Maphakathi no-2022, iPakistan izobe isikwazi ukuzimela ekukhiqizeni imbewu yezinga eliphezulu yamazambane. Izwe lihlose ukukhiqiza imbewu yamazambane esezingeni eliphezulu engenagciwane kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe be-aeroponic obuvela eSouth Korea. Lesi sinyathelo sizonciphisa izindleko zokungenisa imbewu yamazambane, okuzobiza umkhakha wezolimo cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-400 ngonyaka. Lokhu kubikwe ingosi ye-inthanethi ethi www.dawn.com.
Njengamanje iPakistan ingenisa amathani angaba ngu-15 embewu yamazambane evela emazweni ahlukahlukene, kodwa izinga lembewu livame ukungabaza.
NgokukaDkt. Muhammad Azim Khan, usihlalo wePakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), ithemba lokushintshaniswa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe ngesikhathi esifushane linikezwa ubuchwepheshe bokukhiqiza imbewu yamazambane aeroponic.
I-Aeroponics iyindlela engenanhlabathi yokuthola imbewu yezinga eliphezulu ku-greenhouse enesivuno esiphezulu nenzuzo kunezindlela zendabuko. Isixazululo somsoco sifafazwa ezitshalweni ngomanyolo kanye nemibhobho yamanzi. Lobu buchwepheshe bufaneleka kahle ukukhulisa izilimo eziyizigaxa futhi kusiza ukutholakala komoyampilo endaweni yezimpande. I-ROI ekutshalweni kwezimali kobuchwepheshe bokuqala iyashesha.
Indlela ye-aeroponic inyusa ukusebenza kahle kokukhiqizwa kwamazambane futhi yehlisa inani lemijikelezo yokusabalalisa imbewu yamazambane, ngaleyo ndlela yehlise izinsongo empilweni yezitshalo nekhwalithi.
Ukudluliswa kobuchwepheshe be-aeroponic kwenziwe kwaba nokwenzeka ngokusungulwa kwe-Korea Program for Cooperation International in Agricultural Technology (KOPIA) e-National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) e-Islamabad ngo-2020.
Ngokuvumelana nesivumelwano, kwasungulwa isikhungo se-KOPIA-Pakistani futhi kwakhiwa indawo yokushisa emoyeni. I-Rural Development Administration (RDA) yaseNingizimu Korea inikeze izimali zale phrojekthi.
I-Pakistan kanye ne-South Korea bazosebenza ndawonye ukuze basize ekusunguleni ubuchwepheshe bezolimo kanye nezindlela zokukhulisa imbewu ezizokwenza ukuba kudume ukulima okuhlakaniphile futhi ekugcineni kwandise imali etholwa abalimi abancane.
Amazambane asePakistan atshalwa ngokuthengisa futhi anegalelo elikhulu ku-GDP. Itshalwa ezindaweni eziphakeme nasemathafeni njengesitshalo sasehlobo nasebusika, okubonisa ukubaluleka kwesilimo ukuze kuziphilise iqembu elihlukahlukene labalimi.
Isilinganiso sesivuno samazambane ePakistan siphansi kunakwamanye amazwe atshala amazambane.
Ukukhiqizwa kwembewu okuqinisekisiwe kunomkhawulo futhi kubhekene nezinselelo zobuchwepheshe, ezomnotho kanye nezokuphatha. Ngokusho kwelungu le-PARC uDkt. Shahid Hamid, abalimi abaningi bathembele embewu yabo, abangenalo amakhono adingekayo nolwazi lwezobuchwepheshe ukuze bayikhiqize.