Sector index · Industry and infrastructure · 2026
Crops, livestock, aquaculture, food science and agricultural technology.
Ranked universities have at least 20 verified industry works in this sector (2021-2025). Score: volume 30%, reach 25% (company groups with 2+ joint works), repeat partnerships 25% (3+ works over 2+ years) and network influence 20%, each as a percentile within this sector's pool of 194.
| # | University | Country | Score | Works | Partners | Leading partners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands | 99.7 | 326 | 56 | FrieslandCampina, Hendrix Genetics, Royal De Heus |
| 2 | China Agricultural University | China | 98.8 | 210 | 42 | CITIC GroupSTATE-OWNED, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group |
| 3 | Kansas State University | United States | 98.7 | 206 | 39 | Corteva, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Hill's Pet Nutrition |
| 4 | University of California, Davis | United States | 98.2 | 164 | 31 | Corteva, Cramer Fish Sciences, Mars Wrigley Confectionery |
| 5 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Norway | 96.8 | 180 | 22 | Graminor, Tine, Animalia |
| 6 | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | Brazil | 96.8 | 156 | 25 | Trouw Nutrition, Evonik, Alltech |
| 7 | Iowa State University | United States | 95.9 | 154 | 24 | Bayer, Corteva, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 8 | University of Florida | United States | 95.1 | 152 | 24 | Corteva, Chr. Hansen, Bayer |
| 9 | University of Guelph | Canada | 94.5 | 140 | 25 | Trouw Nutrition, BASF, AB Agri |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | United States | 93.6 | 140 | 20 | Corteva, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, AB Vista |
| 11 | Purdue University West Lafayette | United States | 93.1 | 129 | 21 | Corteva, Bayer, Evonik |
| 12 | Michigan State University | United States | 93.0 | 118 | 25 | Corteva, Bayer, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 13 | University of Georgia | United States | 92.9 | 121 | 24 | Cobb-Vantress, Cargill, DSM |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | 92.5 | 113 | 27 | Arla Foods, Corteva, Cobb-Vantress |
| 15 | Texas A&M University | United States | 91.7 | 117 | 22 | Cargill, Chr. Hansen, Bayer |
| 16 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 91.1 | 132 | 16 | Arla Foods, Chr. Hansen, BGI Group |
| 17 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | 90.9 | 121 | 19 | BGI Group, North Huajin Chemical Industries Group, China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNED |
| 18 | Cornell University | United States | 90.6 | 112 | 22 | Zoetis, Elanco, Corteva |
| 19 | Jiangnan University | China | 90.2 | 93 | 17 | Luzhou Laojiao, FrieslandCampina, Midea Group |
| 20 | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | 89.8 | 102 | 22 | Apis Flora, Parsons, Ourofino Saúde Animal |
| 21 | North Carolina State University | United States | 89.5 | 116 | 16 | Bayer, Zoetis, BASF |
| 22 | Aarhus University | Denmark | 88.0 | 110 | 22 | Arla Foods, Agricultural Development Advisory Service, DSM |
| 23 | Ghent University | Belgium | 87.5 | 99 | 17 | Inagro, E-nema, ProDigest |
| 24 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden | 87.5 | 96 | 15 | BioGaia, DeLaval, Graminor |
| 25 | Université de Montpellier | France | 86.8 | 94 | 19 | Lallemand, Limagrain, RiceTec |
| 26 | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | 85.5 | 96 | 16 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Jiangsu Biodep Biotechnology, BGI Group |
| 27 | University of Minnesota | United States | 84.3 | 92 | 16 | Bayer, Corteva, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 28 | University of Hohenheim | Germany | 84.2 | 88 | 15 | KWS Saat, BASF, Nestlé |
| 29 | Northwest A&F University | China | 83.1 | 91 | 13 | Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED |
| 30 | Colorado State University | United States | 82.8 | 85 | 15 | Corteva, Bayer, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 31 | Université Paris-Saclay | France | 82.5 | 80 | 16 | Limagrain, Biosearch Life, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 32 | University of Arkansas at Fayetteville | United States | 82.2 | 76 | 14 | BASF, Cobb-Vantress, Bayer |
