Ikolishi Lobunjiniyela leNyuvesi yaseNew Mexico State kanye neKolishi Lezolimo, Abathengi kanye Nezesayensi Yezemvelo kanye neDoña Ana Community College basungule ubudlelwano ukuze balungiselele abasebenzi besizukulwane esilandelayo ukuze basebenzise amakhono amasha okulima okuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu kanye nokuhlaziywa kwedatha enkulu ukwenza ngcono ukutholakala kokudla kanye nokwenza ngcono izimboni zezolimo.
Iholwa nguYoung Ho Park, uprofesa wobunjiniyela bemishini kanye ne-aerospace, Training of Next Generation Workforce for Smart Food Science and Agricultural Technology in the Digital Era (WorkFoS-Ag) ixhaswe yiNational Institute of Food and Agriculture yoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US $500,000.
“Umhlaba uzodinga ukudla okungu-70% okwengeziwe ukuze wondle inani labantu emhlabeni wonke elicishe libe izigidigidi eziyi-10 ngo-2050. Ngakho-ke, ukusungulwa kwezolimo zanamuhla kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili. Futhi ukusungulwa kwezolimo kudinga ubuchwepheshe obuhlukene obuvela emikhakheni eminingi okubalwa kuyo ezobunjiniyela, ezomphakathi, ezobunjiniyela bakagesi, ubuchwepheshe bamakhompyutha nobuchwephesha bolwazi kanye nesayensi yokudla,” kusho uPark.
Ikusasa lezinhlelo zokudla nezolimo lizoncika ekuqoqeni, ekuhlaziyeni nasekusebenziseni idatha ukuze kukhuliswe ukusebenza kahle kwepulazi nokuqina, nokho, kunegebe elikhulu lamakhono ekusetshenzisweni kwalobu buchwepheshe obuphambili.
Ukuvikeleka kokudla kuyinkinga yomhlaba wonke enomthelela wasendaweni, kusho uPark. “INew Mexico idlondlobala ngezimboni ezihlukene, kodwa umkhakha wezolimo ugqama kakhulu ekwamukeleni ubuchwepheshe obusha. Ngalolu hlobo lohlelo olunikezelwe ukuqeqesha abasebenzi besizukulwane sethu esilandelayo, iNew Mexico inokuningi esingakunikeza ukuze iqhubekisele phambili imboni yezolimo esikhathini esizayo.
Ipaki izojoyinwa abaphenyi ababambisene neNMSU abavela kuDelia Valles-Rosales, uprofesa wobunjiniyela bezimboni; Hansuk Sohn, inhloko yomnyango wesikhashana wobunjiniyela bezimboni; UDkt. Efren Delgado, isekela likaprofesa wesayensi yomndeni nezabathengi; kanye no-Jon Juarez, usihlalo womnyango wohlelo lobuchwepheshe bekhompyutha lwe-DACC. Esikhathini esiyiminyaka emithathu, i-WorkFoS-Ag ihlela ukuqeqesha abafundi basekolishi lomphakathi okulindeleke ukuthi bafinyelele ku-150 ngamakhono akhulayo okulima ezolimo.
Ithimba lizokwakha isitifiketi esisha sezikweletu eziyi-19, sonyaka owodwa ku-Computer Systems, Information Technology kanye ne-Data Analytics. Isitifiketi se-CID esizonikeza indlela eya kubahlanganyeli ababili beziqu zesayensi ezisetshenzisiwe e-DACC kanye namadigri amabili e-bachelor e-NMSU. Ukuthuthukiswa ngokubambisana kwekharikhulamu yemikhakha eyahlukene kuzohlanganisa amakhono asetshenziswayo avame ukufundiswa ezikoleni zeminyaka emibili nohlelo lokufunda olusekelwe ocwaningweni oluvame ukufundiswa ezikoleni zeminyaka emine.
“Sinomthwalo wemfanelo wokufundisa nokuqeqesha abafundi bethu ukuze bafunde ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu ukuze ekugcineni bakhulise umkhiqizo wezolimo. Lolu hlelo luzobeka abafundi endaweni enokuncintisana kakhulu ukuze bahlangabezane nezidingo zamanje zokusungula izinto ezintsha,” kusho uValles-Rosales.
Ukwengeza, lolu hlelo luzohlinzeka ngamathuba okufunda asekelwe emisebenzini ngokwakhiwa kohlelo olusha olubhalisiwe lukahulumeni lokufundela umsebenzi oluhlinzeka ngokuqeqeshwa okuqhutshwa ngumqashi, ngezandla ukuze bathole amaholo aphezulu, imisebenzi esekela imindeni. I-WorkFoS-Ag izosebenzisana nezinhlangano zendawo ezithuthukisa umnotho, izikhungo zikahulumeni zokuthuthukisa abasebenzi, kanye nezimboni zezolimo ukuthuthukisa ukuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi endaweni yezolimo ezihlakaniphile kanye nemfundo yesayensi yokudla. Ukuqeqeshelwa umsebenzi, okungase kuthathe unyaka owodwa kuya kweyisithupha, kuzohlanganisa ukuqeqeshwa emsebenzini kanye neziyalezo zasekilasini ngaphansi kokuqondisa kochwepheshe bemboni abanolwazi. Lolu hlelo luzokhuthaza abafundi ukuthi bathole imisebenzi esebenzayo.
