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市場調查報告書
商品編碼
2035407
基於水凝膠的保水解決方案市場預測至2034年-全球產品類型、形態、交聯類型、增強劑、應用、最終用戶和地區分析Hydrogel-Based Water Retention Solutions Market Forecasts to 2034 - Global Analysis By Product Type (Synthetic Hydrogels, Natural Hydrogels and Hybrid Hydrogels), Form, Crosslinking Type, Enhancement, Application, End User and By Geography |
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根據 Stratistics MRC 的數據,全球水凝膠保水解決方案市場預計將在 2026 年達到 22 億美元,並在預測期內以 8.7% 的複合年成長率成長,到 2034 年達到 43 億美元。
基於水凝膠的保水解決方案,有顆粒狀、粉末狀和液體狀三種形式,混入農田土壤後,能夠吸收並緩慢釋放自身重量數百倍的水分,從而提高土壤的保水能力。這有助於減少灌溉頻率,最大限度地減少地表徑流造成的水分流失,並在農業和城市綠化等面臨缺水挑戰的領域(例如園藝、作物種植、森林更新和草坪管理)中,於間歇性乾旱期間穩定植物可用水的供應。
投資農業適應缺水問題
氣候變遷導致降水模式紊亂、地下水枯竭以及主要農業區乾旱加劇,正在加速淡水短缺,迫使作物種植者和園藝師投資於土壤保水技術,包括水凝膠,這些技術可在保持產量和品質相當的情況下,減少30%至50%的灌溉用水量。政府為提高農業用水效率而製定的獎勵計劃,以及在水資源管理區強制執行的節水要求,是超越自願經濟動機的製度性驅動力。
人們對合成聚合物在土壤中的持久性感到擔憂
隨著人們對合成聚丙烯醯胺和聚丙烯酸酯水凝膠在土壤中的長期殘留、微塑膠分解產物的積累以及丙烯醯胺單體滲入土壤的潛在風險日益關注,監管審查力度不斷加大,有機認證機構也正著手禁止在有機認證生產中使用合成聚合物水凝膠。因此,合成水凝膠的市場滲透僅限於傳統農業應用,而天然和可生物分解水凝膠的替代品需求日益成長,因為後者可能保水能力較差且成本更高。
生物分解天然聚合物的創新
開發基於天然多醣和纖維素的可生物分解水凝膠,使其保水性能接近合成聚合物,且成本結構具有競爭力,這為市場帶來了突破性的機遇,既滿足了有機農業的需求,也滿足了傳統農民對環境永續性的要求。這將有助於擴大高階有機園藝和永續性農業生產的市場滲透率,而現有認證框架則禁止在這些領域使用合成水凝膠。
精準滴灌系統的競爭
增加對精準滴灌和地下灌溉基礎設施的投資,能夠將可控的水源直接輸送到植物根系區域,其用水效率與基於水凝膠的土壤改良方法相當甚至更高,這是因為精準供水而非土壤保持是關鍵。鑑於滴灌系統在商業規模灌溉中具有更優的長期營運經濟效益,大規模商業灌溉業者可能會優先考慮這一領域的投資,而非水凝膠產品。
新冠疫情導致的供應鏈中斷影響了農業原料的供應,加之人們對糧食安全的日益關注,促使人們更加關注節水技術,以降低作物生產對傳統供應鏈(包括灌溉用水)中斷的脆弱性。後疫情時代氣候變遷加劇了農業風險,全球水資源短缺問題日益緊迫,以及對永續農業投資的不斷增加,持續推動水凝膠基保水解決方案在全球各種農業生產和城市綠化應用中的普及。
預計在預測期內,混合水凝膠細分市場將佔據最大的市場佔有率。
預計在預測期內,混合水凝膠細分市場將佔據最大的市場佔有率。這是因為合成-天然聚合物混合水凝膠具有卓越的綜合性能,它既具備合成配方的保水能力,又透過整合天然聚合物成分提高了生物分解性和環境安全性。這使得混合水凝膠能夠在監管嚴格的環境和永續性的市場中得到應用,同時保持其農業性能優勢,使其成為低成本傳統土壤改良劑的理想替代品,值得投資。
在預測期內,顆粒劑細分市場預計將呈現最高的複合年成長率。
在預測期內,顆粒劑型肥料預計將呈現最高的成長率。這是因為與粉末和液體肥料相比,顆粒狀水凝膠配方具有更優異的操作性、均勻施用性和可控釋放特性,並且與標準顆粒肥料施用設備相容。這使得顆粒狀水凝膠能夠輕鬆融入現有的農業物料施用流程,無需投資專用設備,否則這些投資將成為商業性作物生產者推廣應用的另一個障礙。
在預測期內,北美預計將佔據最大的市場佔有率。這主要歸因於美國和加拿大西部各州嚴重的農業用水短缺,推動了水凝膠在水果、堅果和蔬菜生產中的應用;BASF、贏創和ICL集團等主要水凝膠產品公司在北美創造了可觀的收入;以及蓬勃發展的專業園藝和高爾夫球場草坪管理行業對水凝膠的穩定需求。
在預測期內,亞太地區預計將呈現最高的複合年成長率。這是因為印度和中國面臨最嚴峻的農業用水挑戰,迫切需要推廣水凝膠的應用;政府的節水補貼計畫正在加速價格敏感小規模農戶對水凝膠的採用;此外,亞洲各城市快速擴張的城市綠化計畫也為景觀美化和植樹造林等保水應用領域創造了大規模的水凝膠市場需求。
According to Stratistics MRC, the Global Hydrogel-Based Water Retention Solutions Market is accounted for $2.2 billion in 2026 and is expected to reach $4.3 billion by 2034 growing at a CAGR of 8.7% during the forecast period. Hydrogel-based water retention solutions refer to synthetic, natural, and hybrid superabsorbent polymer products in granule, powder, and liquid forms that absorb and slowly release hundreds of times their weight in water when incorporated into agricultural soil profiles, improving soil water holding capacity, reducing irrigation frequency requirements, decreasing surface runoff losses, and buffering plant-available water supplies during intermittent drought periods across horticultural, row crop, reforestation, and landscape turf management applications in water-stressed agricultural and urban greening contexts.
