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Hlola isikhungo socwaningo lwezolimo esisezingeni eliphezulu, i-Riverside Plant Research One 1, ethweswe umqhele wezindlu ezibamba ukushisa phezu kwesakhiwo sikakhonkolo eCalifornia. Thola ukuthi lesi sikhungo, esiklanywe ngabakwa-Perkins&Will, siyidlula kanjani imingcele yokuqanjwa kwezolimo, sisekela izivivinyo ezimelana nesomiso, ukutshalwa okuhambisana nesimo sezulu, nokunye okwengeziwe. Gxila ekusaseni lezinqubo zokulima ezisimeme kanye nentuthuko yezobuchwepheshe ethembisa umthelela wenguquko embonini yezolimo.
Enkabeni yeCalifornia, iRiverside Plant Research One 1 ime njengobufakazi bokuvela kocwaningo lwezolimo. Idizayinelwe nguPerkins&Will weKholeji Lesayensi Yemvelo Nezolimo eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia Riverside campus, lesi sakhiwo esinezitezi ezimbili sihlanganisa ukusebenza nokuvuma ngekhanda ifa elicebile lenyuvesi ekuhloleni kwezolimo.
Isikhungo se-30,000-square-foot, esivulwe ngo-2021, akusona nje isakhiwo; iyithuluzi elisezingeni eliphezulu lokuthuthukisa ulwazi lwezolimo. Isitezi esingaphansi sinezindonga zikakhonkolo ezisikiwe ezizinzisa amazinga okushisa angaphakathi, okudala izimo ezikahle zezindlu zokugezela kanye namagumbi okukhula. Lezi zindonga, ezihlotshiswe ngamafasitela amancane ukusuka phansi ukuya ophahleni, zigcina ukulingana okuthambile phakathi kokukhanya kwemvelo nezinga lokushisa elilawulwayo, okuqinisekisa indawo efanelekile yokuhlola kwezolimo.
Uma ukhuphukela endaweni engaphezulu uveza umbono omangalisayo—amamojula angu-16 abamba ukushisa anophahla olunamapulangwe, afakwe ingilazi enemibala egqamile enamafasitelana amabili. Imojula ngayinye isebenza ngokuzimela, iziqhayisa ngesistimu yayo yokulawula isimo sezulu. Lokhu kuvumelana nezimo kuvumela ukuhlolwa okuhlukahlukene okuhlukahlukene ngesikhathi esisodwa, kusukela ezifundweni zokuvuthwa kwezinyosi ezimweni zezulu ezihlukahlukene ukuya ekutshalweni kwerayisi elimelana nesomiso.
Ukuqamba okusha akugcini lapho. Idizayini ye-Perkins&Will ihlanganisa isistimu yokupholisa ehwamukayo, ebeka i-Riverside Plant Research One 1 ngaphandle kwezinye izindawo zokugcina izithombo zocwaningo ekhempasini. Umphumela? Ukulawula izinga lokushisa okunembayo, ukweqa amazinga embonini kanye nokuvula amathuba amasha amaphrojekthi akhethekile adinga izimo zemvelo ezicophelelayo.
Kusukela savulwa, lesi sikhungo siye sasingatha izivivinyo ezibalulekile, okuhlanganisa ukuhlola amandla e-bee pollination, ukutshalwa kwerayisi elimelana nesomiso, kanye nophenyo lwamandla ezitshalo okukhipha ukungcola emhlabathini. U-Peggy Mauk, uMqondisi we-CNAS Wokusebenza Kwezolimo, ugqamisa ukugxila kwesikhungo kumaphrojekthi adinga izindawo ezikhethekile, egcizelela ukunemba komswakama nezinga lokushisa.
Ucwaningo lwe-Riverside Plant Research One 1 luvela njengesibani sendlela entsha ocwaningweni lwezolimo, oluhlanganisa inhlanganisela evumelanayo yokusebenza kanye nokuhlonipha ifa lenyuvesi lezolimo. Ukuhlanganiswa kobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe kanye nezinqubo ezisimeme kubeka lesi sikhungo phambili ekulolongeni ikusasa lezolimo.