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Ulimi wokhazikika, womwe unayambitsidwa mu 1999, udawonekera ngati njira yosinthira paulimi wamakono. Kuchokera pamalingaliro amasomphenya ogwiritsira ntchito nyumba zosanjikizana pazaulimi, ulimi woyimirira wasintha kukhala njira yotsogola yomwe ili ndi chiyembekezo chachikulu cha tsogolo lopanga chakudya.
Malinga ndi Dr. Avani Kumar Singh, Principal Scientist ku PUSA, ulimi woyimirira si nkhani chabe. Njira zaulimi m'midzi nthawi zambiri zinkakhudza kulima masamba molunjika. Komabe, njira yamakonoyi ikufika pamlingo watsopano, ndi njira ziwiri zazikulu: hydroponics ndi aeroponics.
Hydroponics, njira yopanda dothi, imathandiza kuwongolera bwino madzi, kutentha, ndi chinyezi. Zimaphatikizapo kulima zomera m'njira monga perlite, coco peat, ndi vermiculite, ndi zakudya zomwe zimaperekedwa mwachindunji kudzera mumadzimadzi. Kumbali inayi, ma aeroponics amapereka michere ku mbewu kudzera mu nkhungu yokhala ndi michere yambiri, kukhathamiritsa kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu komanso kuchepetsa zinyalala.
Ubwino wina waukulu wa ulimi woyimirira ndi kuthekera kwake kuchulukitsa zokolola ndikusunga zokolola. Ndi ulimi wachikhalidwe ukukumana ndi zovuta monga kusowa kwa nthaka ndi kusowa kwa madzi, ulimi wokhazikika umapereka yankho lothandiza. Kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti kulima molunjika kumatha kukulitsa zokolola mpaka kanayi kapena kasanu poyerekeza ndi njira wamba.
Komanso, mtengo wokhazikitsa, ngakhale wokwera kwambiri, ukhoza kuthetsedwa ndi mapindu a nthawi yayitali. Thandizo la boma, lomwe limalipira mpaka 50% ya ndalama zokhazikitsira madera mpaka maekala awiri, zimapangitsa ulimi woyimirira kukhala njira yabwino kwa alimi. Kuphatikiza apo, kugwiritsa ntchito malo olamulidwa, monga ma greenhouses kapena ma polyhouses, kumawonjezera magwiridwe antchito ndi ntchito.
Komabe, zovuta zikupitilirabe, kuphatikiza kuyika ndalama zambiri poyambira komanso kutsika mtengo kwa msika wazokolola zina. Ngakhale kuti ulimi wolunjika umapereka njira yabwino kwa alimi achichepere, kusintha kuchokera ku njira zachikhalidwe kungakhale kovuta kwa ambiri.
Kuti mugwiritse ntchito luso la ulimi woyimirira, pamafunika maphunziro ndi maphunziro ambiri. Kuphatikiza ukadaulo uwu kusukulu, koleji, ndi maphunziro aukadaulo kumatha kupatsa mphamvu anthu kutengera ndikusintha njirazi moyenera.
Ulimi wokhazikika uli ndi lonjezo lalikulu ngati yankho lokhazikika ku zovuta zaulimi wachikhalidwe. Mwa kukulitsa zokolola, kuchepetsa kufalikira kwa chilengedwe, ndikuwonetsetsa chitetezo cha chakudya, zimatsegulira njira ya tsogolo lowala komanso lolimba paulimi.