Water Scarcity Agricultural Adaptation Investment
Accelerating freshwater scarcity from climate change-driven precipitation pattern disruption, aquifer depletion, and increasing drought frequency across major agricultural production regions is compelling crop producers and horticulture operators to invest in soil water conservation technologies including hydrogels that reduce total irrigation water volume requirements by 30 to 50 percent while maintaining equivalent crop yield and quality outcomes. Government agricultural water use efficiency incentive programs and mandatory irrigation reduction compliance requirements in regulated water districts create institutional adoption drivers beyond voluntary economic motivation.
Synthetic Polymer Soil Persistence Concerns
Growing environmental concern about synthetic polyacrylamide and polyacrylate hydrogel long-term soil persistence, microplastic degradation product accumulation, and acrylamide monomer soil leaching potential is generating regulatory scrutiny and organic certification body prohibition of synthetic polymer hydrogels in certified organic production contexts, limiting synthetic hydrogel market penetration to conventional agricultural applications and driving demand toward natural and biodegradable hydrogel alternatives that may have inferior water retention performance and higher cost.
Biodegradable Natural Polymer Innovation
Natural polysaccharide and cellulose-based biodegradable hydrogel development achieving water retention performance approaching synthetic polymer standards at competitive cost structures represents a transformative market opportunity addressing both organic farming sector demand and conventional agricultural operator environmental sustainability requirements, enabling expanded market penetration into premium organic horticulture and sustainability-certified agricultural production contexts prohibited from synthetic hydrogel use under existing certification frameworks.
Precision Drip Irrigation System Competition
Expanding investment in precision drip and subsurface irrigation infrastructure delivering controlled water application directly to plant root zones achieving equivalent or superior water use efficiency outcomes compared to hydrogel soil amendment approaches through delivery precision rather than soil retention represents a competing investment category that large-scale commercial irrigation operators may prefer over hydrogel products given drip system's superior long-term operational economics at commercial irrigation scales.
COVID-19 supply chain disruptions affecting agricultural input availability combined with elevated food security awareness generated interest in water efficiency technologies reducing crop production vulnerability to supply chain disruption for conventional inputs including irrigation water. Post-pandemic climate change agricultural risk elevation, global water scarcity urgency, and sustainable agriculture investment amplification continue driving hydrogel-based water retention solution adoption across diverse agricultural production and urban greening application contexts globally.
The hybrid hydrogels segment is expected to be the largest during the forecast period
The hybrid hydrogels segment is expected to account for the largest market share during the forecast period, due to the superior combined performance profile of hybrid synthetic-natural polymer hydrogels delivering the water retention capacity of synthetic formulations with improved biodegradability and environmental safety profiles from natural polymer component integration, enabling adoption in regulated environmental contexts and sustainability-sensitive markets while maintaining the agronomic performance advantages that justify hydrogel investment over lower-cost conventional soil amendment alternatives.
The granules segment is expected to have the highest CAGR during the forecast period
Over the forecast period, the granules segment is predicted to witness the highest growth rate, driven by superior handling, application uniformity, and release characteristic control achievable with granular hydrogel formulations compared to powder and liquid alternatives, combined with compatibility with standard granular fertilizer application equipment enabling convenient incorporation into existing farm input application workflows without requiring specialized equipment investment that would create additional adoption barriers for commercial crop producer program implementation.
During the forecast period, the North America region is expected to hold the largest market share, due to the United States and Canada experiencing severe agricultural water scarcity in Western states driving hydrogel adoption in fruit, nut, and vegetable production, leading hydrogel product companies including BASF, Evonik, and ICL Group generating substantial North American revenue, and strong professional horticulture and golf course turf management sectors creating consistent premium hydrogel demand.
Over the forecast period, the Asia Pacific region is anticipated to exhibit the highest CAGR, due to India and China experiencing the most severe agricultural water scarcity challenges generating urgent hydrogel adoption motivation, government water efficiency subsidy programs driving adoption among price-sensitive smallholder farmers, and rapidly growing urban greening programs across Asian cities creating large new hydrogel demand markets for landscape and reforestation water retention applications.
Key players in the market
Some of the key players in Hydrogel-Based Water Retention Solutions Market include BASF SE, SNATURAL, Evonik Industries, Kyowa Hakko Bio, Archer Daniels Midland, Stockhausen GmbH, Beijing Hanfeng Evergreen, Koltun Group, GreenGrower, Agrinos AS, Soilmoisture Equipment Corp., ICL Group, Yara International, Sumitomo Chemical, Huagong Tech, Rallis India, and UPL Limited.
In April 2026, BASF SE launched a new biodegradable starch-polyacrylate hybrid hydrogel for certified sustainable agriculture applications achieving equivalent water retention to conventional synthetic formulations with 95 percent faster soil biodegradation rate.
In March 2026, Evonik Industries introduced a new STOCKOSORB granular hydrogel formulation with controlled nutrient release integration enabling simultaneous water retention and precision fertilizer delivery for high-value horticultural and nursery production applications.
In December 2025, ICL Group secured a major Israeli precision drip irrigation integration partnership embedding smart hydrogel soil moisture sensors within conventional drip tape systems for combined precision irrigation and water retention monitoring optimization.
Note: Tables for North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and Rest of the World (RoW) Regions are also represented in the same manner as above.