.2.1 Animal-based 658
- 6.2.2.2 Organic: Plant-based 658
- 6.2.2.3 Organic: Mineral-based 659
- 6.2.1 Biofertilizers 656
- 6.3 Funding and investments 659
- 6.4 Market map 660
- 6.5 Global market revenues to 2037 662
- 6.5.1 By technology 662
- 6.5.2 By region 664
- 6.6 Company profiles 667 (23 company profiles)
7 LIVESTOCK BIOTECH 690
- 7.1 Overview 690
- 7.2 Technologies 691
- 7.2.1 Genetic Engineering 692
- 7.2.2 Precision breeding 693
- 7.2.3 Vaccines and drugs 694
- 7.2.4 Feed Additives 695
- 7.3 Funding and investments 696
- 7.4 Market map 697
- 7.5 Global market revenues to 2037 699
- 7.5.1 By technology 699
- 7.5.2 By region 700
- 7.6 Company profiles 702 (39 company profiles)
8 ADVANCED FOOD TECHNOLOGIES 741
- 8.1 Cultivated Meat 741
- 8.1.1 Overview 742
- 8.1.1.1 Terminology 742
- 8.1.1.2 Development 743
- 8.1.1.3 Commercialization 743
- 8.1.1.4 Market growth 744
- 8.1.1.5 Environmental Impact 745
- 8.1.1.6 Challenges 746
- 8.1.1.7 Value Chain 747
- 8.1.1.8 Cultured Meat Producers 747
- 8.1.2 Manufacturing 749
- 8.1.2.1 Starter cells 750
- 8.1.2.1.1 Stem cells 751
- 8.1.2.1.2 Myoblasts 751
- 8.1.2.1.3 Cultured fat 752
- 8.1.2.1.4 Cell lines 752
- 8.1.2.2 Growth medium 753
- 8.1.2.2.1 Serum free media 753
- 8.1.2.3 Bioreactors 755
- 8.1.2.3.1 Dynamic bioreactors 757
- 8.1.2.3.2 Packed/Fixed Bed Bioreactors 757
- 8.1.2.3.3 Fluidised Bed Bioreactors 758
- 8.1.2.3.4 Hollow Fibre Bioreactors 758
- 8.1.2.3.5 Disposable Bag Bioreactors (DBBs) 758
- 8.1.2.4 Scaffolds 761
- 8.1.2.4.1 Material Classifications and Properties 761
- 8.1.2.4.2 Types 762
- 8.1.2.4.3 Anchorage-dependent Cells 763
- 8.1.2.4.4 Microcarriers 763
- 8.1.2.4.5 Advanced scaffolding systems 764
- 8.1.2.4.6 Challenges 765
- 8.1.2.5 3D Bioprinting 766
- 8.1.2.5.1 3D Bioprinting of Cultured Meat 767
- 8.1.2.5.2 Cultured Meat in Space 767
- 8.1.2.6 Commercial scale-up 768
- 8.1.2.6.1 The Lack of Hardware 768
- 8.1.2.6.2 Antibiotics 769
- 8.1.2.6.3 Design Considerations in a Scaled-up Plant 769
- 8.1.2.6.4 Bioreactor Design Considerations with Scale 769
- 8.1.2.6.5 Growth Media 770
- 8.1.2.7 Genetic Engineering 772
- 8.1.2.1 Starter cells 750
- 8.1.3 Cultivated meat market 772
- 8.1.4 Regulations 773
- 8.1.5 Global market revenues to 2037 776
- 8.1.5.1 Investment funding 777
- 8.1.5.2 Total 779
- 8.1.5.3 By region 780
- 8.1.1 Overview 742
- 8.2 Alternative Proteins 781
- 8.2.1 Meat Substitutes 781
- 8.2.2 Plant-based Meat 782
- 8.2.2.1 Impossible Foods 783
- 8.2.2.2 Plant-based Meat Sales 783
- 8.2.3 Structured and Unstructured Meat 784
- 8.2.4 Fermentation-derived Proteins 784
- 8.2.5 Plant-Based Proteins 785
- 8.2.5.1 Combinations of Plant Proteins 785
- 8.2.5.2 Plant Proteins Used in Major Retail Brands 785
- 8.2.5.3 Production 786
- 8.2.5.3.1 The challenge of replicating meat protein 787
- 8.2.5.4 Plant-based meat industry 787
- 8.2.5.5 Extrusion technology 788
- 8.2.5.5.1 Thermoplastic Protein Extrusion 788
- 8.2.5.5.2 Extrusion of Plant-based Proteins 788
- 8.2.5.5.3 Single-screw and Twin-screw Extruders 789
- 8.2.5.5.4 Factors in Extrusion 789
- 8.2.5.5.5 High Moisture Extrusion 789
- 8.2.5.6 Power Heating 790
- 8.2.5.7 Shear Cell Technology 790
- 8.2.5.8 Types of protein 790
- 8.2.5.8.1 Soy protein 791
- 8.2.5.8.2 Pea protein 791
- 8.2.5.8.3 Wheat protein 791
- 8.2.5.8.4 Novel plant proteins 792
- 8.2.5.8.5 Mycoprotein 793
- 8.2.6 Fermentation-Based 793
- 8.2.6.1 Production 794
- 8.2.6.2 Plant-based/cell-cultured hybrid products 794
- 8.2.7 Cost Reduction 794
- 8.2.7.1 Mycelium 795
- 8.2.8 Fungal Protein Production 796
- 8.2.9 Biomass Fermentation 796
- 8.2.10 Texture Development 796
- 8.2.11 Novel Substrate Utilization 797
- 8.2.11.1 Total 797
- 8.2.11.2 By region 798
- 8.3 Novel ingredients 799
- 8.3.1 Novel Fibers 802
- 8.3.1.1 Citrus fiber 802
- 8.3.1.2 Bamboo fiber 802
- 8.3.1.3 Mushroom chitosan 802
- 8.3.1.4 Bacterial cellulose 802
- 8.3.1.5 Alginate derivatives 803
- 8.3.2 Alternative Sweeteners 803
- 8.3.2.1 Rare sugars 803
- 8.3.2.2 Plant-derived sweeteners 804
