A market vendor checks on the condition of his tomatoes before sale. The best remedy for curbing tomato late blight infestation is to practise crop rotation for two to three seasons, especially with a non-host crop

The report "Hybrid Seeds Market by Crop Type (Cereals & Grains, Fruits & Vegetables, and Oilseeds), Duration (Short-Term, Medium-Term, and Long-Term), Seed Treatment (Treated and Untreated), Farm Type, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022", published by MarketsandMarkets, the global market is estimated to be valued at USD 33.91 Billion in 2016 and projected to reach USD 57.19 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 9.10% from 2016.

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The market is driven by factors such as high-quality and high-yielding seeds used with innovative technology, new product offerings, and the advent of modernization of agriculture. Moreover, the growing global population, declining arable land, changing weather patterns, diversification of diets, and technology-driven agriculture in developing countries are factors responsible for the growth of the Hybrid Seeds Market. Hence, hybrid seeds will be viewed as a business opportunity in the next six years. As a result, many multinational players have entered into the production of various types of hybrid seeds, which can be used for crops.

Significant growth expected in the fruit & vegetable segment 

The demand for various types of fruit & vegetable seeds is driven by favorable climatic conditions, technology, and storage methods. With the use of hybrid seeds, crops can be protected from major pests and diseases and the quality and yield can be improved. The fruits & vegetables segment is further segmented into tomato, brinjal (eggplant), okra, chili, cucumber, and cabbage. To meet the increasing demand for fruits and vegetables, the commercial seed companies are constantly investing in production facilities that focus on hybrid seed quality and sustainability.

The treated hybrid seeds dominated the Hybrid Seeds Market 

Treated hybrid seeds include the use and application of biological and chemical agents that control or contain soil and seed borne infestation of insects and diseases which pose devastating consequences to crop production. Increasing agricultural activities, coupled with the rising demand for quality crop produce, are driving the growth of the Hybrid Seeds Market. The demand for hybrid seeds is projected to rise in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly from China and Japan.

Continuous rise in the population and support from governments as well as national and international associations key to success in the Asia-Pacific region 

High growth was observed in this region for the Hybrid Seeds Market over the past few years. The main reasons for this are continuous increase in the population and support from governments as well as national and international associations to increase the agricultural production of grains, oilseeds, fruits, and vegetables to meet the need for food products in the region. India, China, and Japan constituted the largest country-level markets in the Asia-Pacific region in 2015.

The Hybrid Seeds Market report includes a study of marketing and development strategies, along with the product portfolio of leading companies. These companies include E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (U.S.), Syngenta AG (Switzerland), Monsanto (U.S), Dow AgroSciences LLC (U.S.), and KWS (Germany); these are well-established and financially stable players that have been operating in the industry for several years. Other players include Advanta Limited (India), Land O'Lakes, Inc. (U.S.), Takii & Co. Ltd. (Japan), and Mahyco (India), and Biostadt India Ltd. (India).

The global fruit & vegetable seeds market is projected to reach a value of USD 14.00 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 8.10% from 2016. This market is projected to grow exponentially due to factors such as increasing demand for food by the growing population and advancement in farming practices & techniques, and rise in preference for fruit & vegetable seeds.

The change in farming practices (from traditional to conventional), clubbed with advanced technologies and promotion by the governments of many countries across the world also drives the demand for fruit & vegetable seeds in the agricultural sector.

On the basis of type, the leafy segment is projected to grow at the highest growth rate from 2016 to 2022. This segment includes plants, such lettuce, spinach, and others such as kale, and Swiss chard, mustard greens, collard greens.

Companies Mentioned:

• Advanta Limited
• Bayer Cropscience AG
• Groupe Limagrain
• Mahindra Agri (Samriddhi)
• Mahyco
• Monsanto Company
• Sakata Seed Corporation
• Syngenta AG
• Takii & Co., Ltd.
• Western Bio Vegetable Seeds Ltd.

Report Structure:

1 Introduction

2 Research Methodology

3 Executive Summary

4 Premium Insights

5 Market Overview

6 Fruit & Vegetable Seeds Market, By Type

7 Fruits & Vegetables Seed Market, By Trait

8 Fruit & Vegetable Seeds Market, By Form

9 Fruit & Vegetable Seeds Market, By Farm Type

10 Fruit & Vegetable Seeds Market, By Region

11 Competitive Landscape

12 Company Profiles

13 Appendix

Rice farmers in Iloilo—the rice granary of the Visayas—expanded their average output to 10.71 metric tons (MT) per hectare using the the SL-8H seeds from SL Agritech Corp. (SLAC).