| 33 | Mississippi State University | United States | 81.8 | 72 | 16 | Simplot, Zinpro, Cobb-Vantress |
| 34 | Universidade Federal de Viçosa | Brazil | 81.8 | 76 | 15 | Suzano, Evonik, Topigs Norsvin |
| 35 | Huazhong Agricultural University | China | 81.3 | 69 | 13 | BGI Group, China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNED, Kewpie Corporation |
| 36 | The Ohio State University | United States | 80.6 | 80 | 12 | STgenetics, Zinpro, Cargill |
| 37 | University of Alberta | Canada | 80.3 | 78 | 13 | Select Sires, DSM, Hendrix Genetics |
| 38 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy | 79.9 | 68 | 14 | Horta, Barilla, Aeiforia |
| 39 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 79.7 | 72 | 14 | Arla Foods, Chr. Hansen, BGI Group |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | United States | 79.2 | 88 | 11 | Corteva, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Bayer |
| 41 | Oregon State University | United States | 79.0 | 73 | 14 | Bayer, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Simplot |
| 42 | Virginia Tech | United States | 78.1 | 63 | 14 | Blackstone, Bayer, Novonesis |
| 43 | Auburn University | United States | 77.5 | 61 | 15 | Bayer, Corteva, Tyson Foods |
| 44 | Northeast Agricultural University | China | 75.5 | 62 | 9 | Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Inner Mongolia Electric Power Survey & Design Institute, Shimadzu |
| 45 | The University of Queensland | Australia | 75.4 | 68 | 11 | Corteva, Boehringer Ingelheim, InterGrain |
| 46 | University of Saskatchewan | Canada | 74.9 | 72 | 11 | Evonik, Trouw Nutrition, AB Vista |
| 47 | South China Agricultural University | China | 74.1 | 62 | 13 | Wens Foodstuff Group, BGI Group, Guangzhou Electronic Technology |
| 48 | Massey University | New Zealand | 73.0 | 69 | 7 | Fonterra, Evonik, DSM |
| 49 | Zhejiang University | China | 71.2 | 62 | 11 | Changhong, Zinpro, BGI Group |
| 50 | Sichuan Agricultural University | China | 71.2 | 54 | 10 | Luzhou Laojiao, Tongwei, Adisseo France SAS |
| 51 | AgroParisTech | France | 71.2 | 61 | 16 | Limagrain, Biosearch Life, Lesaffre |
| 52 | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | 71.1 | 54 | 11 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Agricultural Development Advisory Service, Limagrain |
| 53 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 70.6 | 66 | 9 | Genus, Lohmann, Benchmark |
| 54 | Universidade do Porto | Portugal | 70.4 | 66 | 6 | Sparos, Riasearch, Flatlantic |
| 55 | University of Manitoba | Canada | 70.2 | 50 | 9 | CBS Bio Platforms, Evonik, Topigs Norsvin |
| 56 | BOKU University | Austria | 69.3 | 60 | 8 | Biomin, Barilla, Evonik |
| 57 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 67.6 | 49 | 10 | Royal GD, Altec, Delsys |
| 58 | Universidade Federal de Lavras | Brazil | 67.3 | 49 | 10 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Suzano, Trouw Nutrition |
| 59 | University College Dublin | Ireland | 66.8 | 50 | 8 | Plusvital, Equilume, Creme Global |
| 60 | University of Kentucky | United States | 66.3 | 45 | 12 | Alltech, Cotton, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 61 | Sichuan University | China | 66.0 | 62 | 6 | Luzhou Laojiao, China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNED, PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED |
| 62 | The University of Western Australia | Australia | 65.5 | 46 | 9 | BGI Group, Corteva, InterGrain |
| 63 | University of Washington | United States | 65.5 | 47 | 9 | OAI Consulting, Cramer Fish Sciences, Natural Resources Consultants |
| 64 | University of Missouri | United States | 65.1 | 53 | 11 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Corteva, Bayer |
| 65 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 64.9 | 46 | 9 | Australian Pork, DataGene, Boehringer Ingelheim |
| 66 | University of Helsinki | Finland | 63.7 | 50 | 8 | EstiMates Oy, Valio, MetaMeta Research |
| 67 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway | 63.4 | 42 | 9 | BioMar, Pharmaq, Aqua Kompetanse AS |
| 68 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Greece | 62.8 | 42 | 9 | Kemin, Lallemand, Idener |
