by Yaki Keinan, Business Development, AquaMor
The world's population is projected to increase from the current seven billion to 9.7 billion people by 2050. Both agriculture and aquaculture will need to double yields to feed this fast-growing world population.
For agriculture, there is now megatrend growth of biological products, like biopesticides, biostimulants, microbial and 'hybrid' products at an average annual rate of 15 percent – 20 percent versus chemical pesticides, whose annual growth rate is averaging only three percent.
The world's population is projected to increase from the current seven billion to 9.7 billion people by 2050. Both agriculture and aquaculture will need to double yields to feed this fast-growing world population.
For agriculture, there is now megatrend growth of biological products, like biopesticides, biostimulants, microbial and 'hybrid' products at an average annual rate of 15 percent – 20 percent versus chemical pesticides, whose annual growth rate is averaging only three percent.
Beyond population growth, the drivers of biological product growth in agriculture include the delisting of many if not most chemical pesticides by the EU, EPA and other regulatory agencies around the world, the resulting need to manage resistance, and consumer demands for higher quality foods which are free of chemical residues.
Similarly in aquaculture, world population growth is creating increased demand for larger and higher quality yields of fish and crustacean products, as well. While regulatory agencies do not seem to have become quite as aggressive in delisting most chemicals for use in aquaculture as they have in agriculture, this is likely to happen as consumer demands for chemical-free fish and crustaceans grow.
Public pressure for non-chemical solutions will drive increased regulation. But where are the non-chemical solutions to issues of disease and damage to fish and crustaceans in handling, transportation and other challenges within aquaculture?
How can we achieve the complete replacement of chemical treatment with natural solutions that effectively reduces disease, infection and mortality, while safeguarding natural habitats?
From vaccination, transportation and stress reduction
through staving off the onslaught of parasites and bacterial diseases,
chemical-free solutions are now available and being used increasingly around
the world.
Read more HERE.
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