Otu ìgwè ndị na-eme nchọpụta na Canada na-eji ọrụ ugbo akọwazi ihe iji wepụta mpaghara njikwa mpaghara.

Agriculturekọ ubi mara mma na-adịwanyewanye njọ, na-enyere ndị na-akụ mkpụrụ n'ọrụ ha aka ma na-enyere ha aka ịmụtakwu banyere ubi ha na ihe ọkụkụ ha kụrụ. Ma ka ezi ugbo bu otutu ihe di iche-iche, otu ndi nyocha nke di na Prince Edward Island na Quebec na elele otu akuku ya anya site na iji ihe nchoputa ichota udiri ala site na uzo nkewa.

"Anyị na-arụ ọrụ na mpaghara dị iche iche iji gbalịa ịhazi mpaghara njikwa anyị," Athyna Cambouris, onye ọkà mmụta sayensị na-akọ ugbo na Agriculture na Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), na-akọwa na nyochaa ekwentị. “Anyị na-anwa ịkọwa mpaghara mpaghara njikwa ọ bụla, kedụ ihe kwesịrị ịbụ nitrogen a kapịrị ọnụ ha kwesịrị ịnata site na iji ndepụta ahịhịa na-atụ na mpaghara njikwa ọ bụla na ọkwa uto nke nduku.”

Ihe oru a malitere n’afọ 2018 ma were afọ ise. Ọ bụ akụkụ nke Kansụl nduku Canada ya na ndi otu ndi otu oru Canada Horticultural Council nke ndi Canadian Agricultural Partnership (CAP) kwadoro. Cambouris bụ ndu ọrụ ahụ ma dabere na Quebec, yana ya na Aitazaz Farooque na-arụkọ ọrụ, onye prọfesọ na-akpakọrịta na onye isi ụlọ ọrụ nyocha maka ọrụ ugbo na ngalaba nkuzi nke injinia ihe na Mahadum PEI

Ala nnwale nke Quebec na 2019. Foto: Andrée-Dominique Baillargeon

Cambouris ejiriwo ọrụ ya rụọ ọrụ nke afọ 25 na-enyocha teknụzụ ọrụ ugbo na poteto, ebe Farooque nọ na-arụ ọrụ nyocha nyocha ọfụma kemgbe 2008 mgbe ọ mere ndị nna ya nyocha na ya, ebe ọ bụ na ọ na-enyochakarị nduku, ọ rụkwara ụfọdụ ọrụ. blọub.

Both are working with potato growers and agronomists in their respective regions to test sensors in soil to evaluate variability and determine field management zones. The two were connected when Cambouris was working on a smart agriculture project with McCain Foods in New Brunswick. When ụyọkọ ọrụ Ohere bịara, e kpebiri na ha kwesịrị imekọ ihe ọnụ makana enwere atụmatụ iji tinye ndị nchọpụta na Western Canada, mana nke ahụ apụtaghị.

The Nkenke Agriculture Project

Cambouris na Farooque na-eji ihe nlekota nke ihe eji eme ihe ala ka ha maa ama ebe ma mepee mpaghara njikwa nke dabere na eserese. Site n'ebe ahụ, enwere ike ịchọpụta fatịlaịza maka ihe ubi dabere na mpaghara njikwa. "Nke ahụ bụ usoro na-apụtachaghị ìhè nke ịtụle ihe bụ ọnọdụ arụpụtaghị ihe na ala, yana otu anyị ga-esi gụpụta nke a ma zaghachi ya ka anyị wee tinye ntinye ndị ahụ dabere na mkpa a," Farooque na-akọwa na mkparịta ụka Zoom.

Ebumnuche nke oru ngo a bụ ka enwee ike ịchọpụta ma ọ ga-ekwe omume iji ihe mmetụta sensọ na-arụ ọrụ na nduku na nduku iji jikwaa ntinye ihe ọkụkụ. Afọ abụọ mbụ nke ọmụmụ a bụ ntọala, Farooque na-akọwa. A nwalepụtara ihe mmetụta iji jide n'aka na ha ziri ezi ma nwee ike ịchọpụta ihe Farooque na Cambouris na-achọ. Bido n'oge uto a, ha ga-arụ ọrụ a site na ịmalite ịnwale ntinye ntinye.

"Anyị nwere data niile anakọtara ma anyị nyochaa iji hụ ka mpaghara ndị njikwa ahụ si meghachi omume na mgbanwe nke ntinye na ma anyị nwere ike ịbawanye mkpụrụ na obere mmetụta gburugburu ebe obibi," ka Farooque na-ekwu. Ọ na-agbakwụnye n'oge oge ikpeazụ a na-eto eto, ha jiri nsị na-agbanwe agbanwe na mkpụrụ dị iche iche dabere na mpaghara njikwa iji nwalee uru arụpụtara.

Ntinye ihe akuku a na-amuta di iche n'etiti Quebec na PEI Na Quebec ha na-elekwasị anya na njikọta nitrogen ebe na PEI ha na-eji ntinye ndị ọzọ na-abụghị nitrogen.

Na Ubi na nkenke Agriculture

Ndị na-etolite n'ọrụ ahụ nwere mmasị site na nsonaazụ ndị ha na-ahụ. Cambouris achọtala ọtụtụ ndị na-eto eto ọ na-arụ ọrụ na-eji ihe nlele mkpụrụ na mbụ mana ọ bụghị ịdepụta mpaghara njikwa mpaghara.

“Ha nọ na usoro iji ghọta ihe mpaghara njikwa ahụ pụtara n’ihi na nke a bụ otu ihe na mpaghara njikwa ihe ịchọ mma, mana mgbe ị gachara, ị ga-eme nyocha nke onwe gị iji mara ihe mpaghara njikwa a na-agwa gị. O bu akuko banyere mmiri? Ndi akuko banyere organic? Nsogbu nke mpịakọta? ” ọ na-ekwu.

Maka Nathan Ching, ya na Black Pond Farms na PEI, o nwere mmasị isonye na ọrụ ahụ iji ghọtakwuo mkpụrụ dị iche iche ọ hụrụ na mpaghara ya niile.

Nkewa mkpọda nke ubi PEI site na iji sensọ tilt. Foto: Nazar Hussain

“Ọtụtụ ndị na-eto eto na-echegbu onwe ha banyere mgbanwe dị iche iche na mpaghara ọ bụla. Anyị na-anwa ịghọta nke akụrụngwa ala kacha enye aka na-enye mgbanwe na nke enwere ike gbanwere ma ọ bụ kawanye nke ndị ahụ. Ọ bụghị ihe a na-ahụkarị ịhụ 75 narị kilogram kwa otu ọdịiche dị n'etiti mpaghara dị iche iche n'otu mpaghara ahụ, “ọ na-akọwa na nyochaa ekwentị. Site na oru ngo a afọ ole na ole gara aga, Ching enweela ike ikwenye mgbanwe ọ na-ahụ n'ọhịa ya, mana ọ nweghị ike ịchọpụta ihe na-akpata ya.

“Anyị na-anwa ịbịakwute ụfọdụ n'ime ndịiche ndị a n'ụzọ dị iche iche site na njikwa site na iwulite ihe ọkụkụ dị n'ime ala na ịgbanwee ọsọ ọsọ nke ntinye. Oge ole na ole gara aga n'agbanyeghị na, enweghị ala mmiri na oke oke ọkụ kacha emetụta, "ka Ching na-ekwu. Ching nwere olile anya na ihe omumu nke ihe omumu a ga enyere ya aka ichoputa ihe o kwesiri ime iji nweghari ihe ndi ozo.

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