- 8.3.2.3 Prebiotic sweeteners 804
- 8.3.2.4 Designer sweet proteins 804
- 8.3.2.5 Modified stevia variants 804
- 8.3.3 Natural Preservatives 805
- 8.3.3.1 Bacteriocins 805
- 8.3.3.2 Plant extracts 805
- 8.3.3.3 Fermentation metabolites 805
- 8.3.3.4 Bioprotective cultures 806
- 8.3.3.5 Antimicrobial peptides 806
- 8.3.4 Bioactive Compounds 806
- 8.3.4.1 Phytochemicals 807
- 8.3.4.2 Functional Lipids 808
- 8.3.4.3 Micronutrients 809
- 8.3.1 Novel Fibers 802
- 8.4 Company profiles 812 (40 company profiles)
9 OTHER MARKETS 858
- 9.1 Agrivoltaics 858
- 9.1.1 Overview 858
- 9.1.2 Company profiles 859 (6 company profiles)
- 9.2 Carbon Capture and Utilization in Agritech 867
- 9.2.1 Carbon Capture Technologies for Agriculture 867
- 9.2.1.1 Direct Air Capture (DAC) 867
- 9.2.1.2 Point Source Capture 868
- 9.2.1.2.1 Anaerobic digesters 868
- 9.2.2 CO2 Utilization in Agritech 868
- 9.2.2.1 Greenhouse CO2 Enrichment 868
- 9.2.2.2 Algae Cultivation 869
- 9.2.2.3 Soil Carbon Sequestration 869
- 9.2.3 Benefits 869
- 9.2.4 Challenges 870
- 9.2.5 Market players 871
- 9.2.6 Market structure 872
- 9.2.1 Carbon Capture Technologies for Agriculture 867
10 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 873
- 10.1 Scope and definitions 873
- 10.2 Data sources 873
- 10.3 Forecast methodology 873
- 10.4 Treatment of uncertainty 873
- 10.5 Company coverage and verification 874
- 10.6 Limitations 874
11 REFERENCES 875
List of Tables
- Table 1. Categories of Agritech and Advanced Food Tech. 28
- Table 2. Advanced Food Technologies Classification. 28
- Table 3. Market trends and drivers for AgriTech. 31
- Table 4. Macro Forces Shaping Agritech. 32
- Table 5. Government Initiatives and Regulations by Region. 34
- Table 6. Investment Funding in the Agritech Sector, 2020-2025 (USD Billion). 35
- Table 7. Market challenges for AgriTech. 37
- Table 8. Market Challenges in Advanced Food Technologies. 38
- Table 9. Global Pesticide Regulations. 44
- Table 10. Global Fertilizer Regulations. 46
- Table 11. Main crop categories that can be grown in vertical farming systems.11 57
- Table 12. Comparison of Vertical farming vs other production methods. 57
- Table 13. Vertical farming costs. 58
- Table 14. Vertical farm components. 62
- Table 15. Sensors in a Vertical Farm. 66
- Table 16. Vertical farming failures 69
- Table 17. Hydroponics compared to Aeroponics: 72
- Table 18. Aeroponics Technologies. 73
- Table 19. Relationship between photosynthetic efficiency and light spectrum: 80
- Table 20. Comparison of Container Farms. 86
- Table 21. Funding and investments in vertical farming. 87
- Table 22. Global market revenues for vertical farming 2023–2037, by technology, billions USD. 90
- Table 23. Global market revenues for vertical farming 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 92
- Table 24. Comparison of Genetic Engineering Techniques 167
- Table 25. Comparison of Genome Editing Techniques 168
- Table 26. Comparison of Genetic Manipulation Technologies 169
- Table 27. Synthetic Biology in Agriculture 169
- Table 28. Regulating GM Foods in the US and EU: A Comparison 170
- Table 29. Approaches to Genome Editing. 174
- Table 30. Comparison of Genome Editing Techniques. 175
- Table 31. Key Players in Genome Editing 175
- Table 32. Challenges with CRISPR in Agriculture. 177
- Table 33. Comparison of Genetic Manipulation Technologies. 178
- Table 34. Key Players in Gene Silencing for Agriculture. 178
- Table 35. Types of Selective Breeding. 186
- Table 36. Funding and investments in crop biotech. 191
- Table 37. Global market revenues for crop biotech 2023–2037, by technology, billions USD. 193
- Table 38. Global market revenues for crop biotech 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 195
- Table 39. Market drivers in smart farming. 269
- Table 40. Current Uses of Agricultural Robots 270
- Table 41. Uses of Agricultural Robots 271
- Table 42. Agricultural Robotics: Drivers and Restraints 273
- Table 43. Levels of Autonomy in Agricultural Robotics 274
- Table 44. Autonomous Sensor Technologies in Agriculture 275
