I-Western Growers ihola i-Global Harvest Automation Initiative ukuze kusheshiswe ukuvuna okuzenzakalelayo kuyo yonke imboni yemikhiqizo emisha, ngenhloso yokwenza ama-50% esivuno ngokuzenzakalela phakathi neminyaka eyi-10.
“Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi amalungu ethu ezabalaza nenani elinciphayo labasebenzi abakhona. Uma singahlangani njengemboni ukuletha ngokushesha nangempumelelo izixazululo zemishini yokuzenzela kubalimi kuleli, kungenzeka ukuthi ukushintshwa kwemikhiqizo emisha iye kwamanye amazwe kunyuke kakhulu,” kusho uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Western Growers uDave Puglia. ukukhishwa kwezindaba. "I-Global Harvest Automation Initiative (GHAI) iqondiswe ngqo kule nselelo, futhi ukuqondanisa kwabaholi abaningi bemboni kanye nozakwethu kulo mzamo kuyinkomba enamandla yokuzibophezela kwethu ngokubambisana empumelelweni."
Isinyathelo somhlaba wonke sihlanganisa amaphrojekthi ambalwa abalulekile aklanyelwe ngokukhethekile ukuxazulula izinkinga zezisebenzi zemboni yezokulima kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo esiza izinkampani eziqala ukuvuna ezizenzakalelayo ukuba zenze ukuhweba futhi zilinganise ngesivinini esisheshayo:
- Isitaki Sobuchwepheshe: Isethi ebhaliwe yezindawo zobuchwepheshe ezizosiza abaqalayo basebenzise izingxenye ezisezingeni lomkhakha ukuze amarobhothi abo akwazi ukungena ezinkundleni nasezimakethe ngokushesha.
- Iqoqo le-Harvest Automation Cohort: Iqoqo leziqalo ezizenzakalelayo lizokhethwa ngokusekelwe kokufakwayo komkhakha ukuze bathole ukufinyelela okukhethekile ekuhlanganisweni kwezinhlelo ukusiza ukuhlanganisa isitaki sobuchwepheshe kumephu womgwaqo womkhiqizo wabo, isu losekelo lokuya emakethe, izivivinyo zenkambu kanye nezifundo eziyisibonelo.
- Umbiko Womthelela: Ukuhlaziywa okuphelele komthelela we-automation yokuvuna embonini yezitshalo ezikhethekile kuzonikezwa minyaka yonke ngokusekelwe kumamethrikhi womlimi.
- I-Harvest Automation Traction Roadmap: Uhlu lweziqalo zamanje ezizenzakalelayo zokuvuna ngohlobo lwezitshalo kanye nenqubekelaphambili/ukudonsa kwemakethe kuzosatshalaliswa njalo.
Isitaki sobuchwepheshe sizokwakhiwa ithimba lochwepheshe bezihloko (ama-SME) ku-ag namarobhothi:
- izinkampani ze-precision ag (Trimble, Bosch)
- abakhiqizi bemishini yoqobo nezinkampani zamapulatifomu (i-Ramsay Highlander, i-Oxbow ne-SPUDNIK)
- Izinkampani zobunjiniyela be-AgTech (Milano Technical Group, All-Phase Agricultural Engineering, Red Rooster Engineering kanye ne-NWFM LLC)
- Amalungu e-WG aphakathi kwabasebenzi bokulima abakhulu kakhulu nabangcono kakhulu emhlabeni ekutholeni ubuchwepheshe obusha (amaGrimmway Farms, iTurlock Fruit Company, Church Brothers Farms, Superfresh Growers kanye ne-Illume Agriculture)
Iqembu lama-SME lizokwakha isethi yezindawo zokusebenzelana ezibhaliwe ukuze abaqalayo bakwazi ukuxhuma kubakhiqizi bakagandaganda abafana no-John Deere, abakhiqizi bezinzwa abanjengoBosch, abahlinzeki bemishini yokuzulazula njenge-Trimble, nabanye ozakwethu bokukhiqiza.
I-Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission (WTFRC) ibe nguzakwethu obalulekile we-WG ekusekeleni i-GHAI ngokunikeza izincomo zama-SME kanye nokuqalwa kokuvuna okusekelwe ekuhlangenwe nakho kweminyaka engama-52 ye-WTFRC ngokusungula isithelo sesihlahla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-WTFRC izibophezele u-$200,000 ekuxhaseni ngezimali eminyakeni emithathu ukuze isekele uhlelo lwe-GHAI.
"Imboni yezitshalo ezikhethekile idinga ukusebenzisana sonke ukuze kuxazululwe isivuno esizenzakalelayo ngokusheshisa ngamasu isivinini sokusungula izinto ezintsha nokutholwa," kusho u-Ines Hanrahan, umqondisi omkhulu we-WTFRC. "Indlela yesikhulumi ethathwa yi-Western Growers isekelwa yiziqalo nezimboni njengendlela engcono kakhulu yokuya phambili ekugcineni lo mgomo."
I-WG ibambe umcimbi oxubene mathupha nowangempela ngoFebhuwari 11, 2021, eTulare, Calif., ukuze imemezele ukwethulwa okusemthethweni kwe-Global Harvest Automation Initiative. Izinsiza nolwazi oluningiliziwe mayelana ne-GHAI lungatholakala ku Ikhasi lewebhu le-WG Center for Innovation & Technology lapha.