Seminis Imbewu Yemifino imema abalimi kumcimbi omusha wesipiliyoni nge-Felda Idea Exchange (iX) yayo ngoLwesibili, Disemba 4, 2018, e-Labelle, eFlorida. Njengomcimbi wesibili we-iX ophethwe yi-Seminis Vegetables Inc., umcimbi uzothatha indlela ephelele yokusebenza kwabalimi ngokwabelana nabo ngemininingwane ehamba phambili embonini, izixazululo namathuba okuxhumana anwebeka kakhulu ngale kwembewu/imikhiqizo yabo.
"Ukukhethwa kwembewu kubalulekile, kodwa abalimi kufanele bacabangele ezinye izici eziningi lapho belawula ukusebenza kwabo," kusho uJavier Delgado, Omele Ukuthuthukiswa Kwemakethe Yesifunda, Seminis. “Kwa-Seminis, sigxile ekunikezeni abalimi izinsiza ezihlukahlukene nezisombululo ukuze zilingane nezidingo zabo ezihlukahlukene, kusukela ekukhetheni imbewu elungile kuye kokukhethwa kukho komkhumbi kuya ekutholeni isitolo sokudayisa. Umcimbi we-Felda iX uhlanganisa ochwepheshe bezimboni futhi uvumela abalimi ukuthi bafinyelele kochwepheshe abanemininingwane eyingqayizivele ukuze baqinisekise impumelelo yabo yesikhathi esizayo.”
Umcimbi we-Felda iX uhlinzeka ngezixazululo ngale kwembewu ithuba lokufunda nokuxhumana. Ukuvakasha kwenkundla kuzotholakala ngekhabe, upelepele, ummbila omnandi, ubhontshisi wengadi, utamatisi, ukhukhamba nezinhlobo ze-squash. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umcimbi uzohlinzeka ngolwazi lwe-agronomic kusuka I-Bayer Chemical Solutions kanye nemininingwane kanye nezixazululo ezenziwe ngokwezifiso endaweni yemifino evela kubathengisi bangaphandle, okuhlanganisa I-Agribotix, Isikhungo Sokuphepha Kokukhiqiza, I-PlantTape, Amarobhothi eSaga, I-Sentek Technologies, I-Tri-Hishtil futhi I-Waypoint Analytical.
I-Seminis izosingatha isiteshi se-pathology, izivivinyo ze-agronomic ezifana nezindawo zokuhlola i-wpot yebhaktheriya kanye nezinqubo zokukhula kwe-pole cucumber. IPhini likaMongameli weFood Marketing Institute, uRichard Stein, uzosebenza njengesikhulumi esimenywe kulo mcimbi. Isikhungo Sokumaketha Kokudla inikeza ubuholi kubathengisi nabathengisi bezitolo zokudla kanye nemikhiqizo yabathengi njengoba bemele, bethuthukisa futhi bekhuthaza izinqubomgomo, izinhlelo kanye nezinkundla zezimboni zokudla.
Yize umcimbi we-iX uzohlinzeka ngezixazululo ezengeziwe zemboni kanye nezisombululo zokusebenza, abalimi bazokwazi futhi ukufunda okwengeziwe mayelana nokuqanjwa kwakamuva komkhiqizo okuvela kwa-Seminis. Abalimi bazokwaziswa ngezinhlobo ze-premium ezizobasiza ukuthi bathole izixazululo ezengeziwe ezinseleleni zasepulazini.
"Namuhla ukulima kuyinkimbinkimbi futhi kuyinkimbinkimbi, ngakho-ke isisombululo esisodwa asihambisani nakho konke," kusho uKevin Walsh, i-Global Technology Development Lead for Recommendations and Support, Seminis. "I-Seminis iX iwumqondo omusha wemicimbi, njengoba ixhumanisa ochwepheshe bezimboni nabalimi ukuze kube lula ukwabelana ngolwazi nokuhlinzeka ngezixazululo zenguquko kubalimi."
Ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nomcimbi we-Seminis Felda iX noma eminye imicimbi ye-Seminis ezayo, abalimi bangathintana nommeleli wabo wendawo we-Seminis. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana namaSemini noma ukuthola omele noma umdayisi eduze nawe, vakashela i-Seminis iwebhusayithi.