- Table 45. Electric Agricultural Robots 276
- Table 46. Non-Electric (Internal Combustion) Agricultural Robots: 276
- Table 47. Agribots and autonomous tractors 277
- Table 48. Current uses of agricultural robots. 286
- Table 49. Potential future uses and applications of agricultural robots. 287
- Table 50. Autonomous sensor technologies in smart farming. 288
- Table 51. Other autonomous farming machines and robots. 292
- Table 52. Other autonomous farming machines and robots products 292
- Table 53. Companies in robotic fruit and vegetable harvesting 293
- Table 54. Key companies in robotic milking. 295
- Table 55. Crops monitoring & analytics-Companies and products. 296
- Table 56. Market readiness of various technologies in the smart farming crops monitoring and analytics sector. 310
- Table 57. Key players in crops monitoring and analytics. 310
- Table 58. Precision Livestock Farming-Companies and products. 314
- Table 59. Commercial decision framework 324
- Table 60. Smart tags and collars-Companies and products. 325
- Table 61. Computer vision systems-Companies and products. 326
- Table 62. Autonomous mobile robots-Companies and products. 327
- Table 63. Wireless sensor networks-Companies and products. 328
- Table 64. Automated milking-Companies and products. 329
- Table 65. Drones and satellites-Companies and products. 330
- Table 66. Drones vs. satellites vs. aeroplane. 341
- Table 67. Agricultural drone segments 342
- Table 68. Satellite-monitoring segments 342
- Table 69. Major payload technologies 343
- Table 70. Commercial decision framework 344
- Table 71. Farmgate-to-fork companies 345
- Table 72. Traceability and blockchain companies. 364
- Table 73. Smart logistics and Cold Chain 365
- Table 74. IoT-enabled warehouses and food operations-Companies and products. 367
- Table 75. Data platforms and marketplaces-Companies and products. 367
- Table 76. Funding and investments for smart farming. 369
- Table 77. Global market revenues for smart farming 2023–2037, by technology, billions USD. 371
- Table 78. Global market revenues for smart farming 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 373
- Table 79. Main types of biofertilizers. 582
- Table 80. Types of Microbial Biostimulants. 589
- Table 81. Main types of non-microbial biostimulants. 594
- Table 82. Biopesticides: Pros and Cons. 594
- Table 83. Semiochemicals: Advantages and Disadvantages. 595
- Table 84.Biological Pest Control: Advantages and Disadvantages. 596
- Table 85. Global regulations on biopesticides. 597
- Table 86. Main types of microbial pesticides. 598
- Table 87. Main types of biochemical pesticides. 599
- Table 88. Types of Agricultural Enzymes 601
- Table 89. Funding and investments in biostimulants and biopesticides. 602
- Table 90. Market map for biostimulants and biopesticides. 603
- Table 91. Global market revenues for biostimulants & biopesticides 2023–2037, by technology, billions USD. 604
- Table 92. Global market revenues for biostimulants & biopesticides 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 606
- Table 93. Funding and investments in natural fertilizers 660
- Table 94. Market map for natural fertilizers. 661
- Table 95. Global market revenues for natural fertilizers 2023–2037, by technology, billions USD. 663
- Table 96. Global market revenues for natural fertilizers 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 665
- Table 73. Technologies in livestock biotechnology.97 691
- Table 98. Genetic Engineering Approaches. 693
- Table 99. Precision breeding Approaches. 693
- Table 100. Livestock Vaccines and drugs 694
- Table 101. Types of feed additives 695
- Table 102. Funding and investments in livestock biotech. 697
- Table 103. Market map for livestock biotech. 698
- Table 104. Global market revenues for livestock biotech 2023–2037, by technology, billions USD. 699
- Table 105. Global market revenues for livestock biotech 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 700
