Agroscience Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, , Segmented By Product Type (Genetically Modified (GM) Seeds, Biopesticides, Biostimulants), By End Users (Crops, Food and Vegetables), By Region, and By Competition, 2021-2031F

Forecast Period	2027-2031
Market Size (2025)	USD 39.21 Billion
CAGR (2026-2031)	7.34%
Fastest Growing Segment	Genetically Modified (GM) Seeds
Largest Market	Asia Pacific
Market Size (2031)	USD 59.97 Billion

Market Overview

The Global Agroscience Market will grow from USD 39.21 Billion in 2025 to USD 59.97 Billion by 2031 at a 7.34% CAGR. The global agroscience market encompasses a diverse range of scientific disciplines and commercial products, including plant biotechnology, crop protection chemicals, biostimulants, and genetically modified seeds aimed at optimizing agricultural productivity. The expansion of this sector is primarily propelled by the urgent need to ensure food security for a rapidly growing global population while addressing the critical reduction of arable land. This necessity to maximize crop yields per hectare sustains a robust demand for advanced agricultural inputs and soil management solutions. According to the International Fertilizer Association, in 2024, global fertilizer consumption was forecast to increase by 2.5 percent, underscoring the continued reliance on crop nutrition technologies to meet escalating production targets.

Despite these favorable demand dynamics, the market faces a significant impediment arising from increasingly stringent regulatory frameworks concerning environmental safety and chemical residues. Regulatory bodies worldwide are enforcing more rigorous risk assessment protocols for agrochemical products, which substantially escalates research and development costs and prolongs the time required to bring new innovations to commercialization. This complex compliance landscape creates a barrier to entry and slows the introduction of novel solutions essential for market growth.

Key Market Drivers

The increasing demand for sustainable and organic farming practices is fundamentally restructuring the agroscience market, driving a pivot from synthetic chemistries toward biological solutions. As regulatory bodies enforce stricter residue limits and consumers prioritize environmental stewardship, manufacturers are aggressively expanding their portfolios of biostimulants and bio-control agents. This strategic shift is evidenced by the resilience of the biologicals sector even amidst broader market volatility. According to Syngenta Group, October 2024, in the 'Q3 2024 Financial Results', sales within the Biologicals business grew by 5 percent during the first nine months of the year, highlighting the sustained adoption of nature-positive inputs. Consequently, corporate R&D budgets are increasingly allocated to microbiome research and natural product discovery to meet this residue-free mandate while maintaining crop protection efficacy.

Simultaneously, the widespread adoption of precision agriculture and digital farming technologies serves as a critical driver for industry modernization. Farmers are integrating artificial intelligence and data analytics to optimize resource application, ensuring that crop yields are maximized while input waste is minimized. This technological dependency is illustrated by the substantial revenue generated by advanced automation sectors, which remains robust despite cyclical economic headwinds. According to Deere & Company, November 2024, in the 'Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Earnings Release', the Production and Precision Agriculture segment generated approximately $20.6 billion in net sales for the fiscal year, reflecting the massive scale of investment in high-tech management systems. These technologies are essential to satisfying global food requirements; according to the Food and Agriculture Organization, in November 2024, global cereal production was forecast to reach 2,848 million tonnes, a volume that necessitates the efficiency provided by advanced agroscience innovations.

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Key Market Challenges

The Global Agroscience Market is significantly hampered by increasingly stringent regulatory frameworks concerning environmental safety and chemical residues. These rigorous risk assessment protocols have drastically escalated the financial capital and time required for Research and Development (R&D). As regulatory bodies enforce higher standards for toxicological and environmental impact studies, the "time-to-market" for new agrochemical products and biotechnology traits lengthens considerably. This complex compliance landscape acts as a formidable barrier to entry, often rendering the development of niche or novel solutions economically unviable for smaller entities and slowing the overall pace of innovation within the sector.

This regulatory tightening directly correlates with a contraction in the commercially available product portfolio, limiting the options for pest and disease management. The impact of these restrictions is evident in the diminishing number of approved inputs. According to CropLife Europe, in 2024, the association noted that the number of approved active substances available to farmers has declined to fewer than 500 under the current regulatory regime, down from approximately 1,000 in the early 1990s. This reduction constrains the market’s ability to introduce the diverse solutions necessary to sustain growth.

Key Market Trends

The commercialization of CRISPR-Cas9 and advanced gene editing is rapidly transforming the agroscience landscape by enabling the development of crops with precise, value-added traits such as climate resilience and improved nutritional profiles. Unlike traditional transgenics, these New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) allow for targeted modifications within a plant’s native genome, significantly reducing development timelines and navigating regulatory pathways more efficiently. Companies are increasingly establishing "innovation ecosystems" to leverage these tools, moving from experimental phases to marketable solutions. For instance, according to Corteva, April 2025, in the 'Impact Report 2024', the company solidified its leadership in this space by highlighting a $25 million investment in Pairwise to accelerate the delivery of gene-edited products to farmers.

