Ukufunda indlela yokuqondisa izici eziyingozi kakhulu embonini yezolimo kuthatha incazelo entsha kubafundi beSifundazwe saseMississippi ngokusebenzisa okungokoqobo okungokoqobo kwe-3-D kanye ne-Future Growers Technology Initiative yasenyuvesi.
I-greenhouse yohlobo olulodwa, esezoqedwa futhi ithuthukiswe ngemizamo yokubambisana yamakolishi ahlukene, ngeke nje inikeze abalimi bakusasa ithuluzi lesimanje eliphephile, kodwa izochaza kabusha isikhathi esisithathayo ukuhlaziya. ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo. Lo msebenzi ubambiswano lomnyango we-MSU Wezesayensi Yezitshalo Nomhlaba eKolishi Lezolimo Nesayensi Yezempilo kanye Nesikhungo Sezinhlelo Ezithuthukile Zezimoto.
Ixhaswe ngesibonelelo sikahulumeni, umphenyi oyinhloko ngu-Amelia Fox, uprofesa wezokwelapha kwezesayensi yezitshalo nomhlabathi, owathi ngokungafani nanoma iyiphi indawo evamile yokushisa esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme, lolu hlelo lwesimo olulawulwayo ngo-3-D luzonikeza abafundi ukufinyelela okuphelele ekulawuleni imvelo.
“Ngeqiniso langempela, singabhekana nokufundisa ibhizinisi lezolimo elisengozini enkulu, elichazwa njenganoma yini engaholela ekulahlekelweni okukhulu—kusukela ekulahlekelweni yimpilo noma isitho kuya ekulahlekelweni kokukhiqiza, okokusebenza noma okuhlinzekwayo. Kusukela ekulawuleni i-greenhouse noma indlu yezinkukhu kuya endleleni yokusebenzisa ugandaganda, iqiniso elingokoqobo lingasiza abafundi ukuthi bafunde ukuzulazula ezimweni eziyingozi kakhulu ngokuphepha, "kusho uFox. “Sifuna abafundi bathole ukufeyila. Uma uba nolwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nokwehluleka, maningi amathuba okuthi ukwazi ukukugwema.”
UFox uthe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 seluphinde lwakhombisa isidingo salolu hlobo lobuchwepheshe.
"Olunye uhlangothi lwesiliva lobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 ukuthi lusibonisile ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bungathuthukisa kanjani ukufunda ubuso nobuso, okunemikhawulo," kusho uFox.
UDaniel Carruth, uprofesa ohlangene wocwaningo e-CAVS, uthe ithimba lisondele ku-prototype ezingxenyeni ezintathu, lilinganisa indawo ebamba ukushisa ngokwayo ngezinga lokushisa, amanzi kanye nezilungiselelo zomsoco kuqala ngaphambi kokwenza iphaneli yokulawula nokusetshenziswa komsebenzisi.
“Inhloso ye-virtual reality ukunikeza abafundi ukufinyelela kokuthile abebengeke bakwazi ukufinyelela kukho ngokushesha. Ngalesi simiso, abafundi sebengakwazi ukuqeda ukutshala, ukukhula nokuvuna emahoreni ambalwa uma kuqhathaniswa nezinyanga ezizithathayo emhlabeni wangempela.”
I-prototype yeqembu manje isicwengwa yi-Pulseworks, LLC, umholi womhlaba kuzilingisi ezinyakazayo. Okulandelayo, uRichard Harkess, uprofesa wesayensi yezitshalo nomhlabathi, uzosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe esifundweni sakhe sokukhiqiza izitshalo ezibamba ukushisa, ngethemba ukuthi ngale semester yokuwa ezayo.
Abafundi bazotshala isipinashi, ulethisi notamatisi endaweni ebamba ukushisa eyi-virtual greenhouse kusuka imbewu kuye emakethe, babeke izilawuli zemvelo bese behlola, baphakele futhi baphuzise izitshalo zabo, kuyilapho bexazulula izinkinga zezinambuzane nezifo nokunye. Ithimba lizophinde lihlole ukusebenza kwesistimu ngokukala ukuthi abafundi bafunda okungakanani kulo.
U-Harkess uthe ubuchwepheshe bubeka ngokukhethekile abafundi isikhundla sokuthola ulwazi ngokushintsha izilawuli ze-greenhouse, into abangakaze bafinyelele kuyo kuze kube manje.
“Ngisho nasezindaweni zasekolishi, abafundi abakwazi ukufinyelela izilawuli ku-greenhouse evamile ngoba iphutha elilodwa elincane lingabulala izitshalo eziningi. Esimeni sezentengiselwano, iziteki ziphakeme kakhulu futhi kungenzeka ukulahlekelwa amashumi ezinkulungwane zamadola endaweni yokukhiqiza uma kwenzeka umonakalo wezitshalo, "kusho uHarkess. “Ngenkathi ngamunye wabafundi bami etshala isivuno embewu iye emakethe endaweni evamile yokushisa ukushisa, konke abakufundayo mayelana nohlelo lokulawula bekulokhu kuwumbono kuze kube manje.”
UHarkess uthe ukufinyelela emiphumeleni yomhlaba wangempela endaweni ebonakalayo yikhona okumjabulisa kakhulu ngobuchwepheshe.
“Abafundi bazokwazi ukufunda izindlela zokulawula imvelo okubalwa kuzo ukukhanya, ukupholisa, ukufudumeza, ukufiphaza nokunye. Ukuthuthukisa leli khono elisezingeni eliphezulu nabo kuyabasiza ukuthi bakhule ngokomsebenzi, bathuthuke ngokushesha emsebenzini,” usho kanje. "Ithuba lokufaka abafundi bethu esimweni lapho bephethe i-greenhouse etshala izitshalo eziningi kubanikeza umuzwa wangempela walokho abazobe bekwenza uma sebephumile ensimini besebenza endaweni yokukhiqiza."
Le phrojekthi ixhaswe ngemali yeminyaka emithathu ye-USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, eqhubeka kuze kube uJulayi 2022 futhi isuka ohlelweni lwenhlangano lwe-Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics and Tools (FACT).
Abahlanganyeli bahlanganisa uChristopher Hudson, unjiniyela wocwaningo we-CAVS osebenzisa amamodeli okushisa nezitshalo okukhula kwe-greenhouse ebonakalayo, kanye no-Shuchisnigdha Deb waseNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Arlington, osebenza nabaphenyi be-MSU ukuhlola ukwakheka nokusetshenziswa kwe-greenhouse ebonakalayo endaweni. ikilasi. Ngaphezu kwePulseworks, abalingani bezimboni bahlanganisa i-Wadsworth Control Systems, ethuthukisa izinhlelo ezishintshayo ezishintshayo, okuhlanganisa izilawuli zezulu, amakhethini nama-automation kanye ne-Chore-Time, uphiko lwe-Chore Time Brock, umklami ohamba phambili emhlabeni wonke, umenzi kanye nomkhangisi wezinhlelo zezolimo. kanye nezixazululo.
Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe ngephrojekthi, vakashela www.futuregrowers.cals.msstate.edu. Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe ngoMnyango Wezesayensi Yezitshalo Nomhlaba, vakashela www.pss.msstate.edu. I-CAVS iku-inthanethi ngo www.cavs.msstate.edu.