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Biological Based Crop Protection 9 May 2018 Jennifer Lewis Head of Innovation and Development - Certis Europe Vice Chairman IBMA UK
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Biological Based Crop Protection
9 May 2018
Jennifer Lewis
Head of Innovation and Development - Certis Europe
Vice Chairman IBMA UK
Outline
• Introduction
• Market Drivers and Size
• The Dilemma
• Constraints to growth
• Examples of how to overcome the
constraints
• Conclusions
Certis is built on a platform of Japanese
active ingredients and biorational products
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programmes are formed using
conventional chemistry together with biological alternatives including
microbial pesticides, natural products, pheromones and beneficials
Market Drivers for Bio- based Crop
Protection
Regulation
favours
biological
solutions
Pesticide
Reduction and
IPM Targets set
in legislationConsumers do not
want pesticide
residues in food
Biodiversity
concerns
Biorational
market is
growing
Pesticide
companies
investing in
biologicals
Water pollution
concerns
Increasing market for
biological solutions for
pest control
More political
based
decisions – less
science
Resistance
development
Global Trends Impacting Agriculture
Water scarcity
Biodiversity
impact
Energy scarcity
Environmental
Impact of
Climate Change
Networked/
Knowledged
society
Consumer
empowerment
Population
Growth 10BN
by 2050
Less land for agricultural
production that needs to
produce more by 2050
Land Use for
Agriculture Consolidation and
Globalisation
The Dilemma – 2 opposing forces
• Consumer
concerns on
pesticide residues
• Reducing
environmental
impact
• Regulation
favouring
biologicals
• Low risk products
• Less land
available for
agriculture
• Less water
available for
agriculture
• More food
required
• Climate
fluctuation
• More risk to
production
Market Size and Uptake of Biologicals varies
by country (€000s)
Consolidated Information France UK Spain Netherlands Market Size (€'000s) Conventional (2013) 2,060,000 512,000 734,000 375,000
Total Bio (€'000s) (2012) 44,403 3,144 50,933 19,179
% Bio of Conventional 2% 1% 7% 4%
Estimated Bio (€'000s) (2017) 93,261 16.603 107,117 40,282
Estimated % Bio of Conventional 5% 3% 15% 11%
• Source: European Biopesticides Market Survey (2012, 2016) plus corrected
beneficial market figures.
• Overall data is underestimate but relative trend in each country sensible,
• Applied estimated CAGR of 16% over 5 years since survey
• Spanish uptake is highest
• European market biological pesticides ca 1bn € (ca 10% of the conventional
market) predicted to double by 2020
Constraints to Growth
Customer (Grower and Distributor)
• Ease of use
• Biologicals is not a one stop shop– Requires system thinking (whole
agronomy)
– Outdoor more difficult
• Reliablity of product
• Risk averse nature of growers– Is it proven?
Industry
• Grey products pulling market value down
• Limited resources in biological companies (often SMEs)
How to overcome
• Speed up adoption through– Distributor training in IPM
– Grower training in IPM
– Demonstration of product in programmes at grower and distributor level
– Financial incentives to growers and distributors to try product
• Industry– Understand Mode of Action
– Create integrated programmes
– Improved formulations and versatility of use
• Government– Speed up registration review
time for biologicals
– Regulate all biologicals
Constraints to growth mean adoption can be slow
What to do to Progress Biological Based Crop Protection
Product
Biorational Reliable performance
Indoor
Biorational unreliable performance
Risk averse growers
Programmes
Outdoor
Help and incentive to experiment
Current Situation Some good
examplesNeed for more focus
Fair and Fast Regulation for BiologicalsBiologicals regulation
Examples of each of these ways of creating growth
through overcoming the constraints are given in the
remainder of the presentation
Integrated Programmes are the
Norm in Protected Crops
Horticultural Industry leads the way
Profound understanding of crop/pest interactions and
combining nutrients, pesticides and agromony. Aim of
TGA:
“To reduce the losses caused by pest and diseases using
ICM techniques and without recourse to Plant Protection
Products wherever possible”
Moving biologicals outdoors
Through enhanced use of precision agriculture,
forecasting and decision support tools,
performance of biologicals outdoors
can be improved
Reliable and Enhanced
Performance from Biopesticides (1)
1. Understand the Mode of Action
1. Formation of Iturins
2. MOA different in soil and leaf
3. MOA helps create use
recommendations
2. Advanced formulation techniques to
1. Enhance MOA
2. Protect the biological
3. Provide optimum conditions
for growth
4. Incorporate biostimulants/fertilizer
Innovative Farmers
“field labs for safe experimentation”
Single Farm Payment revision – Post Brexit
Incentivise integrated pest management
France
• CEPP financial incentive to distributors to
recommend biologicals
• Training programme required at agronomist and
farmer level
• Push to register biologicals
Post Brexit
• Consider subsidy support for switching to integrated
approach and increased use of biologicals
• In EU 50% of new actives are now biological
• Low risk regulation now ratified– Faster review times
– Faster ROI for the applicant
– Important incentive for SMEs
• Biostimulant regulation drafted in Europe• Implementation – 2019??
• Post Brexit– Low risk = quicker
registration
– Important to bring this concept into the post Brexit UK scenario
– Regulate grey products
Regulation to be consistent, fast and fair
Conclusion – How to Grow Biological Crop
Protection
• Reliability– Understand how the biological works – mode of action
– Create integrated programmes using biologicals, conventionals, nutrition
• Reduce the risk– Help the grower to try it out
– Innovative Farmers network – more needed
• Reward– Incentivise growers/distributors/industry to switch
– Reconsider Single Farm Payment to reward integrated production
• Regulation– Speed up review time for biologicals
– Regulate grey products
Make it easy for the farmer – build an integrated approach
To succeed we need educated
biologists, agronomists and
programmers
