Industry Analysis & Industry Trends
The Global Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals Manufacturing industry is involved in the production of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and other agricultural chemicals. As such, it plays an essential role in ensuring that the world's agricultural production systems are both economically efficient in the short term and sustainable in the long term. Indeed, it is believed that the expansion of the world's population to its current level has only occurred as a result of the intensification of agriculture associated with the use of agricultural chemicals.
Given the growing pressures on the availability of cultivated land, which is required to feed the world's growing population, fertilizers in particular will remain an integral part of the agricultural chain... read more
Industry Investment
As with other components of the chemical industry, the Global Fertilizer and Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing industry is characterized by a high level of capital intensity. This reflects the fact that components of the industry tend to be technology dependent, which in turn requires a high level of capital resources. Indeed the increasing reliance on new technologies and the need for higher levels of investment in research and development has been one of the underlying reasons for the recent spate of mergers and acquisition activity on the global level... read more