Water-soluble fertilizers are applied to crop through the irrigation water. The global market for water-soluble fertilizers improves the Return on Investment (ROI) and also helps in fulfilling farmers’ and consumers’ demands, from the health and economical viewpoint, with rising per hectare production of quality agricultural entities.Availability of more efficient fertilizer spreaders with better features will also contribute to the market's growth during the forecast period. Government support to increase mechanization in the agricultural sector is leading to an increase in the sales of relatively higher priced versions of mounted and trailed fertilizer spreaders,propelling the market growth.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................. 7

Market overview 7

Top-vendor offerings 10

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 13

Research methodology 13

Economic indicators 13

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 14

Key market highlights 14

Product definition and scope of usage 15

Snapshot of global population versus arable land 17

Agricultural production 19

Crop and fertilizer price index 20

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 21

Market size and forecast 21

Five forces analysis 23

PART 06: Market segmentation by mode of application 24

Outlook 24

Fertigation application 24

Foliar application 25

PART 07: Market segmentation by fertilizer nutrient ...... 26

Overview 26

Global nitrogenous fertilizer nutrients market 28

Global phosphatic fertilizer nutrients market 31

Global potassic fertilizer nutrients market 34

Global other nutrients market 37

PART 08: Geographical segmentation ............................. 43

Outlook 43

Water-soluble fertilizers market in Europe 45

Water-soluble fertilizers market in North America 46

Water-soluble fertilizers market in APAC 48

Water-soluble fertilizers market in ROW 49

PART 09: Market drivers ................................................... 51

Mounting demand for food owing to continuously growing

population 51

Declining availability of per capita arable land 51

Growth in biofuels market leading to high consumption of

water-soluble fertilizers 53

PART 10: Impact of drivers ............................................... 55

PART 11: Market challenges ............................................. 56

Increase in demand for organic farming 56

Low acceptance of water-soluble fertilizers in low-income

economies 57

Logistics concerns for water-soluble fertilizers 58

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 59

PART 13: Market trends .................................................... 60

Emerging practices for soil fertility management 60

Rise in agricultural sustainability and increase in organic

farming practices 60

Increased consumption of water-soluble fertilizers in

emerging economies 62

PART 14: Vendor landscape ............................................. 63

Competitive scenario 63

Other prominent vendors 64

PART 15: Key vendor analysis ......................................... 69

Agrium 69

Haifa 71

PotashCorp 73

Mosaic Company 75

Yara International 77

PART 16: Appendix ........................................................... 81

List of abbreviations 81

PART 17: Explore Technavio ............................................ 82