Thailand Seed Industry Outlook to 2018 - Government Support and Technological Advancement to Escalate Productivity” provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects such as market size of the seed industry in Thailand. The market is segmented by rice, maize and vegetable seeds, by hybrid or non hybrid seeds and by domestic and imports revenue in the report. The report also includes the competitive landscape of major seed developing companies in Thailand in both domestic and international market and also provides a detailed presentation on the rice seed and the maize seed industry in Thailand. The future outlook of the Thailand seed industry is comprehensively presented in the report along with the major growth drivers, challenges, porter’s five forces, SWOT analysis and macroeconomic variables. Source: https://www.kenresearch.com/agriculture-food-beverages/agriculture-industry/thailand-seed-industry-market-research-report/610-104.html

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Market Research, Market Report

2. - Discussed leading players, profile, market share and product
portfolio
- Industry statistics from 2008to 2013 and forecast from 2015 to
2018 in value terms
- Detailed discussion of the market segments
- Regulatory and macro economy environment
- Growth Drivers and Opportunities led by industry
developments

3. Seed is an important input for augmenting agricultural production in
different agro-climatic regions. Thailand agricultural sector has
played a major role in the economic development of the country. The
agricultural sector of Thailand is mainly led by small scale producers
of agricultural products, which accounts for nearly one third of the 70
million population of Thailand as of 2013. Thailand Seed industry is
mainly dominated by cereal seeds such as Rice seeds, Maize seeds
which are followed by pulses such as beans and other pulses seeds.

4. The Thailand seed industry is dominated by the informal distribution
channel which comprises of local farmers, agents and other
intermediaries in the market. The domestic seed producers in the
country comprise of small scale farmers, cooperatives and companies
who produce seeds at small scales as compared to the capital
intensive large scale seed producers. The domestic players majorly
sell saved seeds in the market. The saved seeds from the domestic
seed producers are then forwarded to the wholesalers and the
distributors.

5. Thailand seed sector is highly preferred by
the international seed companies for
research and development of new plant
varieties and improve the yield of existing
ones. Thailand seed industry, valued at USD
~ million in 2013, has been showcasing a
CAGR of ~% during the period 2008-2013.
The increased adoption of single cross corn
hybrids, hybrid vegetables, cultivation of
other crops such as oilseeds, barley in the
country has driven the growth of the market
over the last few years.

6. Rice is the most
produced seed in
Thailand with a
percentage share of
~% of the total seeds
produced in the
country. Maize seeds
follow with a share of
~% against the total
seed contribution.

8. Rice is an indispensable part of the diet of Thai
population. It is one of the major crops grown in the
country. Thailand is the 24th largest seed exporter in the
world and is the 3rd largest exporter in Asia after Japan
and China. Rice seed market in Thailand has showcased a
considerable growth in the past few years. The rice seeds
in the country were to be produced maximum by the
local farmers through paddy fields which are mostly not
certified as they were only responsible to develop and
produce seeds earlier before the inception of private and
other rice producing centers. Local farmers were
expected to produce around 455 thousand tons of rice in
Thailand.

9. Thailand rice seed market is further subdivided by
types of rice seeds which showcase different
varieties of rice seed types such as KDML, RD.6
and Chainart1,2. It is also segregated in the form
of market structure as to the seeds produced by
farmers, community rice centers, and government
cooperatives. It has also been further segmented
in the form of seed certification with certified,
informal certified seeds and non certified seeds.
Non certified seeds are mostly sold in Thailand as
most of the seeds are produced by local farmers
who do not get their seeds certified.

10. Now the conventional seeds are continuously
being replaced by the hybrid seeds in agriculture
as hybrid seeds tend to generate more yield than
the conventional or the normal seeds. The hybrid
seeds generate yields five to six times more than
the normal or the conventional seeds but it also
costs more than the normal seeds. Hybrid seeds
are the first generation offspring of two distant
and distinct parental lines of the same species. It
is one of the main contributors to the dramatic
rise in agricultural output during the last half of
the 20th century.

12. • Comprehensive analysis of the Thailand Seed industry and its
segments
• Industry is presented by Types of seeds; by Vegetable and Non
Vegetable seeds and by Formal and Informal sector
• Listed major players and their competitiveness in the market
• Rice seed market with size, segmentation
• Corn seed market with size and segmentation
• Identified major industry developments in last few years and
assess the future growth of the industry

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