The manufactured soils market is projected to reach USD 7.8 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.7% from 2016 to 2021. The growth of this market is attributed to the increasing demand for organic products, the increasing global population, improved yield & productivity, and increasing trend towards modern farming practices such as controlled agriculture and urban farming. Increase in demand for organic foods, swift growth in the urban farming techniques, increased demand for horticulture along with the promotion and aid by government agencies have fueled the usage of soil blends & mixes among the modern agricultural practices. The years considered for the study are:

• Base Year: 2015
• Estimated Year: 2016
• Projected Year: 2021
• Forecast Period: 2016 to 2021

This report includes the estimation of market sizes for value (USD million). Top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to estimate and validate the size of the manufactured soils market and to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets. Key players in the market have been identified through secondary research, and their market share has been determined through primary and secondary research. All percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns have been determined using secondary sources and were verified through primary sources.

Market Ecosystem

The manufactured soil value chain includes material input manufacturers that provides with soil, compost, sand, coir fiber, perlite, and vermiculite among others. Manufactured soil manufacturers include The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (U.S.), Boxley Materials Company Inc. (U.S.), Resource Management Inc. (U.S.), and Boughton Loam & Turf Management Limited (U.K.). Other players include Casella Organics, Inc. (U.S.) Resource Management Inc. (U.S.), and Tim O’Hare Associates LLP (U.K.). Furthermore, the products manufactured by these companies are sold by either the manufacturers or through there dedicated distribution channels.

Target Audience:

• Raw material and ingredients suppliers
• Suppliers
• Agriculture institutes
• R&D institutes
• Technology providers
• Manufactured soil manufacturers/suppliers
• Raw material manufacturers/suppliers
• Intermediary suppliers
• Wholesalers
• Dealers
• Consumers
• Retailers
• Farmers
• Research institutes and organizations
• Government bodies, venture capitalists, and private equity firms

“The study answers several questions for stakeholders, primarily which market segments to focus on in the next two to five years for prioritizing efforts and investments.”

The fish processing market is projected to reach USD 222.71 Billion in terms of value by 2021, at a CAGR of 3.8% from 2016 to 2021, and is projected to reach 37,194.98 KT in terms of volume by 2021, at a CAGR of 2.2%. The objectives of the study is to define, segment, and measure the fish processing market with respect to categories, species, sources, applications, equipment, and key regional markets. They also include major factors influencing the growth of the market, strategically analyze the micromarkets, analyze opportunities for stakeholders, provide details of competitive landscape, and strategically profile the key players with respect to their market share and core competencies.

The years considered for the study are:

• Base Year — 2015
• Estimated Year — 2016
• Projected Year — 2021
• Forecast Period — 2016 to 2021

This report includes estimations of market sizes for value (USD billion) and volume (kilo tons). Both top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to estimate and validate the size of the fish processing market and to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets in the overall market. Key players in the market have been identified through secondary research, and their market share in respective regions has been determined through primary and secondary research. All percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns have been determined using secondary sources and were verified through primary sources.

Market Ecosystem:

The various contributors involved in the value chain of fish processing include harvesters, fish sourcing suppliers, fish processors, manufacturers, logistics & distribution, marketing & sales, and end-use industries. Fish processors and manufacturers use their R&D facilities to develop a new variety or improved version of existing fish by using advanced technology to make value additions. Handling of the fish both pre- and post-processing impacts the quality of the product which then goes to the final customers. Maximum value addition of a product in the food & beverages industry is observed in the stages of fish procurement, processing, and packaging. Processed fish is used in various food applications and finds use in non-food industries such as fish meal, fish oil, cosmetics, and fertilizers.

The market is dominated by key players such as Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (Thailand), Maruha Nichiro Corporation (Japan), Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (Japan), Marine Harvest ASA (Norway), and Thai Union Frozen Products PLC (Thailand). Other players include Pescanova S.A. (Spain), High Liner Foods Incorporated (Canada), Royal Greenland A/S (Denmark), Leroy Seafood Group ASA (Norway), and Norway Pelagic ASA (Norway).

According to MarketsandMarkets™ [151 Pages Report] the pine-derived chemicals market is projected to reach USD 5.27 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2016 to 2021. The objectives of the study are to define, segment, and measure the pine-derived chemicals market with respect to its types, applications, sources, processes, and key regional markets. They also include major factors influencing the growth of the market, strategically analyze the micromarkets, analyze opportunities for stakeholders, provide details of competitive landscape, and strategically profile the key players with respect to their market share and core competencies.

