Agricultural Pheromones Market Size

Global Agricultural Pheromones Market size was valued at USD 4.6 billion in 2023 and is poised to grow from USD 5.39 billion in 2024 to USD 19.04 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 17.1% during the forecast period (2025-2032). 

This increasing concern of environmental degradation because of chemical pesticides is bringing up an enormous demand for sustainable ways to control pests and has created growth in this industry. An ecological alternative pheromone brings about high usage in agriculture and is considered a driving force for the global agricultural pheromones market growth.

The adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) is anticipated to bolster the growth prospects of the market during the projection period. Increased environmental concerns over the years along with the drive for sustainable agriculture have become an increasingly prominent imperative for long-term viability in food production. The core concept of this movement is the incorporation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles, which seek to minimize chemical pesticide use without compromising pest control. In this context, within the IPM framework, pheromones have emerged as a key monitoring and control tool for pests, effective and friendly to the environment.

Use of pheromones, which are chemical signals between insects and among themselves, can be non-toxic instead of using toxic pesticides. This kind of pheromone-based traps and lures could work by imitating the natural signal that may disrupt the mating pattern of the pest and even break up their population with lesser/no necessary chemicals. This method helps prevent pesticide contamination risk to human and other nontarget organisms while saving beneficial insects and natural predators, which will help in bringing balance in the ecosystem. The California Department of Food and Agriculture awards two technical assistance initiatives on integrated pest management with $1.1 million in April 2023. This investment falls in line with California's most current strategic planning toward pest management, titled "Accelerating Sustainable Pest Management: A Roadmap for California, " with the goal of guiding the transition toward safer, more sustainable methods of pest control.

However, reliance on surveillance and detection will negatively impact the agricultural pheromones market throughout the forecast period. It can be a serious impediment due to the intricacy in assessing the accuracy of the pest population in agricultural fields. On the contrary, the combination of agricultural pheromone and organic farming activities is expected to offer attractive prospects to the market for agricultural pheromone in the impending forecast period. Agricultural pheromones seem to provide a natural and also environmentally friendly system of pest management that can merge perfectly with principles of organic farming.

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In May 2023, Biobest, a global leader in biological control and pollination, announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire BioWorks, Inc., the leading manufacturer and marketer of biopesticides, based in Victor, NY. It would help enhance its expansion within the biopesticides market via innovative biopesticides for diseases and insect control provided by BioWorks. Biological crop protection driven by strength in product development, marketing, and logistics further deepens Biobest's market lead in best-in-class sustainable agricultural solutions.

In January 2023, Bayer recently announced that, to make insect population control sustainable for farmers, it has agreed with M2i Group on the development and introduction of pheromone-based biological crop protection solutions, focusing particularly on Lepidoptera, which significantly influence tomatoes, grapes, pome fruits, and stone fruits. The collaboration is enthusiastic about providing a green alternative for chemical pesticides using M2i's pheromone-based pest control competence in combination with Bayer's substantial experience in agriculture. This is done to better the crop yield, but definitely within a greatly diminished ecological footprint of traditional methods of pest control used in current agricultural practices.

In March 2022, Provivi launched its latest pheromone-based crop protection solution, Nelvium, with Syngenta Crop Protection, one of the leading agriculture companies across the globe. This new product launch in Indonesia is a step toward sustainable pest management, giving farmers an alternative to conventional pesticides that is also eco-friendly. Nelvium has been tailored to control specific harmful species of insects by disrupting them based on pheromones instead of chemical pesticides. In this aspect, the association between Provivi and Syngenta will integrate more effective versions of IPM and promote green agriculture worldwide.