The global herbicide safeners market size is expected to reach USD 1,059.80 million in 2024 and reach USD 1,527.15 million by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 7.58% from 2024 to 2029.
The industry is driven by the escalating employment of herbicides, mainly in the growing regions of Asia-Pacific and South America. Additionally, with increasing concern about herbicide damage to target crops, herbicide safeners are being used to reduce crop damage without limiting their activity on target weed species.
The use of herbicides to eradicate weeds at an early stage helps increase productivity and yield per unit, which has led to escalated use among growers around the world. Herbicides can damage the main crop by damaging its shoots, foliage, flowers, and fruits. It can also lead to lower yields, poor fruit quality, and can even lead to plant death. Herbicide damage to major crops can also result in the presence of chemical residues that can harm humans after consumption. Therefore, herbicide safeners are added to herbicides to protect major crops from damage caused by herbicides. Adding herbicide safener improves the selectivity of the target between crop and weed species. Sometimes herbicide safeners are only used with herbicidal adjuvants and specific active ingredients. For example, benoxacor is added as a protective agent to protect crops from damage caused by the active herbicidal ingredient, S-metolachlor.
Phytoherbicide safeners are mainly used in selective herbicides. However, the growing demand for GM crops and reported cases of crop damage in North and South America are predicted to spur the expansion of applications for plant protection products in non-selective herbicide formulations in these regions during the year.
The growing trend of increasing safety concerns and the rising application of herbicide safeners to protect crops from damage is driving the expansion of the market in the coming years. Also, the emerging trend of post-cultivation of phytosanitary agents is predicted to fuel the market for phytosanitary agents during the forecast period. However, restricting the use of herbicides inhibits the market. Additionally, lack of awareness, poor technical expertise, and a lower adoption rate inhibit the market. Growing concern about the negative impact of pesticides on human health and the environment is hampering the market. However, the newly registered herbicidal ingredients favor the development of formulations with herbicide safener. Furthermore, the development of a combination of herbicide protection agents and herbicide protection agents of biological origin provides better control of herbicide-resistant weeds.
One of the main factors contributing to the increase in demand for food is the increase in population. Escalating the harvested area would also lead to higher employment of agrochemicals. Plant herbicide safeners are used mainly for crops such as corn, soybeans, sorghum, wheat, rice, and barley. There has been an increase in the area harvested for crops such as rice, soybeans, barley, and wheat, especially in developing regions. For example, according to the FAO, maize production is predicted to increase by almost 88.3% to reach 1.2 billion tons in 2027. Most of this production is predicted to come from countries such as China and Brazil. Therefore, the demand for herbicide safener is supposed to grow in these countries over the next decade. One of the main factors affecting the expansion of the sunscreen market is the safety and growing environmental concerns associated with the use of herbicides, which has led to regulatory actions in many countries. This is predicted to affect the expansion of the protector market during the forecast period. Therefore, there is a growing need to develop sustainable combinations of herbicides and herbicide safener to solve the problem of herbicide toxicity, which could serve as a new product development opportunity in the market for herbicide safener.
The major factors holding back the expansion of the herbicide safener market are the regulatory ban on herbicides and the lack of awareness about the significance of herbicide safener.
Market Challenges
The market has prospects for the future, including new registrations for herbicidal active ingredients and the development of sustainable herbicide-protectant combinations.
COVID-19 is an unrivaled global public health emergency that has affected nearly every industry, so long-term effects are supposed to affect the herbicide safeners market over the forecast period. Ongoing research amplifies the research framework to ensure that underlying Coronavirus issues and potential future pathways are included. The report provides insights given changes in consumer behavior and calls, purchasing patterns, supply chain deviation, dynamics of current market forces, and significant consumer interventions.
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REPORT METRIC |
DETAILS |
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Market Size Available |
2023 to 2029 |
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Base Year |
2023 |
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Forecast Period |
2024 to 2029 |
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CAGR |
7.58% |
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Segments Covered |
Based on type, application stage, Based on selectivity, Based on the crop |
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Various Analyses Covered |
Global, Regional & Country Level Analysis, Segment-Level Analysis, DROC, PESTLE Analysis, Porter’s Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Analyst Overview on Investment Opportunities |
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Regions Covered |
North America, Europe, APAC, Latin America, Middle East & Africa |
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Market Leaders Profiled |
Honeywell International Inc., TE Connectivity, Curtis-Wright, Esterline Technologies, Meggit Plc, Hydra-Electric Company, Safran, Collins Aerospace, United Technologies Corporation, Airbus, Electro-Mech Components, Inc, and Eaton Corporation. |
The benefactor segment represented a prominent market share due to its high herbicidal removal properties and the presence of antidotes to the herbicidal active ingredient S-metolachlor.
Of these, it is important to apply protectors in both stages. Farmers prefer the pre-emergence phase for the application of herbicide safener, as it reduces the damage to crops that can come from herbicides.
Non-selective herbicides are preferred over selective herbicides due to the rise in call for GM crops.
Herbicide safeners are widely employed on soybeans and corn due to the increase in production of these crops.
Latin America represented a significant part of the global market for herbicide safener due to the increase in soybean and corn cultivation in the region. The demand for herbicide safener is predicted to remain unchanged due to the main application of selective herbicides in agriculture. The Asia Pacific market for herbicide safener is supposed to grow at a tremendous rate during the forecast period due to the expansion of the agricultural industry in the region. The expansion of the market can be attributed to the high production of rice, wheat, and other selective crops in the Asia-Pacific region. The market for herbicide safener in Europe and North America is supposed to grow at a moderate rate during the forecast period due to strict regulatory standards regarding herbicide use. The Middle East and Africa market for protectors is predicted to grow at a slow pace during the forecast period.
The global herbicide safeners market is dominated by large players such as DowDuPont (US), BASF (Germany), Bayer (Germany), and Syngenta (Switzerland). Some emerging players in the herbicide safeners market include Nufarm (Australia), Adama (Israel), Arysta LifeScience (US), Drexel Chemical Company (US), Land O’Lakes (US), Sipcam-Oxon (Italy), Helm AG (Germany), and Tenkoz (US).
Bayer launches PRE Premix. Bayer Crop Science's product portfolio includes a pre-emergent premixed herbicide that could be marketed as early as 2009.
Helm Agro launches three herbicides for soybeans. Helm Agro US, based in Tampa, Florida, has launched four new herbicides, three of which are registered for use on soybeans.
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Based on the application stage
Based on Selectivity
Based on the crop
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