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Hydroponics, nzira yekurima yeshanduko inosanganisira kurima zvirimwa pasina ivhu, yakawana kukosha kwakakosha mumakore achangopfuura nekuda kwemabhenefiti akawanda. Tabuk yechipiri hydroponic greenhouse farm, iri muBrgy. Cabaritan, chirongwa chemuenzaniso chinoda kukurudzira kurima gadheni kuseri kwemba senzira inoshanda yekuwana kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu uye kugadzirisa kushaya chikafu uye kushaikwa kwechikafu.
Kusiyana nekudyara kwakajairwa ivhu, hydroponics inoshandisa nzira yemvura inopedza mvura shoma ichinyatso simbisa zvirimwa. Iyo automated irrigation system inobvisa kudiwa kwekudiridza kwezuva nezuva, kuwedzera kuchengetedza zviwanikwa. Pamusoro pezvo, mvura inoshandiswa panguva yekudiridza inodzokororwa mukati meiyo system, ichiita kuti ive-eco-hushamwari uye inogadzikana.
Harriet Tenda, muridzi wemuono wepurazi re hydroponic, anosimbisa kuti hydroponics inogonesa kukurumidza kukura kwechirimwa uye inobereka yakakura yakawanda, kuve nechokwadi chekugadzikana kwemari kumhuri dzinobatanidzwa mukuita. Iyo purazi inonyanya kutarisisa kurima mhando shanu dzakasiyana dzelettuce, pamwe nemhando dzakasiyana dzemishonga nemiriwo. Mukati memazuva makumi matatu nemashanu chete, zvirimwa zvinenge zvagadzirira kukohwewa, zvakura zvisina tumbuyu, uye zvakachengetwa, zvichiwedzera kudya kwazvo.
Chimwe chinhu chinoshamisa cheiyi hydroponic kurima tekinoroji kudhura kwayo-kubudirira. Nguva imwe chete yekudyara iyi inogona kubereka makirogiramu makumi matanhatu elettuce, zvichiita kuti ive sarudzo ine mari kumhuri dzine chinangwa chekurima chikafu chadzo. Uyezve, nzira iyi haidi zvakakosha mari kuti itange. Mhuri dzinokwanisa kushandisa zvinhu zvinowanika nyore se bamboo panzvimbo pemibhedha yesimbi pakudyara, zvichiita kuti zviwanikwe nevanhu vakawanda.
Tichitarisa kumberi, iyo hydroponic purazi inoronga kuwedzera zvirimwa zvayo nekubatanidza zvirimwa zvemhando yepamusoro senge sitiroberi, nekudaro ichisiyanisa zvibereko zvayo uye ichipa kune yakatsiga chikafu chemuno.
Kupfuura kubudirira kwavo pachavo, mhuri yekwaTenda yakagadzira Indigenous Path Foundation kusimudzira nekutsigira mapurojekiti akafanana anorima miriwo yemiriwo mumashure. Chinangwa chavo ndechekudzidzisa vanaamai nevana nzira yokurima gadheni kuseri kwemba, vachikurudzira tsika yekuzvimirira uye kudya kunovaka muviri.
Nekuda kwekuwanda kwekukohwa kwekutanga kwepurazi, musha weBrgy. Cabaritan akakokwa kuti atore chikamu muchirongwa chavaigona kuenda kumba nelettuce, vachikurudzira kubatsira kwezvirimwa zvinorimwa imomo, zvinovaka muviri. Makwikwi ezvekudya akaitwawo, airatidza kusiyana-siyana kwezvokudya zvinovaka muviri uye zvinovaka muviri zvinogona kugadzirwa pachishandiswa zvirimwa zvepapurazi.
Tabuk's yechipiri hydroponic greenhouse farm inomiririra danho rakakosha rekuchengetedza kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu nekurima kwakasimba. Kuburikidza nemaitiro matsva aya, mhuri dzinokwanisa kurima miriwo yadzo ine kudya kunovaka muviri uku ichideredza kukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza. Kugona kwepurojekiti kusimba, pamwe nekuzvipira kwayo kusimudzira kurima gadheni kuseri kwemba, kunoita kuti ive muenzaniso wakakodzera kutevedzerwa mukutsvaga ramangwana rine hutano uye rakasimba.