I-UC Agriculture and Natural Resources izothola u-$865,000 ukusiza abalimi esigodini soMfula iColorado kanye neSalinas Valley bahlanganise amathuluzi edijithali nobuhlakani bokwenziwa ezinhlelweni zabo ezikhulayo.
Izimali ziyingxenye yezigidi eziyishumi zamaRandi Isibonelelo se-Sustainable Agricultural Systems kusukela ku-USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture ukuthuthukisa ukusimama kokunikezwa kokudla kwesizwe.
Imboni yezolimo ejulile yomfula waseColorado - ohlanganisa izigodi zasePalo Verde, Coachella kanye ne-Imperial eCalifornia; i-Yuma Valley nezinye izindawo, njenge-Wellton-Mohawk Valley e-Arizona - ikhiqiza imifino ebusika ethunyelwa ezweni lonke. Amapulazi aseSalinas Valley akhiqiza imifino ehlobo ukuze izimakethe ezweni lonke.
“Imifino iyingxenye ebalulekile yokudla okunempilo. Ngalesi sibonelelo, i-NIFA iyalibona iqhaza elibanjwa yiCalifornia, Arizona neColorado ekukhuliseni ukudla okunomsoco kubantu baseMelika,” kusho. Khaled Bali, uchwepheshe wokunisela we-UC Cooperative Extension. “Ukusimama kwalezi zinhlelo zokukhiqiza esikhathini esizayo, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa izinselelo ezifana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukwanda kwesomiso kanye nokufinyelela okulinganiselwe emanzini angaphezulu nangaphansi komhlaba, kuzodinga ubuchwepheshe obuyinkimbinkimbi.”
Ochwepheshe bemboni yezolimo yase-US bangabaholi bomhlaba ekusetshenzisweni kobuchwepheshe, okuhlanganisa i-automation, i-drip irrigation, izinzwa nama-drones. “Okusha ukuthi manje ungahlanganisa kanjani ubuchwepheshe ekwenzeni izinqumo,” kusho u-Bali, ohola imfundo yedijithali yezolimo kanye yingxenye yokufinyelela yosizo emxhasweni.
U-Bali uthe amathuluzi amasha okulima asebenza njengama-thermostat ahlakaniphile ezindlini, anezinzwa endlini yonke futhi afunde amaphethini omndeni ukwenza izimo zikhululeke ngokuphelele imini nobusuku.
Epulazini, esikhundleni sokusebenzisa inani elifanayo lamanzi nomanyolo ngaphezu kwamakhulu amahektare, izinzwa, ama-valve kanye nokuphathwa kwedijithali kuvumela imikhakha emincane ukuthi zithole ukwelashwa okusekelwe ohlotsheni lwenhlabathi, ubukhulu bezitshalo, ukucindezela kwezinambuzane, usawoti kanye nokulawulwa kwezifo.
"Le phrojekthi izobeka isisekelo soshintsho lwesikhathi eside lwezinhlelo zokuphatha amapulazi ezishintshashintshayo - ngokusebenza ngokugcwele okungenzeka amashumi eminyaka esikhathini esizayo," kusho u-Bali. “Ukusetshenziswa okuqondile kwezinto ezisetshenziswayo kwezolimo kuzokonga amanzi, kunciphise ukubhodlozwa kukamanyolo ngaphansi kwezimpande zezitshalo, kunciphise isidingo somsebenzi wezandla embonini, kwandise isivuno futhi kunciphise nezindleko, kuthuthukise ukusimama komnotho wale mboni.”
Imibukiso yasezindaweni, izikhathi zokuqeqesha, amavidiyo kanye nama-handouts kuzovala igebe phakathi kwemikhuba yokulima eqhubekayo kanye nobuchwepheshe besimanje bedijithali bezemfundo nemboni. Le misebenzi kulindeleke ukuthi yandise umkhiqizo kanye nokuncintisana kwabalimi abakhulu bezitshalo.
Iphrojekthi entsha izonweba ukusetshenziswa kwe-smartphone nohlelo lokusebenza lwewebhusayithi olubizwa I-CropManage, uhlelo olwakhiwe ngo-2011 ngu UMichael Cahn, umeluleki we-UC Cooperative Extension ezifundeni zaseMonterey, Santa Cruz naseSan Benito. I-CropManage ivumela abalimi baseSalinas Valley ukuthi bafake ulwazi olumayelana nezitshalo zabo nomhlabathi, bese bethola ngokuzenzakalelayo izincomo mayelana nezidingo zokunisela nokuvundisa ezicabangela izimo zezulu ezibikwe i-California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS), inethiwekhi yeziteshi zesimo sezulu ezizenzakalelayo ezilawulwayo. nguMnyango Wezamanzi waseCalifornia.
Njengamanje, i-CropManage yenza izincomo ezingaba ngu-2,000 kubalimi baseSalinas Valley inyanga ngayinye ngesikhathi sokukhula. Uxhaso olusha luzovumela ukunwetshwa kwe-CropManage ukusiza abalimi ukuphatha usawoti.
“Ukuze kunciphe ukungenwa wusawoti esilinyweni, abalimi bangase badinge ukufaka amanzi ukuze bavuse usawoti ngaphansi kwezimpande. Kodwa asifuni ukukhipha i-nitrate,” kusho uCahn. “Sifuna ukunqamula lezi zinqubo bese sikhipha amanzi uma kune-nitrogen ephansi ohlelweni. Ukunquma isikhathi nenani lamanzi yinto esizoyakha ku-CropManage.”
Lolu xhaso luzophinde luhlinzeke ngezimali zokuqeqeshwa okusha kanye nokuxhumana okuzokwenza abalimi abaningi bakwazi ukusebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-CropManage.
Uxhaso olungaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-10 zamaRandi olunikezwe i-UC Riverside luholwa uprofesa u-Elia Scudiero, uchwepheshe wenhlabathi, ubudlelwano bezitshalo namanzi. Yena kanye nethimba lososayensi base-UC Riverside bazothuthukisa idatha yobuhlakani bokwenziwa edingekayo ezinhlelweni zokulima ezihlakaniphile ezinamamodeli amasha ezibalo kanye ne-algebra athola amaphethini aphindaphindwayo futhi ajwayelekile.
Omunye umzamo obalulekile wukuhlinzeka imboni yezolimo ngesizukulwane esilandelayo sabalimi, abaphathi kanye nososayensi. Izimali ezivela kuxhaso lwe-NIFA zizosungula uhlelo lwe-Digital Agriculture Fellowship lokuqasha ngaphezu kwe-50 idatha, abafundi besayensi yemvelo noma yezolimo eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo ukuthuthukisa nokufunda ubuchwepheshe. I-Internship nozakwethu ababalulekile bezentengiselwano futhi iyisici sohlelo.