U-Dick de Jong, umlimi kanye nozakwethu kwa-FoodVentures:
U-Dick de Jong, umgqugquzeli wohlelo lokuqinisa isitshalo lwe-Qlipr iminyaka eminingi, unesibopho sokutshala ikhukhamba e-FoodVentures e-Georgia. Ngaphandle kokusiza osomabhizinisi ukuthi baqale nge-Qlipr ubuye asize 'abalimi beQlipr' ukuze bathole okuningi ezitshalweni zabo. Ngokusungulwa kwezigaba ezintsha zekhukhamba e-FoodVentures, u-De Jong waphinda wakhetha i-Qlipr. Okuhlangenwe nakho kube kuhle. "I-Qlipr ilula, isebenza kahle futhi izinzile ngokuphelele."
U-Dick de Jong wayesebenzisa ipulazi lakhe lamakhukhamba e-Dongen, e-Netherlands, kodwa ngemva kokuvala ibhizinisi waqala ukusebenza njengomeluleki ozimele we-horticultural consultant ngo-2007. U-De Jong unezinhlelo zakhe siqu e-Georgia nase-Ukraine futhi uye wabhekana ne-cucumber. ukulima eFoodVentures eGeorgia kusukela ngo-2014. Ukhukhamba utshalwa endaweni engamahektha amabili kule nkampani ye-horticulture, eyasungulwa ngabatshalizimali baseDutch nabalingani baseGeorgia. “Ekuqaleni satshala ukhukhamba emhubheni we-greenhouse engu-5,000 m2, kodwa enye indlu yokushisa engu-16,000 m2 yakhiwe ngonyaka odlule ukuze kugcinwe ukhukhamba,” kusho uDe Jong. "Sitshala nolethisi endaweni eyi-4,000 m2."
Ilula futhi iyasebenza
U-De Jong wayeseyisebenzisile indlela ye-Qlipr enkampanini yakhe futhi usaqhubeka nokusebenzisa le ndlela kwa-FoodVentures. “Inzuzo enkulu nge-Qlipr ukuthi ukwehlisa, ukumpintsha amahlumela asemaceleni nokusonga konke kungenziwa ngesikhathi esisodwa. Kulula futhi kuyasebenza; wonga kalula noma yikuphi phakathi kwamaphesenti ayi-10 kuya kwayi-15 emsebenzini! Okunye futhi ukuthi uhlelo lokuhlanganisa isitshalo se-Qlipr lusimama kakhulu.”
Ngakho-ke kube nengqondo ephelele ku-De Jong ukufaka i-Qlipr engxenyeni enkulu yezigaba ezintsha eziqaliswe ukusebenza phakathi nenkathi yezinyanga eziyishumi nambili ezedlule.
Ngokusho komxhumanisi womlimi uhlelo lwe-Qlipr seluzibonakalise futhi ekulinyweni kwamakhukhamba ngonyaka odlule. “Ngaphezu kwakho konke, uhlelo luqondile; abantu bafunda ngokushesha ukuthi isetshenziswa kanjani. Uma kuqhathaniswa nokusonga, indlela yokubopha ikhombisa ukuncishiswa kokuphuka kwesibhamu esibulalayo, isistimu ilula futhi iyasebenza, futhi izimo zokusebenza ziba ngcono kakhulu. Uma usebenza ngehuku likatamatisi usuke umi ngaphezu kwesitshalo uma wehlisa, okuyinto engeyinhle neze, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa ukuthi izinga lokushisa lingafinyelela phakathi kuka-30 no-35 degrees ehlobo laseGeorgia.”
U-De Jong futhi uyaqiniseka ukuthi i-Qlipr izobiza kakhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kunohlelo olusebenzisa ihuku likatamatisi neziqeshana zepulasitiki. “Udinga kuphela izinsimbi ezimbili zezitshalo ze-Qlipr isitshalo ngasinye, kanti udinga iziqeshana zepulasitiki eziningi futhi udinga njalo ukutshala imali eyengeziwe. Kuyavunywa, ukutshalwa kwezimali kokuqala nge-Qlipr kuphezulu, kodwa kusebenza ishibhile ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi akukhona yini lokho ekugcineni?”
Iseluleko nosizo
I-FoodVentures ifuna ukudlala indima ephambili ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo komkhakha wezolimo emazweni aseduze noLwandle Olumnyama, okuyisifunda esisakhula mayelana nezolimo. Ngalesi sizathu u-Dick de Jong uphinde anikeze izeluleko nosizo entuthukweni entsha embalwa kule ndawo. “Lapha kulapho sicobelela khona ulwazi lwethu lwezolimo nalapho sibandakanyeka khona ekusungulweni kwezinhlelo zokukhanyisa nokulinywa. U-Qlipr udlala indima ebalulekile ngokulinganayo lapha. Akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuqeqesha abasebenzi abangenamakhono emisebenzini ethile ezindaweni ezintsha zokukhiqiza, kodwa uhlelo lwe-Qlipr luyasiza ekugcineni izinto zilula. Lokhu kongela isikhathi futhi, njengoba sekushiwo, izimo zokusebenza ziba ngcono kakhulu. Lokhu kusho ukuthi amabhizinisi amasha angaqala ngendlela emangalisayo.”
Ukuhlola ngotamatisi
I-FoodVentures izimisele ngokuzibandakanya nokutshalwa kweminye imikhiqizo esikhathini esizayo okuhlanganisa upelepele, ama-eggplants notamatisi, ukuze iqhubeke nokuqinisa isikhundla sayo njengomdlali osemusha. “Inhloso yethu wukukhiqiza izimpahla eziningi ezimakethe zakuleli. Ngiyawabona namathuba e-Qlipr ekulimeni utamatisi, esihlose ukuwuhlola. Ngokufanayo sibheka ukukhulisa izinhlobo ezingajwayelekile kakhulu zekhukhamba, kanye nokusebenzisa inhlanganisela yokukhanyisa kwe-LED nokukhanya kwe-SON-T ukuze kulinywe. Konke lokhu ngenhloso yokubeka ibhizinisi lethu ebalazweni nokuvula ulwazi lwezolimo lwaseDutch kulesi sifunda.”
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