Chimene muyenera kudziwa:
- Ku chipatala cha Seeds of Gold Farm, akatswiri ochokera m'mabungwe omwe akutenga nawo gawo adzaphunzitsa, kudziwitsa, kuphunzitsa ndi kudyetsa njala ya alimi komanso kufunafuna chidziwitso chodziteteza ku mikhalidwe yomwe imawalepheretsa kukhala ndi zokolola zabwino zaulimi, ndi zina.
Chipatala cha Seeds of Gold Farm chibweranso lero ndi ntchito yoyamba yofikira anthu ku Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (KaZARDI) ku mapiri a Kigezi.
Kudzera muukadaulo wa aeroponics, Kachwekano ZARDI ikulimbikitsa kulima mbatata popanda kufunikira kwa dothi kapena madzi.
Ukadaulo wamakonowu waulimi wa mbatata ukutamandidwa ngati wamtsogolo chifukwa malo akukhala ochepa. Tekinolojeyi ndiyabwino chifukwa imatha kukwanira paliponse popanda nthaka.
Malinga ndi Dr Alex Barekye, mkulu wa kafukufuku ku Kachwekano ZARDI, ndi kuchuluka kwake, zokolola zabwino zimayembekezeredwa.
"Pakapita nthawi, iyi ikhala njira yodziwika bwino yolima mtsogolo," akutero Dr Barekye. Zakudya ndi madzi zimaperekedwa ku mbewu monga mpweya wa nthunzi.
Lingaliro la aeroponics linayamba mu 1920 pamene mayesero oyambirira anapangidwa ndi ma orchids koma ndi luso lomwe likukula ku Uganda.
Dr Barekye akuti ngakhale ukadaulo uwu utha kugwiritsidwa ntchito pazomera zosiyanasiyana kuphatikiza ndiwo zamasamba, mbatata imakula bwino pansi pa njirayi. Kuphatikiza njira za chikhalidwe cha minofu, kubzala kumafanana ndi hydroponics.
Poyerekeza ndi njira zina zaulimi, aeroponics imatenga malo ochepa olimapo. Ndi madzi a m'mafamu, zakudya zimawonjezeredwa mosamala m'madzi, zomwe zimaperekedwa ku zomera ndi makina opangira mpope. Popeza ndi njira yotsekedwa, akuti imapulumutsa madzi oposa 90 peresenti ya madzi ndi zakudya. Zokolola zitha kuchulukitsidwa ndi 45-75 peresenti m'malo abwino.
Kuphatikiza apo, chinyezi ndi kutentha nthawi zonse ndizothandiza kwambiri kukula. Malingana ndi cholinga chogwiritsira ntchito, mbatata ikhoza kukolola ndi manja mwamsanga.
Ulimi wa maapulo
Kachwekano ZARDI yomwe tsopano ikuyang'ana pa kuchulukitsa kwa zipangizo zobzala, kuyesa ndi kuyesa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbewu ndi zinyama, imapereka kafukufuku wochuluka pa zaulimi, maapulo ndi mapeyala, nyemba zokwera, tirigu ndi balere, manyuchi, nandolo ndi sericulture, ndi zina.
Kuyambila kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 2000, kulima maapulo kwakhala kukupereka mwayi kwa alimi a m’chigawo cha Kabale ndipo akatswiri ayesetsa kuthana ndi njira zabwino monga kukhazikitsa minda ya zipatso, kukonza malo, kubzala, kuchititsa kugona, kufota, kudulira komanso matenda monga Powdery mildew, omwe amawopseza. alimi angapo.
Pakali pano, boma la Uganda likulimbikitsa ulimi wa maapulo pansi pa pulogalamu ya National Agricultural Advisory Services (Naads) m'madera okwera a Kabale, Kisoro ndi Kanungu.
