Ikolishi Lezolimo lasePurdue University usebenzisana neGerrish Farms ukusingatha i-agBOT Challenge 2019, umcimbi wezinsuku ezintathu ngoMeyi 16-18. Umcimbi uhlanganisa i-NextGen Expo, umcimbi we-STEM osebenzisanayo, nomncintiswano we-agBot, umbukiso wamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokuncintisana kwemishini emisha ye-agtech engenamuntu.
Imicimbi ihlanganisa amathuba emfundo nawokuncintisana ahloselwe abalimi, osomabhizinisi, abafundi nabasunguli be-agtech. Umcimbi uzoba sesikhungweni se-Agronomy for Research and Education (ACRE), 4540 US 52 West, West Lafayette.
Inselele ye-agBot, eyingxenye yoMkhosi Wemiqondo wokugubha we-Purdue we-150, iphakamisa umbuzo: Kuthiwani UMA I-High-Speed Broadband Ifinyelele Wonke Umuntu?
I-agBOT Challenge yasungulwa ngo-2015 ngu-Steve Gerrish, umnikazi we-Gerrish Farms e-Rockville kanye nendodakazi yakhe u-Rachel Gerrish, njengengxenye yomzamo wokuqwashisa ngesidingo se-broadband enesivinini esikhulu ezindaweni zasemakhaya. Emlandweni weminyaka emithathu walo mcimbi, amaqembu asuka kulo lonke elase-US naseCanada abambe iqhaza enseleleni e-Gerrish Farms. Kulo mcimbi bekubukiswe ngobuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene, okubalwa kubo obukwazi ukutshala izithombo, ukuhlonza nokuphelisa ukhula, ukufaka umanyolo nokuvunwa kwamakhabe.
"I-agBOT Challenge yaklanywa njengomcimbi ongokomfanekiso ukunikeza umbono walokho okungenzeka uma sine-inthanethi yobuchwepheshe obuphezulu kanye nesivinini esikhulu epulazini," kusho u-Steve Gerrish. "Imincintiswano iyindlela enhle yokuthuthukisa ukuqanjwa kabusha nokudala umzamo wokubambisana endaweni ye-agtech."
Abahlanganyeli abambalwa ezinseleleni zangaphambilini ze-agBot baye baqhubeka nokuthengisa imincintiswano yabo noma baphezu kwenqubo yokwenza kanjalo. Ngaphezu kokugqamisa isidingo se-inthanethi enesivinini esikhulu, uRachel Gerrish uthe esinye isisusa sale nselelo ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bezolimo bedijithali.
“Siyajabula ukuletha inselelo ye-agBOT ka-2019 ePurdue,” kusho uKaren Plaut, uDean weSample of Agriculture ePurdue, u-Glenn W. "Lo mcimbi uzohlanganisa abafundi, abacwaningi nosomabhizinisi futhi uzokhombisa imibono emisha nobuchwepheshe obungahlinzeka ngezixazululo zekusasa."
NgoMeyi 16, i-ACRE izovulela umphakathi izinkundla zayo, imema intsha, othisha, abasafunda esikoleni esiphakeme kanye nabasekeli be-agtech ku-NextGen Expo. Lo mcimbi uzodala ukusebenzelana okuyingqayizivele kwe-STEM fair ehlola ukuxhumana kobuchwepheshe bedijithali nezolimo.
"Ezolimo zedijithali, ngezindlela zazo eziningi ezihlukene, ziyikusasa lezolimo emhlabeni wonke," kusho uRonald Turco, inhloko yoMnyango Wezolimo we-Purdue. "Ngenxa yokwanda kwabantu emhlabeni jikelele kanye nesimo sezulu esishintshayo, amathuluzi afana nama-drones nezinye izimoto ezingenamuntu azodingeka kakhulu ukuze ondle umhlaba wethu futhi asekele abalimi bethu."
Ukuba khona komcimbi kumahhala ngokubhaliswa kwangaphambili ku- https://ag.purdue.edu/agBOT/.