QYResearch Forecast Global Agricultural Fumigants Supply to be 220KMT in 2022
Author: Lujing
Company: QYResearch
Agricultural fumigants are injected into the soil and move through the soil air and dissolve in the water in the soil where they kill pests, and also used on grains and crops post-harvest to reduce insects, ticks and mites, nematodes, slugs and snails and fungal diseases.
The global agricultural fumigants materials sales market was about 177 thousand tons valued at USD 1.15 billion in 2015. Forecasts suggest the sales market to grow at a CAGR of 3.24% from 2017 to 2022, driven primarily by USA and Europe. Overall, the agricultural fumigants products performance is positive with the global economic recovery.
The commonly used fumigants materials are Methyl Bromide, Phosphine, Chloropicrin, Metam Sodium, 1, 3-Dichloropropene.
Agricultural fumigants are widely used agriculture, nursery and greenhouse production, and turfgrass management, and also in warehouse for grains and crops post-harvest, food processing center, etc.
Fumigation is a method of pest control that fills an area with a gaseous pesticide to suffocate or poison organisms within the area. Chemicals can be volatile liquids, solids, or already gaseous materials.
Pre-plant soil fumigation are targeting at high value crops – tree and vine crops, strawberry, nurseries (trees, vines, conifers, flowers), annual fruits and vegetables, etc.
Fumigants have broad-spectrum activity and will kill seed, seedlings, and crop transplants. Soil fumigation occurs before crops are planted.
Fumigation is generally expensive, consequently uses generally limited to moderate or high value crops.
The major applications of soil fumigation are listed in the figure below:
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