Umnyango Wezolimo waseNew Jersey ubambisene ne-Rowan University GeoSpatial Research Lab ukuze unikeze ithuluzi eliku-inthanethi elivumela abasebenzisi emphakathini wezolimo ukuthi bafinyelele, babuke futhi baphrinte imibiko yenhlabathi ngephasela lentela. Ithuluzi lihlanganisa izingxenye eziningana ezizuzisa inqubo yokuhlola indawo yokulima.
Ukusetshenziswa kwethuluzi kungokuzithandela futhi kutholakala kalula kulabo abafaka izicelo zokuhlolwa kabusha. I-New Jersey Farmland Assessment Act ivumela amapulazi kanye namahektare ehlathi azinikele ekusetshenzisweni kwezolimo noma kwezolimo ukuthi ahlolwe ngevelu yawo yokukhiqiza. Lolu lwazi olusha luyatholakala nakubasebenzi bomphakathi kanye nomasipala ukuze bahlolwe umhlaba wamapulazi.
"Ukubambisana phakathi kwabasebenzi bethu nabasebenzi be-GeoSpatial Research Lab e-Rowan kuholele ekutholakaleni kwaleli thuluzi lokuhlola inhlabathi kulo lonke izwe," kusho uNobhala we-NJDA uDouglas Fisher esitatimendeni. "Lo msebenzi onembile futhi osebenziseka kalula uzohlinzeka ngolwazi lwakamuva ukuze usize ukwenza inqubo yokuhlola amapulazi ibe yesimanjemanje."
Izinkinga zokufinyelela kudatha yokukhiqiza zaphakama njengoba ulwazi olungokomlando luphelelwa isikhathi futhi lungatholakali kalula emphakathini. Ngo-2019, igunya elisemthethweni laphasiswa ukuthi i-NJDA yakhe inkundla efinyelelekayo yokwenza imephu. I-NJDA ixhumane ne-USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) ukuze ithole enye indlela yokuhlola ukukhiqizwa komhlabathi. I-USDA-NRCS National Commodity Crop Productivity Index (NCCPI) ikhonjwe. I-NCCPI iyindlela yokuhlela inhlabathi yase-United States ukuze kukhiqizwe izilimo zempahla engachelelwa ngokusekelwe ezintweni eziyimvelo zazo zomhlabathi. Lena indlela emisiwe ehlobana ngokuqondile nemephu yochungechunge lomhlabathi lwamanje nolwesikhathi esizayo.
Umbhalo owawusetshenziswa ngokomlando ukuze uvumeleke Ukuhlukaniswa Komhlaba Wokuhlolwa Kwezindawo Zokulima yi-“Productive Capacity of New Jersey Soils”, eyasungulwa ngo-1964 ngenkathi kuphasiswa uMthetho Wokuhlola I-Farmland. Ngaleso sikhathi, Ucwaningo Lwenhlabathi lwakamuva lwake lwenziwa ngo-1911 futhi lwaqedwa ngo-1927. Lo mbhalo wachaza 215 New Jersey Soils futhi wawubeka ezigabeni eziyisithupha (Amaqembu A kuya ku-F). Iqembu A laliwumhlaba wokulima okhiqiza kakhulu kuyilapho iQembu F lalingafaneleki kwezolimo.
Izixhumanisi zethuluzi lokwenza imephu nevidiyo yomboniso zingatholakala ekhasini le-NJDA Farmland Assessment kokuthi https://bit.ly/3GyHjvN.
Ukuze uthole imibuzo mayelana nethuluzi lokwenza imephu, thumela i-imeyili kuMnyango ku ContactAg@ag.nj.gov noma shayela ku-609-913-6490. Ngemibuzo mayelana nokuhlolwa kwepulazi noma ukuhlolwa kabusha xhumana nomhloli wakho wendawo.