Ithimba lochwepheshe beKholeji Yezolimo, Abathengi kanye Nezesayensi Yezemvelo yeNyuvesi yaseNew Mexico State lisanda kuhola ingxoxo ebonakalayo emayelana nobuhlakani bokwenziwa kwezolimo njengengxenye yomhlangano we-Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture obanjwe ngoNovemba.
Abahlanganyeli bahlanganisa i-ACES uDean Rolando A. Flores, i-alumnus ye-ACES uMario Allegri kanye namalungu obuhlakani be-ACES uDerek Bailey, uLara Prihodko noManoj Shukla. Abanye abethuli emhlanganweni, owawungoNovemba 24 ngeZoom, bahlanganisa nabamele iPurdue University kanye neCenfotec University.
I-IICA, i-ejensi yezolimo ekhethekile yoHlelo Lwe-Inter-American System, isekela imizamo yamazwe angamalungu angaphezu kuka-30, okuhlanganisa ne-United States, ukuze kuzuzwe ukuthuthukiswa kwezolimo kanye nenhlalakahle yasemaphandleni.
I-NMSU inememorandamu yokungahambisani ne-IICA, ehola izinhlelo zikazwelonke, zesifunda kanye ne-hemispheric ukushayela "uguquko lwezolimo lwedijithali." Lezi zinhlelo zihlanganisa ukukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe bedijithali ukuze kugqugquzelwe ukusetshenziswa komakhalekhukhwini ezindaweni zasemakhaya ukuze kwehliswe ukuhlukana kwedijithali; ukusebenzisa i-blockchain ku-value chain; kanye nokuthuthukisa Isikhungo Sokutolika Sezolimo Sakusasa.
"Ukubamba iqhaza emisebenzini ye-IICA kubaluleke kakhulu ku-NMSU ne-ACES njengoba leyo misebenzi inombono kuwo wonke amazwe aseMelika naseCaribbean," kusho uFlores. "Umqondisi we-IICA, uDkt. Manuel Otero, Mario Allegri kanye nami sihola umbono wale ngxoxo, inkundla lapho imibono mayelana ne-AI kwezolimo yethulwa khona kanye nobuchwepheshe obusebenzayo be-ACES ekuxazululeni izinkinga zangempela kwezolimo nge-AI."
UFlores wanezela, “Eminye imihlangano, izingxoxo kanye nezingxoxo zizokwenzeka maduze nje phakathi kwe-NMSU ne-IICA ukuthuthukisa i-AI entsha ekuxhumaneni kwezolimo neminye imizamo yokubambisana kwezemfundo, ucwaningo kanye nokwandisa.”
U-Allegri, ongumeluleki futhi oyilungu le-Academia Nacional de Ingeniería de Uruguay owathola iziqu ze-master in range science e-NMSU ngo-1973, uthe ingqungquthela ibone ukubaluleka kolwazi, isayensi nobuchwepheshe ekufakeni isandla ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme komkhakha wezolimo, ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo ezisebenza kahle zokukhiqiza ukudla okuseqophelweni eliphezulu okunenani elengeziwe, nokwandisa ukukhiqizwa kanye nokukhiqiza.
"Sihlaziye futhi saxoxa ngentuthuko yobuchwepheshe obusha kwezolimo njengobuhlakani bokwenziwa, amarobhothi, ukufunda ngomshini, i-block-chain kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula, ukubhekana negebe ledijithali ezindaweni zasemaphandleni," kusho u-Allegri.
Ngokungeziwe engxoxweni kaFlores, amalungu obuhlakani be-ACES axoxe ngamaphrojekthi ambalwa amanje axhumene nobuhlakani bokwenziwa. U-Bailey wethule ukulandelela ngesikhathi sangempela kanye nokuqapha izinzwa zemfuyo ukuze kuthuthukiswe inhlalakahle yezilwane; U-Prihodko wethule uhlaka lwakhe lobuhlakani bokwenziwa kuma-agroecosystems; futhi u-Shukla wabelane ngalokho akutholile ngokusebenzisa amarobhothi ukuqapha izingcindezi zesikhathi sangempela ze-abiotic enhlabathini nasezitshalweni ukuze kube nezolimo ezisimeme.
"Izethulo ezivelele zamalungu ophiko lwe-NMSU ezibhekisele kokuhlangenwe nakho kanye nenqubekela phambili ethembisayo ocwaningweni oluhlobene nokusetshenziswa kwe-AI ezindaweni ezehlukene zezolimo zinikeze imibono emihle kakhulu endleleni edidiyelwe, ekhuthaza iziphakamiso zokusebenzisana kwezinhlaka eziningi kanye nezikhungo ngezihloko ezinentshisekelo efanayo," Kusho u-Allegri.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe mayelana ne-IICA, vakashela https://www.iica.int/en.