Seed Market Research Reports, Market Research Reports for Seed, Seed Market Research Reports Consulting, Leafy Vegetable Seed Market: Ken Research

 Seed plays an important role in the crop production. It is a very crucial key for agricultural progress and important component in the agriculture industry. Seed quality also plays a vital role in the production of agricultural & horticultural crops. Seed is defined as a matured & ripened ovule, which is formed after the fertilization and with the tissues of mother plant. Seed formation is the process of propagation in crop plants. They include reserve food materials including proteins, starch, and other components, which are required for proper embryonic development & growth of the plants. Any part of the plant that can be used for propagation purposes is called seeds. All vegetative materials such as rhizomes, tubers, bulbs, corms, runner, sucker, stolon, setts and cuttings are considered as seed. With favorable environmental conditions such as temperature, light and sufficient soil moisture, the seed grows into a healthy, independent plant that produces flowers and seeds throughout its life cycle.

Based on the number of cotyledons present in the Seed, seeds are divided into monocot seeds and dicot seeds. Monocot seeds are single seeds that are generally embedded in a fruit called a caryopsis and utricle. Dicot seeds are usually made up of a primary embryonic axis and an accumulating tissue called a cotyledon which combines and forms the seed embryo. Growing awareness among farmers related to the benefits of using certified seeds has resulted in increased demand for seeds in recent years. This has led to growing willingness of farmers to pay a high price for quality seeds.

In terms of seed type, Seed market can be segregated as conventional seed and genetically modified (GM) seed. In terms of crop type, market can be segregated as fruits & vegetable crops and field crops. Fruits & vegetable crops include chilli, melon, tomato, okra, gourds, cucumber, cauliflower, cabbage, and others (pumpkin, eggplant, radish, and carrot). Additionally, field crops include rice, wheat, cotton, corn, millet, sorghum and sunflower. In addition, in terms of availability, market can be segregated as saved seeds and commercial seeds.

Growth in requirement to increase food production, followed by rise in usage of waste land for agricultural purposes, modernization of agriculture, rise in usage of biofuels & animal feed and diversification of diets are some major factors, which are responsible for growth of the Seed market. However, prolonged time & extensive research involved in the development of new seed varieties and lower acceptance of genetically modified crops may impact the market. Moreover, enhancement in seed replacement rate (SRR), Introduction of new technologies having potential benefits over conventional ones and rise in demand for seeds in emerging economies are leading opportunities for market.

By geographic term, the Asia-Pacific region dominates the global Seed market caused by rise in disposable income, growth in population and development in agriculture sector across the region. The Europe and North-America regions are likely to exhibit considerable growth rate as a result of rise in demand of agriculture products and rapid technological innovations in the production of seeds over the forecast period. It is estimated that global Seed market will be reached at rapid pace because of sophistication of seed technologies such as seed coating & seed pelleting during the forecast period.

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Increase in Demand from the Biofuel Sector Expected to Drive Global Seed Market: Ken Research

 Seed is characterized as a small embryonic plant that plays an essential role in the reproductive process of plants. It performs many functions for plant, for instance dispersing to new locations, dormancy in unfavourable weather conditions and providing nourishment to the embryo. Energy crops like wheat, soybean, sugarcane, and corn, release minimum amounts of greenhouse gases & pollutants, and therefore increasingly preferred for bio-fuel production over the fossil fuels. Corn production is increased by the demands of the animal feed industry. Basically, corn and soybean crops are vastly utilized in the feed production. Growth in utilization of crops in the animal fuel industry & biofuels will fuel the growth of the global seed market.

Nowadays, increasing number of the farmers buy commercially produced superior seed varieties as opposed to using seeds from last harvest. This has been a result of numerous advantages offered by enhanced varieties of seeds including high yield, reduced crop damage, improved nutritional quality, disease resistance, etc. Furthermore, growth in global population, surge in demand for food, coupled with expanding biofuel production have also stimulated the demand for superior seed varieties globally.

By product type, Seed market can be segmented as open-pollinated varieties, transgenic hybrids and non-transgenic hybrids. Transgenic hybrids segment is further sub-segmented as herbicide tolerant hybrids and insect resistant hybrids. By crop type, market can be segmented as pulses & oilseeds, fruits & vegetables, grains & cereals, cotton and others. Pulses & oilseeds segment is further sub-segmented as sunflower, canola, soybean and other seeds. Fruits & vegetables segment is further sub-segmented as roots & bulbs, solanaceae, cucurbits, brassicas, leafy vegetables and other fruits & vegetable. Additionally, grains & cereals segment is further sub-segmented as maize, sorghum, rice, wheat, and other grains & cereals. In addition, by seed type, market can be segmented as genetically modified seeds and conventional seeds.

