Higher Yield As Compared To Conventional Agriculture Practices Drives Hydroponics Market
by Mit K. SEOThe
overall hydroponics
market is projected to grow from USD 8.1 billion in 2019 to USD 16.0
billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 12.1%. Hydroponic systems provide higher yield
compared to traditional agricultural techniques, owing to the increase in harvest
cycles. Furthermore, hydroponic systems eliminate the use of artificial
ripening agents and pesticides, which helps in creating nutritionally superior
vegetable products.
Higher yield as compared
to conventional agriculture practices
According
to the FAO, due to the increasing population, food production is expected to
rise by 70% before 2050. On the other hand, natural prerequisites of
agriculture, viz., arable land and water have been depleting, with rapid
urbanization across the globe. To feed the increasing population, the
productivity of food crops needs to be increased in the existing arable land,
and also alternative farming techniques such as urban farming need to be
encouraged.
Hydroponic
systems or soil-less agriculture reduce the farmer’s consumption of resources,
thereby enabling this farming technique to be adopted by a large number of
stakeholders, ranging from home gardeners to professional growers, and
supermarkets to restaurants. According to the UN reports on global population,
plants grown in hydroponic systems have achieved 20%–25% higher yield than the
traditional agriculture system, with its productivity being 2–5 times higher.
Also, owing to controlled environmental conditions, the effect of climatic
changes can be balanced with the help of these systems, thereby not affecting
the annual crop production. CEH techniques directly affect the crop harvest
cycle; hence, for hydroponic systems, crop harvest cycles are shorter in
comparison to traditional farming techniques, thereby increasing the annual
yield. Also, since climatic changes show a minimal effect on such systems,
crops can be produced all year round, thereby again increasing the produce.
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Lack of government
policy and tax breaks in developing countries
Hydroponic
farming is seen as a key factor in improving food security in developing
regions; however, while government support through tax cuts is present in
developed countries, the same cannot be said for developing countries. The
availability of the best equipment is fairly limited and often needs to be
imported, which attracts taxes adding to the costs for hydroponic growers. The
lack of tax cuts and incentives is also a key factor that hinders the growth of
hydroponics in developing regions as the high set-up costs and running costs
can often render operations unfeasible. The need for basic training and
technical knowledge is necessary for operating hydroponic farms, which although
is present in developing countries, does not add significantly to the value of
hydroponic farms. The high costs of production often result in high costs of
the final product, which in itself can draw consumers away in price-sensitive
markets.
Entrance of new players
in the market
Due
to increased popularity and adoption of hydroponics, many new players are
entering the market. For instance, Larry Ellison, founder, chairman, and CTO of
Oracle, launched a hydroponic farming start-up, named Sensei in Los Angeles.
The company plans to build 10 greenhouses covering 200,000 square feet on the
Hawaiian island of Lanai and instead of measuring output by volume, Sensei will
measure nutrition per acre.
Various
investors are also supporting hydroponics start-ups globally. For instance, in
June 2017 a high-tech indoor, vertical farming start-up, Bowery Farming,
announced it had raised USD 20 million in a Series A1 co-led by General
Catalyst and GGV Capital, and including GV, First Round Capital, and other seed
round investors. In July 2017, a San Francisco-based indoor vertical farming
start-up, Plenty, raised the largest agtech funding round in history – a USD
200 million Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund – the USD 93 billion all-stage
tech fund headed by a Japanese investor, Masayoshi Son. Other participants in
the round include affiliates of Louis M. Bacon, the founder of Moore Capital
Management, and existing investors Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors,
Finistere, DCM, Data Collective, and Bezos Expeditions. Plenty has plans to
open 500 hydroponics farms in all the major cities of more than 1 million
inhabitants, globally.
Europe is projected to account for the largest
market size during the forecast period
The European hydroponics market is projected to be
the largest between 2019 and 2025, while the Asia Pacific market is projected
to grow at the highest CAGR. Europe was the largest producer of hydroponic
crops in 2018. It is still the largest market for hydroponically produced
crops. Europe has traditionally been at the forefront of implementing advanced
techniques in hydroponic smart greenhouse horticulture. Countries such as the
Netherlands, Spain, and France have large areas under greenhouse cultivation.
However, in the Netherlands, growers mostly cultivate their plants in simple
tunnel-like greenhouses without the use of climate control technologies. The
advancement in greenhouse farming has supported the growth of hydroponics in
Europe.
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Key Market Players
The hydroponics market is divided into two
segments-system input providers and hydroponic crop producers. The key players
in the hydroponic system input providers market include Signify Holdings
(Netherlands), Argus Control Systems (Canada), Heliospectra AB (Sweden), Scotts
Miracle Gro (US), American Hydroponics (US), and LumiGrow (US). The key players
in the hydroponic crop producer market include Aerofarms (US), Terra Tech Corp
(US), Hydroponic Farms (UAE), Triton Foodworks Ltd. (India), Urban cultivator
(Canada), Village Farms (Canada), Green Sense Holdings (US), and Iron Ox (US).
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