Ulimi wokhazikika komanso zakudya zatsopano, zokhala ndi zero-carbon ndiye filosofi yakumbuyo kwa famu yoyamba yamzinda wa hydroponic, yomwe ili mkati mwa nyumba yamafakitale.
Omaliza maphunziro a Molecular Biology kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Glasgow, Akhila adakhala ndi upangiri wake wazachilengedwe kwa zaka zopitilira 10 asanakhale mlimi wakutawuni. "Ndinagwira ntchito ndi makampani ambiri, kuchokera ku mankhwala mpaka ku FMCG, ndipo ndinaphunzira kuti kupereka mankhwala omaliza ndi ntchito yovuta. Ulimi wakhala chimodzi mwa zilakolako zanga; Ndinkakonda zolima zakudya. Chitsamba chimatha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kuphika, kutulutsa mafuta, kuchotsa zomanga thupi ngati zouma, mwinanso m'mankhwala ena, mafuta onunkhira…
Adafufuza njira za hydroponic ndikudziphunzitsa zaulimi asanadumphiremo. "Aliyense akhoza kuchita, si sayansi ya rocket," akutero.
"Hydroponics imaphatikiza kukhazikika komanso ukadaulo. Pakulima m'nyumba za hydroponic, kuyang'anira zakudya zopatsa thanzi kumatsimikizira zokolola zambiri, mwachitsanzo, kuchuluka kwamafuta azitsamba, komanso zokolola zabwino. Timbewu ta hydroponic tili ndi methanol yambiri kuposa yomwe imamera m'nthaka. Dongosololi limagwiritsanso ntchito madzi ochepera 80% kuposa ulimi wamba. Madziwo amawonjezedwa kuti agwiritsidwenso ntchito.”
"Masamba athu atsopano a mandimu amanunkhira bwino komanso amanunkhira bwino, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zokometsera zokometsera, kupanikizana ndi zakudya, makeke ndi tiyi," akutero Akhila Vijayaraghavan, mwini famuyo. "Basil wofiirira amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mitundu mu saladi. Kupatula mwina amaranthus ndi palak (sipinachi), mutha kudya masamba onse omwe timalima pano osaphika,” akutero Akhila akulozera mitundu ya letesi, basil, bok choy, ndi kale”.
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