Ukulima okusimeme kanye nokudla okusha, okuyi-zero-carbon kuyifilosofi yepulazi lokuqala ledolobha le-hydroponic, elingaphakathi kwekhempasi yezakhiwo zezimboni.
U-Akhila owathola iziqu ze-Molecular Biology evela eNyuvesi yaseGlasgow, waphatha umsebenzi wakhe wokuxhumana ngezemvelo iminyaka engaphezu kwe-10 ngaphambi kokuba abe umlimi wasemadolobheni. “Ngisebenze nezinkampani eziningi, kusukela kwezokuthaka imithi kuya ku-FMCG, ngafunda ukuthi ukuhlinzekwa kwemikhiqizo esezingeni eliphezulu kuwumsebenzi onzima. Ukulima bekulokhu kungenye yezinto engizithandayo; Ngangithanda izitshalo zokudla. Ikhambi lingasetshenziswa ekuphekeni, ukukhipha uwoyela, ukukhipha imisoco ngendlela eyomile, futhi mhlawumbe nakweminye imithi, iziqholo… amathuba ayajabulisa,” kunezela u-Akhila.
Wenza ucwaningo lwe-hydroponic methodology futhi wazifundisa ukulima ngaphambi kokungena kukho. “Noma ubani angakwenza, akuyona isayensi yerokhethi,” kusho yena.
"I-Hydroponics ihlanganisa kokubili ukusimama nobuchwepheshe. Ekulinyweni kwe-hydroponic yasendlini, ukulawulwa kokunikezwa kwezakhi kuqinisekisa umkhiqizo wekhwalithi owengeziwe, isibonelo ukuthuthukiswa kokuqukethwe kukawoyela emakhambi, kanye nesivuno esingcono sezitshalo. I-hydroponic mint inokuqukethwe kwe-methanol okuningi kunokukhula emhlabathini. Lolu hlelo lusebenzisa amanzi angaphansi ngo-80% kunezolimo ezijwayelekile. Amanzi afakwe emabhayisikili ukuze aphinde asetshenziswe.”
“Amahlamvu ethu kalamula amasha anikeza ukunambitheka okucashile kanye nephunga elimnandi, okulenza libe lihle kakhulu kuma-custards, ujamu namajeli, amakhekhe netiye,” kusho u-Akhila Vijayaraghavan, ongumnikazi wepulazi. “I-basil ensomi isetshenziselwa umbala kumasaladi. Ngaphandle kokuthi mhlawumbe i-amaranthus ne-palak (isipinashi), ungadla yonke imifino esiyitshala lapha iluhlaza,” kusho u-Akhila ekhomba izinhlobonhlobo zikalethisi, i-basil, i-bok choy, ne-kale”.
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