The Seed market is driven by growth in usage of oilseeds by animal feed manufacturers, followed by high demand for protein meals, rise in seed replacement rate, increase in demand from the biofuel sector and high adoption of biotech crops. Apart from this, price fluctuations in oilseeds, low yield of crops in under-irrigated areas, impact of climate change on crop production and high Research & Development (R&D) expenses on quality seed development lead to high seed price are major hindering factors for market. Moreover, Molecular breeding in seeds and rise in Demand for healthy & organic processed products are leading opportunities for market. Furthermore, commercialization of fake hybrid seeds and counterfeit products and lack of availability & access to high-quality seeds are key challenges for global market.

By regional analysis, the North-America is a leading region in global Seed market owing to rise in demand of agriculture products and agriculture farms across the region. The Asia-Pacific and Europe regions are estimated to exhibit substantial growth rate due to increase in demand for a variety of vegetables among people and rise in need for more food production activities over the forecast period. It is predicted that future of the global Seed market will be bright because of rapid technological innovations in the production of seeds during the forecast period.

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Singapore’s Seed Bank Market Outlook-Ken Research

Proper storage of a seed is vital in order to conserve its vitality and vigor. Seed market research reports reveal that most seeds stored in cool, dry conditions will survive longer than seeds stored in a wet, warm environment. In many parts of the world agricultural seeds are stored in bins that are open to the ambient conditions, often resulting in short storage life and poor seed quality in hot, humid regions. At seed banks seeds are stored to preserve genetic diversity. They are dried to the optimum moisture content, evaluated for quality and genetic purity and sealed in moisture proof containers.

Singapore is known for its innovation and technology. The country has successfully taken up environmental concerns and used technology to create tourist attractions that incorporate them for instance Singapore Botanic Gardens. The country has recently taken up another project, to build the country’s first seed bank that aims to protect the threatened regional plant species. The dedicated facility will be located in Singapore Botanic Gardens and will have the capacity to store up to 25,000 plant species including rare orchids, native plants and South East Asian species. This is nearly half the total number of seed plant species in South East Asia. The concept is that seed banking is a form of insurance for plant biodiversity. It will ensure that seeds will be available in the future for research and restoration projects. The seed bank will enable the Botanic Gardens to support species reintroduction efforts throughout the region. The facility will include a seed biology lab, rooms for seed processing and storage freezers for seeds. Visitors will also be able to learn more about seed banking and conservation through educational galleries. The seed bank hopes to obtain 100 seed collections every year. This seed bank will mainly be dedicated to protecting dust like orchid seeds by chilling them in liquid nitrogen.

Seed industry research and market reports show that seed banks are a growing trend with nearly 1000 of them having been established globally. Singapore is also contributing now with its own project that specializes in orchids. This project has also led to business partnerships as National Parks Board (NParks) will work with Britain’s Kew Gardens Millennium Seed Bank to learn how to best manage seed banks of tropical plants. This project has also gained the trust and support of giants like HSBC which has donated more than USD 100,000 to kick start the development of the seed bank. Furthermore public support is also being incorporated as NParks will also look at how members of the public can contribute to the conservation work at the seed bank through the Garden City Fund.

Singapore’s seed bank is expected to be completed by mid 2019 and on opening will form a biological conservation hotspot in the global network of seed banks. The project is not only an environmental technology development but also a tourist attraction. This project brings out the fact that innovation aided by public interest has huge potential and effectiveness. Singapore is already among the world leaders of orchid cut flower exports and this project is a testament to its overall stability and genius which will only further its international repute.

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Emergence Of Opv In Seed Industry Market Oulook-Ken Research

Overview: Organizations working under seed industry are often regarded as big institutions with a considerable control over the global seed market under agro-food chain. There is no doubt that in agro-food chain food processing and distribution occupies a greater position by value. However, seed sector despite being a small contributory to it still occupies a major spot as the entire mechanism of agro-food chain is highly dependent on the quality, quantity of seeds being produced. This sector is quite vital for success of food market because of agro-economic, techno-economic, environmental and nutritional impact. Holding the significance of seed sector into account Seed Industry Analysis suggests that global seed industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of roughly 7.6% and thus reaching a market size of approximately USD 99 Billion by 2022.

