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Lapho sibhekene nezimo zezulu ezishintsha ngokushesha, indawo yezolimo ibhekene noguquko oluguquguqukayo. Izindlela zendabuko zokuthuthukisa izinhlobo zezitshalo ezintsha azisanele ukuhambisana nokuphuthuma okubangelwa ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngena kuphrojekthi ye-Artemis eTanzania, eholwa usosayensi wezolimo uDavid Guerena. Lesi sinyathelo esibalulekile sithuthukisa ubuhlakani bokwenziwa ukuze lula inqubo ye-phenotyping, okuhloswe ngayo ukunciphisa umugqa wesikhathi weminyaka eyishumi wokuthuthukisa izinhlobo zezitshalo ezimelana nesimo sezulu.
U-Guerena ugcizelela ukuthi indlela evamile yokuzalanisa, esihlale ingashintshile iminyaka eyinkulungwane, ihlanganisa ukulinga okukhulu namaphutha. Iphrojekthi ye-Artemis yethula i-paradigm shift ngokuhlanganisa amamodeli anikwe amandla okubona ngekhompyutha. Abalimi bezitshalo, abahlome ngohlelo lokusebenza olulula, bathwebula idatha ebalulekile ngezithombe. Le datha ihlaziywa ngamamodeli anamandla e-AI, okusiza ekuhlonzeni izakhi zofuzo zezitshalo ezifaneleka kakhulu izindawo ezithile futhi zikwazi ukumelana nezinguquko zezulu ezicatshangelwayo.
Ngaphandle kokuzalanisa izitshalo, i-AI ikhombisa ukuthi ibalulekile ekulawuleni enye ingxenye ebalulekile yezolimo - ikhabhoni yomhlabathi. Imvamisa ukusibekela amahlathi emvula, inhlabathi isebenza njengamasinki ekhabhoni abalulekile, ephethe cishe u-75% wekhabhoni egcinwe emhlabeni. U-Martha Farella, usosayensi wedatha e-Stantec, ugcizelela izinselele zokulinganisa ikhabhoni yenhlabathi ngenxa yezinto ezihlukahlukene ezifana nesimo sezulu, isimo sezulu, izinhlobo zezitshalo, kanye nezakhiwo zomhlabathi.
Iphrojekthi ye-Artemis ikhombisa ukuthi i-AI ayilona nje ithuluzi lejubane kodwa iyisisusa sokunemba. Ngokusebenzisa amandla ezobuchwepheshe, ezolimo ziqhubekela phambili ekusaseni lapho izitshalo ezikwazi ukumelana nesimo sezulu kanye nokuphathwa kwenhlabathi okusimeme kungeyona inhloso ekude kodwa izinto ezingokoqobo ngokushesha.
Ukusebenzisana phakathi kwezolimo nobuhlakani bokwenziwa kumemezela inkathi entsha yezinqubo zokulima. Impumelelo yePhrojekthi ye-Artemis igcizelela amandla e-AI ekusheshiseni ukuthuthukiswa kwezitshalo, okubalulekile ukuzivumelanisa nemithelela esheshayo yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, indima ye-AI ekulawulweni kwekhabhoni yomhlabathi ikhombisa isinyathelo esibalulekile esibheke kwezolimo olusimeme. Njengoba samukela lezi zinyathelo zobuchwepheshe, ikusasa lokulima libukeka lithembisa, liqinile futhi likhathalela imvelo.