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Ngokombiko wakamuva we-ResearchAndMarkets, imakethe yokulima eqondile emhlabeni wonke kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele ku- $ 12.77 billion ngo-2026, ikhule ku-CAGR ka-23.6% ngesikhathi sokubikezela. Lokhu kukhula kuqhutshwa ukwanda kwesidingo sokudla kwekhwalithi ephezulu nokutholakala komhlaba okulinganiselwe kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ukwengeza, ukulima okuqondile kunganciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi futhi kunciphise umthelela wemvelo wemikhuba yokulima evamile.
Enye yezindaba zempumelelo ekulimeni okuqondile i-AppHarvest, inkampani egxile ekukhuliseni umkhiqizo ongewona we-GMO, ongenawo amakhemikhali ezindaweni zokugcina izithombo zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu. Ngo-2021, inkampani yaphumela obala ngokuhlangana kwe-SPAC neNovus Capital Corporation, yanyusa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-475. Ngale nhlokodolobha, i-AppHarvest ihlela ukwandisa ukusebenza kwayo futhi yakhe izindawo zokugcina izithombo e-United States yonkana.
Enye inkampani ephumelelayo yokulima iqonde phezulu i-AeroFarms, ebisebenza kusukela ngo-2004. Ngokwesizindalwazi sale nkampani, i-AeroFarms itshala “imifino enamaqabunga namakhambi isebenzisa amanzi angaphansi ngo-95% kunokulima emasimini, enesivuno esiphindwe izikhathi ezingu-390 ngo-square foot ngonyaka futhi ngaphandle kokulima. ukusetshenziswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane eziyingozi.” Ngo-2021, inkampani yamemezela izinhlelo zokuphumela obala ngokuhlangana ne-Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., ibiza inkampani ngama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.2.
Nokho, akuzona zonke izinkampani zokulima eziqondile eziphumelelayo njenge-AppHarvest ne-AeroFarms. Ngo-2020, iBowery, isiqalo sokulima esime mpo esizinze eNew York City, sabeka phansi u-60% wabasebenzi baso ngenxa yomthelela wezomnotho we-COVID-19. Le nkampani selokhu yalulama futhi yanyusa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-300 ngoxhaso, kodwa ulwazi lwayo lugqamisa ubungozi obuhlobene nokutshala imali ekulimeni mpo.
Nakuba ukulima okuqondile kunamandla okuguqula imboni yezolimo, akuzona zonke izinkampani eziqinisekisiwe ukuthi zizophumelela. Izindaba zempumelelo ze-AppHarvest kanye ne-AeroFarms zibonisa ukuthi ukulima uqonde kungenza inzuzo ngesu elifanele kanye noxhaso. Kodwa-ke, abatshalizimali kufanele futhi baqaphele ubungozi obukhona, njengoba kubonakala endabeni ye-Bowery.