Izi ndi cholinga chokwaniritsa kufunikira kochuluka kwa zipatso zodula. “Ulimi wa maapulo ndi mwayi waukulu kwa alimi kuti awonjezere ndalama zawo koma pali vuto lalikulu la alimi osaphunzira mokwanira,” akutero Dr Barekye.
Mbuzi zabwino
Pofuna kupititsa patsogolo umoyo wa alimi m’derali, akadaulo aperekanso chidziwitso cha mitundu ya mbuzi yotukuka pamalopo komanso momwe angapezere mbuzi zabwino.
Pokhala ndi alimi odziwa bwino ntchito zoweta mbuzi, ofufuza komanso akatswiri oweta a Farm Clinic ku Kachwekano ZARDI ipereka mwayi kwa alimi omwe ali ndi chidwi kuti aphunzire za phindu la ng'ombe zabwino.
Akatswiri afufuzanso njira zobwezeretsera dothi lowonongeka, lomwe ndi vuto lalikulu m'madera okwera komanso kuyang'ana mitundu ya manyuchi otukuka. KaZARDI yawunika mizere 33 ya manyuchi kuti azitha kupirira kumtunda ndipo mpaka pano mizere isanu ndi umodzi yodalirika yasankhidwa kuti itulutsidwe. Mitunduyi ikuphatikizapo; E1291, Ndamoga, Shokani, MB 29, MB 30 ndi MB 27
Za KazardI
Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute ili m’boma la Rubanda, limodzi mwa maboma asanu ndi limodzi m’chigawo cha Kigezi. Ndi pafupifupi 8Km kuchokera ku msewu wa Kabale-Kisoro pa msewu wa Nyanja ya Bunyonyi pamalo okwera pakati pa 1800-2200m pamwamba pa nyanja.
Malowa amalandira mvula ya 875mm pachaka ndipo mvula yoyamba imabwera pakati pa March mpaka May ndi mvula yachiwiri September mpaka December ndi kutentha kochepa kwa 8oC ndi kutentha kwakukulu kwa 24oC.
Kachwekano inakhazikitsidwa ndi a British mu 1937 pofuna kuyesa ndikuwonetsa mbewu, msipu ndi ziweto zomwe zimakhala zozizira. Panali kukhazikitsidwa kwa nkhosa za merino zopanga ubweya. Ubweya wake wabwino, wamtengo wapatali unali wofunika koma ukanaimitsidwa chifukwa sukanatha kupanga nzeru zachuma. Pambuyo pake mu 1943, fodya wa nikotini anayambitsidwa kuti apange ndalama. Mpaka pano pali alimi ena omwe amalima fodya m’derali ngakhale kuti malonda a fodya sakuyenda bwino.
Mu 1949, Kachwekano adasandulika kukhala District Farm Institute (DFI). Imodzi mwa ntchito za DFI inali yophunzitsa maphunziro a zaulimi zomwe zimapangitsa kuti apereke ziphaso kwa othandizira ndi oyang'anira zaulimi monga mafumu a parishi ndi ma sub-county. Kupititsa patsogolo luso limeneli kunapatsa mafumu am’deralo luso lofalitsa umisiri womwe umachulukitsa zokolola zaulimi.
Mu 1952 DFI idayamba kutchuka mbuzi ndi nkhosa ngati njira yopezera alimi ang'onoang'ono. Komabe, ntchitoyi inali ndi zovuta zosasamalidwa bwino, komanso kusowa kwa malo odyetserako ziweto. DFI idayika patsogolo ntchito zina ngakhale alimi amasamalira mbuzi ndi nkhosa. Mu 1961, mitundu ya ng'ombe yachilendo idakhazikitsidwa ndipo mpaka pano derali lili ndi mtundu umodzi wa ng'ombe zachilendo ku Uganda.
Mchaka cha 2000, bungweli lidayang'aniridwa ndi National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) ngati Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDC) kuti lipititse patsogolo kafukufuku waulimi wokhudzana ndi zinthu zomwe zili m'malo a agro-ecology.
