Chiyambireni kutulutsidwa koyamba kwa Indoor AgTech Landscape yathu mu 2019, ulimi wamkati ukupitilizabe kukopa chidwi komanso ndalama zambiri chifukwa chaubwino wolima chakudya m'malo olamulidwa ndi m'nyumba. Apa mutha kupeza zosinthidwa za Indoor AgTech Landscape za 2021 (tsitsani apa). Pamodzi ndi ndemanga zotsatizana nazo za ntchito yomwe ikupita patsogolo pakupanga zinthu pothana ndi zovuta zomwe gawo lonse lazakudya likukumana nalo.
Indoor Ag * ndi * dongosolo lathu lazakudya
Chimodzi mwazinthu zochititsa chidwi zaulimi wamkati ndikuti ndi microcosm yazakudya zathu. Kaya ndi m'malo obiriwira kapena pamalo opanda dzuwa (pafamu yowongoka), njira yaulimiyi imangotengera nthawi yomwe anthu ambiri amadya, ndipo ambiri ogwira ntchito m'nyumba amagulitsa zokolola zawo kwa ogula ngati zinthu zodziwika bwino. Pamene tikuwunika pansipa, mndandanda wamtengo wapatali wa ag wamkati ukuwonetsa zovuta zingapo ndi mwayi womwe dongosolo lathu lonse lazakudya likukumana nalo masiku ano: njira zogulitsira, chitetezo, kukhazikika, ndi ntchito. Zachidziwikire, mliri wa 1 wa COVID-19 udapitilira ndikukhudza gawo lililonse la dongosololi, nthawi zina kukulitsa zovutazo, ndi zina, kufulumizitsa kusintha ndi kukula.
Indoor AgTech Landscape 2021 iyi imapereka chithunzithunzi chaukadaulo komanso luso lachilengedwe la njira yopangira chakudya m'nyumba. Mawonekedwewa amachokera kumakampani opanga ukadaulo kupita ku omwe amapereka makina okulirapo mpaka omwe amayendetsa ntchito zaulimi. Monga kale, malowa sakuyenera kukhala otopetsa. Pomwe tikutsata makampani opitilira 1,300 omwe ali mgululi, mawonekedwewa akuyimira kagawo kakang'ono ndipo amathandiza kuwonetsa osewera omwe akugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa digito ndi zidziwitso kuti apititse patsogolo ndikukweza chakudya cham'nyumba pamlingo waukulu.
Kodi chakudya changa chimachokera kuti?
Mliriwu udawunikira zofooka za njira zomwe zidalipo komanso kukulitsa chikhumbo cha ogula kuti adziwe komwe chakudya chawo chimachokera, momwe chidakonzedwa ndikupakidwa bwino, komanso momwe ayenda kuti awafikire. Mbali yofunika kwambiri ya ulimi wa m'nyumba ndi kuthekera kwake kokhazikika kuti athe kuthana ndi zovuta izi ndi zina zadongosolo lamakono lazakudya.
Alimi a m'nyumba amatha kupeza ntchito zawo pafupi ndi malo ogulitsa ndi ogula, kuchepetsa mtunda wa chakudya ndi malo okhudzidwa, kupereka zokolola zatsopano nthawi zonse ndikuchepetsa kuwononga chakudya, ndikudzitengera kusiyana komwe kumasiyidwa "komweko". Dongosolo logawika m'magawo likhozanso kuwonjezera kulimba mtima popereka maunyolo kutengera magwero ndi zotuluka kunja.
Kukula kwanuko kuli ndi mitundu yambiri. Olima Greenhouse amakonda kupeza minda yawo kunja kwa mzindawu pomwe alimi opanda dzuwa amatha kugwira ntchito m'matawuni, monga Sustenir Agriculture ku Singapore ndi Growing Underground ku London. Olima ngati Square Roots amapeza limodzi minda yawo yamkati ndi malo omwe amagawira anzawo am'deralo, ndipo Babulo amatumiza njira yake yamafamu ang'onoang'ono pamalo azachipatala komanso malo okhala akuluakulu ndi mayunivesite. Posachedwapa, Infarm idalengeza kuti ikukula kupitilira mtundu wake wokulira m'sitolo, kuphatikiza kutumizidwa kwa "malo Okulirapo" apamwamba kwambiri m'mizinda ingapo. Kuonjezera apo, phindu la "kukula kwanuko" lingakhale ndi tanthauzo lalikulu ngati dziko lanu likuitanitsa zokolola zake zambiri kuchokera kumayiko ena; maiko angapo a m'chigawo cha Gulf alengeza njira zazikulu zokulira m'nyumba ndi ma AeroFarms, Pure Harvest, ndi &&ever kuthana ndi kudalira chakudya m'derali kumayiko ena.
