Trend · rank 171 of 250

Agricultural technology

Precision sensing, targeted inputs, robotics and controlled-environment growing are spreading unevenly across farms, raising yields and cutting water and input use where farm scale, skills and finance allow adoption.

Production & InnovationFood, water & naturefood systemsroboticswater

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
171of 250
Sensitivity
8.3rank 149
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
27.5rank 162
Eigenvector
0.1
Betweenness
7.2
Links
9trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
16.0

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
77
Over a year
−5%Steady
Over three years
−38%
Peak
48421 Jan 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.29
Coverage
12languages · 62 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (12 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English68%76−17%
Spanish7%84−7%
Russian5%91+10%
German4%107+33%
French3%90+14%
Japanese3%99+20%
Arabic3%71−16%
Chinese3%83+15%
Italian2%80−10%
Persian1%71−17%
Portuguese1%67−27%
Indonesian1%133+40%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

India

Nepal

Singapore

Kenya

Ethiopia

Ghana

Latvia

Slovenia

United Arab Emirates

China

Malaysia

New Zealand

100

72

71

70

51

48

48

47

46

39

39

39

The 12 highest of 62 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English82−10%−13%−25%
EuropeGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian92−12%−1%−8%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 10 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian91−2%−2%−20%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries56+18%−30%−31%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic108+10%−17%−2%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese78−5%−19%−34%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian91−17%+10%−15%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle68+22%−25%−53%
AustraliaGoogle71−18%−23%−34%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese69−20%−31%−35%
CanadaGoogle69−20%−39%−39%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French86−10%−2%−24%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German104−12%+15%+7%
IndiaGoogle55+19%−30%−25%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian104+7%+4%−3%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian83−23%−14%−16%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese94+17%+0%−10%
South KoreaGoogle62+27%−45%−45%
MexicoGoogle66−12%−4%−47%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian91−17%+10%−15%
TürkiyeGoogle145+52%−17%+50%
United KingdomGoogle98+8%+8%−9%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English85−10%−8%−21%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
4 · HighTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighFood loss & wasteFood, water & nature191
3 · ModeratePersistent nutritional deprivationFood, water & nature71
3 · ModerateFertiliser supply dependenceFood, water & nature143
3 · ModerateAgricultural soil degradationFood, water & nature148
3 · ModerateStaple food export concentrationFood, water & nature159
3 · ModerateBiodiversity & ecosystem lossFood, water & nature181
3 · ModerateFreshwater stress & transboundary waterFood, water & nature187
3 · ModerateAlternative proteinsFood, water & nature239
3 · ModerateAquaculture intensificationFood, water & nature242