Kungumvuthwandaba wezinhlelo zeminyaka eyishumi kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okungu-$15 million, njengoba i-Global Vegetable Seeds Quality Control Lab ye-Syngenta iqale ukusebenza kule nyanga eNampa, e-Idaho. Ilebhu iwukunwetshwa kwe-Trait Conversion Accelerator engu-$30 million eyavulwa kusayithi ngo-2019. Ilebhu yekhwalithi entsha yenza ukuhlolwa kwembewu kanye nekhwalithi yembewu yemifino ezothunyelwa emhlabeni wonke.
“Ukuhlola impilo yembewu kuyinkonzo nesidingo okufanele siqinisekise ukuthi imbewu esiyinikeza amakhasimende ethu, abalimi, iphephile, ihlanzekile, futhi ivikelekile,” kuchaza uMatthew Johnston, oyiNhloko Yomhlaba Wonke yakwaSyngenta Vegetable Seeds and Flowers. ngesikhathi somcimbi we-VIP esikhungweni. “Imbewu iyisidalwa esiphilayo, ngakho-ke sinazo zonke izinhlobo zemikhawulo emhlabeni jikelele lapho amazwe noma izifunda zingazama ukuvikela izithakazelo zazo zezolimo futhi azifuni izinhlobo ezihlaselayo. Abawafuni futhi amagciwane ahlaselayo angasakazwa imbewu. Kuyingxenye ebalulekile yemboni yembewu yemifino ikakhulukazi.”
I-Syngenta ithi indawo yokulawula ikhwalithi engu-37,000-square-square-foot inezindawo ezikhula kahle zemvelo eziqukethwe kanye nokuhlolwa okunembayo okuzothuthukisa impilo yembewu embonini yezitshalo yomhlaba wonke kanye nakumakhasimende embewu yemifino. Ngokulandelayo, ukusebenza kulebhu yokulawula ikhwalithi eNampa kuzokweseka ukwehlisa umugqa wesikhathi kusukela ekukhiqizeni imbewu kuya emasimini abalimi.
"Ikhono lethu lokuhambisa imbewu libaluleke kakhulu ekubuseni," kusho u-Stacy Woodruff, iNhloko yeGlobal ye-Vegetable Seeds Production, iSyngenta Seeds. Uthe imbewu edlula esikhungweni saseNampa izofinyelela kubalimi bemifino emhlabeni wonke, “futhi kumele bazi ukuthi uma bethola okuthile kwaSyngenta okuzohluma kube sezingeni elifanele, kuzokhula, kodwa futhi lokho kuhlanzekile ngokombono wesifo. Yilokho okwenziwa yilesi sikhungo.”
U-Laurel Carter uyiNhloko Yomhlaba Wonke Ye-Phytosanitary and Seed Movement Compliance ye-Syngenta's Vegetable and Flower Seeds Division. Uqhube wachaza ngokubaluleka kwalebhu.
“Impilo yembewu ibalulekile kithina, futhi embonini yembewu yemifino ikakhulukazi kunezifo eziningi, amagciwane, amagciwane kanye nesikhunta esingamataniswa nembewu futhi sihambe nembewu,” kusho yena. “Enye yezinto ezibalulekile elabhorethri lapha wukuqinisekisa ukuthi lawo magciwane, amagciwane kanye nesikhunta awekho embewini yethu futhi ahambe ayodala izinkinga zabalimi ezansi nomfula. Ngakho-ke, kuwukukhathazeka okukhulu kithi ngokombono wekhwalithi. "
Uthe iqiniso lokuthi imbewu yeSyngenta isakazwa emhlabeni wonke kusho ukuthi kumele babhekisise kakhulu.
“Sikuqaphela kakhulu ukuba khona kwezifo nokuvela kwezifo emazweni emhlabeni jikelele. Izwe ngalinye linenhlangano yalo yokuvikela izitshalo,” kusho yena. “Umsebenzi wabo wukuvikela ezolimo ezweni labo. Ngakho-ke, kubaluleke kakhulu ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi uma imbewu isuka e-United States iye, ithi e-Australia, asilethi amagciwane okungenzeka angekho e-Australia. Kunezinhlobo eziningi ze-phytosanitary eziphoqelelwa ngokuqinile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amagciwane awahambi nembewu ezindaweni lapho angase angenzeki khona. "
I-Syngenta ithi ngehlobo elishisayo nobusika obubandayo, i-Idaho iyindawo efanelekile yokukhiqiza imbewu nokucwaninga. Umnyango wezoLimo wombuso nawo uhlonishwa umhlaba wonke ngezindinganiso nezinhlelo zawo eziphathelene nokukhiqizwa kwembewu.
I-Syngenta Ivula Ilebhu Yokulawula Ikhwalithi Yembewu Yemifino Eyizigidi ezingu-$15