Bioherbicides Market Report 2025 (Global Edition)

Current scenario of the bioherbicide market

The key opportunity of the bioherbicide market

• Growing technology-enabled pest control service acts as an opportunity for bioherbicide market growth.

The advent of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms has spurred the use of technology in the last ten years across a variety of industry verticals. To transform the way Pest Management Professionals (PMPs) operate in the pest management sector, IoT technologies are essential. Customer demand for tech-enabled services is rising as expectations for product and service performance rise. Manufacturers of fumigants and providers of fumigation services are altering their product and service launches in response to the growing demand for tech-enabled services. A wireless network of sophisticated trap sensors powers the digital pest management system, offering round-the-clock real-time capture warnings, monitoring, and up-to-date rodent activity verification. This method gives customers information about pest infestations, enabling them to take preventative measures. 

For example,
The new Bayer Digital Pest Management services platform, for example, combines the company's existing pest management knowledge with the power of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. It is offered by manufacturers and producers of various agricultural products. 

Source (https://www.bayer.com/media/en-us/bayer-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-unveil-new-cloud-based-enterprise-solutions-advancing-innovation-and-transparency-in-the-agri-food-industry/) 

The wireless network of cutting-edge sensors that makes up Bayer's Rodent Monitoring System is added to traps that are strategically positioned around food processing facilities and other sensitive areas. In the upcoming years, the market is expected to rise due to the growing prevalence of technology-enabled services. The pest control system with technological integration helps to provide important information. With real-time automated notifications sent to consumers' cell phones or tablets, the technology also gives them fast access to information about the appearance of new pests and insects within the facility. It also makes root-cause analysis quick 

Key drivers of the bioherbicide market

• Increasing consumption of organic food drives the bioherbicide market growth.

Organic food is either created using organic raw ingredients or farmed using the natural agricultural system. The growing health benefits of consuming organic food are linked to their increasing popularity. The majority of consumers of organic food are found in developed regions like North America and Europe. Both regions' domination can be linked to growing consumer knowledge of the advantages of eating organic food and the expansion of organic food and beverage options in supermarkets. 

For example,
46% of US consumers purchased organic food in 2020.

For example,
For meat, dairy, and eggs to be labeled as organic, the animals must be raised on organic feed, given adequate time outdoors, and not fed growth hormones. In 2022, there were over 96 million hectares of organic farms worldwide. In India alone there were nearly 2.5 million organic food producers, more than any other country.

Source (https://www.statista.com/statistics/273090/worldwide-sales-of-organic-foods-since-1999/) 

Furthermore, several additional variables, including the absence of GMOs, high vitamin content, lack of antibiotics and growth hormones, less use of pesticides, and improved environmental stability, are contributing to the growing popularity of organic foods. Because organic horticulture excludes the use of synthetic herbicides due to their potential contamination of crops and natural resources, the use of bioherbicides to control weeds through the use of natural products, extracts, and natural biological agents such as fungi and bacteria to attack weeds is becoming an effective tool.

• Increased usage of high-quality food grains drives the bioherbicide market growth.

Several nations in the globe produce more grains than what is currently needed. On the other hand, some nations have poor grain production but strong demand. The discrepancy between the amount of food grains produced and consumed forces nations to participate in trade to supply the food needs of their populations. Grain quality is preserved during storage by using several preventative steps. As a preventative step, grain fumigation shields the grains from pests and insects. Grain fumigants, when applied to stored grains, aid in the complete eradication of pests. Future demand for these fumigants is anticipated to rise sharply due to the pressing need to maintain global food security. To boost productivity and shield crops from pest infestation, farmers are being compelled by the growing market's need for food to either expand the area under cultivation or employ crop protection chemicals. 

For example,
The worldwide agricultural use of pesticides steadily increased, reaching 3.54 million metric tons in 2021. This growth in pesticide usage reflects the vital role of crop protection chemicals in enhancing agricultural yield and ensuring food security amidst an array of global challenges such as anthropogenic climate change, and population growth.

Source (https://www.statista.com/statistics/1263077/global-pesticide-agricultural-use/) 

Because of this, the need for pesticides—among which soil fumigants are one—has grown dramatically in recent years. By controlling soil-borne diseases like fungi and nematodes, soil fumigants assist farmers in preserving the quality of their soil for crop growth. Therefore, in the upcoming years, it is anticipated that market revenue will rise in tandem with the growing demand for premium food grains.

Key restraints of the bioherbicide market

• The lack of well-defined regulatory guidelines hampers the bioherbicide market growth.

A significant impediment to the expansion of the agricultural biological market is the imprecise and narrow scope of global regulatory frameworks. In the lack of global harmonization, the fundamental reason these regulatory bodies were established is undermined. Its effective growth is also being impeded by procedural delays in the registration and licensing of novel agricultural biologicals. Standardization of data is necessary for the agricultural biologicals market to grow organically and to decrease the number of discrepancies that affect growers and manufacturers. Agricultural biologicals have yet to have a single, widely recognized definition for legal, regulatory, or business purposes. For example, since 1997, the phrase "plant biostimulant" has been in use. Furthermore, new biostimulants and biopesticides are not being commercialized as quickly as they could be. Moreover, the usage of biopesticides has not reached the required level to challenge the dominance of chemical pesticides in the world market. Key firms are well-represented in the well-structured global traditional Agri-inputs market. Nonetheless, several start-ups in the biological sector struggle to secure sufficient capital, build suitable infrastructure, and gain market share. Additionally, these little businesses' R&D endeavors are unable to discern the patterns of demand specific to a given location.

How did COVID-19 impact the bioherbicide market?

The COVID-19 epidemic affected India's Bioherbicide market in a variety of ways. On the one hand, as food preservation grew more important during the epidemic, so did the demand for grain fumigation services. On the other side, the availability and use of Bioherbicide were impacted by supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. Upholding food safety regulations is necessary to maximize market potential in the long run. The world economy was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Industries worldwide encountered numerous obstacles, primarily attributable to the strict policies enforced by governments in various locations. For example, the World Economic Situation and Prospects report from the United Nations states that in 2020, the world economy shrank by 3.2%. In addition, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs reports that over 90% of the global economy was placed under lockdown. This caused a major disruption to the global supply chain, affecting consumer behavior and creating millions of jobless opportunities.  Reduced outputs during COVID-19 were a result of the pandemic-induced disruption in the supply of crop protection goods, such as bioherbicides, fumigants, insecticides, pesticides, and others, to farm levels from both domestic and foreign vendors. Due to border closures and a restricted supply of raw materials, the grain protectant industry was not an exception and experienced a major disruption in the supply chain that influenced its production and distribution. 

Our study will explain complete manufacturing process along with major raw materials required to manufacture end-product. This report helps to make effective decisions determining product position and will assist you to understand opportunities and threats around the globe.

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