“Sakha ithimba elisebenzisanayo phakathi kwezemfundo, izimboni, abalimi kanye nohulumeni ozibophezele ekulungiseleleni isizukulwane esilandelayo sabafundi ngokubacwilisa endaweni eyingqayizivele ehlanganisa ithiyori nokwenza,” kusho uValles-Rosales. “Lokhu kuhlanganisa nokuthuthukiswa kwamakhono afana nokuxhumana, ukusebenza kahle, nokusebenza kwethimba ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukuxazulula izinkinga zezolimo hhayi esifundeni kuphela kodwa ezweni lonke.”
Ukulima okuhlakaniphile kuncike ekusebenziseni i-inthanethi Yezinto (IoT): inethiwekhi yezinzwa, isofthiwe nobunye ubuchwepheshe obusekela ukwabelana kwedatha ngenjongo yokuhlaziya. E-DACC, izifundo zesethulo zezifundo zenethiwekhi kanye ne-inthanethi Yezinto zifundiswa abafundisi beCisco Certified Networking Academy. I-DACC iphinde ibe nelabhorethri ye-Cisco Networking ehlome ngokuphelele futhi ilindele ukukhulisa iminikelo yayo yezifundo ukuze isekele i-WorkFoS-Ag.
“I-DACC inomlando weminyaka engu-20 wokufundisa izifundo zesitifiketi seCisco. Sibheke ngabomvu ekwandiseni iminikelo yethu. Ukweseka lolu xhaso, kusukela ekwindla ka-2021, sizobe sifundisa izifundo ezintathu ezintsha okuhlanganisa i-Advanced IoT, i-data analytics kanye nesifundo esiyinhloko,” kusho uJuarez.
“Lolu hlelo lugxile ekuqeqesheni abafundi bethu ukuze basebenzele isizukulwane esilandelayo nokubalungiselela ulwazi oluphambili lwesayensi nobunjiniyela kanye namakhono okuhlaziya idatha. Ithimba lethu ngokuqinisekile liyakwazi ukuqeqesha abafundi ubuchwepheshe bezinzwa ezisezingeni eliphezulu, izinhlelo ze-IoT kanye nokuhlaziya idatha enkulu, kusho uPark. "Kodwa ikhwalithi ebaluleke kakhulu yeqembu lethu ukuthi siyabakhathalela abafundi bethu futhi sifuna ukwenza umehluko emisebenzini nasezimpilweni zabo."
E-NMSU, abafundi bazoqeqeshwa kusetshenziswa inethiwekhi yezinzwa ezingenazintambo esikhungweni sesayensi yokulima esingamahektha angu-41.1 esinakekelwa Isevisi Yokwandiswa Kwe-NMSU; i-Aggie Innovation Space, indawo yabakhi bezobuciko esezingeni eliphezulu eKolishi Lobunjiniyela; kanye nendawo engu-5,000 sq. ft. Ukuphepha Kokudla Nokuqeqeshwa Kwesikhungo Sokuqeqesha.
Inselele yokuvikeleka kokudla akukona nje ukukhulisa ukukhiqizwa kokudla kodwa nokunciphisa ukulahleka kokudla. Ngesikhathi sokuthutha kusuka epulazini kuya endaweni yokugcina izimpahla kuya kumthengisi, imikhiqizo yezolimo isengozini yokonakala. Akukhona nje kuphela ukulahlekelwa ukudla, kodwa futhi nokumoshwa kwezinsiza ezifana nomhlaba, amanzi, umanyolo nokusebenza kwabantu, kanye nokwanda kokukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa.
Ububanzi bezicelo zedatha enkulu ekulimeni okuhlakaniphile kwedlula ukukhiqizwa okuyisisekelo; kunomthelela kulo lonke uchungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kokudla. I-“Smart Food Supply Chain” isebenzisa izinzwa ze-IoT ukuze kube sobala ngesikhathi sangempela kanye nokulandeleka ukuze kuhlonzwe futhi kuvinjwe izinkinga eziholela ekulahlekeni kokudla noma imfucuza kusukela ekuvuneni kuya esitolo. Ukuze kuthuthukiswe amakhono okukhiqiza, ukusebenza kahle kanye nokusimama, abalimi nezinkampani zezolimo kumele zilawule izinto eziyinkimbinkimbi nedatha. Ikusasa lezinhlelo zokudla nezolimo lizoncika ekuqoqweni, ekuhlaziyeni nasekusebenziseni idatha ukuze kukhuliswe ukusebenza kahle kwepulazi nokuqina.
Ububanzi bezicelo zedatha enkulu ekulimeni okuhlakaniphile kwedlula ukukhiqizwa okuyisisekelo; kunomthelela kulo lonke uchungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kokudla. I-“Smart Food Supply Chain” isebenzisa izinzwa ze-IoT ukuze kube sobala ngesikhathi sangempela kanye nokulandeleka ukuze kuhlonzwe futhi kuvinjwe izinkinga eziholela ekulahlekeni kokudla noma imfucuza kusukela ekuvuneni kuya esitolo. Ukuze kuthuthukiswe amakhono okukhiqiza, ukusebenza kahle kanye nokusimama, abalimi nezinkampani zezolimo kumele zithuthukise ukuphathwa kwemishini eyinkimbinkimbi kanye nedatha ehambisana nayo. Ikusasa lezinhlelo zokudla nezolimo lizoncika ekuqoqweni, ekuhlaziyeni nasekusebenziseni idatha ukuze kukhuliswe ukusebenza kahle kwepulazi nokuqina.
“Siyethemba ukuthi uhlelo lwethu nabafundi ababambe iqhaza kuzoba nomthelela omuhle enseleleni yesibonelelo sikahulumeni sokutholakala kokudla, amanzi namandla emashumini eminyaka ezayo,” kusho uPark.
- ULinda Fresques, New Mexico State University