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Kuongorora Zvinogona uye Zvinetso zveKurima Kwekumira muDunhu rePeterborough
Mumwoyo mePeterborough, chiono chitsva chekurima chiri kudzika midzi - chaizvo chaizvo. Vertical farming, inzira yezvekurima, ine chivimbiso chekuchinja nzira yatinorima nayo zvirimwa. Panzvimbo peminda yakatambarara, zvirimwa zvinorimwa mumitsara yakatwasuka mukati menzvimbo dzinodzorwa nemamiriro okunze, zvichipesana nemiganhu yevhu rekare uye zuva. Ichi chitsva chakabata kutarisisa kwevagadziri venzvimbo, masayendisiti, uye kunyange vatambi vezvekurima vekuEurope, vese vakatarisa dunhu rePeterborough kuti riwedzere. Asi kunyangwe tarisiro ichinakidza, nyanzvi dzinoyambira kuti matambudziko anofanirwa kugadziriswa kuti agamuchire zvizere nzira yekushandura iyi.
A Paradigm Shift mune Zvekurima
Sekureva kwePeterborough neKawarthas Economic Development, dunhu iri riri kuona kuwedzera kwechido kubva kumakambani ekurima akamira achitsvaga kuvepo. Vagadziri veEurope vanonyanya kukwezvwa kunzvimbo iyi, vachiiona semukana wekupa chikamu chenzvimbo yekurima. Rhonda Keenan, Mutungamiriri uye CEO wesangano, anotenda kuti magariro ekugadzira chikafu chakawanda munharaunda akakosha. Kufarira uku kunofambirana nezvinangwa zvekusimudzira zvekudzikisa kabhoni tsoka yekurima uye kuwedzera chikafu chakasiyana.
Mumwe piyona womunzvimbomo akadaro ndiMat Anderson, muridzi weChemong City Greens muPeterborough. Kweanoda kusvika makore maviri, anga achikura nekutengesa madiki kubva papurazi rake repasi. Anderson anosimbisa mukana wakakosha wekurima wakatwasuka: kugadzirwa kwenzvimbo kunobvisa kudiwa kwekutakura kwakawanda uye kunoderedza kusashanda kweketani. Zvakadaro, anosimbisa kukosha kwedzidziso huru pamusoro pekurima kwakatwasuka kuti pfungwa dzekuti ingori nzira inopfuura. Mafungiro aya anotsinhirwawo nenyanzvi dzinobvuma kuti kurima kwakatwasuka, nepo kuwedzera kune simba kune zvechinyakare, hakugoni kuzvitsiva zvachose.
Kukura Kunogoneka uye Kugara
Thomas Graham, mumwe purofesa paYunivhesiti yeGuelph's Chikoro cheEnvironmental Studies, anofungidzira kukura kwakakosha kwekurima kwakatwasuka. Sezvo nzanga dzinoyedza kuwana kuzviriritira uye kudzikisira kutsamira pazvikafu zvepasi rose, kuisa mari muhunyanzvi hwekurima kunove kwakakosha. Graham anosimbisa kuti kusimudzira indasitiri yekurima kwakakosha kuti izadzise zvido izvi. Anotenda kuti kurima kwakatwasuka kunogona kuita basa rakakosha mukusimudzira kugadzirwa kwechikafu chemuno chete asiwo mukuderedza kabhoni ine chekuita nekurima kwechinyakare.
Matambudziko neRoadblocks
Kunyange zvazvo chido chekurima wakatwasuka chiri pachena, matambudziko anoramba aripo. Dambudziko guru munzira yekumisikidza mapurazi akakura akamira muPeterborough ndiko kuwanikwa kwevhu rakakodzera. Keenan anochema-chema nekushaikwa kwenzvimbo dzekugadzira dzisina vanhu uye masheya ayo makambani anoda zvekurima angada kuti avake zvivakwa zvawo. Zvisinei neizvi, chinangwa chinoramba chakajeka - kuve nepurazi rakamira rakamira riri kushanda mukati medunhu mumakore anotevera.
Mhedziso: Kukudziridza Mangwana Akasvibira
Pfungwa yekurima yakatwasuka inomiririra kusvetuka kwakakosha kune kurima kwakasimba mudunhu rePeterborough. Sezvo kufarira kunobva kuvagadziri vemunharaunda nevatambi vepasi rese kuri kukura, ndizvo zvinoitawo mukana wekugadzirisa patsva mamiriro ekugadzirwa kwechikafu. Kunyange zvipingamupinyi zvakaita sekuwanikwa kwenyika uye dzidzo zvichiramba, vimbiso yekuwedzera kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu, kuderedzwa kwekabhoni tsoka, uye kusimbaradzika kwenzvimbo kunoramba kwakasimba. Nekusimudzira indasitiri yekurima yakatwasuka uye nekusimudzira kudyidzana pakati pevatori vechikamu, Peterborough ine mukana wakasarudzika wekurima girinhi uye kuzviriritira mangwana.