Ukupakisha okuhlakaniphile kwezolimo: Ukuthola izindlela ezintsha zokugcina ukudla

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Ukupakisha okuhlakaniphile kwezolimo: Ukuthola izindlela ezintsha zokugcina ukudla

Ukupakisha okuhlakaniphile kwezolimo: Ukuthola izindlela ezintsha zokugcina ukudla

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Ukupakisha okusungulayo kunciphisa ukonakala kokudla futhi kunikeza amathuba amasha okuthumela nokugcina ukudla.
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      I-Quantumrun Foresight
    • November 29, 2021

    Ukupakishwa okuhlakaniphile kwezolimo kuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-supply chain futhi kuhlinzeka ngemininingwane ebalulekile yabathengi. Lobu buchwepheshe bubumba kabusha umkhakha wezolimo futhi bufaka isandla ezinhlosweni zokusimama. Kusukela ekudaleni imisebenzi emisha kwezobuchwepheshe kanye nokuhlaziywa kwedatha kuye ekuthuthukisweni kobuchwepheshe bezolimo (i-AgTech), imiphumela eshubile yalokhu kuqanjwa kabusha kunganciphisa ukulahlwa kwemfucumfucu futhi kuthuthukise ukuvikeleka kokudla.

    Umongo wokupakisha wezolimo ohlakaniphile

    Ngokusho kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene (UN), minyaka yonke, ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yokudla komhlaba wonke okukhiqizwa ukuze kudliwe abantu kuyamoshwa ngenxa yokonakala, okuholela ekulahlekeni okuphelele kwamathani okudla angaphezu kwesigidigidi. Izinhlelo zamanje zokupakisha azandisi ngokwanele isikhathi seshelufu somkhiqizo wokudla, okubangela ukonakala uma kuba nokubambezeleka kwamaketango okunikezwayo angaphakathi nakwamanye amazwe. Ukonakala okunjalo kuhlasela amazwe asathuthuka kanzima kakhulu kunezinye izifunda, ikakhulukazi lawo ancike kakhulu ekuthengeni ukudla kwamanye amazwe. 

    Ngenhlanhla, amabhizinisi amaningi namalebhu ocwaningo emhlabeni wonke aqondise ekufakweni okusebenzayo nokukhaliphile njengesixazululo sale nkinga yokonakala. Isibonelo, ngoxhaso lweNational Institute of Food and Agriculture yoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US, abacwaningi Besifunda sase-Michigan bahlela ukwenza omaka abavumelana nezimo ngezinzwa ze-nanomaterial ukuze banqume izinga lokushisa lomkhiqizo futhi bathole izimpawu zokonakala. Omaka abaguqukayo bazophinde badlulisele lolu lwazi ngokungenantambo kubathumeli nabasabalalisi, bebaxwayisa ngomonakalo ongaba khona ngaphambi kokuthi kwenzeke. 

    Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-StePac's Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) isivele iwatholile amashalofu. I-MAP yelula impilo yeshalofu ngokugcina ukudla okusha endaweni ehlukile, ivikela umthelela omubi ovela kumazinga okushisa angaphandle kanye nomswakama. Baphinde bagweme ukungcoliswa komoya ngokuhlanganisa amaphakheji, okuvimbela ukuthintana kwabantu. 

    Umthelela ophazamisayo 

    Ukupakishwa okuhlakaniphile kwezolimo kungaholela ekwehleni okukhulu kokulahlwa kokudla kwasendlini. Ingaxwayisa abathengi uma ukudla kwabo sekusondela usuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi, ikhuthaze ukusetshenziswa ngesikhathi, ukonga imali, futhi ikhuthaze izindlela zokuphila ezisimeme Abathengi abanesimilo abakhetha ukuphila ngendlela engasabi nhlobo futhi bangazuza ekupakishweni okubolayo nokusebenziseka kabusha.

