Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-CEA kukhula ngezinga elikhulu, okugqugquzelwa nawubhubhane osekulethe ukugxila okusha ekuvikelekeni kokudla futhi kube yisikhumbuzo esiqinile sezinsongo ohlelweni lokudla lomhlaba wonke. I-Light Science Technologies ibheka ezinye zezindlela okufanele uziqaphele ekulimeni kwangaphakathi eminyakeni ezayo.
Ama-Strawberry kanye nokukhula kwangaphakathi
Amandla okulima okuqondile njengoba sazi athuthuka ngokushesha, futhi abalimi manje sebebheke ukukhulisa iphothifoliyo yezitshalo zabo ngale kwemifino eluhlaza namakhambi amancane. Kamuva nje, kube nenjabulo enkulu eyenziwayo mayelana nokukhiqizwa kwama-strawberry eqophelweni eliphezulu, kanti abanye abakhiqizi nabo bakhulisa izinhlobo zabo zamanoveli ukuze bagqame esixukwini. Iningi, elinye lamabhizinisi amakhulu okulima aqondile e-US lisanda kusayina inkontileka enkulu yokutshala ama-strawberry epulazini lalo eliqondile lase-Wyoming.
Ukulima okuqondile kufanelana nokukhiqizwa kwalezi zinhle ezibomvu ezinojusi ngoba ukukhula ziqonde kuvumela ukuvunwa okulula futhi kusiza ukuvimbela ukulimala esithelweni. Lokhu kunqoba inselelo yezinkinga ezibangelwa ukukhula emhlabathini njengezilokazane, izifo zesikhunta, nokhula. Amandla okulima endlini aphinde asho ukuthi abathengi akumele balinde kuze kufike ihlobo ukuze babambe ama-strawberry abo futhi angadliwa unyaka wonke, asagcwele ukusha kanye nokunambitheka okufanayo. Eqinisweni, ukukwazi ukuwakhulisa endaweni kanye nendawo elawulwayo kulingana nama-strawberries ekhwalithi engcono aneshelufu ende yokuphila, okunikeza ithuba elihle lenzuzo kubathengisi abanephuzu lentengo eliphezulu uma kuqhathaniswa neminye imikhiqizo etshalwa endaweni yasendlini.
Indlela yokulima ehlakaniphile?
I-automation idlala indima ekhulayo kuzo zonke izimboni, futhi ukulima okuqondile kuyafana. Okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kungase kube into embi kulolu hlobo lwezolimo oluqinile, kodwa ingabe luzokhokha? Izinto ezifana nezindleko eziphezulu kanye nobuchwepheshe obusha obuzothuthuka kuphela kudingeka zicatshangelwe. Ingabe ukusungulwa kwamarobhothi ekulimeni mpo kusho izinhlobo ezahlukene zemisebenzi noma abasebenzi abanekhono? Isikhathi kuphela esizosho.
Izitshalo ezingezinye
Njengoba intshisekelo ku-CEA iba nomfutho owengeziwe, ngakho amandla avulekele ezinye izinhlobo zezitshalo ezitshalwa endaweni evaliwe. Abalimi abaningana bezentengiselwano baye bakhula muva nje ukuze bakhiqize izilimo eziyisipesheli ezihlukahlukene - ezibizwa 'njengokulima okusha' - njengendlela yokukhulisa izitshalo ezintsha, ezingajwayelekile noma ezingasasetshenziswa kahle ukuze kuqondwe izimakethe ezishibhile, bathole izinzuzo zezomnotho futhi bangene kwezolimo ezivamile. Ukwanda kokusebenzelana nezitshalo ezikhethekile nakho kungaba nomthelela omkhulu ezingeni elithuthukisiwe lokuhlukahluka kwezitshalo, okubalulekile ukusekela uhlelo lokudla kwezolimo oluzinzile, olunempilo.
Izibonelo ezivamile zihlanganisa utamatisi, amakhabe, upelepele, nokhukhamba, kuyilapho abanye bebheke ithuba le-spirula namakhowe. Ama-Mealworm nawo asephenduke indlela esebenzayo yokulima endlini, njengenye indlela yamaprotheni nezinye izinsiza ezisebenzayo zomsoco kubantu nezilwane.
