Ukulima kwasendlini, okwaziwa nangokuthi ukulima okuqondile, bekusematheni muva nje njengomunye wemikhakha ye-AgroTech ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu. Ngokusho kwe-Crunchbase, ngo-2022, amapulazi aqondile athola utshalomali olune kwezinhlanu ezinkulu ekuqalweni kwe-AgroTech. Ezinye zeziqalo zokulima zasendlini ezixhaswe kakhulu ngo-2022 kwakuyi-Plenty, i-Gotham Greens, i-Soli Organic, i-Source.ag, ne-ioCrops. Kodwa-ke, kusenenselelo ukulima ngaphakathi endlini okubhekene nayo - okwamanje, zimbalwa izitshalo ezingatshalwa kulezi zikhungo.
Idatha evela ku-Crunchbase ikhombisa ukuthi u-2022 bekungunyaka ongcono kakhulu wokulima ngaphakathi endlini mayelana nokutshalwa kwezimali kwebhizinisi. Kodwa-ke, inkinga ngokulima endlini ukuthi kulinganiselwe kuphela izitshalo ezimbalwa ezifana ne-ulethisi, isipinashi, namakhambi athambile. Ukolweni, ummbila, isoyi, nezinye izitshalo ezakha iningi lokudla kwethu akulinywa okwamanje kulezi zikhungo. “Inselelo ukuthi izitshalo ezimbalwa kuphela ezingatshalwa endlini,” kusho uMat Ryan, oyisikhulu esiphezulu seSoli Organic. Ngokusho kwakhe, kubiza kakhulu, futhi esikhathini esizayo, izitshalo eziningi zisazotshalwa emasimini.
Naphezu kwalezi zinselelo, ukulima ngaphakathi endlini kunamandla okuguqula ezolimo. Ngokutshala izitshalo endaweni elawulwayo, ukulima endlini kuqeda isidingo sezibulala-zinambuzane, izibulala-zinambuzane, namanye amakhemikhali ayingozi avame ukusetshenziswa ekulimeni okuvamile. Ukwengeza, ukulima endlini kunganciphisa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi kanye nesidingo somhlaba, okwenza kube yisixazululo esikahle ezindaweni zasemadolobheni ezinendawo elinganiselwe.
Ubuchwepheshe Nezinkundla Ezivulekile: Izinselelo Namathuba Ezolimo
Ezolimo ngomunye wemikhakha ebaluleke kakhulu emnothweni womhlaba, ehlinzeka ngokudla nezinsizakusebenza kubantu abakhulayo. Abalimi kanye nezazi zezolimo namahlathi babhekana nezinselelo eziningi, okuhlanganisa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukuwohloka kwenhlabathi, nezinambuzane nezifo. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ubuchwepheshe buvele njengethuluzi elinamandla lokukhulisa umkhiqizo kanye nokusimama kwezolimo. Nokho, akuwona wonke amapulazi angazuza ngokulinganayo kule ntuthuko.
Amapulazi amakhulu atshala izitshalo ezinjengommbila nobhontshisi wesoya, ahlanganisa ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba olinywayo futhi asheshe asebenzise ubuchwepheshe obusha, avame ukuba nethuba elihle kunamapulazi amancane. Ezinye zezinhlangano ezihamba phambili zokuzalanisa zigxila ngokukhethekile kulezi zitshalo ngenxa yenzuzo yazo. UJacqueline Heard, oyisikhulu esiphezulu se-Enko Chem, inkampani ekhiqiza izibulala-zinambuzane, uthi, “Ezinye zezinhlangano ezingcono kakhulu zokuzalanisa azihluphi ngisho nangezitshalo ezincane. Bavele bagxile emmbila nobhontshisi wesoya ngoba bangenza imali eningi ngawo.”
Enye inselele ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obufana namarobhothi ne-AI buncike kakhulu kumasevisi wamafu. Kodwa-ke, amapulazi amaningi awakwazi ukufinyelela i-inthanethi ye-broadband, noma ukuxhumeka kwawo kubuthakathaka kakhulu. E-US, isibonelo, cishe ama-20% amapulazi abhekene nalolu daba. Noma kunjalo, i-AI kanye nezibalo ezibikezelayo zizobaluleka emapulazini avulekile esikhathini esizayo, noma ngabe okwamanje awafinyeleleki ngenxa yemikhawulo yengqalasizinda.
Izilinganiso zomlando azisanembile ekuhloleni izivuno zezitshalo, ikakhulukazi lapho kubhekene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngakho-ke, ama-startups athuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bamapulazi avulekile abaluleke kakhulu. Isibonelo, i-Enko Chem ikhiqiza izibulala-zinambuzane nezibulala-zinambuzane ezingalimazi izitshalo noma imithombo yamanzi. Ngokusho kwe-Crunchbase, inkampani iqoqe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyishumi emzuliswaneni woxhaso we-Series C ngoJanuwari. I-Inari, isiqalo sokuhlela i-seed genome, ihlose ukukhulisa ukuqina kwezitshalo kanye nesivuno ngenkathi yehlisa ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi. Le nkampani ithi inganyusa isivuno sikabhontshisi wesoya ngo-10% bese ikhiqiza ummbila ngo-20% kuyilapho isebenzisa amanzi angaphansi ngo-10%.