Keynote lecture 1st Pan American Bioinputs Forum "Bioprotection Market: status and future trends"

Inaugural keynote speech given by Mark Trimmer, co-founder and managing partner of Dunham Trimmer, a company specializing in the bioinputs market, who explained that these products are one of the fastest growing paths of the bioeconomy, in which Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to play a major international role. "The use of bioinputs is growing at annual rates close to 13% in biocontrollers, biostimulants and biofertilizers, far exceeding the growth rates of traditional agriculture. In biocontrol, which represents almost 60% of the total market for biological inputs, the region today represents 20% of the total market, of USD 1,231 million, being the third in importance and the one with the highest growth rates." It is expected that by 2029 Latin America and the Caribbean will reach 29% of the total biocontroller market and be the region with the largest share in the world market, above the United States and Canada.