Outlook: After the rediscovery of Mendel’s law in the 20^th century, plant breeding turned from an art to science. Even small farmers began choosing the seed type on the basis of progeny. Recent years have witnessed extreme scientific developments in order to meet the growing demand for food. Cross breeding, hybrid breeding, mutation breeding, cell culture, and recently, gene transfer, marker assisted breeding, genomic selection are some scientific techniques developed to maximize yield and growth in the agriculture. Research is now being focused to mutagenesis and open pollinated seeds. Open Pollinated seeds refer to the seeds that will “Breed True”. When the plants of an open-pollinated variety self-pollinate, or are pollinated by another representative of the same variety, the resulting seeds will produce plants roughly identical to their parents. These varieties of seeds have proven to be advantageous over hybrid type of seeds due to numerous reasons. In hybrids, offspring’s usually show diverse characteristics and some might be unwanted or harmful for the produce whereas on the other hand open pollinated seeds are born with characteristicssimilar to that of their parent enabling this industry to focus on key aspects such as yield, growth. Economical yields achieved with OPV’s or synthetics are better even under less favorable growing conditions and with lower crop inputs. OPV’s and particularly synthetics can be built by inter-mating populations or lines carrying genes of resistance to different pathogens or parasites, thus improving the disease resistance. Seed industry is currently facing a trade-off between the usage of OPVs or hybrid variety. Conducting further research could prove OPV to be the highlight of the seed industry in the coming decade.

Competition: Competition has in the recent industry has resulted in corporate consolidation of the industry amongst the big players such as Monsanto (US), DuPont (US), Syngenta (Switzerland) having approximately 22%, 16%, 10% of market share respectively.  Over the last decade well established companies have increased their market share considerably, while some medium sized firms almost disappeared due to lack of research and funds into segments of OPVs or even hybrids. Monsanto reached an agreement with ToolGen to conduct research on genetic diseases (2017). DuPont Pioneer reached an agreement with CasZyme to work together on the development of a DNA genetic research (2017).  ChemChina announced the acquisition of one of the world’s largest seed company Syngenta (2017).

Conclusion: Seed Market Research Reports suggest that the recent consolidation wave in the seed industry has provoked strong reactions and concerns. It is once again drawing the public’s attention to the seed sector, particularly to its major players. However, in the agri-food chain, the seed sector has a modest economic growth with companies conducting their research on open pollinated seeds and the potential shift it can bring from the hybrids.

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The Outlook For The Asian Rice Seed Market-Ken Research

Introduction: The global rice seed industry analysis is valued to be worth over USD 6 Billion in the year 2017 and is expected to grow with a CAGR of 7.4% for the period 2018-2023.  The relatively slow growth of the market is due to the fact that most of the rice produced is used for domestic consumption with a very small portion being exported for trade. The dominance of rice seeds is noted primarily in the Asia Pacific region with Asia Pacific having 90% of the market share in 2016. The next largest market is Africa with a market share of 4.95%. Technological advancement and increased adoption of technology into agriculture in countries like India and China is expected to lead to Asia Pacific being the fastest growing market as well. The Seed Industry analysis explains the current scenario and the market opportunity for the rice seed market.

Production Level: Approximately 9% of the rice produced globally is exported. The primary producers of rice seed market are the Asia Pacific countries as they are also the primary consumers of rice, with deficits being adjusted between neighboring countries. There has been an increase in attempts to export more quantities of rice there by helping rice contribute to trade levels. There have been attempts to boost rice seed production and trade using co operational efforts between countries. For example, the RISTE project aims at developing and enabling the environment to promote seed trade and knowledge-sharing on HYV rice seeds between India and Bangladesh.

Environment: Aside from the predominant consumption patterns that exist for Asia Pacific countries which have led to them being the major consumers of rice, the environment for the growth of rice is ideally suited in Asia Pacific regions with wet marshlands that have adequate rainfall. Rice is the main source of income for hundreds of thousands of rural farmers and is one of the predominant crops in India and China. The importance of cultivating rice is not just for consumption but also as a source of livelihood for many farmers in the Asia Pacific region. The main countries producing rice are China, India, Vietnam and Thailand. These 4 countries make up about 75% of the Asia Pacific production.

Hybrid Rice: Considering the major increase in popularity with hybrid plants which has been growing since the 1980’s, there have been many introductions of hybridization into rice seeds as well. Although there is no mainstream variety of Genetically Modified rice sold commercially, several have been approved for commercialization. There are several organizations around the world, including IRRI, that are using genetic modification tools to produce superior strains of rice. IRRI is developing a way to commercially launch a Genetically Modified variety of rice, called Golden Rice, which is expected to offer a practical solution to the shortage in dietary vitamin A. Golden Rice was one of the seven winners of the 2015 Patents for Humanity Awards by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The variety is still under development. With increasing anticipated demand for food grains, the adoption of GM rice seeds for commercial farming is not far away. In 2015, hybrid rice seed production in China was calculated at 239,000 metric tons, similar to the production in 2014, whereas acreage increased by 4%, to 97,000 hectares. The total supply in 2015-2016 was estimated at 339,000 metric tons, including 100,000 metric tons in carry-in stocks. Owing to the success of hybrid rice technology in China, in 1989, systematic research efforts on hybrid rice were initiated in India, when the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) launched a special goal-oriented and time-bound project on the ‘Promotion of research and development efforts on hybrids in selected crops’.