| 69 | University of Padua | Italy | 62.6 | 44 | 11 | Lallemand, Virbac, Sofralab |
| 70 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 62.4 | 46 | 7 | Inagro, Kemin, Anheuser-Busch InBev |
| 71 | University College Cork | Ireland | 61.4 | 44 | 7 | FrieslandCampina, Nestlé, Fonterra |
| 72 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | 61.2 | 38 | 10 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group |
| 73 | Clemson University | United States | 60.5 | 42 | 9 | Novus International, Corteva, Agilent Technologies |
| 74 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 60.2 | 48 | 8 | KWS Saat, Bayer, Hendrix Genetics |
| 75 | University of Milan | Italy | 58.6 | 40 | 7 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Aeiforia, Skretting |
| 76 | Wuhan University | China | 58.1 | 37 | 8 | China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNED, PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED, China Yangtze Power Co.STATE-OWNED |
| 77 | Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | Germany | 58.0 | 37 | 9 | Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke, KWS Saat, Picarro |
| 78 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | 57.9 | 38 | 10 | Corteva, Kemin, Vale |
| 79 | Washington State University | United States | 57.9 | 47 | 10 | Corteva, Simplot, BGI Group |
| 80 | Charles University | Czechia | 57.4 | 38 | 8 | Agrovyzkum Rapotin, Agricultural Research, Research Institute of Brewing and Malting |
| 81 | Ocean University of China | China | 56.5 | 36 | 6 | Innochina Biotech, Hisense, Alltech |
| 82 | University of Göttingen | Germany | 56.2 | 43 | 8 | China Ningbo International Cooperation, KWS Saat, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 83 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 55.5 | 40 | 8 | Nestlé, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, KWS Saat |
| 84 | University of Bergen | Norway | 55.5 | 38 | 6 | Lerøy, Sparos, Akvaplan-niva |
| 85 | Hokkaido University | Japan | 54.6 | 50 | 6 | SNOW Brand SEED Co., Idemitsu Kosan, Fukuda Denshi |
| 86 | University of Bologna | Italy | 54.5 | 51 | 7 | Centro Agricoltura Ambiente, Domca, Luzhou Laojiao |
| 87 | Kyoto University | Japan | 54.1 | 49 | 5 | Fuji Oil, Sumitomo Chemical, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University | United States | 53.0 | 44 | 9 | Cargill, Bayer, Ajinomoto |
| 89 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 52.8 | 38 | 6 | Nestlé, PepsiCo, Sogrape Vinhos |
| 90 | Southwest University | China | 51.5 | 38 | 7 | China Tobacco Guangxi IndustrialSTATE-OWNED, BGI Group, New Hope Liuhe |
| 91 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 50.5 | 39 | 7 | Evonik, Zoetis, Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| 92 | University of Reading | United Kingdom | 49.0 | 32 | 6 | John Deere, Mondelēz International, Branston |
| 93 | University of Bonn | Germany | 48.6 | 34 | 6 | Trouw Nutrition, Bayer, Evonik |
| 94 | University of Idaho | United States | 48.5 | 36 | 7 | Simplot, Bayer, Miller Group |
| 95 | Tohoku University | Japan | 47.5 | 34 | 7 | Zen-Noh, Zenyaku Kogyo, Zenyaku Kogyo Co. |
| 96 | Universidade Federal de Goiás | Brazil | 45.5 | 35 | 5 | Eletrobras, Lallemand, Cobb-Vantress |
| 97 | Hiroshima University | Japan | 44.9 | 28 | 6 | Fuji Oil, Hendrix Genetics, Miyoshi OIL FAT Co. |
| 98 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | Germany | 44.4 | 35 | 6 | E-nema, BioZyme, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 99 | Shandong Agricultural University | China | 44.3 | 35 | 4 | New Hope Liuhe, Shandong Pengbo Biotechnology, Shimadzu |
| 100 | University of Stirling | United Kingdom | 44.3 | 29 | 7 | BioMar, Mowi, Skretting |
| 101 | Universitat de Barcelona | Spain | 44.0 | 32 | 6 | Skretting, Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre, APC Europe |
| 102 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 43.9 | 48 | 4 | Kikkoman, AIR Water Inc., Rigaku |
| 103 | Chungnam National University | South Korea | 43.7 | 32 | 5 | CJ CheilJedang, Insilicogen, Cargill |
| 104 | McGill University | Canada | 43.6 | 40 | 5 | Hangzhou Jiangnan Talent Service, Agilent Technologies, InStream Fisheries Research |
| 105 | UiT The Arctic University of Norway | Norway | 43.2 | 32 | 6 | Akvaplan-niva, Calanus, Mowi |
