Mwa kubweretsa pamodzi zaposachedwa kwambiri pakukula kwa mbewu ndi malo okulirapo, kodi ulimi wa horticulture waku UK ungagonjetse zovuta za kagayidwe kazakudya ndikuchepetsa chakudya? Limeneli ndi funso lomwe katswiri wina wodziyimira pawokha wa mbewu Elsoms adafunsa ngati gawo la ntchito yawo yolimbikitsa kulimba kwa kalimidwe ka sitiroberi.
Pozindikira kufunikira kowunikanso machitidwe omwe akupanga zipatso zofewa, Elsoms akugwira ntchito ndi Natural Light Growing Center (NLG), malo omwe amayendetsedwa ndi anzawo CHAP (Crop Health & Protection), ndi RIPE, ku University of Warwick Life Sciences. .
Malo obiriwira obiriwirawa amavala ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene), yomwe, mosiyana ndi galasi, imatumiza kuwala kwa dzuwa, kuphatikizapo UVA ndi UVB, kumalo omwe akukula. Pofuna kuyesa phindu lomwe lingakhalepo pakupanga sitiroberi, Elsoms yakhala ikuyesera imodzi mwa mitundu yake yatsopano yosakanizidwa, Estavana.
Mitundu itatu ya sitiroberi
Elsoms Technical Coordinator, Claire Taylor, adati: "Tidakhazikitsa mitundu itatu ya sitiroberi koyambirira kwa chaka chino, imodzi mwa izo inali Estavana. Izi zimabzalidwa ndi akatswiri aku Dutch F1-hybrid sitiroberi a ABZ Mbewu, kenako amafalitsidwa ku UK kumsika wamalonda ndi Ball Colegrave.
"Pamene zomera zimaperekedwa popanda matenda, izi zimapereka phindu lalikulu kwa olima malonda, ndipo poganizira izi, tinkafuna kuyang'ana momwe tingamangire pa izi, kuti tithandizire kulimbitsa mphamvu za UK supply chain.
"Titadziwitsidwa ku NLG kudzera mu ubale wathu ndi University of Warwick, tidaganiza kuti ndi malo abwino kuyamba kuyesa njira zomwe zikukulirakulira, komanso momwe agri-tech angasinthire."
Chifukwa cha kuthekera kwake kufalitsa kuwala kwa dzuwa, kutentha kwa ETFE kumatha kuthandizira kumvetsetsa momwe zinthu monga kulimba kwa thanzi la mbewu ndi zokolola zonse, komanso mikhalidwe yogulitsira monga kukoma ndi mtundu, ingakulitsidwe. Monga mitundu yamphamvu yopanda matenda, Elsoms yapeza kuti Estavana imakula bwino m'derali, ikupitiriza kubala zipatso mpaka October.
Kukulitsa nyengo
Izi ndi zomwe Claire ndi gululi akufuna kufufuza zambiri. "Tili ndi nyengo yochepa ya sitiroberi ku UK, kotero lingaliro lokulitsa izi pophatikiza kuswana kolimba kwa mbewu ndi malo omera ndi osangalatsa kwambiri.
"Kuti tifufuzenso izi, tikufuna kuyang'ana mtundu wathu wina, Soraya, chifukwa izi zitha kukolola m'nyengo yozizira potengera momwe zinthu ziliri. Zachidziwikire, tifunikanso kuganizira za ntchito yowonjezera magetsi a LED kuti izi zitheke, koma ETFE imapereka chiyambi chabwino kwambiri. "
Ndi nyengo yotalikirapo ya sitiroberi omwe amakulira ku UK, izi zitha kuchepetsa kudalira zinthu zomwe zimachokera kunja, umboni wamtsogolo wazinthu zomwe dzikolo limapereka, ndikuthana ndi zovuta zambiri zazakudya monga kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa mpweya wake komanso kutulutsa komwe kumachitika.
Mtsogoleri wa CHAP Innovation Sector, Martin Squire, adati: "Ntchito yomwe Elsoms akugwira ku NLG ndi chitsanzo chabwino kwambiri cha zomwe CHAP ikunena - kugwirizana ndi makampani kuti athetse mavuto omwe akuchitika m'magulu onse ndi kugwiritsa ntchito luso la agri-tech kuti apeze njira zothetsera mavuto.
"Kuthekera kokulitsa nyengo ya sitiroberi yobzalidwa kunyumba ndikofunikira kwambiri kwa alimi ndi ogula."