Market Projections (2024-2032):

The global biorational pesticide market size is estimated to stand at USD 8.19 Billion in 2024. The market is expected to reach to a generous valuation of USD 27.05 Billion by 2034, registering an impressive CAGR of 16.11% in the forecast period (2024-2032).

Bio rational pesticides constitute a significant chunk of overall agrochemicals, driven mainly by increasing global awareness regarding the concept of sustainable agriculture and, hence needed ecologically friendly pest control solutions. Resultantly, bio rational pesticides are safer and more sustainable compared to the traditional chemical counterparts. These pesticides are normally highly toxic to humans and non-target organisms including beneficial insects, animals, and plants. The fact that they are selective minimizes the environmental impact, hence making them very attractive in contemporary IPM programs, the main objective of which is to minimize the use of chemical inputs in agricultural productivity.

Growth in the market comes as consumer demand for organically and sustainably produced food rises, pushing farmers to adopt eco-friendly pest control methods. Regulatory pressures are also creating an incentive to turn away from conventional chemical pesticides, with health and environmental risks, and toward biorational solutions. Governments and regulatory bodies of nations worldwide are now advocating and encouraging biorational pesticides through friendly policies and subsidies, thus managing to empower the growth in the market.

Innovations in biotechnology and agricultural sciences are contributing greatly to the discovery of more effective and targeted bio rational pesticides. Genetic engineering, microbial technologies, and advances in natural product chemistry have led to an increased discovery rate of novel bio rational products that are capable of handling an extended spectrum of pest and disease problems with a benign environmental safety profile. These include innovations that would improve the efficacy, stability, and shelf life of bio rational pesticides, making them more competitive with conventional pesticides and rapidly diffusing in farming.

Furthermore, through precision agriculture practices, the incorporation of bio rational pesticides is opening up a new scope for market development. Precision agriculture is involved in the technology of execution at a field level for the maximization of crop management. The bio rational products can be effectively augmented with improving strategies for pest control. This is because through such combinations, it will be possible for more targeted applications, which would be conducted in such a manner that the wastage will be lessened and the ecological footprint in different agricultural activities will be reduced.

However, the market is fraught with some challenges. One of the most important is the relatively higher cost of bio rational pesticides versus their chemical counterparts. This price differential can become a barrier to adoption, especially for small-scale farmers without varying abilities. Additionally, lack of awareness and knowledge about bio rational products by many farmers in developing regions can curtail its entrance into the market. "Counterparts to Bio rational Pesticides Challenges: Education and Training—Key to Its Long-Term Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness Demonstration." Most of the industry stakeholders are now turning their attention toward education and training programs, for the aforementioned challenges are meant to be met.

Market Dynamics - Market Drivers

Chemical Pesticide Bans And Awareness Programs By Government Agencies

• The main measures must be regarded as including the banning of chemical pesticides by governmental agencies and raising awareness about these issues through appropriate programs. Pesticides are chemicals that help farmers kill pests, but they have been associated with a long list of harmful effects on environmental degradation by reducing the populations of useful insects, affecting water quality, and posing health risks like cancers and neurodegenerative diseases to humans. These concerns are set against what many governments around the world are implementing in terms of stringent regulations and outright bans of chemical pesticides considered hazardous. Such bans often form part of broader environmental policies aimed at reducing the chemical load on ecosystems and encouraging a shift to safer and more sustainable methods for controlling pests, such as with the use of bio rational pesticides.
• Paralleling this trend, government agencies are also instituting awareness campaigns to enlighten farmers, agribusinesses, and the public about the risks resulting from the use of chemical pesticides and the benefits alternative solutions have in store. Typically, these programs involve workshops, trainings, and information campaigns that include literature material emphasizing their ecological and health effects from chemical pesticides.