| 106 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | 42.7 | 38 | 7 | Australian Pork, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, InterGrain |
| 107 | University of Tennessee at Knoxville | United States | 42.3 | 36 | 8 | Blackstone, Cotton, Parsons |
| 108 | Oklahoma State University | United States | 41.8 | 36 | 6 | Elanco, Woodward, Blackstone |
| 109 | Seoul National University | South Korea | 41.5 | 31 | 6 | Cargill, Cosmax Inc., CJ CheilJedang |
| 110 | University of Arizona | United States | 41.2 | 32 | 4 | Google, Indigo Information Services |
| 111 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 40.1 | 40 | 6 | DSM, InStream Fisheries Research, Chr. Hansen |
| 112 | University of Lisbon | Portugal | 39.4 | 33 | 5 | Terraprima, Sparos, Centro Agricoltura Ambiente |
| 113 | Shanghai Ocean University | China | 39.2 | 33 | 3 | Kewpie Corporation, BGI Group |
| 113 | University of Turin | Italy | 39.2 | 33 | 9 | Agricultural Development Advisory Service, WRc, Chr. Hansen |
| 115 | Brno University of Technology | Czechia | 39.1 | 32 | 4 | Agricultural Research, Agrovyzkum Rapotin, Research Institute of Brewing and Malting |
| 116 | Xi'an University of Technology | China | 39.0 | 28 | 5 | Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group, PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED, State Development & Investment Corporation |
| 117 | Université Clermont Auvergne | France | 38.7 | 30 | 7 | Lallemand, Limagrain, Roche |
| 118 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | Saudi Arabia | 38.4 | 31 | 9 | Limagrain, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Corteva |
| 119 | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 38.3 | 29 | 5 | Agricultural Development Advisory Service, Chevron, BioMar |
| 120 | Stellenbosch University | South Africa | 37.8 | 30 | 6 | CenGen (Pty) Ltd, Lallemand, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation |
| 121 | Freie Universität Berlin | Germany | 35.8 | 26 | 7 | Laboklin, Animalia, Synlab |
| 122 | Murdoch University | Australia | 35.7 | 30 | 5 | BGI Group, Corteva, Agricultural Development Advisory Service |
| 123 | Guizhou University | China | 33.9 | 28 | 3 | WengFu Group, China Tobacco Guangxi IndustrialSTATE-OWNED, PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED |
| 124 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States | 33.4 | 32 | 4 | Bayer, Cargill, Google |
| 125 | Palacký University Olomouc | Czechia | 33.3 | 22 | 7 | Tozer Seeds, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Photon Systems Instruments |
| 126 | Kangwon National University | South Korea | 33.3 | 30 | 3 | Advanced Enzyme Technologies Limited, Nonghyup, Cell Biotech |
| 127 | Texas Tech University | United States | 33.1 | 30 | 4 | Cargill, Lallemand, Elanco |
| 128 | North Dakota State University | United States | 33.0 | 31 | 6 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Corteva, Cotton |
| 129 | Université Laval | Canada | 32.9 | 31 | 5 | Agropur cooperative, General Mills, DSM |
| 130 | Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier | France | 32.5 | 30 | 7 | Airbus, Atos, BGI Group |
| 131 | Universidade Federal do Paraná | Brazil | 32.3 | 31 | 5 | Crop Science Pesquisa e Consultoria Agronômica, DSM, Apis Flora |
| 132 | Warsaw University of Life Sciences | Poland | 32.3 | 22 | 5 | Agricultural Research, Agrovyzkum Rapotin, Elea Vertriebs- und Vermarktungsgesellschaft |
| 133 | Kyungpook National University | South Korea | 31.5 | 30 | 5 | Ildong, Shell, CJ CheilJedang |
| 134 | Université de Bordeaux | France | 31.4 | 29 | 10 | Pernod Ricard, DNAVision, Kirin |
| 135 | Université de Lille | France | 30.1 | 28 | 4 | Adrianor, Ingredia, Lesaffre |
| 136 | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 29.9 | 21 | 7 | Evonik, Firmenich, Trouw Nutrition |
| 137 | Montana State University | United States | 29.6 | 33 | 5 | Cargill, Simplot, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 138 | University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn | Poland | 29.5 | 24 | 5 | Chr. Hansen, Grupa Azoty, Agricultural Research |
| 139 | University of Parma | Italy | 29.3 | 26 | 5 | Barilla, Lallemand, Animalia |
