Japan Seed Treatment Market Size (2024 - 2029)

Japan Seed Treatment Market Analysis

The Japan Seed Treatment Market size is estimated at USD 324.30 million in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 389.5 million by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 3.70% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

 Seed treatment is the application of chemical ingredients to the seed to ensure seed protection by suppressing, controlling, or repelling plant pathogens, insects, or other pests that attack seeds, seedlings, or plants. It also enables seed enhancement by improving their performance post-harvesting and conditioning them before they are sown. The factors driving the Japan seed treatment market include: rise in the cost of high-quality seeds, such as GM and hybrid, an increase of limitations associated with soil and foliar application of crop protection products, increasing need for efficient post-harvest seed storage, high disease pressure and need for increased agricultural productivity and improving seed technology. While rapid growth is expected to be witnessed in the coming years, a few factors, such as the increasing role of chemicals in affecting the environment adversely, limited dose capacity, protection and shelf life of treated seeds, phytotoxicity associated with the use of seed treatment chemicals and lack of awareness among the farmers, are hindering the market growth.

Japan Seed Treatment Industry Segmentation

The corporations in seed treatment operate in B2B, as well as B2C business format. The Japanese seed treatment market is segmented by function(fungicide, insecticide, and nematicide) and crop type (commercial crops, fruits and vegetables, grains and cereals, pulses and oilseeds, and turf and ornamental crops).