This report includes estimations of market sizes for value (USD billion). Both, top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to estimate and validate the size of the pine-derived chemicals market and to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets in the overall market. Key players in the market have been identified through secondary research (FAO, Bloomberg, Factiva, companies’ annual reports), and their market share in respective regions has been determined through primary and secondary research. All percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns have been determined using secondary sources and were verified through primary sources.

The various contributors involved in the value chain of pine-derived chemicals include pine-derived chemicals manufacturers such as Eastman Chemical Company (U.S.), Harima Chemicals Group, Inc. (Japan), Ingevity Corporation (U.S.), Arizona Chemical Company, LLC (U.S.), and Mentha & Allied Products Pvt. Ltd. (India); government bodies & regulatory associations such as United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Pine Chemicals Association (PCA), American Chemistry Council (ACC), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); distributors such as Renessenz LLC (U.S.), Arakawa Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Japan), and Mentha & Allied Products Pvt. Ltd. (India); and end uses such as adhesives & sealants, paints & coatings, surfactants, printing inks, and others which include food additives, cosmetics additives, and seed coatings.

The food preservatives market, in terms of value, is projected to reach around USD 2.94 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 2.5% from 2016 to 2021.

The global market has grown steadily in the recent years. It has a significant impact on food in terms of maintaining the quality, flavor, and taste of the food, this has led to its high demand across the world. This is due to the need for food products that are required to have a longer shelf-life as hectic lifestyles of people, especially in the developed regions make them opt for convenience foods, however, health conscious people nowadays are demanding for food products that have natural preservatives and this has led to the increasing use of natural preservative in food products, specially meat, poultry, & seafood. The market by region has been segmented as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and RoW.

The years considered for the study are as follows:

• Base year — 2015
• Estimated year — 2016
• Projected year — 2021
• Forecast period — 2016 to 2021

The Objectives of the study includes:

• To understand and analyze the market segmentation, such as type, function, and application
• To understand the structure of the food preservatives market by identifying its various sub-segments
• To provide detailed information about the key factors influencing the growth of the market (drivers, restraints, opportunities, industry-specific challenges, and burning issues)
• To strategically profile key players and comprehensively analyze their market share and core competencies

This report includes estimation of market sizes for value (USD million) and volume (tons). Both top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to estimate and validate the size of the food preservatives market and various other dependent submarkets in the overall market. Key players in the market have been identified through secondary research, and their market share in their respective regions has been determined through primary and secondary research. All percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns have been determined using secondary sources and were verified through primary sources.

The food preservatives market value chain players are Akzo Nobel N.V. (Netherlands), Danisco A/S (Denmark), Cargill, Incorporated (U.S.), Univar Inc. (U.S.), and Koninklijke DSM N.V (Netherlands), among others. Maximum value addition of a product in the global food preservatives industry is observed in the stages of product manufacturing. In the initial stage, the raw materials, which in this case, are chemicals and natural ingredients, are used for the production of synthetic and natural preservatives, respectively. Value addition in the marketing and sales stages varies with key players, addressable markets, manufacturing units, and end consumers. The key companies that offer food preservatives mainly invest in new product developments and production expansions through acquisitions and the development of new facilities.

The confectionery ingredients market is projected to reach USD 76.81 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2016 to 2021. The objectives of the study are to define, segment, and measure the confectionery ingredients market with respect to its type, application, source, form, and key regional market. It also includes factors influencing the growth of the market, strategic analysis of the micro markets, analysis of the opportunities for stakeholders, details of the competitive landscape, and strategic profiling of the key players with respect to their market share and core competencies.

The years considered for the study are as follows:

• Base year — 2015
• Estimated year — 2016
• Projected year — 2021
• Forecast period — 2016 to 2021

This report includes estimations of market sizes for value (USD billion). Both, top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to estimate and validate the size of the confectionery ingredients market and to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets in the overall market. Key players in the market have been identified through secondary research (FAO, Bloomberg, Factiva, companies’ annual reports), and their market share in respective regions has been determined through primary and secondary research. All percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns have been determined using secondary sources and verified through primary sources.The market for confectionery ingredients is projected to reach USD 76.81 Billion by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.2% from 2016 to 2021. The confectionery ingredients market is driven by growing industrialization, large-scale adoption of confectionery ingredients for various applications in diverse industries including chocolate, sugar confectionery, gums, and other industries such as fillings, coatings, caramel, aerated confectionery, spreads, and cereal bars. Also, owing to the factors such as changing consumer lifestyles, R&D and innovations to strengthen the confectionery ingredients market, increasing demand for natural ingredients due to increasing consumer awareness, and health benefits of chocolates result in the growth of the confectionery ingredients market.

