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Ama-greenhouse athola ukuduma emiphakathini yasenyakatho njengendlela yokuqinisa ukutholakala kokudla kanye nokwenza ngcono ukuvikeleka kokudla. I-Hydroponic greenhouses, indlela esezingeni eliphezulu yokulima ngaphandle kwenhlabathi, iya ngokuya yamukelwa. Le ndatshana ibheka ukuthuthukiswa kwezindawo zokugcina izithombo ze-hydroponic eNyakatho ekude, igxile ezibonelweni ezimbili ezivelele: I-Inuvik Community Greenhouse kanye ne-Yellowknife Co-op's hydroponic greenhouse. Le miklamo emisha yenza umthelela omkhulu ngokwengeza igrosa yasendaweni kanye nokweseka amabhange okudla. Kodwa-ke, kunemikhawulo okufanele icatshangelwe ekusetshenzisweni kwayo, ikakhulukazi lapho kubhekwana nezinselele ezihlukile ezibhekene nemiphakathi ekude.
I-Hydroponic greenhouses ivele njengesixazululo sobuchwepheshe obuphezulu sokutshala izitshalo ezifundeni ezinokufinyelela okulinganiselwe kwezolimo zendabuko. I-Inuvik Community Greenhouse, ngokwesibonelo, isebenzisa inqola ye-hydroponic, ehlinzeka ngezikhala ezingaba ngu-2,000 zokutshalwa kwemifino eluhlaza namakhambi unyaka wonke. Lokhu kusekela uhlelo lwebhokisi lemifino le-greenhouse lamasonto onke ngenkathi kunikela ngemikhiqizo eningi ebhange lokudla lendawo. Ngokufanayo, i-Yellowknife Co-op yamukele lobu buchwepheshe ngokusungula i-hydroponic greenhouse ezishintshayo ngokuphelele, ekhiqiza amaphakheji phakathi kuka-200 no-300 wemifino namakhambi isonto ngalinye.
Izinzuzo ze-hydroponic greenhouses ezindaweni ezikude ziyabonakala. Ukubola kwezitshalo ezinamaqabunga kudinga ukufinyelela ngokushesha emikhiqizweni esanda kuvunwa, okungalethwa yizinhlelo ze-hydroponic. Uma kuqhathaniswa nokudla okuhanjiswa amabanga amade, imifino etshalwa endaweni igcina ukunambitheka kwayo kanye nenani lokudla okunomsoco, okuthuthukisa ikhwalithi isiyonke yomkhiqizo otholakalayo.
Ngokuphawulekayo, i-Growcer, inkampani yokulima ejwayelekile, ibe nesandla ekufakeni amapulazi acishe abe ngu-75 aqondile kulo lonke elase-Canada. Le miklamo igxile ekwakhiweni kwamandla nasekuqeqesheni, ukugqugquzela ukuzimela kanye nokugqugquzela izindlela ezisimeme zokukhiqiza ukudla.
Naphezu komthelela omuhle we-hydroponic greenhouses, kukhona ukukhathazeka okuvumelekile mayelana nokulinganiselwa kwabo. U-Andrew Spring, umsizi kaprofesa eWilfrid Laurier University onguchwepheshe bezinhlelo zokudla ezisimeme ezisenyakatho, uxwayisa ngokuthi imiphakathi ekude ingase ibhekane nezinselele ekulungiseni amasistimu e-hydroponic obuchwepheshe obuphezulu ngenxa yebanga kanye nempahla ehilelekile ekutholeni izingxenye ezishintshayo. Lolu daba olungase lube khona lungaphazamisa ukukhiqizwa kokudla futhi lube nomthelela ekuvikelekeni kokudla kwendawo uma lungasingathwanga ngendlela efanele.
Okunye ukucatshangelwa kusebuhlangeni obulinganiselwe bezitshalo ezivame ukukhula ama-hydroponic greenhouses. Imifino eluhlaza kanye namakhambi kuyizengezo ezibalulekile ekudleni, kodwa angeke akwazi ukubhekana nezidingo ezibanzi zokuvikeleka kokudla kwale miphakathi. Ukuze ulwe nokungavikeleki kokudla ngokugcwele, umkhiqizo we-heartier, ofanele ukugcinwa isikhathi eside kanye nokugcwalisa izinhlanzi zendabuko noma ukudla okusekelwe kugeyimu, kubalulekile.
Nakuba izindawo zokugcina izithombo ze-hydroponic zinikeza izinzuzo eziningi, kubalulekile ukuqaphela indima yazo njengesithako esikhundleni sokuthatha indawo ephelele yokudla okuvela eNingizimu. Lezi zindlela zokukhula ezisha zisebenza njengokulekelela okubalulekile ochungechungeni olukhona lokuhlinzekwa kokudla, ukuhlinzeka ngezinketho ezikhiqizwa endaweni kanye nezintsha emiphakathini yasenyakatho.
Izindlu zokugcina izithombo zeHydroponic zinikeza isixazululo esithembisayo sokuthuthukisa ukuvikeleka kokudla ezindaweni ezikude eNyakatho. Banikela ngemikhiqizo emisha futhi enomsoco, enciphisa ukuncika emithonjeni yokudla ekude. Kodwa-ke, ukuze kuzuzwe ukuvikeleka kokudla okuphelele, kufanele kulandelwe indlela elinganiselayo ebhekana nezidingo ezihlukile zemiphakathi ekude, okuhlanganisa nezinketho zemikhiqizo emnandi. Ngokuqonda kanye nokunqoba imikhawulo, izindawo zokugcina izithombo ze-hydroponic zingaqhubeka nokudlala indima ebalulekile ekwenzeni ngcono isimo sokudla esiphelele ezifundeni ezisenyakatho.