The Europe Agricultural Biologicals market is accounted to US$ 2,372.5 Mn in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.8% during the forecast period 2019 – 2027, to account to US$ 6,418.8 Mn by 2027.
Agricultural biologicals comprises of a broad range of plant extracts, insects, microbials, and other agricultural biologicals materials, used by the farmers to enhance crop health and yield and as pests control. It also helps in improving the availability of nutrients, nutrient uptake capacity of plant, assists in product’s robust resistance to insects, and residue managements, as well as improves the total productivity of the plant crops. Italy is leading the Europe Agricultural Biologicals market followed by France. This dominance is due to the preference over bio-based crop nutrition products in the region. From a very beginning, Italy has been highly involved in organic farming suing bio pesticides, bio fertilizers and bio stimulants to maintain the quality and quantity of yield and is considered to be an important contributor in environmental and food sustainable development. The organic agriculture sector of Italy has shown a remarkable growth opportunity in terms of supply corresponding to its demand. Italy's organic farming sector has registered an increment in the area used for cultivation and organic production with a substantial increase in the number of farmers opting organic farming. The Italian agricultural model has ensured to be one of the most sustainable in Europe.
Market Insights
Increase in adoption of natural products over synthetic products
Agricultural biologicals are widely being used as a replacement of synthetic or chemical plant protection products like chemical pesticides, fungicides or insecticides. Agricultural biologicals products like bio pesticides, bio stimulants, and bio fertilizers serve as a natural products which leads to soil health development, plant’s disease control, enhancement of nutrient uptake, plant growth enhancement, and various others. The customers are adopting agricultural biologicals products over other synthetic products owing to its capability to target specific microorganisms with low impact on other organisms, low environmental impacts, and a low risk of product resistance towards the pests. Synthetic products are toxic and harmful not only to humans, but also to pets, plant crops, beneficial organisms, and also environment. Applications of synthetic products causes crop product’s contamination with injurious chemical residues, contamination of groundwater and soil, and various health risks while applying these products. Constant protection of plants through the usage of synthetic products may also lead to strong insect’s resistance towards those chemicals. The manufacturing costs of synthetic products are higher as compared to agricultural biologicals, which has been contributing towards the increasing adoption of natural products. As compared to synthetic products, agricultural biologicals products are non-pollutants towards environment, soil, water or plant, along with inexhaustible, easily accessible, biodegradable, renewable, non-phytotoxic, and a cost effective option. Agricultural biologicals consists of essential oils, alkaloids, terpenoids, polypeptides, polyphenols, phenolics, and other natural compounds which assists in prevention of harmful pests. Also, the synthetic products passes through much more regulatory processes as compare to natural products. These factors are mainly contributing towards the increasing adoption of natural products over synthetic products.
Type Insights
The Europe Agricultural Biologicals market is segmented on the basis of type as – bio pesticides, bio stimulants, and bio fertilizers. The bio pesticides segment in the Europe agricultural biologicals market is estimated to hold a leading share in the market, while the bio stimulants segment has been estimated to grow at the fastest rate. Bio stimulants are biologicals fertilizer additives which are used in crop production to enhance plant growth, health and productivity. It helps plant to improve nutrient-use efficiency, tolerate stresses like heat, cold, and drought and improve quality characteristics like nutritional content, shelf life, and others. It differs from other crop protection products as they act only on plant’s vigor and does not provide any controlled actions against any pests or disease, thus it enhances plant growth and development throughout the life cycle of crop from seed germination to plant maturity stage. Increasing focus on enhancing plant productivity, linked with speedy soil degradation will propel the market in future. It acts as an effective substitute to synthetic agro products and used at a high rate due to its eco-friendly nature and performance effectiveness. The driving factors include the need for crop augmentation while pursuing rising sustainable practices, looking for biologicals practices to boost production with decreased pressure on environment.
Source Insights
The Europe agricultural biologicals market is segmented based on source as microbials, bio chemicals, and others. In 2018, the microbials segment accounts for the largest share in the Europe agricultural biologicals market, while the bio chemicals segment also contributes a significant share in the market. Bio chemicals is another major source of agricultural biologicals which are used as a pesticide product. It exploits natural substances rather than chemicals for the pest control. It consists of natural substances like diatomaceous earth, canola oil, tea tree oil, neem oil, cayenne paper, baking soda, and other substances. Bio chemical pesticides can either kill pests or generate an unfriendly environment for pests to grow. Customers are highly using biochemical products for soil amendments and seed treatments. It generally releases biochemical molecules to target areas of plant such as leaf & stem surface, root rhizosphere, etc. Rising usage of natural products for the pest control are mainly driving the Europe agricultural biologicals market.
Application Mode Insights
The Europe agricultural biologicals market is segmented on the basis of application mode as foliar sprays, soil treatment, and seed treatment. The seed treatment segment was estimated to hold a major share in the market, while the soil treatment segment is projected to grow at the fastest rate. Soil treatments are the agricultural practices or operations for the soil protection and improve its performances like soil fertility, and soil mechanics. It is used to treat the polluted soil and transform into functional agricultural soil. Microbes like bacteria and fungi are used to remove soil pollutants or contaminants by nitrogen fixation process, limiting plant pathogen’s growth, decomposing heavy metals, mitigating hydrocarbons, halogenated organic solvents, halogenated organic compounds, radionuclides, and pesticides in the soil. Rapid surge in industrial development, increasing population, increasing demands of qualitative, and nutritive food products are mainly driving the market. It assists in the development of plant by improving moisture retention and soil’s nutrient content, microbial restoration activities, improving physical and biologicals soil’s content, etc. which is expected to propel the agricultural biologicals market growth in coming years
Application Insights
The Europe agricultural biologicals market is segmented on the basis of application as cereals and grains, oilseeds and pulses, fruits and vegetables, and others. The cereals and grains segment accounts for the largest share in the Europe agricultural biologicals market, while the fruits and vegetables segment also contributes a significant share in the market. Agricultural biologicals products are used to improve crop quality and yields of fruits and vegetables, along with providing affordable and healthy food products to customers worldwide. Mainly biologicals plant protection agents such as fungi and bacteria are used for pest control in fruits and vegetables. Microbials, bio chemicals, and beneficial macro organisms are amongst the major pest control techniques used for fruits and vegetables industry. Bio pesticides and bio fertilizers are the major product types used for pest control. Agricultural biologicals are widely used for early plant development, healthy or qualitative yield, improved shelf life, low occurrence of fruit and vegetable crop diseases. Rising requirements of organic vegetables and fruits with low chemical usage, along with high level consistency, improved color, and increased size of fruit and vegetable products are driving the usage of agricultural biologicals.
EUROPE AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICALS MARKET SEGMENTATION
Europe Agricultural Biologicals Market – By Type
Europe Agricultural Biologicals Market – By Source
Europe Agricultural Biologicals Market – By Application Mode
Europe Agricultural Biologicals Market – By Applications
Europe Agricultural Biologicals Market – By Country
Company Profiles
The List of Companies - Europe Agricultural Biologicals Market