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Opportunities from the Soil Health Megatrend, Global, 2025–2032
Improving Soil Health will be Critical to Future Food Security
27-Mar-2026
Global
Market Research
MHDD-01-00-00-00
CM_2026_34469
Soil health has been a key determinant of food production since the invention of agriculture. However, the pressure to produce more food from that soil has intensified, as the global population has increased.
Advances in farming technology, especially fertilizers, have allowed food production to increase sufficiently to feed the growing global population. However, these highly intensive food production practices have been at the expense of the health of the soil itself.
This Frost & Sullivan analysis helps identify opportunities for companies to support the drive to improve soil health. The analysis is broken down into four sections, each tackling a key aspect of soil health:
1. Defining the problem: What is the world’s land used for, what is the current status of soil health, and what could be done to improve it? The state of soil health is discussed in this section by region, covering the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia (ME&SA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC).
2. Identifying what types of companies will pay for these improvements and who can play a role in driving improvements in soil health: The types of companies considered include retail food brand owners, financial institutions, and the major agricultural commodity traders (the so-called ABCD companies).
3. Profiling the potential solutions: What are the solutions available to enhance soil health, and which are likely to be most important? The solutions are broken down into five categories: Biological enhancement, organic (carbon) enhancement, enhancement using inorganic chemicals, enhancement by crop rotation, and enhancement by companion planting.
4. Identifying growth opportunities by suggesting ideas on how companies can get involved beyond the provision of the physical solutions profiled in other sections of the analysis: Six unique growth opportunities have been included in the report.
The base year for this report is 2025, with the forecast period being from 2026 to 2032.
Author: Brian Balmer
Research Scope
Scope of Analysis
Structure of the Analysis
Context: How Soil Health Fits into a Bigger Picture of Sustainability
Preview: A Market in Transition
Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on Soil Health
Soil Degradation and Why it is Important
Global Land Use Today
Land Use Trends by Region
The Big Picture of Land Regeneration
Status of Global Soil Degradation Today
Global Land Degradation—Summary
Scenario Forecasting
Regional Targets to Improve Soil Health—Summary
Impact of Soil Health on Different Land Uses
Soil Health Within the Wider Ecosystem
Forecast
Who Can Influence How Soil is Used (and improved)?
Regulatory Drivers for Soil Health
Case Study 1: Brand Owner Influence
Case Study 2: Small Brand Owners that Specialize in Sustainable Products
Case Study 3: Processors
Case Study 4: Single-Ingredient Processed Foods
Soil Health and the Financial Community
An Introduction to the Solutions for Soil Health
Estimating the Market Potential
Is There an Opportunity?
Soil Health Within the Context of Sustainable Agriculture
Biologicals
Biologicals Competitive Structure
Organic Enhancement
Organic Enhancement: AD Digestate
Organic Enhancement: Biochar
Biochar—Scenarios for Soil Health
Inorganic Enhancement
Companion Planting—Agroforestry
Rotation
Rotation—Legumes
Rotation—Livestock Rotation
Growth Opportunity 1: Opportunities for Ancillary Products
Growth Opportunity 2: Opportunities for Technology Companies
Growth Opportunity 3: Opportunities for Novel Crops that Support Soil Health
Growth Opportunity 4: Increasing Demand by Linking Solutions to Needs
Growth Opportunity 5: Sharing Best Practice
Growth Opportunity 6: Leveraging the Momentum in Adjacent Markets
Benefits and Impacts of Growth Opportunities
Next Steps
List of Exhibits
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Advances in farming technology, especially fertilizers, have allowed food production to increase sufficiently to feed the growing global population. However, these highly intensive food production practices have been at the expense of the health of the soil itself.
This Frost & Sullivan analysis helps identify opportunities for companies to support the drive to improve soil health. The analysis is broken down into four sections, each tackling a key aspect of soil health:
1. Defining the problem: What is the world’s land used for, what is the current status of soil health, and what could be done to improve it? The state of soil health is discussed in this section by region, covering the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia (ME&SA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC).
2. Identifying what types of companies will pay for these improvements and who can play a role in driving improvements in soil health: The types of companies considered include retail food brand owners, financial institutions, and the major agricultural commodity traders (the so-called ABCD companies).
3. Profiling the potential solutions: What are the solutions available to enhance soil health, and which are likely to be most important? The solutions are broken down into five categories: Biological enhancement, organic (carbon) enhancement, enhancement using inorganic chemicals, enhancement by crop rotation, and enhancement by companion planting.
4. Identifying growth opportunities by suggesting ideas on how companies can get involved beyond the provision of the physical solutions profiled in other sections of the analysis: Six unique growth opportunities have been included in the report.
The base year for this report is 2025, with the forecast period being from 2026 to 2032.
Author: Brian Balmer
| Deliverable Type | Market Research |
|---|---|
| Industries | Chemicals and Materials |
| No Index | No |
| Is Prebook | No |
| Keyword 1 | soil health market trends |
| Keyword 2 | agricultural soil health solutions |
| Keyword 3 | regenerative agriculture market |
| Podcast | No |
| Predecessor | None |
| WIP Number | MHDD-01-00-00-00 |