- Table 106. Challenges Facing the Cultured Meat Industry 746
- Table 107.Cultured Meat Value Chain. 747
- Table 108. Cultured Meat Producers by Animal Cells Used. 748
- Table 109. Types of Starter Cells. 750
- Table 110. Cell Line Banking Components 752
- Table 111. Species Development Considerations 753
- Table 112. Bioreactor Comparison Table 756
- Table 113. Single-Use Bioreactor Comparison Table 759
- Table 114. Innovations in Bioreactor Technology for Cultivated Meat 760
- Table 115. Scaffold types. 762
- Table 116. Manufacturing methods for scaffolds. 762
- Table 117. Physical Environment Interactions 762
- Table 118. Polymer Options for Scaffold Materials. 764
- Table 119. Challenges in Scaffolding. 766
- Table 120. Challenges of Scale-Up. 768
- Table 121. Growth Medium Cost Scenarios with Different Bioreactors. 770
- Table 122. Safety Concerns in Cultivated Meat. 770
- Table 123. Factors Impacting Consumer Acceptance. 772
- Table 124. Cultivated meat regulations 774
- Table 125. Cultured Meat Products 776
- Table 126. Investment in cultivated meat 778
- Table 127. Global market revenues for cultivated meat 2023–2037. 779
- Table 128. Global market revenues for cultivated meat 2023–2037, by region. 780
- Table 129. Challenges of Plant-Based Meat. 783
- Table 130. Plant Proteins Used in Major Retail Brands 786
- Table 131. Extrusion technologies for meat analogues. 786
- Table 132. Process Improvements in Extrusion. 790
- Table 133. Proteins in Plant-based Meat. 790
- Table 134. Novel protein extraction methods. 792
- Table 135. Novel Protein Extraction Methods. 792
- Table 136. Fungal Protein Production 796
- Table 137. Global market revenues for Alternative Protein 2023–2037. 797
- Table 138. Global market revenues for Alternative Protein 2023–2037, by region. 798
- Table 139. Novel Ingredients in Advanced Food Technologies. 799
- Table 140. Types of Phytochemicals. 807
- Table 141. Comprehensive Functional Lipids Comparison Table 808
- Table 142. Micronutrient Technologies. 810
- Table 143. Market players in carbon capture for Agritech. 871
List of Figures
- Figure 1. A vertical farm. 55
- Figure 2. Heliospectra Dyna 400W. 82
- Figure 3. Vertical farming market map. 89
- Figure 4. Global market revenues for vertical farming 2023–2037, by technology area, billions USD. 91
- Figure 5. Global market revenues for vertical farming 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 92
- Figure 6. Market map for crop biotech. 192
- Figure 7. Global market revenues for crop biotech 2023–2037, by technology area, billions USD. 194
- Figure 8. Global market revenues for crop biotech 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 196
- Figure 9. Electric vs non-electric agricultural robots. 288
- Figure 10. Market map for smart farming. 370
- Figure 11. Global market revenues for smart farming 2023–2037, by technology area, billions USD. 372
- Figure 12. Global market revenues for smart farming 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 374
- Figure 13. Global market revenues for biostimulants & biopesticides 2023–2037, by technology area, billions USD. 605
- Figure 14. Global market revenues for biostimulants & biopesticides 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 607
- Figure 15. Global market revenues for natural fertilizers 2023–2037, by technology area, billions USD. 664
- Figure 16. Global market revenues for natural fertilizers 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 666
- Figure 17. Global market revenues for livestock biotech 2023–2037, by technology area, billions USD. 700
- Figure 18. Global market revenues for livestock biotech 2023–2037, by region, billions USD. 701
- Figure 19. Global market revenues for cultivated meat 2023–2037. 780
- Figure 20. Global market revenues for cultivated meat 2023–2037, by region. 781
- Figure 21. Global market revenues for Alternative Protein 2023–2037. 798
- Figure 22. Global market revenues for Alternative Protein 2023–2037, by region. 799
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