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Dziwani momwe Red Sea Farms, yoyambira ku King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), ikusintha ulimi ndi njira yake yopangira ulimi wamchere. Pogwiritsa ntchito madzi a m'nyanja kuziziritsa malo obiriwira komanso kuthirira mbewu, ukadaulo wapamwambawu umathetsa vuto la kusowa kwa madzi ndipo umapereka njira yokhazikika yopangira chakudya. Onerani kanema pansipa kuti mudziwe zambiri zakusintha kwamasewera muulimi woyendetsedwa ndi chilengedwe.
Ryan Lefers, CEO ndi co-founder wa Red Sea Farms, wachita upainiya njira yodabwitsa yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ya madzi amchere pa ulimi wowonjezera kutentha. Kusintha kumeneku sikungothetsa mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha kusowa kwa madzi komanso kuchotseratu kufunika kwa madzi opanda mchere pazaulimi. Pokonza madzi a m'nyanja pogwiritsa ntchito njira zamakono zaulimi, Mafamu a Red Sea apanga njira yotsika mtengo komanso yosamalira zachilengedwe kuti achepetse kugwiritsa ntchito madzi abwino paulimi.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa dongosololi kwapeza mphamvu, makamaka m'madera omwe akulimbana ndi kusowa kwa madzi. Red Sea Farms yakulitsa ntchito zake kupitirira KAUST ndipo yakhazikitsa mgwirizano ndi University of Arizona's College of Life and Sciences' Controlled Environment Agriculture Center ku United States. Mgwirizanowu cholinga chake ndikukulitsa kufikira kwaukadaulo ndikuyiyika ngati njira yothetsera kusowa kwa chakudya padziko lonse lapansi komanso kusintha kwanyengo.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa ulimi wamadzi amchere m'malo obiriwira obiriwira kumakhala ndi kuthekera kwakukulu kochepetsera chilala pakupanga mbewu. Pothandizira kulima m'madera omwe madzi ali ochepa, lusoli limapereka chiyembekezo kwa alimi ndi madera omwe akukumana ndi zovuta zaulimi m'madera ouma. Kuonjezera apo, kuchepetsa kudalira magwero a madzi abwino kumathandiza kusunga gwero lamtengo wapatalili komanso kuchepetsa mavuto omwe ali nawo kale chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa madzi.
Kuphatikiza apo, ulimi wamadzi amchere umathandizira kuchepetsa kwambiri kuchuluka kwa carbon paulimi. Njira zaulimi zomwe zimadalira kwambiri ulimi wothirira m'madzi am'madzi amadziwika kuti zimawononga mphamvu zambiri komanso zimathandizira kutulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha. Kupanga kwa Red Sea Farms sikungochepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito madzi abwino komanso kumachepetsa mphamvu zomwe zimafunikira, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale njira yokhazikika komanso yosamalira zachilengedwe.
Pamene kukhazikitsidwa kwa ulimi wa madzi amchere kukukulirakulira padziko lonse lapansi, kuli ndi kuthekera kosintha ntchito zaulimi, kuonetsetsa kuti chakudya chili m'madera omwe ali ndi madzi amchere ndikuthandizira tsogolo lokhazikika.