The confectionery ingredients market has been segmented on the basis of type into cocoa & chocolate, dairy ingredients, hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, malts, oils & shortenings, starches & derivatives, sweeteners, flavors, and others, which include food color additives & flavors, functional systems and fruits & vegetables. The cocoa & chocolate segment dominated the confectionery ingredients market, owing to the increasing producers’ demand as it is commercially viable, abundant demand for chocolate, diverse application dimensions not only in confectionery but also in baking industry and development of food technology and food processing.

The global agricultural biologicals testing market is projected to grow from USD 686.5 million in 2016 to USD 1,124.7 million by 2021, at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2016 to 2021. Agricultural biologicals testing refers to various types of tests such as efficacy, toxicity, stability, and microbiological analyses that are conducted on biofertilizers, biopesticides, and biostimulants. Agricultural biologicals comprise natural products developed particularly for the purpose of crop production. The market for agricultural biologicals testing includes field support, analytical tests, and tests for regulatory compliance. The base year considered for the study is 2015, and the forecast has been provided for the period between 2016 and 2021.

The market for agricultural biologicals testing is mainly driven by the increasing usage of biological agricultural inputs in Europe. Stringent regulations imposed in various countries of this region has encouraged consumers to shift from the traditional pesticides to less toxic biological products. Leading manufacturing companies of agrochemicals such as Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. (US) and Monsanto Company (US) are entering the market for biologicals, which has led to an increased awareness about such products among consumers. These developments have encouraged testing companies to offer their services in the agricultural input industry. Manufacturers of biological products are testing their products with different objectives such as field trials,product analysis, and regulatory compliance. Due to these factors, the agricultural biologicals market in Europe is projected to witness a significant growth over the coming years.

The following are the major objectives of the study.

• To define, segment, and project the global market size for agricultural biologicals testing on the basis of product type, application, end user, and region
• To understand the structure of the agricultural biologicals testing market by identifying its subsegments
• To provide detailed information about the key factors influencing the market growth (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges)

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The global market for specialty feed additives was valued at USD 7.74 Billion in 2015; this is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.43% from 2016, to reach USD 11.12 Billion by 2022. The main objectives of the report are to define, segment, and project the size of the global specialty feed additives market with respect to type, livestock, function, form, and region; provide detailed information regarding the key factors influencing the growth of the market; and strategically profile key players and comprehensively analyze their core competencies.

This research study involves the extensive usage of secondary sources — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FEFANA (EU Association of Specialty Feed Ingredients and their Mixtures), and International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) — to identify and collect information useful for this technical, market-oriented, and commercial study of the specialty feed additives market. The primary sources are mainly several industry experts from core & related industries and preferred suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers, reimbursement providers, technology developers, alliances, and standard & certification organizations related to all the segments of this industry’s value chain. In-depth interviews have been conducted with various primary respondents, including key industry participants, subject matter experts (SMEs), C-level executives of key market players, and industry consultants among other experts to obtain & verify critical qualitative & quantitative information as well as to assess future prospects.

The value chain of specialty feed additives begins with R&D and product development, in which the selection of source and the quality of the product are determined by the requirement of the product. The value chain helps in bringing about coordination among stakeholders such as BASF SE (Germany), Evonik Industries (Germany), Novozymes (Denmark), Nutreco N.V. (Netherlands), and Alltech Inc. (U.S.).

Target Audience

The key stakeholders for the report are as follows:

• Specialty feed additive manufacturers
• Specialty feed additive importers and exporters
• Government regulatory authorities and research organizations
• Feed additives associations and industry bodies

Modified Starch Market report categorizes the global market by Function, Raw Material (Cassava, Potato, Corn, and Wheat), Application [F&B (Bakery & Confectionery, Beverages, and Processed Foods), Animal Feed, and Industrial], and Region. The market for modified starch stood at USD 9.93 Billion in 2017; it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.1% from 2018, to reach USD 12.67 Billion by 2023. The base year considered for the study is 2017, and the forecast period is from 2018 to 2023. The basic objective of the report is to define, segment, and project the global market size for modified starch on the basis of modification type, raw material, function, application, and region. It also helps to understand the structure of the modified starch market by identifying its various segments. The other objectives include analyzing the opportunities in the market for stakeholders and providing a competitive landscape of market trends, analyzing the macro and micro indicators of this market, and projecting the size of the modified starch market and its submarkets, in terms of value as well as volume.

