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Thola ukuthi ucwaningo olusha lwabafundi baseDutch oluhloselwe ukunciphisa izindleko zokulawula isimo sezulu ezindaweni ezigcina ukushisa luyiguqula kanjani imboni yezolimo. Ngokusebenzisana nezinkampani ze-horticultural, laba bafundi basebenzise ngempumelelo amasu okonga amandla, njengokukhanyisa okuguquguqukayo, okuholela ekuthuthukisweni kwekhwalithi yezitshalo, ukwanda kwesivuno, nokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla.
Ocwaningweni lwakamuva olwenziwa abafundi baseDutch, abakutholile mayelana nezixazululo zokukhanyisa ezonga amandla kuye kwafakazela ukuthi kushintshile ezinkampanini zezolimo zaseNetherlands. Ngokusebenzisa izindlela zokukhanyisa ezishintshashintshayo, ezilingisa umjikelezo wemvelo wokuphuma nokushona kwelanga, abaqhubi be-greenhouse baye babona ukuthuthuka okuphawulekayo ekukhuleni nasekukhiqizeni izitshalo. Le ndlela ayigcini nje ngokuthuthukisa ikhwalithi kanye nesivuno sezimbali, kodwa futhi kunciphisa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwamandla uma kuqhathaniswa nezibani ze-sodium ezinomfutho ophezulu wendabuko.
U-Michel van Kester, umphathi wezokuthengisa e-Van Schie, omunye wabalimi abakhulu beminduze e-Netherlands, ugqamisa umthelela walokhu kushintsha kobuchwepheshe. Uchaza ukuthi inkinga kagesi ibangele kanjani ukuthi bathathe isinqumo sokushintshela kumalambu e-LED, okuyisinqumo esiphinde saqinisekiswa ucwaningo lwabafundi. Ngokukwazi ukulungisa ukukhanya kokukhanya, izitshalo zikhula kahle ngaphandle kokucindezeleka, zisabela kahle ezimweni zokukhanyisa zemvelo. Lokhu kubambisana phakathi kwabafundi nochwepheshe bezimboni kuyisibonelo samandla okusebenzisa ucwaningo lwesayensi ukuze lusetshenziswe ngendlela engokoqobo.
Inkinga kagesi eyenzeke ngonyaka odlule ngenxa yokuhlinzekwa kwegesi okulinganiselwe kwaphoqa izinkampani zezolimo ukuba zifune izixazululo ezintsha zokunciphisa izindleko zikagesi ezikhuphukayo. Ukusebenzisana phakathi kwamanyuvesi namabhizinisi ezolimo kubonakale kubalulekile ekubhekaneni nale nselelo. Ngokuqalisa ngokushesha ucwaningo lwabafundi, izinkampani zikwazile ukuzivumelanisa nezimo futhi zandise ukusetshenziswa kwazo kwamandla ngenkathi zigcina ukukhiqiza.
Umthelela walokhu kubambisana udlulela ngalé kokonga amandla. Ikhono lokulawula izimo zokukhanyisa nokudala izindawo ezikahle zokukhula lisize ukugcina ukutholakala kwezitshalo okungaguquki ezimakethe zaphesheya kwezilwandle. Ngokugwema ukuphazamiseka ekukhiqizeni nasekuqinisekiseni ukutholakala kwezithelo, imifino, nezimbali zekhwalithi ephezulu, amabhizinisi ase-Dutch horticultural ayaqhubeka echuma ngisho naphakathi kwezimo eziyinselele.
Ukudidiyelwa kocwaningo lwabafundi emkhakheni wezolimo kuguqula indlela ama-greenhouse ama-Dutch asebenza ngayo. Ubambiswano phakathi kwamanyuvesi kanye nezinkampani ze-horticultural kubangele izixazululo ezisebenzayo ezinciphisa izindleko zamandla ngenkathi kuthuthukisa ikhwalithi yezitshalo kanye nesivuno. Ngokwamukela ukusungula nokusebenzisana, imboni yezolimo yaseDutch ibeka isibonelo esikhuthazayo semikhuba yokulima eqhubekayo nephumelelayo.