Aikin Noma da Albarkatun Kasa na UC za su sami $865,000 don taimakawa manoma a cikin kogin Colorado da kwarin Salinas don haɗa kayan aikin dijital da hankali na wucin gadi cikin tsarin haɓakarsu.
Kudaden wani bangare ne na dala miliyan 10 Tallafin Tsarin Noma Mai Dorewa daga Cibiyar Abinci da Aikin Noma ta USDA don inganta dorewar wadatar abincin al'umma.
Babban masana'antar noma na kogin Colorado - wanda ya haɗa da Palo Verde, Coachella da kwarin Imperial a California; Yuma Valley da sauran wurare, irin su Wellton-Mohawk Valley a Arizona - suna samar da kayan lambu a cikin hunturu waɗanda ake jigilar su a fadin kasar. gonakin Salinas Valley suna samar da kayan lambu a lokacin rani don kasuwanni a duk faɗin ƙasar.
“Kayan lambu muhimmin sashi ne na abinci mai inganci. Tare da wannan tallafin, NIFA tana fahimtar rawar da California, Arizona da Colorado ke takawa wajen haɓaka abinci mai gina jiki ga Amurkawa, "in ji Khaled Bali, UC Cooperative Extension ban ruwa gwani. "Dorewar wadannan tsare-tsaren samar da kayayyaki a nan gaba, musamman ta fuskar kalubale kamar sauyin yanayi, karuwar fari da iyakacin samun ruwa da ruwan kasa, zai bukaci fasahar zamani."
Kwararrun masana'antar noma ta Amurka sune jagororin duniya wajen amfani da fasaha, gami da sarrafa kansa, ban ruwa, na'urori masu auna sigina da jirage marasa matuka. "Abin da ke sabo shi ne yadda za ku iya haɗa fasaha a yanzu don yanke shawara," in ji Bali, wanda ke jagorantar ilimin aikin gona na dijital da kuma kai ga fannin tallafin.
Bali ya ce sabbin kayan aikin noma suna aiki kamar na'urori masu auna zafin jiki a cikin gidaje, waɗanda ke da na'urori masu auna firikwensin a ko'ina cikin gidan kuma suna koyan tsarin iyali don samar da yanayi daidai dare da rana.
A gonakin gona, maimakon yin amfani da ruwa iri ɗaya da taki sama da ɗaruruwan kadada, na'urori masu auna firikwensin, bawuloli da sarrafa dijital suna ba da damar ƙananan sassa don samun jiyya dangane da nau'in ƙasa, girman tsire-tsire, matsa lamba, salinity da kula da cututtuka.
"Wannan aikin zai aza harsashi na dogon lokaci zuwa tsarin sarrafa gonaki mai sarrafa kansa - tare da cikakken aiwatar da shi shekaru da yawa a nan gaba," in ji Bali. “Yin amfani da kayan aikin noma daidai gwargwado zai ceci ruwa, rage gurbacewar taki a kasa da tushen shuka, rage bukatar yin aiki da hannu a masana’antar, kara yawan amfanin gona da rage kashe kudade, da inganta tattalin arzikin masana’antu.”
Zanga-zangar filin wasa, zaman horo, bidiyo da bayanai za su cike gibin da ke tsakanin ayyukan noma da ke gudana da fasaha na zamani na ilimi da masana'antu. Ana sa ran waɗannan ayyukan za su ƙara haɓaka aiki da gasa na manyan masu noman amfanin gona.
Sabon aikin zai fadada amfani da wayar salula da manhajar yanar gizo da ake kira Gudanar da amfanin gona, tsarin da aka kirkira a shekarar 2011 ta Michael Kahn, UC Cooperative Extviser Advisor a Monterey, Santa Cruz da San Benito gundumomi. Gudanar da amfanin gona yana ba wa manoman kwarin Salinas damar shigar da bayanai game da amfanin gonakinsu da ƙasa, sannan su karɓi shawarwari kai tsaye game da ban ruwa da buƙatun takin da suka yi la’akari da yanayin yanayin da Hukumar Kula da Rawan Ruwa ta California (CIMIS) ta ruwaito, cibiyar sadarwa ta tashoshin yanayi mai sarrafa kansa. ta Ma'aikatar Albarkatun Ruwa ta California.
A halin yanzu, CropManage yana ba da shawarwari kusan 2,000 ga manoman kwarin Salinas kowane wata a lokacin girma. Sabon tallafin zai ba da damar fadada CropManage don taimakawa manoma sarrafa gishiri.
“Don rage gubar gishiri ga amfanin gona, manoma na iya buƙatar shafa ruwa don yayyafa gishiri a ƙarƙashin yankin tushen. Amma ba ma son fitar da sinadarin nitrates,” in ji Cahn. "Muna so mu lalata waɗannan hanyoyin kuma mu yi leaching lokacin da akwai ƙananan matakan nitrogen a cikin tsarin. Ƙayyade lokaci da adadin ruwa wani abu ne da za mu gina cikin CropManage. "
Tallafin zai kuma samar da kudade don sabon horo da wayar da kan jama'a wanda zai baiwa manoma da yawa damar amfani da manhajar CropManage.
Babban tallafin dala miliyan 10 da aka baiwa UC Riverside yana karkashin jagorancin farfesa Elia Scudiero, kwararre kan alakar kasa, shuka da ruwa. Shi da tawagar masana kimiyyar UC Riverside za su samar da bayanan sirri na wucin gadi da ake buƙata don tsarin noma mai wayo tare da sabbin ƙididdiga da ƙididdiga na algebra waɗanda ke samun maimaitawa da tsarin gaba ɗaya.
Wani muhimmin yanki na ƙoƙarin shine wadata masana'antar noma tare da ƙarni na gaba na masu noma, manajoji da masana kimiyya. Kudade daga tallafin NIFA za su kafa shirin Fellowship Fellowship na Digital don ɗaukar bayanai sama da 50, ɗaliban kimiyyar muhalli ko aikin gona a cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa don haɓakawa da koyon fasahar. Ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwararru tare da manyan abokan kasuwanci suma wani fasalin shirin ne.