Kampani ya ku Egypt yagwirizana ndi oyambitsa Saudi kuti abweretse njira zokhazikika zaulimi ku ufumuwo.
Schaduf, bizinesi yaulimi wa hydroponic ku Cairo, ndi Mishkat, kampani yazaulimi yaku Saudi Arabia, azilima mitundu yambiri ya zokolola mu ufumuwo, kulimbitsa chitetezo cha chakudya mdzikolo pochepetsa kudalira zinthu zochokera kunja.
Schaduf anali kampani yoyamba kuyambitsa minda yoyimirira - zomera zomwe zimamangiriridwa ndi zipangizo zapadera komanso njira yothirira yokha - kumsika wa Aigupto ndipo yafalikira ku mayiko oyandikana nawo a Gulf, kuphatikizapo Saudi Arabia.
"Pakadali pano tili ndi mnzake ku Saudi Arabia, Mishkat, ndipo takhala tikugwira ntchito limodzi pa organic hydroponic, masamba ndi tomato pakati pa chipululu nyengo yotentha.
"Kugwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje amtunduwu kuno ku Saudi Arabia ndikomveka."
Atakhazikitsidwa mu 2017, Mishkat adatsegula Naeem Farms, famu yoyamba yovomerezeka ya organic hydroponic ku Saudi Arabia.
"Wowonjezera kutentha atamangidwa komanso malo opangira zinthu, tidayang'ana kwambiri kugwirizanitsa mbewu za organic kuchokera kwa omwe amapereka zabwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndikuyesa mbewu zosiyanasiyana ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana kuti ifike ku zomwe zimagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri zachilengedwe pano, ” atero a Fadi Ghalayini, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa chitukuko cha bizinesi ku Mishkat.
Sabata ino, ufumu wa Ngongole Yabizinesi Yaboma ndi kampani yaulimi yokhazikika yaku US ya AeroFarms idasaina mgwirizano wogwirizana kuti amange m'nyumba ofukula minda mu ufumu ndi dera lonse la Middle East ndi North Africa.
Schaduf ndi liwu lachiarabu lomwe limafotokoza chida chaulimi chomwe chinkagwiritsidwa ntchito pochotsa madzi mumtsinje wa Nile m'mafunde otsika.
"Ndi chimodzi mwa zida zoyambirira za ulimi wothirira padziko lapansi ndipo zakhudza kwambiri chitukuko cha Aigupto," adatero Hosny. "Tikugwiritsabe ntchito ku Egypt lero."
Kodi ulimi wa hydroponic umagwira ntchito bwanji?
Kulima kwa Hydroponic kumapulumutsa mpaka 80 peresenti ya madzi omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'njira zodziwika bwino, a Hosny adatero.
Mwa kuchotsa dothi mu ndondomeko ndi kuika mizu mwachindunji m'madzi odzaza ndi michere, chakudya chingathe kubzalidwa pafupi ndi malo aliwonse olamulidwa. Izi zimalola kusintha koyenera kuzinthu zofunika zomwe zikukulirakulira pomwe mukugwiritsa ntchito madzi ochepera 70 mpaka 90 peresenti poyerekeza ndi ulimi wamba.
Mawu akuti "hydroponic" amachokera ku Greek - "hydro" kutanthauza "madzi" ndi "ponic" kutanthauza "ntchito".
Njira yaulimi imeneyi, madziwo angagwiritsidwenso ntchito powapoperanso m’madzi, pansi pa nthaka yosanjikiza miyala yokhala ndi madzi m’nthaka.
Hydroponic oases m'zipululu za Saudi Arabia
Mu 2020, Saudi Arabia idalengeza njira ziwiri zokwana ma riyal 2.5 biliyoni ($ 665 miliyoni) zothandizira alimi ndikuthandizira kugulitsa chakudya kunja pofuna kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha chakudya mdziko muno.
"Limodzi mwa magawo omwe timayang'ana kuti tipeze mayankho abizinesi ndi ulimi, kuphatikiza zolinga zachitetezo cha chakudya cha Saudi Arabia," atero a Fares Bardeesi, woyambitsa komanso woyang'anira mnzake ku Sukna Ventures, imodzi mwamakampani omwe adayambitsa nawo Mishkat.
"Timabzala mbewu za organic ndi zomwe si za GMO," adatero a Ghalayini.
Famuyi ili ndi mphindi 40 zokha kunja kwa Jeddah ndipo imatenga mwayi wa kuwala kwa dzuwa kwa ufumuwo kuti ipereke zokolola zopanda mankhwala komanso zopanda mankhwala.
Mafamuwa amachokera ku zitsime kapena m'mitsinje yomwe imakhala ndi madzi ochulukirapo kuposa amchere amchere.
Saudi Arabia imalandira madzi opitilira theka la madzi ake kudzera mu njira zochotsera mchere ndipo ikupitilizabe kuyika ndalama zambiri poyesa kuti izi zitheke.
Ufumuwu tsopano uli ndi imodzi mwa zomera zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse zochotsera mchere m’madzi a m’nyanja, yotchedwa Al Jubeil, yomwe imapanga ma kiyubiki mita 1.4 miliyoni patsiku.
"Madzi omwe timagwiritsa ntchito amakhala ndi mchere wambiri, ndiye timagwiritsa ntchito njira zochotsera mchere," adatero a Ghalayini.
Makampani awiriwa akufuna kufalitsa uthenga wa ulimi wokhazikika pochititsa maphunziro a alimi ndi ana asukulu kumalo awo obiriwira.
"Ndikofunikira kupatsa alimi am'deralo ndi amalonda am'tsogolo, njira zopezera chuma komanso zachilengedwe zomwe zingathandize tsogolo lomwe ndi chakudya chotetezeka komanso kukumbukira madzi omwe akusowa kale," adatero Bardeesi.
Chimodzi mwazovuta zazikulu zaulimi wa hydroponic, komabe, ndikuti ndi mbewu zochepa zokha zomwe zitha kulimidwa bwino pogwiritsa ntchito njirayi.
"Pali malire ku hydroponics - nthawi zambiri imakhala yoyenera masamba obiriwira, tomato, nkhaka ndi tsabola pakadali pano," atero a Ghalayini.
Ma organic greens ndi otsika mtengo kwambiri, amapikisana ndi zokolola zina pamsika pamtengo. Paketi ya 250g ya arugula wakuthengo amagulitsidwa 13 rials.
A Hosny akukhulupirira kuti phindu lalikulu la ulimiwu ndikuwongolera chitetezo chamadzi m'malo ouma.
"Potembenuza madziwo, onse a Schaduf ndi Mishkat achepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito madzi mpaka 80 peresenti," adatero.
Madzi ku Middle East akusoŵa kwambiri, chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa zaka zambiri chifukwa cha nyengo youma ya m’derali.
Kukwera kwa kutentha kwapadziko lonse lapansi ndi chilala zikuyika chitetezo cha chakudya pachiwopsezo, pomwe bungwe la Unicef likudziwitsa Middle East ndi North Africa kuti ndi dera lomwe lili ndi kusowa kwa madzi padziko lonse lapansi mu 2021.
Maiko omwe amadalira madzi abwino awona mitsinje yawo ikuphwa kapena alimbana ndi mavuto andale ogawana madzi, m'dera lomwe ulimi umagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pazachuma.