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May-2019
THINGS ABOUT ORGANIC SEEDS MARKET
North America is leading the organic seeds market while Asia-Pacific is in second place.
What is Organic Seed?
Organic Seeds are the seeds which are grown naturally without the help of any chemical process. These seeds are produced from the grown plants which are grown without the use of synthetic fertilizers. In the process of producing organic seeds, no genetic engineering and chemical pest controls are used. They grow with the natural process that is the integration of biological, cultural and mechanical farming practices and also helps the surrounding in the promotion of ecological balance. [1]
Key Principles of Organic production method:
- No use of chemical pesticides and synthetic fertilizers
- Restriction of Antibiotics
- GMOs are not allowed
- Crop rotation is performed [2]
Health Benefits of Organic seeds & Food:
These are some of the health benefits of organic seeds and Food:
- It helps in improving the Immunity of the people
- Optimized the digestion
- Protect Heart health
- Helps in strengthen the bones
- Helps in preventing chronic diseases
- It helps in stimulating the growth and development
- It reduces the risk of Diabetes
- It helps in boosting the Cognitive Ability
- It reduces Inflammation
- It helps in reducing anxiety [3]
Marketing Drivers:
The Organic seeds market is mostly driven by the followings:
- By the growing awareness regarding the negative health impact caused by utilizing chemicals
- By the growing governmental concerns over conventional agricultural practices
- Increasing demand for non-synthetic products in the Food and Beverage Industry
- By growing government concerns regarding the growing environmental pollution.
About the leading Company:
HIGH MOWING:
High Mowing is the leading company of organic seeds market, it is the best organic and Non-GMO Project Verified seeds company in the world. They think of providing high-quality organic seeds to the world without harming the natural process by using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. There is some reason that they believe growers should know and be aware that will help and benefit them:
Convectional seed production is the most chemically intensive type of agriculture:
It is believing that this process is most chemically intensive because as we know that seeds are not directly consumable by the people, vegetable crops are more rigorous of pesticides than seed crops. To produce seeds, the crop must go through all the stages of their lifecycle. In that process the seed crop to be longer in the ground as in that time it might get affected by the pests and diseases. So to reduce this convectional seed production process use lots of pesticides but in the Organic seeds production method this kind of activity is being handled by the people and is done in the protected environments that will reduce diseases and pests.
Seed produced with the organic method is better for organic growing conditions:
In the conventional process, here required resources such as nutrients are enters into the plants through the use of synthetic fertilizers. On the other hand, it is different in the organic growing process, here nutrients are spread into the soil which makes the crop healthy and free from chemicals. In the organic method, the option for pests control is limited plants are having enough vigor and disease resistance to defend themselves from the pests and disease.
Organic seed production starts by breeding for flavor:
The farmers who grow their vegetables and crops organically believes in selling their products to those customers who believe more in flavors than anything else. On the other hand in some convectional breeding programs, where the flavor is seen as a drag on yield. [4]
Facts & Figures related to Organic seeds:
According to research, it is believed that the availability of organic seeds is very limited because of a lack of funding. Also, around 95 percent of the Farmers in the world depend on Convectional farming for growing seeds rather than organic farming. In the three years, one of the research company plant biotechnology receives $54 million in public funding and from that funding only $775,000 used for organic seed research that states only 70 to 1. One of the diseases Goss‘s wilt that can reduce the yielding of the crop to 50 percent. This disease can be controlled with the help of the organic method crop rotation which the convectional process doesn’t practice.
Prominent players and Leading region:
There are some of the prominent players which are dominating the Organic Seeds Market are Seeds of Change, Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Fedco Seeds, High Mowing Organic Seeds, Seed Savers Exchange, Wild Garden Seeds, HILD Samen, Fleuren, Vitalis Organic Seeds, Navdanya, De Bolster, Maas Plant, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and Arnica Kwekerji. North America is the leading region of Organic seeds Market followed by Asia-Pacific.
Conclusion:
Hence, Organic seeds are an essential part of our life as it is natural and helps to make the surroundings as well as people healthy. These seeds are grown naturally which helps in balancing the ecology as a whole rather than convectional technique disturbs the environment. Also, Organic seeds and products are benefits the people in improving their health condition and free from disease.
WRITTEN BY: Priya Gupta
Priya Gupta is a management student at RIIM Pune. She worked as a Research Associate (intern) in Market Data Forecast, one of the world’s leading research and consulting for various business domains, individuals and corporate clients.
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