Cholinga chachikulu chinali pakuchulutsa zinthu zobzala, kuyesa ndi kuyesa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbewu ndi mitundu ya ziweto, kakodwe ka ziweto ku ntchito zaulimi monga kulima ndi kuyendetsa, kuphunzitsa alimi ndi othandizira ena. Cholinga cha malonda chinali makamaka pa ulimi wa nkhalango, maapulo ndi mapeyala, mbatata, nyemba zokwera, tirigu ndi balere, manyuchi, nandolo, nkhuku, mkaka, masamba ndi sericulture, ndi zina.
Kupyolera mu khamali okhudzidwawo adapeza chidziwitso kudzera mu teknoloji yosinthira njira zamakono zaulimi, mwayi wopeza mbewu za maziko ndi zosungiramo katundu.
Kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa ndi kugwira ntchito kwa mchitidwe wa NARO wa 2005, Kachwekano adakhala bungwe lodziyimira pawokha la Public Agricultural Research Institute pansi pa NARO.
KaZARDI idapangidwa kuti iwonjezere ntchito kufupi ndi ogwiritsa ntchito.
Bungweli limapangidwa ndi ma satellite station omwe amafalikira m'chigawo chonse cha Kigezi pofuna kupititsa ntchito kufupi ndi anthu. Mwachitsanzo ku Kisoro kuli ma station a Maziba, Nyamigogo ndi Nyabwishenya pomwe m’boma la Kanungu muli station ya Kibimbiri.
Ntchito ya bungweli idasinthidwanso kuti ipange kafukufuku wogwiritsidwa ntchito komanso wosinthika komanso kuti athandizire kufalitsa matekinoloje oyenerera kuti atenge njira. Bungweli limagwira ntchito pansi pa mapulogalamu atatu kuphatikiza: Pulogalamu yofufuza za Crop and Natural Resources, Animal Resources Research Program ndi Technology Promotion and Outreach Programme. Kachwekano ZARDI imagwiritsa ntchito zambiri mwazochita zake kudzera mumgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi komanso wapadziko lonse lapansi. Ili ndi maulalo amphamvu ndi malo ofufuza padziko lonse lapansi, mabungwe ena a NARO, maboma am'deralo, NGOs, CSO, komanso magulu onse a alimi mderali. Pakhala mwayi wodziwa zambiri zomwe KaZARDI ikuchita kuchokera ku Seeds of Gold Farm Clinic zomwe zichitike kusukuluyi lero.
Chipatala chafamu
Lero: Mbewu za Gold Farm Clinic
Mabizinesi: Mbatata zaku Ireland, maapulo, kuweta mbuzi, ulimi wopanda dothi
Othandizira: Stanbic bank, Bank of Uganda, NSSF, Naro, NMG
Kulowa: Kwaulere kuphatikiza chakudya
Mphunzitsi wamkulu: Dr Alex Barekye
Wotsogolera: KaZARDI
Kuvomerezedwa
Kachwekano ZARDI yomwe tsopano ikuyang'ana pa kuchulukitsa kwa zipangizo zobzala, kuyesa ndi kuyesa mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbewu ndi zinyama, imapereka kafukufuku wochuluka pa zaulimi, maapulo ndi mapeyala, nyemba zokwera, tirigu ndi balere, manyuchi, nandolo ndi sericulture, ndi zina.
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KAZARDI
Kachwekano Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute ili m’boma la Rubanda, limodzi mwa maboma asanu ndi limodzi m’chigawo cha Kigezi. Ndi pafupifupi 8Km kuchokera ku msewu wa Kabale-Kisoro m’mphepete mwa msewu wa Nyanja ya Bunyonyi pamalo okwera pakati pa 1800-2200m pamwamba pa nyanja. Malowa amalandira mvula pafupifupi 875mm pachaka.
Gwero: https://www.monitor.co.ug