| 140 | University of East Anglia | United Kingdom | 29.1 | 24 | 6 | AB Vista, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Agricultural Development Advisory Service |
| 141 | New Mexico State University | United States | 29.1 | 24 | 5 | Zinpro, STgenetics, Bayer |
| 142 | Tsinghua University | China | 28.4 | 26 | 3 | China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNED, PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED, China MobileSTATE-OWNED |
| 143 | University of Zagreb | Croatia | 27.9 | 26 | 3 | Oikon, Pliva, CEVA-PhylaxiaCo |
| 144 | Masaryk University | Czechia | 27.1 | 22 | 5 | Agricultural Research, Photon Systems Instruments, Research Institute for Fodder Crops |
| 145 | Newcastle University | United Kingdom | 26.8 | 26 | 4 | Agricultural Development Advisory Service, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Bejo Zaden |
| 146 | University of Tsukuba | Japan | 26.3 | 22 | 4 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Mitsubishi Chemical, CTI Engineering |
| 147 | University of Florence | Italy | 25.0 | 28 | 4 | FoodMicroTeam, Centro Agricoltura Ambiente, Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali |
| 148 | Curtin University | Australia | 24.9 | 24 | 5 | AB Vista, Chevron, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 149 | Universidade Estadual de Londrina | Brazil | 24.9 | 26 | 4 | Kemin, Alltech, Bayer |
| 150 | University of Pretoria | South Africa | 24.2 | 24 | 5 | Sappi, Cargill, Bayer |
| 151 | Xi'an Jiaotong University | China | 23.9 | 26 | 3 | Shaanxi Provincial Land Engineering Construction Group, Jiangxi CAS Pharmaceutical Engineering Technology, Inner Mongolia Electric Power |
| 152 | Yangzhou University | China | 23.8 | 26 | 3 | New Hope Dairy, BGI Group |
| 153 | Lund University | Sweden | 23.5 | 26 | 4 | BioGaia, PepsiCo, Arla Foods |
| 154 | University of California, Berkeley | United States | 23.3 | 32 | 4 | Google, PepsiCo, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED |
| 155 | Konkuk University | South Korea | 23.2 | 22 | 2 | Nonghyup, CJ CheilJedang, Daepoong |
| 156 | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University | China | 23.1 | 23 | 4 | Fuzhou Haima Feed, Tianma Microelectronics, BGI Group |
| 157 | Technische Universität Berlin | Germany | 22.9 | 22 | 7 | DSM, August Storck KG, Evonik |
| 158 | University of Zurich | Switzerland | 22.1 | 28 | 4 | Merck & Co. (MSD), Google, Laboklin |
| 159 | Hohai University | China | 21.8 | 23 | 3 | PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED, China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNED, China Yangtze Power Co.STATE-OWNED |
| 160 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Spain | 21.6 | 28 | 4 | Ordesa, AB Vista, APC Europe |
| 161 | Dalhousie University | Canada | 21.5 | 28 | 4 | Select Sires, Inverness Research, Jefo Nutrition |
| 162 | University of Delaware | United States | 21.0 | 26 | 5 | Jefo Nutrition, Blackstone, Cotton |
| 163 | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Germany | 20.9 | 20 | 4 | SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Limagrain, KWS Saat |
| 164 | Universidade Federal do Ceará | Brazil | 20.0 | 20 | 4 | Banco do Nordeste do Brasil, Evonik, Lakes Environmental |
| 165 | Beijing Forestry University | China | 19.9 | 22 | 3 | Inner Mongolia Electric Power Survey & Design Institute, PowerChinaSTATE-OWNED, China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNED |
| 166 | Guangxi University | China | 19.4 | 21 | 4 | China Tobacco Guangxi IndustrialSTATE-OWNED, Guangxi Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co., Beijing Enterprises |
| 167 | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany | 19.4 | 23 | 5 | Deutsche Saatveredelung, Picarro, GMV Innovating Solutions |
| 168 | Sun Yat-sen University | China | 19.1 | 27 | 3 | Huawei Technologies, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, A&L Canada Laboratories |
| 169 | Kobe University | Japan | 18.9 | 21 | 3 | Miyoshi OIL FAT Co., Fujicco Co., Hakutsuru SAKE Brewing Co. |
| 170 | University of Pisa | Italy | 18.6 | 20 | 4 | Centro Agricoltura Ambiente, Sanofi, Agricultural Development Advisory Service |