This report includes estimations of the market size in terms of value (USD million) and volume (million tons). Both, the top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to estimate and validate the size of the global modified starch market and to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets in the overall market. The key players in the market have been identified through secondary research; some of these sources are press releases, paid databases such as Factiva and Bloomberg, annual reports, and financial journals; their market shares in respective regions have also been determined through primary and secondary research. All percentage shares, splits, and breakdowns have been determined using secondary sources and verified through primary sources. The figure below shows the breakdown of profiles of industry experts that participated in the primary discussions.

Increasing demand for natural and clean label products, increasing awareness regarding the ill-effects of artificial colors & flavors, additional health benefits of certain natural colors & flavors have played a major role in boosting the natural food colors & flavors market globally. The market is projected to reach USD 7.79 Billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 7.0% from 2015 to 2020. The beverage and functional food and dietary supplement manufacturers form the target audience for this report, along with dietary supplements, frozen products, and bakery producers particularly in developed regions.

This report provides a full analysis of key companies and competitive analysis of developments recorded in the industry since 2010. In the report, market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges have been discussed in detail. Leading players of the market such as Sensient Technologies Corporation (U.S.), Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (Denmark), Symrise AG (Germany), International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (U.S.), Kerry Group Plc. (Ireland), Givaudan SA (Switzerland), Royal DSM N.V. (The Netherlands), Archer Daniels Midland Company (U.S.), and FMC Corporation (U.S.) have been profiled to provide an insight of the competitive scenario in the natural food colors & flavors market. Strategic expansions and new product launches have been the key strategies adopted by leading companies. Companies have also adopted strategies such as acquisitions, partnerships, joint ventures, and investments.

The caramel segment accounted for around 63% of the market share in 2014. Scope of the Report

This research categorizes the global market based on natural food color type & application, natural food flavor type & application, and region.

On the basis of type, the natural food colors market has been segmented as follows:

• Caramel
• Carotenoids
• Anthocyanins
• Others (betalains, anthraquinones, carmine, cochineal extract, curcumin, turmeric, and copper chlorophyllin)

On the basis of application, the natural food colors market has been segmented as follows:

• Beverages
• Bakery
• Confectionery
• Dairy & frozen
• Meat products
• Others (soups, salad, condiments, dressings, and sauces)

On the basis of type, the natural food flavors market has been segmented as follows:

• Natural extracts
• Aroma chemicals
• Essential oils
• Others (spices, microorganisms, and fermentation)

On the basis of application, the natural food flavors market has been segmented as follows:

• Beverages
• Savory & snacks
• Bakery & confectionery
• Dairy & frozen
• Others (soups, salad, condiments, dressings, and sauces)

The global specialty fertilizers market, in terms of value, is projected to reach $19.89 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 7.0% from 2015. The growth of the global market is primarily triggered by its high efficiency with minimum wastage, ease of application, and reduced application cost. Also, the growing food demand in developed and developing nations has helped the growth of the market. However, factors such as high cost of specialty fertilizers, storage limitations, and the accumulation of salts in soil are restraining the growth of this market.

Specialty fertilizers are granular fertilizer particles that restrict the amount of moisture contact and help gradually release fertilizer nutrients, usually over a few weeks or a few months. Specialty fertilizers contribute to advanced fertilizer management programs and to innovative farming systems such as no-tillage farming with single co-situs fertilizer application. They significantly reduce possible loss of nutrients, particularly losses of nitrate nitrogen between applications, and uptake by the plant through gradual nutrient release. They also reduce loss of ammonia due to evaporation, which substantially decreases the risk of environmental pollution.

The rising demand for diversified food and the declining arable land are posing challenges for the farmers to increase the per acre yield rate by the use efficient fertilizers such as specialty fertilizers. Increasing concerns regarding environmental degradation due to indiscriminate use of fertilizers is compelling farmers to opt for high-efficiency fertilizers.

This report estimates and projects the size of the global market in terms of value ($million). In this report, the market is broadly segmented based on type, crop type, and region. Market drivers, restraints, and challenges, raw material, and product price trends are discussed in detail.

Companies such as Yara International ASA (Norway), Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (Chile), Haifa Chemicals Ltd. (Israel), Sinochem Group (China), Agrium Inc. (Canada), and The Mosaic Company (U.S.) are the most active market players, and are constantly updating their product portfolio by means of constant innovations. Market share of key players in the overall market is discussed in detail based on developments. The global market has grown exponentially in the last few years and this growth is projected to continue