Indawo yase-UK nayo iyibeka endaweni enhle ngokuhlukahluka kwezitshalo. Ukuma kwayo kanye nokufinyelela emanzini olwandle kuhumusheka ethubeni lokuthuthukisa ukulima kwezitshalo okukhethekile, osekungenelwa kukho. Inyuvesi yasePlymouth yenze ucwaningo ngenani elengeziwe lezinto ezikhishwe olwandle lwase-Cornish kanye nezitshalo zomdabu zokulwa nokuguga kanye nezindawo zokuvikela i-UVB, kodwa ukhula lwasolwandle lubuye luwumthombo wokudla obalulekile nonomsoco.
Amapulazi antantayo
Uma kuziwa kwezolimo ezindaweni zasemadolobheni ezakhiwe, ukuthola indawo evulekile kuyinselelo futhi nakakhulu njengoba sakhela phezu kwaleyo ndawo encane esele. Ukuyisa ukulima emanzini kungase kungabonakali kuyisinqumo esisobala, kodwa lo mbono we-eco uthinta wonke amabhokisi - anciphe kakhulu amamayela okudla, ukungcoliswa okuncane okubangelwa ukuthuthwa kokudla, ukulondolozwa kwendawo yokulima, ukutholakala kokudla okungokwemvelo kwendawo, ukwanelisa kanye ukusimama.
Ingabe amapulazi angu-300-acre hydro-solar angalolonga ikusasa lokukhiqizwa kokudla?
I-Singapore, isazi esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni sezolimo sasemadolobheni sokulima okuqondile akuyona into entsha eSingapore; ipulazi layo lokuqala elimile lalingo-2012 futhi kusukela lapho abaningi sebedubule bekhiqiza imifino, izinhlanzi, inkalankala, nezimfanzi. Ezweni lapho umhlaba uyindlala futhi kunokudla okungaphezulu kwama-90%, lokhu kukhula akubonisi zimpawu zokwehla njengoba amapulazi engagcini nje ngokuthuthukisa ukusetshenziswa komhlaba kodwa akwazi ukusebenza ngamandla amancane, kuyilapho edala amabhizinisi anenzuzo enkulu.
Eqinisweni, selokhu uHulumeni ethule iSustainable Singapore Blueprint ngo-2015, ukuthandwa kokulima kwasendlini e-Singapore kuye kwashintshashintsha. Inhloso ukuthuthukisa amahektha angama-200 ohlaza oluphakeme ngo-2050, ukugqugquzela abathuthukisi ukuthi bafake amapulazi asemadolobheni ekuthuthukisweni kwabo, ukuhlanganisa ukulima ezifundeni ezisetshenziswa kakhulu, futhi kukhuthaze ukwamukelwa kwengqalasizinda ethuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nezinhlelo ezihlakaniphile. Lokhu sekuholele ekutheni bathole uxhaso olungcono kakhulu lwezimali kanye nokuhlela kulo mkhakha.
Izinketho ezintsha zezimali zokuqalisa kwe-CEA
Ukutshalwa kwezimali kubalulekile uma sifuna ukusheshisa ushintsho oludingeka kakhulu kanye nokweseka ucwaningo kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha ukuze sakhe imboni ephumelelayo yokulima ezindlini. Uma sibheka isithombe esikhulu, uxhaso lwezimali lubalulekile ekuqhubekiseleni phambili inhloso eyinhloko yokulima ezindlini: ukuphazamisa uhlelo lwamanje lokudla nokwenza abantu bakhule kakhulu ngokuncane.
Igagasi elisha lokutshalwa kwezimali kanye nezinkundla zokuqoqa izimali zabantu abaningi linikeza abaqalayo ngenye indlela yokuthola imali. Njengoba ubuchwepheshe bufakazela isizinda sokutshalwa kwezimali, kudingeka imizamo eyengeziwe efana ne-Innovate UK ukuze kusizwe osomabhizinisi be-AgriTech bakhe amabhizinisi amasha, asebenzayo, futhi angakhula.
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