    Ezinkampanini, ukupakishwa kwezolimo okuhlakaniphile kunganikeza umkhawulo wokuncintisana emakethe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, idatha eqoqwe emaphaketheni ahlakaniphile inganikeza imininingwane ebalulekile ngokuziphatha kwabathengi, engasetshenziswa ukuthuthukisa uchungechunge lokunikezela nokuthuthukisa ukunikezwa kwemikhiqizo. Ngokupakishwa okuhlakaniphile, amabhizinisi angakwazi ukulandelela futhi aqaphe isimo semikhiqizo yawo ngesikhathi sangempela ngesikhathi sokuthutha. Lesi sici singasiza ekuhlonzeni izinkinga ngokushesha, sinciphise ukulahlekelwa futhi sithuthukise ukusebenza kahle kwe-supply chain. Isibonelo, uma iqoqo lomkhiqizo litholwa ukuthi lonakala ngokushesha kunokujwayelekile, amabhizinisi angakwazi ukuyihambisa kabusha iyise endaweni eseduze ukuze avimbele ukulahlekelwa okuphelele.

    Ezingeni likahulumeni, ukwamukelwa kwephakheji yezolimo ehlakaniphile kungaba nomthelela omkhulu ekuvikelekeni kokudla kanye nenqubomgomo yemvelo. Ngokunciphisa ukumoshwa kokudla, ohulumeni bangaqinisekisa ukusetshenziswa kahle kwezinsiza, okungaba nomthelela ekufinyeleleni izinjongo zokusimama. Ukwengeza, ukuncishiswa kokulahlwa kokudla kunganciphisa ingcindezi ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu, okuholela ekwehleni kokukhishwa kwesisi esibamba ukushisa.

    Imithelela yokupakishwa kwezolimo 

    Imithelela ebanzi yokuthuthukiswa kokupakisha kwezolimo ingabandakanya: 

    • Izingcindezi zokwehla kwamandla emali zesikhathi eside ezintengo zokudla njengoba ukudla okuningi kuzofinyelela emashalofini egrosa futhi kuhlale kuphethiloli yabathengi (isikhathi eside) ngaphandle kokonakala. 
    • Ukunciphisa ukukhathazeka ngokusweleka kokudla emazweni asathuthuka, okwenza amabhizinisi endawo engeziwe angenise umkhiqizo omusha ovela kubathengisi bamazwe ngamazwe. 
    • Ukudala imisebenzi emisha yabathweswe iziqu ze-STEM ezinkampanini zezolimo nezokuthutha ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo nokuthuthukiswa kokupakishwa okuhlakaniphile. 
    • Ukwandisa ulwazi lwabathengi kanye nokuzethemba ekuphepheni kwemikhiqizo emisha, okuholela ekwenyukeni kokuthengiswayo kanye nokuncipha kokuncika kokunye ukudla okulondoloziwe. 
    • Isidingo esikhulayo semithethonqubo namazinga okuqinisekisa ubumfihlo bedatha nokuphepha, okuholela ezingxoxweni ezintsha zezombusazwe kanye nomthetho.
    • Ukwenyuka kwekhono kanye nenzuzo yokulima kwenza kube umsebenzi ohehayo ezizukulwaneni ezisakhula, okungase kubambezele noma kubuyisele emuva imikhuba yokufudukela emadolobheni ukuya ezindaweni zasemakhaya.
    • Ukuhlanganiswa kobuchwepheshe obuthuthukile obufana ne-IoT ne-AI emaphaketheni ezolimo okusheshisa uguquko lwedijithali lomkhakha wezolimo, okuholela ekuthuthukisweni kwengqalasizinda emisha yezobuchwepheshe kanye ne-ecosystem.

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    • Yiziphi ezinye izixazululo zokupakisha zezolimo ezihlakaniphile oke wezwa ngazo futhi zisebenza kanjani?
    • Ingabe ucabanga ukuthi ukupakisha okuhlakaniphile kwezolimo kuzobiza kakhulu ukukusebenzisa, ikakhulukazi kubathengi emazweni asathuthuka? 

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