Kugulitsa kwazinthu zachilengedwe kudakwera mpaka kukula kwa manambala mu 2020 pomwe ogula akuganizira kwambiri za thanzi la chakudya chawo. Zowonjezera zokhudzana ndi chitetezo chifukwa cha mliriwu zidangowonjezera izi. Ngakhale sizikhala zachilengedwe, mbewu zomwe zimatulutsidwa 2 poteteza mafamu amkati zimasiyanitsidwa ndi magwero akunja oipitsidwa ndipo nthawi zambiri zimabzalidwa popanda mankhwala ophera tizilombo. Malo okhudza anthu amachepetsedwa pamene maunyolo amafupikitsidwa ndipo malo opangira zinthu amakhala odzipangira okha. Kudzera mu CEA Food Safety Coalition, makampaniwa achitapo kanthu posachedwapa kuti akhazikitse miyezo yopangira ndi cholinga choteteza ogula ku matenda obwera ndi chakudya.
Alimi a m'nyumba amagulitsa malonda awo ngati am'deralo, atsopano, osasinthasintha komanso aukhondo. Nkhaniyi ikugwirizana ndi ogula pamene alimi akuwoneka kuti akugulitsa zonse zomwe angathe kupanga, ndipo ambiri amafotokoza kukula kwakukulu kwa malonda mu 2020. Kugwirizana kwachindunji ndi nkhawa za ogula ndi gawo lalikulu la kuthekera kwawo kugulitsa malonda awo amtengo wapatali pamtengo wapatali, zomwe zakhala zofunikira kwambiri kuti alimi ena azipeza ndalama. Kulumikizana kumeneku kutha kuwapangitsanso kugwetsa mayendedwe operekera, osachepera masikelo ang'onoang'ono, kudzera mu malonda achindunji ndi mitundu yamabizinesi opanga, mwachitsanzo, wolima wopanda dzuwa Willo amalola olembetsa kukhala ndi "chiwembu chawochawo chafamu" ndikuwona mbewu zawo zikukula pa intaneti. .
Kukhazikika: Kodi chakudya changa ndi gawo la vuto kapena gawo la yankho?
Ulimi, monga momwe zimakhalira m'mafakitale ambiri, zakhala zikukakamizika kuti zizigwira ntchito moyenera, ndipo alimi a m'nyumba, pogwiritsa ntchito bwino chuma, aphatikiza kukhazikika m'nkhani zawo.
Timadziwa bwino zotsatira za kusintha kwa nyengo, kuphatikizapo kusintha kwakukulu kwa nyengo ndi nyengo zakukula. Bungwe la United Nations la Food and Agriculture Organization linanena kuti m'zaka makumi angapo zikubwerazi kusintha kwa nyengo kudzachititsa kuchepa kwa zokolola zapadziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha ulimi wachikhalidwe, zomwe zidzadzetse kusowa kwa chakudya. Kulima m'nyumba, komwe kumapereka chitetezo ku nyengo, zokolola zambiri mosasinthasintha m'dera lililonse, komanso kuthekera kopanga chakudya chaka chonse m'malo osiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza zomwe siziyenera ulimi wachikhalidwe, zingathandize kuchepetsa izi.
Kuperewera kwa madzi kukuyembekezeka kukulirakulira padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zikuwonetsa vuto lachitetezo cha dziko komanso nkhawa za moyo. Malinga ndi World Bank, 70% ya madzi amchere padziko lonse lapansi amagwiritsidwa ntchito paulimi. Kugwiritsa ntchito madzi moyenera kwaulimi wamkati kumachepetsa kugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi 90% pa mbewu zomwe zikupanga. Ndizozoloŵerekanso kuti nyumba zosungiramo zomera zitenge madzi amvula ndikugwiritsanso ntchito ngalande monga momwe amachitira Agro Care, mlimi wamkulu wa tomato wowonjezera kutentha ku Netherlands.
Kumbali inayi, kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu, makamaka m'malo opanda dzuwa, ndizovuta zakukula kwanyumba. Kuchita bwino kupitilirabe kuyenda bwino, koma monga momwe kuwunika kwaposachedwa paulimi wopanda dothi wamkati kuchokera ku The Markets Institute ku WWF kwawonetsa, pali mwayi wamakampani kuphatikiza magwero ena amagetsi. Olima amazindikira 3 mwayi uwu wochepetsera kukhudzidwa ndi kuwongolera bwino ndipo akugwiritsa ntchito kale njira zina monga kuphatikizika, magwero a geothermal, ndi maukonde otentha a zinyalala. Tomato wa H2Orto amabzalidwa m'malo obiriwira otenthedwa ndi biogas opangidwa ndi madzi otentha. Zokolola za Gotham Greens zimabzalidwa m'malo otenthetserako magetsi opitilira 100%, ndipo Nordic Harvest yaku Denmark izikhala ikuyendetsa famu yayikulu kwambiri ku Europe pogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yamphepo.
