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Zitholele ukuthi i-Red Sea Farms, isiqalo esivela ku-King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), iguqula kanjani ezolimo ngobuchule bayo obusha bokulima emanzini anosawoti. Ngokusebenzisa amanzi olwandle ukupholisa izindawo zokugcina izithombo kanye nokunisela izitshalo, lobu buchwepheshe obusha bubhekana nezinkinga zokushoda kwamanzi futhi bunikeza isixazululo esimeme ekukhiqizweni kokudla. Buka ividiyo engezansi ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nalokhu kuthuthukiswa kokuguqula umdlalo kwezolimo ezilawulwa yimvelo.
U-Ryan Lefers, i-CEO kanye nomsunguli we-Red Sea Farms, uye waphayona indlela ephawulekayo esebenzisa amandla amanzi anosawoti ekulimeni kwe-greenhouse. Lokhu kusungula akugcini nje ngokubhekana nezinselelo ezibangelwa ukushoda kwamanzi kodwa futhi kuqeda isidingo semithombo yamanzi ahlanzekile emisebenzini yezolimo. Ngokucubungula amanzi olwandle ngokusebenzisa amasu onjiniyela bezolimo athuthukile, ama-Red Sea Farms asungule indlela engabizi kakhulu futhi enobungani nemvelo yokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ahlanzekile kwezolimo.
Ukuqaliswa kwalolu hlelo kuzuze amandla amakhulu, ikakhulukazi ezifundeni ezinenkinga yokushoda kwamanzi. I-Red Sea Farms inwebise ukusebenza kwayo ngale kwe-KAUST futhi isungule ubudlelwano ne-University of Arizona's College of Life and Sciences' Controlled Environment Agriculture Center e-United States. Lokhu kubambisana kuhlose ukwandisa ukufinyelela kobuchwepheshe futhi bubeke njengesixazululo somhlaba wonke sokushoda kokudla kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Ukwethulwa kokulima ngamanzi anosawoti ezindlini zokugcina izithombo kunamandla amakhulu okunciphisa umthelela wesomiso ekukhiqizeni izitshalo. Ngokuvumela ukulima ezindaweni lapho imithombo yamanzi ilinganiselwe, lobu buchwepheshe bunikeza ithemba kubalimi nemiphakathi ebhekene nezinselelo zezolimo ezindaweni ezomile. Ukwengeza, ukuncishiswa kokwethembela emithonjeni yamanzi ahlanzekile kusiza ukulondoloza lo mthombo obalulekile futhi kudambise ubunzima kuzinhlelo zemvelo esezingaphansi kwengcindezi ngenxa yokwanda kwezidingo zamanzi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukulima ngamanzi anosawoti kunomthelela ekwehleni okukhulu kwe-carbon footprint yezolimo. Izinqubo zendabuko zezolimo ezithembele kakhulu ekuniseleleni amanzi ahlanzekile zaziwa ngokuthi zisebenzisa amandla amakhulu futhi zinomthelela ekukhiqizweni kwesisi esibamba ukushisa. Ukuqanjwa kabusha kwe-Red Sea Farms akunciphisi nje kuphela ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ahlanzekile kodwa futhi kunciphisa izidingo zamandla ahlobene, okuholela endleleni esimeme futhi eqaphela imvelo ekukhiqizeni ukudla.
Njengoba ukwamukelwa kokulima kwamanzi anosawoti kwanda emhlabeni jikelele, kunamandla okuguqula imboni yezolimo, kuqinisekiswe ukutholakala kokudla ezindaweni ezicindezelekile emanzini futhi kube negalelo ekusaseni elizinzile.