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Bizinesi yomwe yakula kwambiri, yopitilira masikweya mita 6,000, yatulukira ndi chidwi chachikulu pa kulima mbatata zopangidwa ndi majini zomwe zimawetedwa kuti zisinthidwe, limodzi ndi mbewu zina zosiyanasiyana. Bizinesiyo posachedwa idayamba kuwonekera pagulu pa Meyi 24, yodziwika ndi mwambo wodula riboni womwe anthu otchuka ochokera ku boma la Henderson County ndi magawo azaulimi adakumana nawo.
Motsogozedwa ndi Judson Ward, Woyambitsa ndi Chief Technology Officer (CTO) wa Ohalo Genetics, kampaniyo yayika ndalama zokwana madola 9 miliyoni m'malo ake otsogola, omwe ali pafupi ndi greenhouse ku Van Wingerden International.
Ward adawulula kuti malo a Mills River pakadali pano ali ndi anthu asanu ndi atatu, ndipo akufuna kuchulukitsa katatu anthu ogwira ntchito m'masabata angapo otsatira. Kuphatikiza apo, Ohalo Genetics ikufunafuna woweta mbatata waluso ndipo ikufuna kupanga mipata ina yambiri posachedwapa.
"Lero tikuwonjezera ntchito kwa woweta mbatata ndipo tikhala tikulemba akatswiri owonjezera chaka chonsecho. Cholinga chathu ndikulemba ntchito anthu 10 mpaka 20 enanso. Anthu amderali athandiza kwambiri, ndipo tikufuna kuthandiza kwambiri pachuma chachigawo, "atero a Judson Ward, Woyambitsa Ohalo Genetics' ndi CTO, malinga ndi Blue Ridge Now.
Judson Ward anatsindika kuti Ohalo Genetics imatenga njira yosinthira kusinthika kwa luso ndi sayansi ya kuswana zomera.
"Pofuna kupititsa patsogolo kuchuluka kwa anthu padziko lapansi, tapereka zaka ziwiri zapitazi kuti tipange njira yosinthira njira zoweta ndi kupanga. M'mbuyomu yanga yotsogolera gulu loswana mamolekyulu ku Driscoll's, gulu langa linagwiritsa ntchito matekinoloje apamwamba kwambiri kuti apititse patsogolo kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka ma genetics ndi genomics mu mbewu za diploid ndi polyploid. Khama lathu lidathandizira njira zachikhalidwe zobereketsa mbewu (zosakhala za GMO zokha) zomwe zidathandizira kugwiritsa ntchito bwino zinthu komanso kutulutsa mitundu yokoma kwambiri yokhala ndi zofunikira zochepa zaulimi," adatero Ward.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Ohalo Genetics ndi njira yosangalatsa yopita patsogolo pamabizinesi owonjezera kutentha kwachilengedwe. Pogwiritsa ntchito uinjiniya wa majini komanso njira zobereketsa, kampaniyo ikufuna kuthandizira paulimi wokhazikika ndikuthana ndi zovuta zomwe zimabwera chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu padziko lonse lapansi. Poganiziranso za kukonza mbatata, Ohalo Genetics yatsala pang'ono kuyambitsa mitundu yatsopano ya mbatata yomwe imapereka zokometsera zokometsera komanso zomwe zimafunikira zinthu zochepa, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale phindu pamakampani komanso chilengedwe.
Pamene bizinesi ikukulitsa ntchito zake ndi kulimbikitsa ogwira ntchito, ili ndi kuthekera kolimbikitsa kukula kwachuma m'madera akumidzi, kulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito ndikudziwonetsa ngati gawo lodziwika bwino pazasayansi yazachilengedwe komanso zaulimi.