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Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa la ResearchAndMarkets, msika waulimi woyima padziko lonse lapansi ukuyembekezeka kufika $12.77 biliyoni pofika 2026, ukukula pa CAGR ya 23.6% panthawi yolosera. Kukula kumeneku kumayendetsedwa ndi kuchuluka kwa kufunikira kwa chakudya chapamwamba chokhala ndi malo ochepa komanso kusintha kwanyengo. Kuonjezera apo, ulimi woyimirira ukhoza kuchepetsa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa madzi ndikuchepetsa kukhudzidwa kwa chilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe chaulimi.
Imodzi mwa nkhani zachipambano pa ulimi woyimirira ndi AppHarvest, kampani yomwe imagwira ntchito yolima zokolola zopanda GMO, zopanda mankhwala m'malo obiriwira apamwamba kwambiri. Mu 2021, kampaniyo idapita poyera kudzera mu kuphatikiza kwa SPAC ndi Novus Capital Corporation, kukweza $475 miliyoni. Ndi likulu ili, AppHarvest ikukonzekera kukulitsa ntchito zake ndikumanga nyumba zobiriwira zambiri ku United States.
Kampani ina yomwe yachita bwino kwambiri yolima molunjika ndi ya AeroFarms, yomwe yakhala ikugwira ntchito kuyambira 2004. Malinga ndi tsamba la kampaniyo, AeroFarms imalima “masamba amasamba ndi zitsamba pogwiritsa ntchito madzi ochepa ndi 95% poyerekezera ndi ulimi wa m’munda, ndipo zokolola zimafika ku 390 kuwirikiza kawiri pa sikweya mita chaka chilichonse popanda kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo.” Mu 2021, kampaniyo idalengeza za mapulani opita poyera pophatikizana ndi Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., ndikuyika kampaniyo $ 1.2 biliyoni.
Komabe, si makampani onse aulimi omwe ali opambana monga AppHarvest ndi AeroFarms. Mu 2020, Bowery, woyambitsa ulimi woyima ku New York City, adachotsa 60% ya ogwira nawo ntchito chifukwa cha zovuta zachuma za COVID-19. Kampaniyo idachira ndikukweza ndalama zokwana $300 miliyoni, koma zomwe zidachitika zikuwonetsa kuwopsa komwe kumakhudzana ndi kuyika ndalama paulimi wokhazikika.
Ngakhale ulimi woyimirira uli ndi kuthekera kosintha zaulimi, si makampani onse omwe ali otsimikizika kuti achite bwino. Nkhani zopambana za AppHarvest ndi AeroFarms zikuwonetsa kuti ulimi wokhazikika ukhoza kukhala wopindulitsa ndi njira yoyenera komanso ndalama. Komabe, osunga ndalama ayeneranso kudziwa zoopsa zomwe zingachitike, monga tawonera pa nkhani ya Bowery.