Ntchito: Tikugwirabe ntchito!
Pali zovuta zantchito ndi mwayi pazakudya zonse zamtengo wapatali, ndipo izi sizingakhale zovuta kwambiri kuposa pafamu. Ogwira ntchito m'mafamu, m'munda ndi m'nyumba, amavutika kuti akope anthu ogwira nawo ntchito yotopetsa. Ngakhale mliriwu usanachitike, kuyimitsidwa kwa malire ku Europe ndi US kudapangitsa kuchepa kwa ogwira ntchito m'mafamu popanga minda komanso greenhouse. Kuphatikiza apo, ukatswiri wa alimi ndi oyang'anira mafamu ndiwosowa, zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira chifukwa cha okalamba komanso kuwonjezereka kwanyumba zatsopano zamkati. Ngakhale ogwira ntchito angafune kuwona anthu ophunzitsidwa bwino akubwera kuchokera kumapulogalamu akuyunivesite, akuyang'ananso ukadaulo ndi makina kuti athetse mavuto awo pantchito.
Kupanga mbande ndi ntchito zokolola pambuyo pokolola zakhazikika kale ku mbewu zambiri zaulimi wamkati. Kuphatikiza apo, kakulidwe kakang'ono kakang'ono komanso chizolowezi chokhala ndi masamba obiriwira kumapangitsa kuti azitha kugwiritsa ntchito makina. Mwachitsanzo, makina obiriwira obiriwira amtundu wobiriwira kuchokera ku Green Automation ndi Viscon agwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo owonjezera kutentha monga Pure Green Farms ndi Mucci. Kumbali yopanda dzuwa, Urban Crop Solutions yakhazikitsa mwapadera makina otumizira, ndipo Nelled ya ku Finland yapanga makina okulirapo okha. Dziwani kuti alimi ambiri osagwiritsa ntchito dzuwa apanga zida zawozawo zaukadaulo ndipo apanga makina opulumutsira ntchito m'makina awo. Mwachitsanzo, Fifth Season ili ndi ma robotiki omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pakupanga kwake konse.
Ngakhale pali njira zambiri, ntchito zovuta zosamalira mbewu zatsiku ndi tsiku ndikukolola mbewu zina (tomato, tsabola, nkhaka ndi zipatso) sizinachitikebe pamlingo waukulu. Komabe, kukhazikitsidwa kwa maloboti ochotsa masamba ndi kukolola komwe kukukonzekera, komwe kwatsala pang'ono kuchitika kumapereka lonjezo losintha kwambiri zovuta zantchito. Ukadaulo wapakompyuta, monga waku Nitea ndi Hortikey adilesi yoyang'anira ntchito, kulembetsa mbewu, kulosera zam'tsogolo ndi kayendetsedwe ka ntchito/kayendetsedwe ka ntchito zamkati ndikuyesetsa kukonza magwiridwe antchito a ogwira ntchito ochepa. 4Technologies yomwe imapereka, kuyang'anira, ndi kulamulira nyengo, kuwala, madzi ndi zakudya zowonjezera zagwiritsidwa ntchito kale m'malo olima m'nyumba zamakono zamakono ndipo ndizofunikira kwambiri kuti pakhale malo abwino m'madera ovutawa.
Amapanganso maziko a gawo lotsatira lazatsopano, mwachitsanzo, kukhathamiritsa kwa mbewu komanso kuwongolera kodziyimira pawokha kwa malo omwe akukula potengera zojambula ndi masensa nsanja (monga kuchokera ku Ecoation, iUNU ndi 30MHz), kusanthula deta, kuphunzira makina, mapasa a digito ndi luntha lochita kupanga. . Zochitika zaposachedwa monga Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge zafufuza bwino zomwe AI angachite kuti "ayendetse zokolola zamaluwa pomwe akuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito zida ndi zovuta zowongolera". Zatsopano zomwe zikukula modziyimira pawokha, monga Blue Radix Crop Controller ndi Priva's Plantonomy, akulonjeza kukulitsa ndi kupititsa patsogolo luso la alimi omwe akupezeka, makamaka pantchito zazikulu komanso zamitundu ingapo.
Kodi timachokera kuti?
Chiyambireni pomwe tidapanga Indoor AgTech Landscape yathu, pakhala kusintha kwabwino komanso chifukwa chokhalira ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo. Koma, monga momwe zimakhalira ndi msika womwe ukupita patsogolo komanso gawo lazatsopano, zitha kukhala kukwera kovutirapo. Ena amakhulupirira kuti CEA si yankho kumavuto athu azakudya chifukwa sizinthu zonse zomwe zitha kukulitsidwa m'nyumba masiku ano. Timawona ag yamkati ngati imodzi mwa njira zomwe zingathandize kukonza chakudya chathu ndipo ziyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zili zomveka. Mwachitsanzo, tomato wogulitsidwa kudzera m'masitolo amakula kale mu greenhouses. Yembekezerani mbewu zambiri kulimidwa m'nyumba mwachuma kwambiri ndi kupita patsogolo.
