Onyakeni olandelayo, i-University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture izohola ithimba lososayensi abavela ezikhungweni ezibambisene eziyisithupha ukuze basize abalimi basenkulisa baguqukele ekuzishintsheni okuzenzakalelayo okonga abasebenzi kanye nobuchwepheshe obuhlobene.
Ngokombiko wezindaba, u-Amy Fulcher kanye noNatalie Bumgarner, osolwazi abasebenzisana nabo eMnyangweni Wesayensi Yezitshalo we-UT, bayingxenye yethimba eliqondisa izigwegwe elihlanganisa osomnotho, onjiniyela, ososayensi bokuziphatha kanye nomkhakha wezohwebo nowokuthenga ukulima kwezitshalo. Ithimba le-LEAP (Labor, Efficiency, Automation and Production) lizosebenza nabanikazi benkulisa kulo lonke elase-US ukuze baqonde kangcono izindaba zabo zezabasebenzi, bahlonze izingqinamba ezinkulu kakhulu zabasebenzi namathuba ngaphakathi kwezinhlelo zenkulisa futhi banqume indima eyokwenziwa ngokuzenzakalelayo kanye nobuchwepheshe obuhlobene nokuxazulula izinkinga. ukushoda kwezisebenzi.
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, u-Fulcher namanye amalungu eQembu le-LEAP bebebambe iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwezifutho zezibulala-zinambuzane ezihlakaniphile zemboni yasenkulisa esebenzisa izinzwa nezimbobo ezinesilinganiso esiguquguqukayo ukuze kulungiswe isicelo kuzimpawu ezibonakalayo zesitshalo ngasinye. Leyo mizamo iholele esifuthweni esithengiswayo futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi izokonga abalimi imali engaphezu kuka-$200 ihektha ngalinye ezindlekweni zezibulala-zinambuzane. Umzamo omusha, ohlanganisa amalungu ale phrojekthi eyimpumelelo, uthole uxhaso lokuhlela luka-$50,000 oluvela ku-USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Specialty Crops Research Initiative futhi kulindeleke ukuthi yenze izikhathi zokulalela kanye nocwaningo lokuhlonza nokubeka phambili okusazothuthukiswa. ubuchwepheshe obuzenzakalelayo ezinhlelweni zokukhiqiza zasenkulisa.
UMargarita Velandia, uprofesa, no-Alicia Rihn, uprofesa osizayo, bobabili abavela eMnyangweni wezoLimo kanye Nezinsizakusebenza ze-UT, basanda kujoyina Ithimba le-LEAP futhi bazohlinzeka ngokukhiqiza okubalulekile kanye nobuchwepheshe bezomnotho wabathengi.
“Cishe u-80% wabakhiqizi bezinkulisa babona ukushoda kwezisebenzi njengosongo ekusasa lemboni yabo,” kusho uFulcher. “I-Automation inikeza ithuba elingasetshenzwa kakhulu lokubhekana nokushoda kwabasebenzi unomphela. Ithimba lethu lizohlonza izisusa ezibalulekile nezithiyo zokwamukela izinqubo ezizenzakalelayo ukuze linqume izindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokwakha nokudlulisa ulwazi lokufinyelela. Ekugcineni, sithemba ukusiza ukwenza kube lula ukuguqukela kubuchwepheshe obuzenzakalelayo embonini yenkulisa wonkana,” kuqhuba uchwepheshe kanye nomcwaningi.
Njengamanje, i-17.5% kuphela yemisebenzi evame kakhulu yasenkulisa ezenzakalelayo. Kuzwelonke, ukukhiqizwa kwenkulisa kunikela ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama- $ 4.2 emnothweni futhi kunezindawo zokunakekela izingane ezingaphezu kuka-800 eTennessee kuphela. Ubuchwepheshe obuzenzakalelayo bunamandla okusiza abalimi bandise inzuzo kanye nokufana komkhiqizo, behlise izindleko futhi bagweme izingibe zokushoda kwezisebenzi. Ithimba labacwaningi lihlanganisa ososayensi abavela ezikhungweni eziyisithupha: i-University of Tennessee, USDA ARS, North Carolina State University, University of Florida, Texas A&M University, kanye ne-Oregon State University.
Ngomsebenzi wayo wokucwaninga, ukufundisa nokwandisa isibonelelo somhlaba, iNyuvesi yaseTennessee Institute of Agriculture ithinta izimpilo futhi ihlinzeka ngeReal. Impilo. Izixazululo. utia.tennessee.edu.
Ubuchwepheshe obenza imisebenzi yasenkulisa ngokuzenzakalelayo, njengamathuluzi abonwa lapha, bungasiza ekudambiseni izinkinga zabasebenzi kuwo wonke umkhakha. Isibonelelo esisha sokuhlela esiklonyeliswe yi-USDA sizosekela imizamo kazwelonke yokuhlonza ezinye izindlela ezizenzakalelayo ezingasiza izinkulisa kanye nabalimi. Isithombe: Hines Nursery, McMinnville, Tennessee.