I-Irvine, California-based Western Growers and Radicle Growth ibambisene ukuze bakhe i-The Radicle Automation Challenge, umncintiswano lapho osomabhizinisi be-AgTech abashintshashintshayo befanelekela ukuqhudelana okungenani ngama-$250,000 emalini yokutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokufinyelela okukhethekile endaweni yepulazi ukuze bahlole ubuchwepheshe babo. Abaphumelele abane bazokhethwa ukuthi babonise ubuchwepheshe babo phambi kweqembu labatshalizimali, ozakwethu bezinkampani nochwepheshe bebhizinisi lezolimo futhi owinile uzomenyezelwa ngesikhathi se-Western Growers Innovation Showcase Dinner eNgqungqutheleni ye-Forbes AgTech ngoJuni 26, 2018.
I-Western Growers kanye ne-Radicle Growth ibambisene ukuze bathole futhi baxhase ngezimali imibono ehamba phambili nekhanya kakhulu evela emhlabeni wonke ukuze basize ukwenza imisebenzi yezolimo ngokuzenzakalelayo. Izimo zezomnotho ezinkulu nezincane zidinga indlela esheshayo ekwandeni kwezidingo zokukhiqizwa kokudla kanye nokuncipha kokuhlinzekwa kwabasebenzi. I-Western Growers kanye ne-Radicle Growth bakholelwa ukuthi ngokwenza utshalomali olubalulekile lwesigaba sembewu kanye nokunikeza ukufinyelela kubalimi ukuze bahlole ubuchwepheshe ukuthi bangasheshisa kakhulu ukwamukelwa kobuchwepheshe be-ag-automation.
Ukuze zifaneleke, izinkampani kufanele ngabe zithole ubuncane buka-$100,000 emalini yokutshalwa kwezimali, noma imali yohlobo oluthile, noma zidlule ohlelweni lwe-AgTech incubator noma uhlelo lokusheshisa. Zonke izicelo zizobuyekezwa yikomidi lokutshalwa kwezimali, bese kumenywa uhlu lokugcina lwezinkampani ezine ukuthi zethule bukhoma phambi kwethimba lamajaji aziwayo.
“Ezokulima sekuneminyaka engaphezu kweshumi zintula abasebenzi, futhi ukuze umkhiqizo wethu wokudla uphile ngenani labasebenzi elinciphayo sidinga i-R&D kanye nobuchwepheshe obusha,” kusho uTom Nassif, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Western Growers. “Selokhu kwavulwa iWestern Growers Centre for Innovation & Technology ngo-2015, umgomo obalulekile kube ukusheshisa ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe okonga abasebenzi, futhi ubudlelwano bethu obusha ne-Radicle Growth ukwethula i-Automation Challenge buzobaluleka kuyo yomibili imizamo yethu yokufeza izinhloso zabo. ukugcina ukutholakala kokudla okusimeme.”
"Kunezitha ezimbili zokuqala, isikhathi nemali, futhi senza ukuzibophezela okuphusile kwesiteji sokuqinisekisa ukuthi sisiza osomabhizinisi ukuletha ubuchwepheshe babo ukuze bamakethe ngokushesha," kusho uKirk Haney, oyi-CEO & Managing Partner of Radicle. Ukukhula. “Le mali engu-$250k yenzelwe izidingo ezihlukile zosomabhizinisi abazenzelayo ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi banemali eyanele futhi, ngokubambisana ne-Western Growers, inkundla yokuvivinya ubuchwepheshe babo. Uma sikholelwa kuzo, sihamba ngokushesha. Sijabule kakhulu ukuhlangana nabaqalayo abangaba ikusasa lalo mkhakha.”
Zonke izicelo zingathunyelwa ku http://radicle.vc/the-radicle-challenge/. Izicelo kufanele zithunyelwe ngoMeyi 1, 2018. Abaphumelele bazokwaziswa ngokukhethwa ngoMeyi 29, 2018.
Isekelwe ku-1926, Abalimi baseNtshonalanga imele abalimi bomndeni bendawo nabesifunda abakhulisa umkhiqizo omusha e-Arizona, California, Colorado naseNew Mexico. Amalungu ethu kanye nabasebenzi bawo bahlinzeka ngaphezu kwengxenye yezithelo ezintsha zesizwe, imifino namantongomane esihlahla, okuhlanganisa cishe ingxenye yemikhiqizo emisha yemvelo yaseMelika. NgoZibandlela wezi-2015, i-WG yavula incubator ye-agtech—i-Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology—e-Salinas, e-California ukuze inikeze iziqalo ngezinsiza kanye nokwelulekwa okudingekayo ukuze izinkampani zabo nobuchwepheshe busebenze. Isikhungo manje sineziqalo ezingama-51. Xhuma futhi ufunde kabanzi mayelana ne-Western Growers ekhasini lethu Twitter futhi Facebook.
Ukukhula kweRadicle iyisikhwama sokusheshisa esisekelwe e-San Diego esikhetha ukuqaliswa kobuchwepheshe be-ag nokudla ukuze kutshalwe imali, siqinisekise ukuthi ubuchwepheshe obunamandla, obuphazamisayo bufinyelela amandla abo aphelele. Ngaphezu kokuhlinzeka ngemali yesiteji sembewu, bahlinzeka ngendawo evundile yababoni endaweni ye-ag, hhayi nje ukuthi bakhule kodwa bachume. Inkundla yabo yobunikazi iyona kuphela yohlobo lwayo embonini yezolimo, ngaleyo ndlela ivala isikhala esikhulu emakethe ngokuhlonza ubuchwepheshe obusha kakhulu futhi busheshiswe ngezinhlelo eziningi zokudala inzuzo. Ukuze uxhume futhi ufunde kabanzi mayelana ne-Radicle Growth silandele ku Twitter futhi Facebook.