| 171 | Stanford University | United States | 18.6 | 26 | 5 | Gencove, Innochina Biotech, Google |
| 172 | UCLouvain | Belgium | 18.3 | 22 | 5 | Lesaffre, Lincoln Agritech, Limagrain |
| 173 | University of Córdoba | Spain | 18.1 | 24 | 3 | Mondelēz International, Agricultural Development Advisory Service, Animalia |
| 174 | South China University of Technology | China | 17.4 | 20 | 5 | BGI Group, Abbott, Midea Group |
| 175 | University of Bern | Switzerland | 17.2 | 26 | 4 | DeLaval, Hendrix Genetics, Merck & Co. (MSD) |
| 176 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 16.8 | 21 | 3 | Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Cultech |
| 177 | Queensland University of Technology | Australia | 16.5 | 22 | 3 | Boehringer Ingelheim, Sugar Research Australia, QuintessenceLabs |
| 178 | University of Liège | Belgium | 16.2 | 24 | 4 | Biomin, Inagro, CRV |
| 179 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | United States | 15.4 | 26 | 3 | Bristol-Myers Squibb, FMC, Cargill |
| 180 | Universidade Federal de Pelotas | Brazil | 15.4 | 20 | 3 | GenSys Associated Consultants, SyngentaSTATE-OWNED, Corteva |
| 181 | Jilin University | China | 15.2 | 21 | 3 | Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., New Hope Liuhe |
| 182 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany | 14.6 | 23 | 2 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Picarro, Bruker |
| 183 | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Brazil | 14.3 | 22 | 4 | Evonik, Brf, Vale |
| 184 | Utah State University | United States | 13.5 | 22 | 2 | Renaissance Services, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Bayer |
| 185 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 13.3 | 23 | 2 | Scottish and Southern Energy, Alltech, NVP Energy |
| 186 | Ningbo University | China | 11.9 | 20 | 4 | Zhejiang Yiming Food, Evonik, Wuxi El Pont Radiation Technology |
| 187 | La Trobe University | Australia | 11.9 | 22 | 3 | InterGrain, DataGene, Corteva |
| 188 | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | Brazil | 11.3 | 22 | 2 | Boehringer Ingelheim, Hendrix Genetics, Laboratório da Cerveja |
| 189 | Beijing Normal University | China | 9.7 | 22 | 3 | China Coal Technology and Engineering Group CorpSTATE-OWNED, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNED, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED |
| 190 | University of Auckland | New Zealand | 8.2 | 20 | 3 | Fonterra, BGI Group, New Hope Liuhe |
| 191 | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | 5.9 | 20 | 2 | Fatima Fertilizers, Zinpro, Future F Biotech |
| 192 | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | United States | 5.0 | 20 | 3 | AB Vista, Inari Agriculture, Hill's Pet Nutrition |
| 193 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 3.4 | 21 | 0 | Oxford Systematic Reviews, Fish Fondler, AstraZeneca |
| 194 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Spain | 2.1 | 20 | 2 | Picarro, Lallemand, Gansu Mogao Industrial Development |
Leading partners: up to three company groups with the most joint works in the sector. State-owned enterprises are marked; a partner whose name is withheld is not listed.
Funded partnerships (reported, not scored). 533 UK and EU projects starting 2021 to 2025 (268 UKRI, 265 Horizon) involve a cohort university and a company group whose main sector, by its verified joint works, is this one (315 universities): most often Syngenta, IRIS Technology Solutions, Kelda Group, Chr. Hansen, PepsiCo. Sources: UKRI Gateway to Research harvested 4 Oct 2026; CORDIS bulk files of 2026-10-12 (latest record update 2026-06-10). Funded partnerships cover UK (UKRI Gateway to Research) and EU (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, CORDIS) projects starting 2021 to 2025 only. They are reported, never scored, and a funder record outside these two sources is not visible here.
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The full Agriculture and Food Technology ranking (rank, university, country, score, sector works, partners and leading partners) as an Excel workbook. Every other index is in the all-indices workbook.
Released under CC BY 4.0: reuse freely with attribution to the Industry Collaboration Index, Global Research Partnerships. How it is measured.