Simultaneously, the development of RNA Interference (RNAi) for targeted pest control represents a paradigm shift in crop protection, offering a highly specific mode of action that addresses the growing challenge of chemical resistance. This technology functions by silencing essential genes in target pests or weeds without harming beneficial insects or accumulating toxic residues, aligning perfectly with stringent environmental safety standards. The market urgency for such novel biological interventions is acute, particularly as reliance on conventional inputs continues to rise despite diminishing returns. According to GreenLight Biosciences, April 2025, in a press release detailing its bioherbicide pipeline, global herbicide usage increased by over 44 percent between 2017 and 2022, a trend that critically drives the demand for sustainable, resistance-breaking RNA-based alternatives.

Segmental Insights

Genetically Modified (GM) Seeds represent the fastest-growing segment within the global agroscience market, driven by the critical need to enhance agricultural productivity and ensure global food security. This accelerated growth is primarily attributed to the widespread adoption of traits such as insect resistance and herbicide tolerance, which allow growers to mitigate crop losses and reduce chemical usage. Furthermore, supportive safety assessments by major authorities, including the United States Department of Agriculture, have facilitated the commercial expansion of these biotech crops. Consequently, the segment continues to expand as producers seek resilient solutions to manage pests and variable climatic conditions effectively.

Regional Insights

Asia Pacific dominates the Global Agroscience Market, driven by the critical necessity to ensure food security for its extensive and rapidly growing population. Major economies, particularly China and India, are increasingly adopting modern agricultural inputs, including advanced biopesticides and biostimulants, to maximize yields on existing arable land. This market expansion is further supported by favorable government policies that incentivize sustainable farming practices. Strategic oversight from regional bodies, such as the Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission, helps harmonize regulatory standards, creating a stable framework that accelerates the adoption of these essential agricultural technologies.

Recent Developments

• In June 2025, FMC Corporation announced a significant strategic agreement with Corteva Agriscience to expand the availability of its proprietary fluindapyr fungicide technology within the United States. This collaboration allows both companies to market fluindapyr-based products, providing corn and soybean farmers with enhanced tools to combat difficult foliar diseases like tar spot and southern rust. The partnership leverages FMC's innovative active ingredient alongside Corteva's extensive market reach to deliver effective disease management solutions. This agreement represents a focused effort to optimize crop health and yield potential by equipping growers with a broader range of high-performance fungicides for their agronomic programs.
• In June 2025, Bayer Crop Science and Kimitec unveiled two advanced biological solutions, Ambition Complete Gen2 and Ambition Secure Gen2, as part of their strategic partnership to promote regenerative agriculture. Ambition Complete Gen2 features a novel gel-based formulation intended to optimize nutrient assimilation and improve plant stress resilience, thereby enhancing overall crop performance. The second product, Ambition Secure Gen2, addresses the critical challenge of calcium uptake in crops, utilizing a unique bioformulation to increase calcium mobility and fruit quality. These innovations, developed at Kimitec's innovation hub, demonstrate the companies' joint dedication to creating effective, nature-derived tools that support sustainable food production systems globally.
• In June 2024, BASF Agricultural Solutions introduced several innovative crop protection products during the Hortitec exhibition, including two new fungicides and a specialized insecticide. The newly launched fungicides, Melyra and Mibelya, are formulated with the company's proprietary Revysol molecule, designed to offer superior efficacy and flexibility in managing diseases such as early blight and anthracnose in fruits and vegetables. Additionally, the company presented Vinquo, a new insecticide specifically developed to control pests in tomato and potato crops. These launches reflect the company's ongoing strategy to provide advanced, sustainable solutions that address the evolving challenges faced by growers in the horticultural sector.
• In February 2024, Syngenta Crop Protection and Lavie Bio Ltd. established a strategic partnership to discover and develop new bio-insecticides. This collaboration aims to leverage Lavie Bio's unique technology platform to identify and optimize novel biological solutions that can effectively manage insect pests while maintaining high sustainability standards. The agreement underscores the companies' shared commitment to innovation in the biologicals sector, providing farmers with effective tools to combat resistance and enhance crop yields. By combining Syngenta's extensive global research and development capabilities with Lavie Bio's computational biology expertise, the initiative seeks to accelerate the delivery of next-generation crop protection products to the global market.

Key Market Players

• Corteva Inc
• Novozymes A/S
• Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
• Eurofins Scientific SE
• Syngenta AG
• Nutrien Ltd.
• BASF SE
• Bayer AG
• SRT Agro Science Pvt Ltd
• gnp agrosciences pvt. ltd.

By Product Type	By End Users	By Region
Genetically Modified (GM) Seeds Biopesticides Biostimulants	Crops Food and Vegetables	North America Europe Asia Pacific South America Middle East & Africa

Report Scope:

In this report, the Global Agroscience Market has been segmented into the following categories, in addition to the industry trends which have also been detailed below:

• Agroscience Market, By Product Type:

• Genetically Modified (GM) Seeds
• Biopesticides
• Biostimulants

• Agroscience Market, By End Users:

• Crops
• Food and Vegetables

• Agroscience Market, By Region:

• North America
• United States
• Canada
• Mexico
• Europe
• France
• United Kingdom
• Italy
• Germany
• Spain
• Asia Pacific
• China
• India
• Japan
• Australia
• South Korea
• South America
• Brazil
• Argentina
• Colombia
• Middle East & Africa
• South Africa
• Saudi Arabia
• UAE