Middle East & Africa Pest Control Market Outlook, 2027

Middle East & Africa Pest Control Market Outlook, 2027

Pest control is the management or regulation of a species that is considered a pest, an animal from the animal world that negatively affects human activity. The human response will vary depending on the severity of the harm caused and will start with tolerance before moving on to control, deterrent, and attempts to remove the pest entirely. A plan for integrated pest management may include the use of pest control methods. Pests are controlled in agriculture using cultural, chemical, and biological techniques. There is a current movement to restrict the use of pesticides as much as possible, and ploughing and cultivating the soil before sowing reduce the insect burden. This may be done by keeping an eye on the crop, using pesticides only when required, and cultivating pest-resistant plant types and crops. When using biological methods, it is best to support the pests' natural enemies and introduce the right predators or parasites. The pests in houses and urban settings include rats, birds, insects, and other creatures that live in the same habitat as people and contaminate property. Chemical, physical, repulsion, exclusion, or repulsive methods are used to control these pests. Alternatives include sterilising programmers and other biological control strategies.

According to the report titled Middle-East and Africa Pest Control Market Outlook, 2027 published by Bonafide Research, Middle-East and Africa, by the end of the forecasted period is expected to grow at CAGR value of more than 5%. Some of the methods for pest control are chemical pest control methods, biological methods, mechanical methods, and others. Biological methods are basically the use of other creatures to manage pests like insects and mites. This is known as biological pest control. Predation, parasitism, herbivory, parasitotic, or other natural processes are used, although often active human management is also present. The traditional method of biological control entails the discharge of pests' laboratory-bred natural enemies into the environment. An alternate strategy is to unleash additional enemies, either in tiny, repeating batches or all at once, to increase the number of natural foes that already exist in a certain region. Ideally, the organism discharged will procreate, endure, and offer long-term control. Biological control might be an integral part of a programme for integrated pest management. Other methods which are used are trapping and cropping. This is basically used It is a plant's crop known as a trap crop that draws pests away from surrounding crops. Pesticides and other measures make it easier to manage pests that have gathered on the trap crop. However, trap-cropping has frequently failed to cost-effectively lower pest densities on large commercial scales without the use of pesticides. This may be because pests have the potential to spread back into the main field.

Some of the pests which are most commonly found in the Middle-East and Africa are urban natural rodents, pantry pests, clothes moths, carpet beetles, bookworms, termites and mosquitoes. The insects responsible for the havoc are called desert locusts. Despite their name, they actually flourish in their generally dry homes in Africa and the Middle East at times of intense rains that cause plants to blossom. Some of the dark-ringed groundlings, which are most commonly found in Israel and Iran, Graphoferus bilineatus is found in the middle-east, Hajar wadi damsel is most commonly found in the UAE, and Lycaena is found in Turkey. The most common insects found in Africa are the African goliath and beetle. In 2020, the huge effects of locust caused a huge loss of crops and damage to other crops as well. They affected countries like Uganda, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. To control these harmful insects and the damage they cause, several methods have been adopted and control measures are being used.

With the rise in pests in the Middle-East and Africa in various regions and to control the pests. Pest management becomes absolutely required and is accomplished by exclusion, physical removal, repulsion, or chemical methods. Alternatives include various biological control techniques, including sterilisation campaigns.

COVID-19 Impact
Unfortunately, this is one of the direct and most catastrophic effects of the pandemic, affecting even the Middle East & Africa pest management business, as it has disrupted services and manufacturing across the continent. However, it is believed that things will get back to normal as a result of the population's widespread immunisation program's sluggish but steady development. Therefore, businesses start to exert all the required effort to be active, relevant in the market, and stand out in comparison to their competitors, regardless of their line of business.

Considered in this report
• Geography: Middle East & Africa
• Historic Year: 2016
• Base year: 2021
• Estimated year: 2022
• Forecast year: 2027

Aspects covered in this report
• Middle-East and Africa Pest Control Market with its value and forecast along with its segments
• Country wise Pest Control market analysis
• Application wise Pest Control distribution
• Various drivers and challenges
• On-going trends and developments
• Top profiled companies
• Strategic recommendation

Countries covered in the report
• UAE
• South Africa
• Saudi Arabia

Based on type of pest in the report:
• Insect (Cockroaches, Ants, Bed bugs, Mosquitoes, Flies, Ticks, Crickets, Moths, Beetles etc.)
• Termites
• Rodents
• Wildlife
• Others

Based on application type in the report:
• Commercial
• Residential
• Agriculture
• Industrial
• Others

Based on control method type in the report:
• Chemical
• Mechanical
• Biological
• Others

The approach of the report:
This report consists of a combined approach of primary as well as secondary research. Initially, secondary research was used to get an understanding of the market and listing out the companies that are present in the market. The secondary research consists of third-party sources such as press releases, annual report of companies, analysing the government generated reports and databases. After gathering the data from secondary sources primary research was conducted by making telephonic interviews with the leading players about how the market is functioning and then conducted trade calls with dealers and distributors of the market. Post this we have started doing primary calls to consumers by equally segmenting consumers in regional aspects, tier aspects, age group, and gender. Once we have primary data with us we have started verifying the details obtained from secondary sources.

Intended audience
This report can be useful to industry consultants, manufacturers, suppliers, associations & organizations related to agriculture industry, healthcare industry, hygiene industry, government bodies and other stakeholders to align their market-centric strategies. In addition to marketing & presentations, it will also increase competitive knowledge about the industry.