Some 10,000 hectares in Iloilo are planted with hybrid-rice seeds, according to SL Agritech.

Despite the severe El Niño, Iloilo remains to be a rice surplus province, especially as farmers ventured into SL-8H hybrid rice that sent yield average to 4.09 MT per hectare.

This is an overall increase of nearly 1 MT (0.86) per hectare compared to the 2015 average of 3.23 per hectare (based on the Philippine Statistics Authority) for the entire Iloilo, according to Asst. Provincial Agriculturist Elias V. Sandig Jr.

The trend to plant hybrid rice in Iloilo intensified as a farmer registered a high yield last year.

“In 2015 Marilyn Duco of Patlad, Dumangas, obtained an average yield equivalent to 14.51 MT per hectare [from SL-8H hybrid seeds] at 14-percent moisture content,” Sandig said.

Along with the use of good hybrid seeds, Iloilo farmers adopted what is realized now as a superior fertilization technique—Crop Stand Fertilizer Management.

“An honest to goodness campaign was made to accept SL-8H with instruction to adopt Crop Stand Fertilizer Management.  A total of 10,000 hectares [of hybrid area] was realized,” Sandig added.

Applying fertilizer based on crop stand means that fertilizer is applied in reduced amounts. It is applied only when the color of rice plant is light yellow, signifying a need for fertilizer.

“To date, the 12 top SL-8H farmers had an average production of 10.71 MT per hectare, equivalent to 9.713 MT per hectare at 14-percent moisture content,“ Sandig said.

“Iloilo farmer Teresita S. Setiar of Leganes reaped the highest yield equivalent of 17.921 MT per hectare at 14-percent moisture content.  She used organic fertilizers with reduced artificial fertilizer,” he added.

Sandig noted that Iloilo has pioneered on a provincial level the cultivation of hybrid rice using organic fertilizer.

“Suffice to say that it is only in Iloilo where hybrid rice is grown organically,” he said.

What is auspicious for some Iloilo farmers with the favorable development on the use of hybrid rice is those that plant only once a year are now able to harvest as if they’re planting two seasons a year.

“Some areas are just rainfed, so farmers don’t plant during the dry season. But with their high yield—double from hybrid rice—it’s as good as they would have planted two times a year,” said Rich Recoter, SLAC hybrid-rice specialist.

From his rainfed 6,000-square-meter farm, Andres Corras Jr. got this last wet season an equivalent of an average of 9.68 MT per hectare.

Allan Tabefranca got a yield of 8.5 MT  per hectare from 8,000 square meters.  He is in an irrigated area and even used direct seeding, which means he had lesser cost compared to if he transplanted seeds.

“Our campaign is that using the same technology of rice planting, you just change the seed, but your expense is the same. The seed is for free,  so they get a higher income.  Because of this, they have been convinced to go into hybrid,” Iloilo Provincial Agriculturist Ildefonso T. Toledo said.

With the proper fertilization management, hybrid rice in irrigated areas in Iloilo as of October produced 4.77 MT per hectare. This average is higher by 1.28  MT compared to the July-to-September 2016 inbred average yield of 3.491 MT per hectare.

The use of hybrid rice has been traditionally avoided by farmers in the wet season due to the prevalence of infestation by bacterial leaf blight (BLB).  But fertilization based on crop stand has apparently eliminated severe BLB infestation problem.

“It’s the first time for many farmers to plant hybrid in the wet season,” said Geron E. Magbanua, also of the Iloilo provincial agriculture office. “And [impressively] there are farmers who harvested 10 tons [per hectare] as shown by the contest [Palayabangan introduced by the Philippine Rice Research Institute].”

Iloilo is 141-percent sufficient in rice. This is computed as follows: At 60-percent milling recovery, a total of 526,845,600 kilos of milled rice will be processed. With a population of 1,805,576 and per-capita consumption of119 kilos per person, there will be a total milled-rice requirement of 214,863,544.  The milled-rice production is 141 percent of the milled-rice requirement.

The province has a total of 135,964 hectares of rice lands consisting of 48,860 hectares of irrigated ricelands, 85,779 hectares of rainfed rice lands and 1,325 uplands devoted to rice. There are 110,000 rice farmers.