Global Smart Agriculture Market Outlook: based on Components, based on Application , based on Geography & by Region with Forecast 2017-2030

Global Smart Agriculture Market Overview

Agriculture plays a vital role in every country’s economic development. With growing world’s population demand for food production is rapidly going up but the production rate is very slow as compared with the population growth rate. Global food and agriculture industry estimated to form a market value of over USD 6.0 trillion by 2020, however meeting the needs of growing population is a challenge for agriculture sector. Hence to fulfill the need, high crop yielding is required which is significantly boosting the adoption of smart agriculture across the world. Agricultural technologies have strong business opportunities with deployment of advanced technologies such as big data analytics, cloud based platforms and IoT. Implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) in agriculture is in its nascent stage. However, rising penetration of wireless communication system is driving the demand of IoT in smart agriculture. Many startups are generating notable revenues with the implementation of IoT based technologies and solution in agriculture sector. In 2015, over 25 IoT based agricultural technology startups were established in India. The United States based startups related to smart agriculture generated over USD 2.0 billion from connected agricultural projects in 2017.

Top market players of the market are hugely investing in acquisitions and expansion of farm network business which is expected to drive the market of smart agriculture. In 2017, America agricultural equipment manufacturer AGCO Corporation announced to acquire precision planting equipment and signed an agreement with The Climate Corporation. This partnership is targeting to deploy innovative products and digital platforms to farmers and to enhance the agricultural productivity across the world. In the same year, Crop Data Management Systems, Inc., (CDMS) is planning to acquire SeedIQ a seed product data provider to improvise crop production and protection for agriculture industry.

Smart Agriculture Market Segmentation

Global smart agriculture market is segmented on following basis

Based on Components

• Hardware

• Drones
• Sensors
• RFID Tags
• Others(Transmitters, Sprinklers)

• Software

• Data Management
• Network Management
• Security
• Remote Monitoring
• Real Time Streaming Analysis

• Platforms

Based on Application

• Precision Farming
• Aquaculture(Fish Farming)
• Precision Livestock Monitoring
• Smart Greenhouse
• Other ( Horticulture, Animal Husbandry)

Based on Geography

• North America (U.S. & Canada)  {Market Size (USD Billion), Growth Analysis (%) and Opportunity Analysis}
•  Latin America ( Brazil , Mexico & Rest of Latin America) {Market Size (USD Billion), Growth Analysis (%) and Opportunity Analysis}
• Europe (The U.K., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Sweden & RoE) {Market Size (USD Billion), Growth Analysis (%) and Opportunity Analysis}
• Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of Asia) {Market Size (USD Billion), Growth Analysis (%) and Opportunity Analysis}
• Middle East & Africa (GCC, South Africa, North Africa, RoMEA) {Market Size (USD Billion), Growth Analysis (%) and Opportunity Analysis}
•  Rest of World {Market Size (USD Billion), Growth Analysis (%) and Opportunity Analysis}

Market Size and Forecast to 2030

Rising demand for automation and advanced agricultural techniques is supporting the growth of global smart agriculture market. Deployment of advanced technology in agriculture industry is contributing to fulfill the food demand of growing population efficiently. This is a key driving factor which is raising the need of smart agriculture across the world. Global smart agriculture market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.28% over the forecast period of 2017-2030. Soil monitoring system and farm management system are capable of analyzing data and increases the production capacity of the field.

Regional Outlook

Geographically, North America is the dominating market of smart agriculture and accounted for over 70.0% of global smart agriculture market in 2016. U.S. based companies have raised their investment up to 90% in agriculture based technologies which is the major factor for the growth of smart agriculture in the region. Inclination of U.S. farmers towards robotics and GPS technologies is likely to drive the smart agriculture market in North America region during the forecast period.