Increase In Acceptance Of Organic Food Products

• A dark trend that is coming into prominence at the moment is the one of acceptance for organic food products. With greater consumer knowledge on health, ecological, and also a number of ethical issues, there is increased demand for organics as people become more aware of possible health risks that food can bring to them through synthetic chemicals, pesticides, and other toxic matters like genetically modified organisms. It is also largely viewed that organic foodstuffs, prepared without any synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or other genetically modified organisms, are superior to conventional foodstuffs in view of higher nutritional value and a reduced amount of harmful residues.
• Other forces behind the shift in food demand towards organic food are the environmental concerns. Growing food conventionally is realized to cause irreparable damage to the ecosystem through soil erosion, water pollution, and depletion of plant and animal diversity. It is hence considered that organic farming is an effective way of utilizing sustainable farming methods, which focus on crop rotation, composting, and organic pest and disease controls. Moreover, the ethical aspect of organic food production, which includes the fair trade practices and better treatment of animals, resonates with those consumers who have started to pay more attention to the sustainability and social responsibility aspects of agriculture.

Market Opportunities

Resistance Of Pests To Crop Protection Chemicals

• Pests growing resistant to pesticides is one of the escalating challenges to agriculture in the contemporary world; hence, the very effectiveness of traditional strategies for managing pests has been imperilled. Repeated, widespread use of chemical pesticides has led to the development of resistance in different pest species. This resistance occurs when a small population of the pests possesses natural, genetically based mutations surviving the pesticide and passing the resistant traits on to its offspring. This causes the efficacy of the pesticide to diminish as the resistances of the populations increase; for the same effect, a higher dose or application frequency has to be used. This does not allow the farmers to overuse pesticides and put pressure on these pests, which might prove harmful environmentally and health-wise.
• The increase of pest resistance is really alarming in that it may cause crop losses of serious magnitude and may even come in the way of attaining our food security. In fact, when pests become uncontrollable, farmers will lose yields, become vulnerable to crop destruction by pests, and possibly face an outbreak. Besides, the development of suits of new pesticides for the control of resistant pests is in general a long-term, expensive, and complex procedure, and often has to be without high expectation of success.

Market Restraining Factors

Ineffectiveness Of Biological Insecticides

• Constraints of their use in pest management may arise from their inefficacy compared to the often fast and broad-spectrum action of chemical pesticides. Being essentially derived from natural organisms or their metabolites, biological insecticides suffer the same fate with other attributes that characterize environmentally friendly products, such as being species-limited. However, their effective use can be limited by several factors. Another major issue is that biological insecticides always have a slower mode of operation that does not provide acute control over the target pests when their population levels reach infestation criteria. This tendency will, however, provide a buffer for crop and further infestation from the pests before the full effect of the insecticides manifests.
• Their effectiveness is also greatly influenced by environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, and sunlight. Products may break down rapidly in conditions that are not favourable for their performance, or they may not work effectively if the target pest is not found vulnerable during their lifecycle at that time. Biological insecticides may also be less effective when employed alone in large-scale farming activities in which pest pressure is very high and hence a need to control a wide range of pests at the same time.

Segmentation Analysis

The market scope is segmented because of by Type, by Crop Type, by Source, by Mode of Application, by Formulation.

By Type

Based on the Type of the market is segmented into Biorational Insecticides, Biorational Fungicides, Biorational Nematicides, Biorational Herbicides, Other Types.

Among the various type segments in the market for bio rational pesticides, Bio rational Insecticides have been the ones leading the market. The reason is the broad need in effective but eco-friendly control of injurious insect pests in agriculture. This is due to the huge impact of insect pests on crop yield and quality, while the existing concerns regarding the negative impact of chemical insecticides reinforce the need for safer alternatives. Bio rational insecticides are obtained from natural sources, like plant extracts, useful microorganisms, and other organic materials, which are effective but less harmful to the non-target organisms, including beneficial insects, pollinators, and humans.

Rising indications of resistance from pest populations to several insecticides have increased the need for farmers and agricultural experts to adopt bio rational insecticides. Nowadays, when pests are developing resistances to common chemical insecticides, it has led to people looking forward to bio rational products because they work through different modes of action, thereby reducing the possibility of resistance. Moreover, ecological and sustainable food production has turned into an increased demand for bio rational insecticides by consumers. This demand is currently motivating farmers to integrate bio rational insecticides into their pest management practices, especially when practicing organic farming systems where synthetic chemicals are disallowed.