Development: Zinc-enriched Boro paddy BRRI-62 and BRRI-74 varieties invented by the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have been seeing success through high yield cultivation in multiple farms across various districts in Bangladesh. These varieties give the expected yield within 100 days and those have been found to be safe from blast disease attack. Farmers in Bangladesh are patiently waiting to grow these strains saying they would cultivate the plant if the seeds became available in the market In 2018, 1,500 farmers have cultivated zinc-enriched Boro paddy on roughly 350 acres of land at 65 villages of 18 unions of the district while only 50 farmers cultivated the variety when the project started in 2013.This represents a major increase in participation for the cultivation of rice. The zinc-enriched Boro paddy can be harvested within 100 days of planting and may yield close to 2000 Kilos per acre if nurtured properly. The local varieties contain 9 to 12 milligrams of zinc per kg while the newly invented zinc-enriched variety contains around 24 milligrams. The cultivation of rice from these seeds presents a major solution for people suffering from Zinc deficiency, especially women and children.

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Agriculture Industry: Stronger Cotton Hybrids Could Stabilize Cotton Supply

Introduction:  In April 2018, Zimbabwe’s major cotton producer Quton announced to the world that they had developed a new variety of their cotton seed market analysis hybrid for low resource, high yield farming. The company announced that their cotton hybrid seeds required lesser water and nutrition compared to non hybrids and provided 20-25% higher yield when compared to the non hybrid cotton. The company, along with the cotton research institute of Zimbabwe, has been researching advancements in cotton and aiming to provide a genetically and agriculturally superior strand of cotton which could help with cotton demand in Zimbabwe and more importantly, work towards being a major source of revenue for the country via exporting if planted on a large scale.

The Plant:  Natural cotton has a large scope but also has a need for ideal conditions for the growth of high quality cotton. Cotton is grown between latitudes of 37° north and 30° south in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions and in every continent. Ideal conditions for the cotton plant are: Long vegetation periods (175 to 225 days) without frost, Constant temperatures between 18 and 30°, Ample sunshine and fairly dry conditions, A minimum of 500 mm of water between germination and boll formation and Deep, well-drained soils with a good nutrient content. Although these conditions are available in specific locations, they are usually an impediment towards the easy and large scale growth of cotton.

The Market Spiral: The global seed market has had a major down period over the last few years with global cotton production declining and with export rates falling drastically as well leading to it having a projected CAGR of 2% for the period 2018-2023. Although there is immense effort, it is expected that production will not keep pace with demand. In the case of Zimbabwe, production has halved from its peak period of 400,000 tons to 200,000. Although 98% of the cotton produced in Zimbabwe is exported and that too, in its raw form, there still is no major contribution from cotton in Zimbabwe. The major market nation is China having 29% of the world’s cotton production followed by Pakistan, Brazil and Uzbekistan when it comes to exports. The main reason for the low level of exports from high producers like India is the majority of the cotton produced is used for domestic consumption. Global exports in 2016 amounted to USD 52.77 Billion which was 6.4% lesser than that of 2015. Although cotton is a major cash crop in the US, the major production happens in the Asia Pacific region. The main issue is the heavy amount of labor required and the high level of vulnerability to pest attacks coupled with the growth conditions and major demand for domestic consumption making cotton a difficult source of revenue for any economy.

Hybrid Application and Advantages: The new varieties of the hybrid cotton have been introduced with faster speed reducing the period between introductions of strains. The research undertaken by the cotton institute has led to the capacity to develop a new strain every 6-7 years rather than every 15 years. The company recently launched 3 hybrids (C567, C571 and C608). Broadly, they have large bolls, high protein content and good quality fiber compared to many varieties of hybrid cotton as well as natural cotton. Although there is a need for good agronomic practices, there is a major payoff using the hybrids in terms of yield has the C567 and C571 can yield about 5,500Kg per hectare while the C608, which is a drought resistant variety yields close to 4000Kg per hectare. Quton breeders expect the plant to have huge potential estimating that the hybrids have a potential for 60 Bolls per plant.

The Opportunity: The growth of the quality and reduction in difficulty of production in cotton farming has raised the potential contribution cotton can have on the economy of major producers. Over 180,000 farmers in Zimbabwe alone rely on cotton for their livelihood but falling global cotton lint prices, rising cost of production and hence, low returns have continued to subdue cotton production in Zimbabwe and most other African countries. Although the reform is barely been introduced and has been focused on a solution mainly for Africa, the application of the cotton hybrid is for many developing countries which do not always have the environment required to easily grow cotton and more importantly for countries like India and China which rely on cotton heavily for domestic consumption. Mainstream adoption of using these genetically superior strands of hybrid cotton could lead to the much needed restoration of the Global cotton market.

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