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Ukulima okuqondile, okuwumqondo owethulwe ngo-1999, sekuvele njengento engase ibe noshintsho kwezolimo zesimanje. Kusukela embonweni wokusebenzisa amabhilidi ngezinhloso zezolimo, ukulima okuqondile sekuguquke kwaba indlela eyindida enesithembiso esikhulu sekusasa lokukhiqizwa kokudla.
NgokukaDkt. Avani Kumar Singh, Uthisha Omkhulu Wesayensi e-PUSA, ukulima okuqondile akuyona inoveli ngokuphelele. Izindlela zokulima zendabuko ezindaweni zasemakhaya ngokuvamile zazihilela ukutshala imifino iqonde mpo. Kodwa-ke, indlela yesimanje iyiyisa ezingeni elisha, ngezindlela ezimbili eziyinhloko: i-hydroponics kanye ne-aeroponics.
IHydroponics, indlela engenamhlabathi, inika amandla ukulawula okunembile kwamanzi, izinga lokushisa, namazinga omswakama. Kubandakanya ukutshala izitshalo emithini efana ne-perlite, i-coco peat, ne-vermiculite, enemisoco ehlinzekwa ngokuqondile ngesisekelo samanzi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-aeroponics iletha imisoco ezitshalweni ngenkungu enothile ngezakhi, ithuthukisa ukusetshenziswa kwezinsiza futhi inciphise ukumosha.
Enye yezinzuzo ezibaluleke kakhulu zokulima ngokuma mpo amandla ako okukhulisa kakhulu isivuno ngenkathi ulondoloza izinsiza. Njengoba ukulima kwendabuko kubhekene nezinselelo ezifana nokushoda komhlaba kanye nokushoda kwamanzi, ukulima okuqondile kunikeza isisombululo esisebenzayo. Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukulima okuqondile kungakhuphula ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo izikhathi ezifika kwezine kuya kweziyisihlanu uma kuqhathaniswa nezindlela ezivamile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindleko zokusetha, nakuba ziphezulu ekuqaleni, zingasuswa ngezinzuzo zesikhathi eside. Izibonelelo zikahulumeni, ezihlanganisa kufika ku-50% wezindleko zokusetha izindawo ezingafika kumahektare amabili, zenza ukulima okuqondile kube yinketho ekhangayo kubalimi. Ukwengeza, ukusetshenziswa kwezindawo ezilawulwayo, njengezindlu zokugcina izithombo noma ama-polyhouse, kuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle nokukhiqiza.
Kodwa-ke, izinselele ziyaqhubeka, okuhlanganisa nokutshalwa kwezimali okuphezulu kokuqala okudingekayo ekusetheni kanye namazinga alinganiselwe emakethe emikhiqizo ethile. Nakuba ukulima okuqondile kuletha indlela ethembisayo kubalimi abasebasha, ukuguquka ezindleleni zendabuko kungase kube nzima kwabaningi.
Ukuze kusetshenziswe ngokugcwele amandla okulima okuqondile, kunesidingo semfundo nokuqeqeshwa okusabalele. Ukuhlanganisa lobu buchwepheshe kukharikhulamu yesikole, yasekolishi, nasemsebenzini kunganika abantu amandla okwamukela nokujwayela lezi zindlela ngempumelelo.
Ukulima okuqondile kunesithembiso esikhulu njengesixazululo esimeme ezinseleleni ezibhekene nezolimo zendabuko. Ngokwandisa isivuno, ukunciphisa indawo ezungezile, kanye nokuqinisekisa ukutholakala kokudla, kuvula indlela yekusasa eliqhakazile, eliqinile ekulimeni.