Chimodzi mwa mawonekedwe athu am'mbuyomu chinali kudziwitsa anthu kuti, ngakhale pali chidwi chokhudzana ndi ulimi watsopano wopanda dzuwa, kukula kwa greenhouse kunali kokhazikika kale. Olima greenhouses aku Dutch awonetsa kuthekera kokulira m'nyumba ndi zaka 50 kuphatikiza zaka zambiri komanso maekala ochulukirapo "pansi pagalasi kuposa kukula kwa Manhattan." Kupereka kwaposachedwa kwapagulu ndi msika wa $ 3 biliyoni wa wolima wowonjezera wowonjezera wowonjezera ku Kentucky AppHarvest zidapangitsanso kuzindikira! Olima ena odziwika bwino komanso okulitsa owonjezera kutentha, kuphatikiza BrightFarms ndi Gotham Greens, akopanso ndalama zazikulu.
Funso limafunsidwa nthawi zambiri, "Ndi njira iti yomwe ikukula bwino, yopanda dzuwa kapena wowonjezera kutentha?". Palibe mwambi wa "silver bullet" paulimi wamkati. Yankho limatengera malo ndi vuto lomwe mukuyesera kuthetsa. Yankho lamalo amatawuni a Singapore, Hong Kong ndi Mumbai silingafanane ndi lomwe latumizidwa kunja kwa Chicago. 5 Mosasamala kanthu za njira, kuyamba mtundu uliwonse wa famu yamkati yothandizidwa ndiukadaulo ndiyofunika ndalama zambiri. Kafukufuku waposachedwa wa Agritecture akuwonetsa kuti ikhoza kuchoka pa $ 5 mpaka $ 11 miliyoni kuti amange famu yodzipangira yokha maekala atatu. Zina mwazinthu zazikulu, zapamwamba za greenhouse zomwe zikumangidwa masiku ano zitha kupitilira $100 miliyoni. Poganizira zofunikira zazikulu zamafamu am'nyumbawa, ena amakayikira mwayi wobweza ndalama m'gawoli ndikuti ndi yoyenera kwa osunga ndalama muzinthu zenizeni. Komabe, ndalama zopitilira $600 miliyoni zidakwezedwa ndi ndalama 10 zapamwamba kwambiri mu 2020 pomwe osewera omwe alipo akukangana utsogoleri ndikukula mpaka madera omwe alibe chitetezo pomwe makampani omwe akuwoneka kuti satha akupitilizabe kulowa msika.
Kuyang'ana m'tsogolo, ulimi wamkati uyenera kuthana ndi zovuta zake zamphamvu ndi ntchito. Makamaka, njira yopanda dzuwa ili ndi ntchito yoti ibweretse ndalama zake zogwiritsira ntchito mzere ndikupeza phindu lofala. Kuphatikiza apo, kuti ipititse patsogolo kukula komanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa matekinoloje atsopano m'malo otenthetsera komanso opanda dzuwa, gawoli liyenera kukhazikitsa kugawana deta pakati pa machitidwe. WayBeyond ndi imodzi mwamakampani omwe amalimbikitsa machitidwe otseguka ndi ma API kuti akwaniritse cholinga ichi. Monga tidanenera koyambirira kwa gawoli, tchati chamtengo wapatali chamkati chikuwonetsa zovuta zina ndi mwayi womwe dongosolo lathu lonse lazakudya likukumana nalo masiku ano: mayendedwe othandizira, chitetezo, kukhazikika, ndi ntchito. Ulimi wamkati uli ndi mwayi waukulu. Ngakhale kudakali koyambirira kwa msika wonsewu, zitha kubweretsa kulondola komanso kulimba mtima komwe chakudya chimakulitsidwa ndikugawidwa.
Bios
Chris Taylor ndi Mlangizi Wamkulu pa gulu la Mixing Bowl ndipo wakhala zaka zoposa 20 pa njira yapadziko lonse ya IT ndi luso lachitukuko pakupanga, mapangidwe ndi chisamaliro chaumoyo, akuyang'ana posachedwapa pa AgTech.
Michael Rose ndi Wothandizana nawo ku The Mixing Bowl ndi Better Food Ventures komwe amabweretsa zaka zopitilira 25 kukhazikika pakupanga mabizinesi atsopano komanso zatsopano monga woyang'anira ntchito komanso Investor m'magawo onse a Food Tech, AgTech, malo odyera, intaneti, ndi mafoni.
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Chris Taylor
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Michael Rose
michael@betterfoodventures.com
www.betterfoodventures.com