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Vertical farming, pfungwa yakaunzwa muna 1999, yakabuda sechinhu chinogona kushandura kurima kwemazuva ano. Kubva papfungwa yekuona yekushandisa skyscrapers kuita zvekurima, kurima kwakamira kwakashanduka kuita nzira yakaomarara ine chivimbiso chikuru cheramangwana rekugadzirwa kwechikafu.
Sekureva kwaDr. Avani Kumar Singh, Principal Scientist paPUSA, kurima wakatwasuka hachisi chinhu chitsva. Nzira dzechinyakare dzekurima mumisha dzaiwanzobatanidza kurima kwakatwasuka kwemuriwo. Nekudaro, iyo nzira yemazuva ano inoitora kune imwe nhanho nyowani, ine nzira mbiri dzekutanga: hydroponics uye aeroponics.
Hydroponics, nzira isina ivhu, inogonesa kutonga chaiko pamusoro pemvura, tembiricha, uye mwando. Zvinosanganisira kurima zvirimwa mumasvikiro senge perlite, coco peat, uye vermiculite, ine zvinovaka muviri zvinopihwa zvakananga kuburikidza negasi remvura. Nekune rimwe divi, aeroponics inoendesa zvinovaka muviri kuzvirimwa kuburikidza nemhute-inovaka muviri, inogonesa kushandiswa kwezviwanikwa uye kuderedza marara.
Imwe yemabhenefiti akakosha ekurima kwakatwasuka kugona kwayo kuwedzera goho zvakanyanya uchichengetedza zviwanikwa. Nekurima kwechinyakare kwakatarisana nematambudziko akadai sekushomeka kwevhu uye kushomeka kwemvura, kurima kwakatwasuka kunopa mhinduro inoshanda. Ongororo yakaitwa inoratidza kuti kurima kwakatwasuka kunogona kusimudzira kurimwa kwembesa kanokwana kana kana kashanu kana zvichienzaniswa nemaitiro amazuva ose.
Uyezve, mari yekuseta, kunyangwe pakutanga yakakwira, inogona kudzikiswa nekubatsirwa kwenguva refu. Rubatsiro rwehurumende, runovhara kusvika pamakumi mashanu muzana emitengo yekumisikidza nzvimbo dzinosvika maeka maviri, inoita kuti kurima kwakatwasuka kuve sarudzo inokwezva kuvarimi. Pamusoro pezvo, kushandiswa kwenzvimbo dzakadzorwa, senge greenhouses kana polyhouses, inowedzera kuwedzera kushanda uye kubudirira.
Nekudaro, matambudziko anoramba aripo, kusanganisira iyo yakakwira yekutanga investimendi inodiwa kumisikidza uye mashoma emusika mitengo yezvimwe zvigadzirwa. Nepo kurima kwakatwasuka kunopa nzira inovimbisa kuvarimi vadiki, shanduko kubva kunzira dzechinyakare inogona kuomera vazhinji.
Kuti unyatsoshandisa kugona kurima kwakatwasuka, panoda dzidzo nekudzidziswa kwakawanda. Kubatanidza tekinoroji iyi muchikoro, koreji, uye makosi ehunyanzvi anogona kupa simba vanhu kuti vatore uye vagadzirise matekiniki aya nemazvo.
Vertical farming ine chivimbiso chakakura semhinduro yakasimba kumatambudziko akatarisana nekurima kwechinyakare. Nekuwedzera goho, kuderedza kutsika kwezvakatipoteredza, uye nekuona kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu, zvinogadzira nzira yeramangwana rakajeka, rakasimba mukurima.