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Hydroponics, njira yosinthira ulimi yomwe imaphatikizapo kukulitsa mbewu popanda dothi, yapeza chidwi kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa chifukwa cha zabwino zake zambiri. Famu yachiwiri ya hydroponic greenhouse ya Tabuk, yomwe ili ku Brgy. Cabaritan, ndi chitsanzo chabwino chomwe chimafuna kulimbikitsa kulima kuseri kwa dimba ngati njira yothandiza yopezera chakudya chokwanira komanso kuthana ndi vuto la kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi komanso kusowa kwa chakudya.
Mosiyana ndi kubzala kochokera m'nthaka wamba, hydroponics amagwiritsa ntchito madzi omwe amawononga madzi ochepa ndikudyetsa mbewu moyenera. Dongosolo la ulimi wothirira wodzichitira limathetsa kufunikira kwa kuthirira pamanja tsiku lililonse, kusunganso zinthu. Kuphatikiza apo, madzi omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pa ulimi wothirira amasinthidwanso mkati mwadongosolo, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yabwino komanso yokhazikika.
Harriet Tenda, mwini masomphenya wa famu ya hydroponic, akugogomezera kuti hydroponics imathandizira kukula kwa mbewu mwachangu komanso kutulutsa zochulukira, kuwonetsetsa bata lachuma kwa mabanja omwe akuchita nawo bizinesiyo. Famuyi imayang'ana kwambiri kulima mitundu isanu ya letesi, pamodzi ndi zitsamba ndi ndiwo zamasamba. M'masiku 35 okha, mbewu zakonzeka kukolola, kulimidwa popanda tizilombo, komanso kusamalidwa bwino, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale ndi michere yambiri.
Chimodzi mwazinthu zochititsa chidwi za ulimi wa hydroponic ndi kutsika mtengo kwake. Nthawi imodzi yokha ya njira yobzala iyi imatha kukolola mpaka ma kilogalamu 60 a letesi, zomwe zimapangitsa kukhala njira yopezera ndalama kwa mabanja omwe akufuna kulima okha chakudya. Komanso, njirayi sifunika ndalama zambiri kuti ayambe. Mabanja atha kugwiritsa ntchito zida zomwe zimapezeka mosavuta monga nsungwi m'malo mwa mabedi achitsulo kuti abzale, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala ndi anthu ambiri.
Kuyang'ana m'tsogolo, famu ya hydroponic ikukonzekera kukulitsa zokolola zake pophatikiza mbewu zamtengo wapatali monga sitiroberi, potero kusinthanitsa zokolola zake ndikuthandizira kuti pakhale chakudya chokhazikika.
Kupitilira kupambana kwawo, banja la Tenda lidakhazikitsa Indigenous Path Foundation kuti lilimbikitse ndikuthandizira mapulojekiti ofanana omwe amalima masamba obiriwira kuseri kwa nyumba. Cholinga chawo ndi kuphunzitsa amayi ndi ana momwe angagwirire ntchito yolima kuseri kwa dimba, kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe chodzidalira ndi kudya.
Chifukwa cha kukolola kochuluka kwa famuyo, mudzi wa Brgy. Cabaritan anaitanidwa kuti achite nawo pulogalamu yomwe angatenge letesi kunyumba, kulimbikitsa ubwino wa zokolola zam'deralo, zokhala ndi michere yambiri. Mpikisano wa zophikira unachitikiranso, kusonyeza kusinthasintha kwa zokhwasula-khwasula ndi zakudya zopatsa thanzi zomwe zingathe kukonzedwa pogwiritsa ntchito zokolola za famuyo.
Famu yachiwiri ya hydroponic greenhouse ya Tabuk ikuyimira kupita patsogolo kwachitetezo cha chakudya komanso ulimi wokhazikika. Kupyolera mu njira yatsopanoyi, mabanja amatha kulima masamba awoawo okhala ndi michere pomwe akuchepetsa kuwononga chilengedwe. Kuthekera kwa pulojekitiyi kuti scalability, pamodzi ndi kudzipereka kwake kulimbikitsa organic kuseri kwa dimba, kumapangitsa kukhala chitsanzo choyenera kutengera kufunafuna thanzi ndi tsogolo lokhazikika.