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Global Crop Protection Chemicals Markets
Frost & Sullivan, June 2009, Pages: 186
This study analyses in detail about the Global crop protection chemicals market. It would include chemical wise segmentation which has regional analysis in each segment. The study includes the revenues of the top 17 companies in the market.
Crop protection chemical is a general term for agrochemicals or pesticides. These chemicals fight against unwanted pests and plants or crops, which would reduce the yield of the crops of interest, thus playing an important role for the improved plant health. These chemicals are to be used in right quantities (prescribed by the manufacturer) over the field for the optimal performances. If not, these agrochemicals turn out to be extremely dangerous to humans, environment, and even crops of interest.
Agrochemicals are a mature market that is increasing. Nevertheless, the level of pest, disease, and weed control that is being achieved is superior to anything that has existed before. New compounds continue to be introduced and new strategies for control are being conceived. These include integrated crop management (ICM) schemes, non-cidal approaches, and the use of natural products.
The agrochemicals/crop protection chemicals market continues to be concentrated in the major developed world markets (such as the United States and western European nations), with herbicides dominating sales. The market is expected to grow with the growing population and the need/demand for the food and fuels (biofuel). This increase in demand is being compensated with the growing biotechnological innovation in the field of agriculture, which aims in altering the genome of the plants incorporating disease or insect resistance naturally and thus, increasing the yield. However, the barrier is that not all diseases and pests are fought with the help of biotechnological advancements. In order to fight the unwanted pests and plants, chemicals are used to improve the plant health, thereby improving productivity
Even with the shift in the agricultural industry towards biotechnology, there has been constant introduction of new molecules or active ingredient formulations into the market at an average rate of five to seven molecules per year. Analyzing the introduction of new active ingredients over a long term, it was identified the number of new compounds is reducing. This reduction is attributed to a number of reasons, which include shift of research and development investments toward biotechnology in plants and reduction in investments for identification of new chemical varieties, industry consolidation, rise of post-patented agrochemicals, decline in re-registrations, regulatory activities affecting older chemistries, and regional economic activities.
It must be remembered that a certain percentage of the total agrochemical sales are derived from generic, off-patent compounds most of which are manufactured by companies with no research base and consequently, lower overheads than conventional innovative companies. Such compounds are always sold at prices that are significantly lower than new products as the huge costs associated with discovery, development, toxicology testing, and environmental impact evaluations are not invested by generic manufacturers.
In addition to all these chemicals, there has been significant market contribution by the natural products. These natural products are being obtained from microbes such as bacteria, fungus, or virus. There are also products called pheromones and other beneficial insects. These together form the natural chemicals. The growth in the sales of these chemicals is favored by the increased organic farming practice, increased prevalence of programs such as integrated pest management (IPM), integrated crop management (ICM), and so on. Industry participants strongly believe that there could not be much dominance by the organic farming procedures, which would pose a threat to the chemicals market because of two reasons. The first reason is the lower level of productivity that is obtained from the organic farming practice, that is, large areas of land are required to feed less number of population and with the increasing population in the world, looking for large agricultural areas for lower productivity would be an issue. The second major reason is that the natural products would be specific in action unlike the broad-spectrum chemical pesticides. This would lead to increased input costs, which will not be feasible for farmers. Thus, the growth in the natural agricultural products is limited to certain areas and cannot overtake the market for chemical pesticides.
Scope of the study
The market can be segmented in various ways. Being a highly researched and high profile market, extensive research that are being carried out. In each research, there are certain definitions, inclusions, and exclusions that are being focused. This research study also includes various segmentation types, which have their own scope of coverage.
The market is segmented into type of chemicals, which includes:
- Herbicides and plant growth regulators (PGRs)
- Insecticides
- Fungicides
- Others (which include seed treatments, rodenticide, molluscicides, nematicide, and acaricide)
The regions covered in this study are:
- North America (which includes the United States and Canada)
- Europe (which includes all the countries under the EU-27 and Switzerland)
- Latin America (which includes Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and other South American countries)
- Rest-of-World (ROW) (which includes Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand)
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Introduction
-- Market Definitions
- Market Dynamics
-- Drivers
-- Restraints
- Market Metrics
-- Essence of the Overall Market
- Conclusion
--Summary
2. GLOBAL CROP PROTECTION CHEMICALS MARKET
- Introduction
-- Market Overview
-- Industry Challenges
- Market Dynamics
-- Market Drivers
-- Market Restraints
-- Global Crop Protection Chemicals Market
-- Market Share Analysis
-- Mergers and Acquisition
- Regional Analysis
-- North American Crop Protection Chemicals Market Forecasts
-- European Crop Protection Chemicals Market Forecasts
-- Latin American Crop Protection Chemicals Market Forecasts
-- Rest-of-World Crop Protection Chemicals Market Forecasts
3. HERBICIDES AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS MARKET
- Global Perspective
-- Market Overview
-- Chemistry Analysis
-- Regional Share Analysis
-- Drivers and Restraints
-- Revenue Forecasts
-- Pricing Analysis
-- Competitive Structure
-- Market Share Analysis
- Regional Market Analysis
-- North American Herbicide and Plant Growth Regulators Market
-- European Herbicide and Plant Growth Regulators Market
-- Latin American Herbicide and Plant Growth Regulators Market
-- Rest-of-World Herbicide and Plant Growth Regulators Market
4. INSECTICIDES MARKET
- Global Perspective
-- Market Overview
-- Chemistry Analysis
-- Regional Share Analysis
-- Drivers and Restraints
-- Revenue Forecasts
-- Pricing Analysis
-- Competitive Structure
-- Market Share Analysis
- Regional Market Analysis
-- North American Fungicides Market
-- European Fungicides Market
-- Latin American Fungicides Market
-- Rest-of-World Fungicides Market
5. FUNGICIDES MARKET
- Global Perspective
-- Market Overview
-- Chemistry Analysis
-- Regional Share Analysis
-- Drivers and Restraints
-- Revenue Forecasts
-- Pricing Analysis
-- Competitive Structure
-- Market Share Analysis
- Regional Market Analysis
-- North American Insecticides Market
-- European Insecticides Market
-- Latin American Insecticides Market
-- Rest-of-World Insecticides Market
6. OTHER CROP PROTECTION CHEMICALS MARKET
- Global Perspective
-- Market Overview
-- Regional Share Analysis
-- Drivers and Restraints
-- Revenue Forecasts
-- Competitive Structure
-- Market Share Analysis
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