Iphrojekthi ye-robotic yokuvuna i-asparagus eholwa abalimi futhi isekelwa uhulumeni ihlelelwe ukuvuselela imboni ye-asparagus yaseNew Zealand ngokudambisa izinselele zabasebenzi eziqhubekayo.
Umkhandlu we-Asparagus waseNew Zealand (NZAC) kanye nezinze eTauranga I-Robotics Plus izosebenza kanye nabalimi be-asparagus baseNew Zealand ukuthuthukisa isivuno se-asparagus sokuqala emhlabeni jikelele esizimele sokuhweba ukuze sisize ukubhekana nokushoda kwezisebenzi okuqhubekayo embonini futhi sisekele abalimi ukuthi bangene ezimakethe zokuthekelisa ezinenani eliphezulu.
Isikhwama sikahulumeni se-Sustainable Food and Fiber Futures (i-SFF Futures) sinikela ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-2.6 kuphrojekthi eyizigidi ezingu-5.83 zamaRandi.
"Sijabule kakhulu ngokwenza lo msebenzi njengoba singenabo abantu abenele ukwenza umsebenzi," kusho uSam Rainey, umlimi we-asparagus waseMangaweka kanye nosihlalo we-NZAC, esitatimendeni. “Ukuvunwa kwamarobhothi kuzoshintsha kakhulu imboni ye-asparagus okwamanje ethembele kakhulu ekukhani i-asparagus ngesandla, okuwumsebenzi onzima. Isikhethi esimaphakathi sizohamba amakhilomitha ayi-10 ngosuku, ngakho-ke kunzima kakhulu ukuheha abantu ukuthi benze umsebenzi.
"Ukuba nekhono lokufinyelela endaweni yokuvuna amarobhothi kuzohamba ibanga elide ekusizeni ukuphatha izindleko, siqinisekise ukuthi singakwazi ukuqhubeka nokufaka i-asparagus entsha etshalwe endaweni emapuletini ethu."
USteve Saunders, oyi-CEO ye-Robotics Plus, uthe isivuna se-asparagus esizimele sizonciphisa izingqinamba zabasebenzi, sinciphise futhi sizinze izindleko, futhi sivumele i-asparagus yaseNew Zealand ukuthi ibe nokuncintisana kakhudlwana ezimakethe zenani eliphezulu ezithunyelwa ngaphandle.
“Sijabule ukusebenzisana nabalimi kanye noMkhandlu we-Asparagus waseNew Zealand ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi sithuthukisa isixazululo esibhekana ngqo nezinselelo futhi sidale ikusasa elingcono lemboni ye-asparagus. Kuyiphrojekthi efanelekile yamarobhothi njengoba i-asparagus eluhlaza ilungele ukuzishintshanisa njengoba ikhula ngaphezu komhlaba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ithatha indawo yomsebenzi okhathazayo onefasitela elincane nje lokuqashwa abalimi abadonsa kanzima ukuze bahehe umsebenzi wokuvuna,” kusho uSaunders.
Le phrojekthi yakhela phezu kwerobhothi lokuvuna eliyisibonelo elakhiwe abacwaningi baseNyuvesi yaseWaikato abaneRobotics Plus. Kula masizini amabili edlule, iRobotics Plus iye yasekela iphrojekthi ye-University of Waikato yokuvuna i-asparagus eyisibonelo eholwa ngu-Shen Hin Lim, uthisha omkhulu wezobunjiniyela bemishini kanye nobunjiniyela bemishini futhi esizwa kakhulu yi-Ph.D. umfundi uMatthew Peebles kanye nonjiniyela wamarobhothi uJosh Barnett, futhi waqondiswa uprofesa uMike Duke.
I-prototype yokuqala yokuvuna i-asparagus ye-robotic yaboniswa eCalifornia ngo-2019, futhi i-iteration yesibili yaqulwa eWaikato ngonyaka odlule. I-Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) yasekela uhlelo locwaningo lweNyuvesi yaseWaikato, kanti iCallaghan Innovation yasekela ubudlelwane be-PhD, ama-prototypes kanye nezilingo.
"Lezi zibonelo zakuqala zinikeze i-Robotics Plus ukuqonda okuhle ekwakheni isivuni se-asparagus sesizukulwane esilandelayo futhi isize ukukhiqiza intshisekelo eqinile embonini ye-asparagus.," kusho uSaunders. "Ngokwesekwa okuvela eMnyangweni Wezimboni Eziyisisekelo, ophethe isikhwama se-SFF Futures, New Zealand Asparagus Council, kanye nokusekelwa okuqhubekayo okuvela eNyuvesi yaseWaikato nabanye ozakwethu, sizoletha okuzenzakalelayo embonini ye-asparagus ngesikhathi lapho idinga kakhulu zihlale zisimeme futhi zihambisane nesidingo sabathengi somkhiqizo omusha.”
Ukuqhubekisela phambili iphrojekthi kusivuni se-asparagus esitholakala ngokuthengiswa kuzosiza ekwandiseni inzuzo yabalimi kanye nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe, kusho umlimi uGeoff Lewis weTendertips. “Nokho, akukhona nje ukukhetha okubalulekile; yizo zonke ezinye izici lobu buchwepheshe obungaziletha embonini, njengedatha yesivuno kanye nezengezo ezingaba khona njengokupakisha ngisho nokuwukhipha.”
I-New Zealand Asparagus Council izothuthukisa isiphakamiso esiqinile sokumaketha sokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. Umphathi Webhizinisi le-NZAC uKaren Orr, uthe. “Imboni ye-asparagus yaseNew Zealand idinga ukuthi ikwazi ukuthekelisa eminye yemikhiqizo yayo phakathi nenkathi ephezulu ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba noNovemba. Ukwazi ukuthekelisa umkhiqizo oweqile kubalulekile empumelelweni yomlimi, kanye nekusasa le-asparagus yasekhaya ekhulayo. Njengengxenye yale phrojekthi, sizobe sidala isiphakamiso esiyingqayizivele sokuthengisa i-asparagus etshalwe eNew Zealand phesheya kwezilwandle ukuze singenise imali yokuthekelisa yezwe.
“Ingxenye yezindleko zokukhiqiza i-asparagus umsebenzi. Besinokuthunyelwa kwe-asparagus okuchumayo ngeminyaka yawo-80s kanye nama-90s, kodwa lokho kwehle kwacishe kwaba ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe ngenxa yezindleko ezikhulayo, ikakhulukazi ezabasebenzi. Akuzange kube khona ukutshalwa kwezimali ekusaseni lalo mkhakha ngoba izinzuzo zabalimi bezilokhu zehla.
“Yingakho siqambe lo msebenzi ngokuthi 'Asparagus Future' - ngoba le phrojekthi iyikusasa lethu. Sizosiza abalimi basebenzisane ne-Robotics Plus kanye ne-MPI ukuze bakhe indlela yesikhathi esizayo ngale phrojekthi yokulawula izitshalo ezizimele.''
I-asparagus entsha yenza ngaphezu kwama-74% wesabelo semakethe yomhlaba wonke futhi inezinga lokukhula elihlanganisiwe lonyaka elingu-3.1%. Imakethe yemifino emisha ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu esetshenziswa ngomuntu ngamunye eNyakatho Melika, izibikezelo zibikezela inani lemakethe elisha elisondele ku-US $ 30 billion ngo-2027.