By Crop Type

Based on the Crop Type of the market is segmented into Fruits & Vegetables, Cereals & Grains, Oil Seeds & Pulses, Other Crop Types.

In terms of crop type segments, fruits and vegetables have been leading among the rest, due to the presence of various key factors that make them highly relevant for crop protection chemicals and biological pesticides.

Fruits and vegetables are the most susceptible crops to a high number of pests and diseases due to their nature and high perishability. This is the very reason that demands high and active pest control measures to be practiced properly, which will ensure quality along with the quantity of crop produced. Participants involved in the growing of fruits and vegetables are always more ready for the application of advanced crop protection measures like chemical pesticides, bio pesticides, etc.to protect the crops from getting wasted due to pest, fungi, and other kinds of external hazards.

Regional Snapshots

Among the five regions, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle-East and Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific has occupied the leading place in the market. This has been induced due to a large number of factors such as huge agricultural base, fast-growing population, and enhanced demand for food. China and India are a few of the major agricultural producers in that expanse, where the area of crop cultivation is tremendous for various crops, including rice and wheat, fruits, and vegetables. The huge potential is also due to the diverse climatic conditions and soil, requiring large-scale agricultural services with an enormous requirement of usage in crop protection chemicals and biological pesticides.

The high prevalence of subsistence agriculture and the intensification of agricultural practices are increasing in the Asia-Pacific region, which would further raise the need for effective pest control measures. In addition, increasing consumer awareness toward food safety and sustainable development regarding environmental impacts from chemical pesticides increases the demand for bio rational and sustainable pest management methods in this region. Governments in Asia-Pacific are also formulating policies to further help sustainable agriculture by ways including the promotion of safer and more environmentally-friendly crop protection products.

List of Companies Profiled

• Bayer AG
• Monsanto Bioag
• Valent Biosciences LLC.
• Sumitomo Chemical
• Isagro SAP
• Koppert

Key Industry Developments

• In October 2023, Sumitomo Chemical announced the launch of Accede (1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, or ACC), a biorational solvent specifically designed for apple cultivation in Brazil. This innovative growth regulator promotes the development of larger-caliber apples, providing growers with significant operational advantages.
• In January 2023, Valent BioSciences LLC announced the acquisition of FBSciences Holdings, Inc. Through this acquisition, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., the parent company of Valent BioSciences, aims to offer a cutting-edge, research-driven portfolio of integrated biorational solutions, including crop nutrition products, biostimulants, and biopesticides.

Report Coverage

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Report Scope and Segmentations

Regional Analysis

North America accounted for the highest Biorational Pesticides% market share in terms of revenue in the Biorational Pesticides market and is expected to expand at a CAGR of Biorational Pesticides% during the forecast period. This growth can be attributed to the growing adoption of Biorational Pesticides. The market in APAC is expected to witness significant growth and is expected to register a CAGR of Biorational Pesticides% over upcoming years, because of the presence of key Biorational Pesticides companies in economies such as Japan and China.

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North America

• U.S.
• Canada

Europe

• Switzerland
• Belgium
• Germany
• France
• U.K.
• Italy
• Spain
• Sweden
• Netherland
• Turkey
• Rest of Europe

Asia-Pacific

• India
• Australia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Japan
• China
• Malaysia
• Thailand
• Indonesia
• Rest Of APAC

Latin America

• Mexico
• Argentina
• Peru
• Colombia
• Brazil
• Rest of South America

Middle East and Africa

• Saudi Arabia
• UAE
• Egypt
• South Africa
• Rest Of MEA

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Key Questions

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Research Scope of Biorational Pesticides Market

• Historic year: 2019- 2022
• Base year: 2023
• Forecast: 2024 to 2032
• Representation of Market revenue in USD Million

Biorational Pesticides Market Trends: Market key trends which include Increased Competition and Continuous Innovations Trends: