Irrigation Automation Market Growth, Size, Share, Trends, and Forecast 2032

According to the report published by Zion Market Research, the global Irrigation Automation Market size was valued at USD 4.96 Billion in 2023 and is predicted to reach USD 20.86 Billion by the end of 2032. The market is expected to grow with a CAGR of 17.30% during the forecast period. The report analyzes the global Irrigation Automation Market’s growth drivers, restraints, and impact on demand during the forecast period. It will also help navigate and explore the arising opportunities in the Irrigation Automation Market industry.

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Global Irrigation Automation Market: Overview

An automated irrigation system is the operation of the irrigation system with zero to minimal human intervention. Drip, surface, or sprinkler irrigation systems can also be automated by using sensors, timers, mechanical appliances, and computers. This enables the system to boost effectiveness and allows the workers to focus on other farming-related work more efficiently. However, automated system can be extremely complex in design and also quite expensive. It may also need expert handling for implementation due to its complex nature.

Automated irrigation systems are incorporated with various hardware components such as valves, controllers, sprinklers, sensors, and multiple other parts for building an automated irrigation system that can be used for agricultural and non-agricultural end-uses.

Irrigation automation eliminates human operation of closing and opening valves. Also, once can optimize the processes of fertigation and modify the frequency of irrigation with the help of these systems. Additionally, these systems can even be operated at nighttime, thus reducing water loss that could have been otherwise caused due to evaporation. The automated irrigation systems also help in starting and ending irrigation processes at the required time, hence optimizing the requirements of energy.

Global Irrigation Automation Market: Growth Factors

The increasing seriousness of water crisis alongside the highly unpredictable patterns of rainfall is significantly proving to hamper the utilization of traditional agricultural irrigation methods, hence causing a boost in the requirement for technologically enhanced irrigation methods for cultivation over the globe. This is a prominent growth factor expected to affect the global irrigation automation market size positively. Also, irrigation automation system operates with minimal to zero manual effort apart from surveillance. Furthermore, irrigation automation systems help in avoiding constant monitoring and lessen labor costs & water wastage. This growth driver will positively impact the global irrigation automation market forecast.

Additionally, various government authorities from multiple countries are undertaking initiatives for and supporting the idea of installing automated irrigation systems for promoting water conservation owing to the surging problems of scarcity of water. This is estimated to give a boost to the development of global irrigation automation market outlook during the forecast timeline.

In the recent past, the process of irrigation seems to be transitioned from the manual systems to automatic systems. These automated systems come with a feedback-based technique which further helps in effective usage of resources when compared with the conventional irrigation techniques. This will further help the irrigation automation market share to grow.

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Global Irrigation Automation Market: Segmentation

The global irrigation automation market has been segmented by system, by automation type, by component, by irrigation type, by application, and by region.

Based on system, the market has been classified as automatic and semi-automatic.

On the basis of automation type, the market can be segregated into volume-based, time-based, real-time based, and computer-based control system.

Based on component, the global irrigation automation market is bifurcated into controllers, valves, sensors, soil-based, weather-based, fertigation sensors, sprinklers, flow meters, monitoring devices, pressure gauge, and others.

On the basis of irrigation type, the global irrigation automation market can be divided into drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, surface irrigation, and others. The drip irrigation segment dominates the irrigation automation market and is further expected to continue the trend of high growth over the forecast timeframe because of the high durability of this system as it lasts up to 10 years. This factor makes the drip irrigation system a highly efficient way of irrigation, which in turn results into high consistency in terms of yields. Furthermore, drip irrigation system eliminates evaporation, field run-off, and hence water wastage is almost zero. Also, factors including lower cost of installation and less consumption of water in the drip irrigation system are the major factors that have proven to be excellent growth drivers in the past and are expected to further augment the demand in the upcoming years.

Based on application, the global irrigation automation market has been classified as agricultural and non-agricultural.

• Agricultural segment has been divided further into open fields, and greenhouse.
• Non-agricultural segmented is categorized into residential, lawns, golf courses, sports grounds, and others.

Irrigation Automation Market : Report Scope

Global Irrigation Automation Market: Regional Analysis

Asia Pacific dominates the global irrigation automation market and is predicted to witness highest growth rates during the upcoming times owing to the presence of large agricultural land, unpredictable climatic conditions, growing requirement for conserving water, strong support from the government bodies, and the rapid enhancements in terms of irrigation technology.

Global Irrigation Automation Market: Competitive Players

The key players operating in the global irrigation automation market comprise of:

• The Toro Company
• Valmont Industries, Inc.
• Jain Irrigation Systems
• Netafim
• Rubicon Water
• Hunter Industries
• Rain Bird Corporation
• Nelson Irrigation
• Lindsay Corporation
• Galcon.

The Global Irrigation Automation Market is segmented as follows:

By System 

• automatic
• semi-automatic 

By Automation type 

• volume-based 
• time-based 
• real-time based 
• computer-based control system 

By Component 

• controllers
• valves 
• sensors 
• soil-based 
• weather-based 
• fertigation sensors 
• sprinklers 
• flow meters 
• monitoring devices 
• pressure gauge 
• and others 

By Irrigation type 

• drip irrigation 
• sprinkler irrigation
• surface irrigation 
• and others 

By Application 

• agricultural
• non-agricultural 

Global Irrigation Automation Market: Regional Segment Analysis

• North America
  • The U.S.
  • Canada
• Europe
  • France
  • The UK
  • Spain
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Rest of Europe
• Asia Pacific
  • China
  • Japan
  • India
  • South Korea
  • Southeast Asia
  • Rest of Asia Pacific
• Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Mexico
  • Rest of Latin America
• Middle East & Africa
  • GCC
  • South Africa
  • Rest of Middle East & Africa

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• Important changes in market dynamics
• Segmentation details of the market
• Former, on-going, and projected market analysis in terms of volume and value
• Assessment of niche industry developments
• Market share analysis
• Key strategies of major players
• Emerging segments and regional markets
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