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Kwa zaka zambiri, alimi aona kuti mphutsi za m’nthaka zimathandiza kwambiri kuti nthaka ikhale yathanzi. Komabe, kafukufuku wochititsa chidwi wopangidwa ndi asayansi ochokera ku yunivesite ya Colorado State, yofalitsidwa mu Nature Communications, akufufuza momwe zolengedwa zodzichepetsazi zimakhudzira pakupanga chakudya padziko lonse lapansi. Kafukufuku wawo akungosonyeza mbali yofunika kwambiri imene nyongolotsi zimachita pazaulimi komanso zikusonyeza mmene zimathandizira kwambiri pa ntchito yokolola mbewu padziko lonse lapansi.
Zotsatira zaulimi za Earthworms: Malinga ndi zomwe apeza posachedwa, nyongolotsi zimathandizira kupitilira 6% ya zokolola zapachaka padziko lonse lapansi. Udindo wawo waukulu wagona pakuwola kwa mbewu zakufa, kutulutsa zakudya zofunika kwambiri kuti mbewu zikule. Kuphatikiza apo, ngalande zomwe amapanga zimathandizira kupanga mizu yolimba, kukulitsa thanzi la zomera ndi zokolola. Asayansi adapezanso kuti nyongolotsi zimathandizira zomera kulimbana ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda omwe amapezeka m'nthaka polimbikitsa njira zawo zodzitetezera.
Ofufuza adasanthula mosamalitsa mamapu ogawa anthu a nyongolotsi, mawonekedwe a nthaka, zokolola, ndi maphunziro am'mbuyomu okhudza zokolola. Njira yonseyi inawalola kuti awone momwe nyongolotsi zimaperekera mwachindunji ku mbewu zazikulu zaulimi.
Kafukufukuyu adawonetsa kuti mphutsi za nthaka zimakhala pafupifupi 6.5% ya pachaka ya mpunga, tirigu, chimanga, ndi balere. Chodabwitsa, chothandizira ichi chikhoza kukhala chachikulu kwambiri, poganizira kuti m'madera ambiri, kukula kwa mphamvu zawo sikunafufuzidwe mokwanira.
Mphutsi, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimanyalanyazidwa ngwazi zaulimi, zimagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pakuwonetsetsa kuti padziko lonse pali chakudya chokwanira. Zochita zawo zapansi panthaka sizingowonjezera nthaka komanso zimapangitsa kuti mbewu zikhale zolimba komanso zokolola. Kumvetsetsa mgwirizano wovuta pakati pa nyongolotsi ndi chilengedwe chaulimi ndikofunikira kuti pakhale ulimi wokhazikika. Pamene tikupitiriza kulimbana ndi mavuto a chiŵerengero cha anthu ochuluka padziko lonse ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, kuzindikira tanthauzo la zolengedwa zazing’onozi kumakhala kofunika kwambiri. Kufufuza kwina ndi ntchito zosamalira zachilengedwe ndizofunikira kuti agwiritse ntchito mphamvu zawo zonse ndikupanga njira zaulimi zolimba komanso zopindulitsa m'tsogolomu.