Are Irrigation and Drainage Schemes Sunset Industries?
Abstrak
ABSTRACT A sunset industry is an industry in decline, one that has passed its peak or boom periods. The irrigation industry shows, on a small scale, to be in decline, but most of the irrigation schemes in the industry seem to be doing well. Typically, the irrigation schemes that have adequate drainage, either natural or artificial are not in a sunset phase. A drainage system market research report of 2024, which considered business opportunities, growth and trends of crucial drainage market segments based on product type (channel/trench drains, French drain systems, catch basins, dry well drainage systems, drain emitters, etc.), shows substantial growth of the drainage industry worldwide. Investigation of both irrigation and drainage, including schemes, materials, products, companies, professional organisations (ASABE, ASCE and ICID), journal publications (recent: 2020–2024) and books (1999 and 2020), resulted in a plethora of materials and information that overall show that neither the irrigation nor the drainage industry is in a sunset phase or is likely to be in the future.
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Willem F. Vlotman
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- CrossRef
- DOI
- 10.1002/ird.70090
- Akses
- Open Access ✓