In Asia-Pacific region, Japan is the dominating country in smart agriculture market. High adoption rate of precision farming is contributing the major portion in the total revenue of smart agriculture in Japan. In 2015, precision farming holds 30.0% market share of overall smart agriculture market in Japan. Emerging economies such as China and India are also accepting digital technology in agriculture sector.

Europe spends over 6.5 % of its GDP in food and agriculture sector which is creating positive market scope for implementation of digital technology in agriculture. Europe smart agriculture market valued USD 5.4 billion in 2016 and is anticipated to witness a notable growth at a CAGR of 7.48% over the forecast period. European countries such as Poland, France and Scotland have increased their trade value of food industry by implementing IoT based solutions in agriculture.

Major area of Latin America region is covered with forest and natural resources which is driving the agriculture industry in the region. Rising penetration of automation in agriculture industry mainly in Brazil and Mexico is contributing for significant growth of smart agriculture in Latin America region.

Drivers and Challenges to Market Growth

Changing climatic conditions majorly affect the agricultural production. Brazil has witness nearly 10-18% of reductions in production of soy and corn in past few years due to extreme heat conditions. Deployment of IoT based solutions can efficiently monitor the climatic changes and can improve the crop yielding. IoT based solutions also helps in effective utilization of water and its conservation in agriculture. Smart irrigation has potential to reduce the water consumption up to 10-15% which is anticipated to become a future for smart agriculture market. Moreover, advanced technologies for agriculture sector is also reducing the consumption of energy and enhancing the crop productivity. Farmers are inclining towards the adoption of smart equipments such as drones and GPS tracking which is improving the agricultural activities and reducing the operational cost and human labor. More than 85% of farmers are using GPS enabled technologies in farm machinery and livestock monitoring in US. These are some of the key factors which are driving the smart agriculture market globally.

Lack of access to connected devices and services in agriculture mainly in developing countries is restraining the market growth of IoT in smart agriculture. Over 60% of farmers across the world are not facilitated proper internet connectivity. High initial investment in implementation of advance technologies is limiting the adoption of IoT among farmers of developing countries like India, Brazil and China. Agriculture industry has vast application and efficient management of data is a major obstacle for the expansion of smart agriculture market. Smart agriculture market is majorly consists of startups. Deployment of large scale projects in agriculture is a challenge which also reduces adoption rate of technologies by farmers in agriculture sector.

Market Opportunities

• Rising penetration of communication technologies is likely to raise the adoption of IoT based solutions in agricultures. More than 85% of farmers are using 2G/3G/4G connectivity technology in 2016. Wireless sensors and Bluetooth technology is expected to contribute in effective farm management.
• Rising acquisitions and partnerships between government and private companies is like to promote the investment in smart agriculture projects. For instance, USD 16.0 billion was invested by major tech giants in farm business network across the world in 2017. Moreover, European Union is investing over USD 100.0 billion for rural development of Europe region and enhancement of agricultural technology in the same year.
• Rising penetration of internet and Smartphone is drastically changing the market of smart agriculture. Educational Apps on farm management and new agricultural technologies is going to increase the wide adoption of smart agriculture across the world.

Covered in this Global Smart Agriculture Market report

The report covers the present ground scenario and the future growth prospects of the smart agriculture market for 2016-2024 along with the market players’ analysis. We calculated the market size and revenue share on the basis of revenue generated from major players in the Global region.

Global Smart Agriculture Market Outlook 2030, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis from farm market experts. The report covers the competitive landscape and current position of major players in the global market space. The report also includes porter’s five force model, SWOT analysis, company profiling, business strategies of market players and their business models. It also recognizes value chain analysis to understand the cost differentiation, pricing models to provide a competitive advantage to the existing and new entry players.

Key Market Players

Our Global smart agriculture market report comprises of the following companies as the key players.

• AGCO Corporation
• Deere & Company
• Leica Geosystems
• Trimble Navigation Ltd.
• AgJunction Inc.
• Cisco Systems
• Hexagon AB

The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the farm market. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors.

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