Fiye da shekaru goma, masanin ilimin dabbobi David Crowder ya taimaka wa manoman yankin Arewa maso Yamma na Pacific don dorewar kare kwari da maharan.
A wannan lokacin hunturu, Crowder ya faɗaɗa aikinsa a matsayin darektan wucin gadi na Jami'ar Jihar Washington Tsarin Taimakon Shawara (DAS), Sabis na kan layi wanda ke taimaka wa masu shuka 'ya'yan itace na Amurka da Kanada su hango da sarrafa kwari, cututtuka, matsanancin yanayi, da sauran ƙalubale.
“Dr. Crowder ƙwararren masanin kimiyya ne kuma ƙwararren malami wanda ya fahimci buƙatu da ƙalubalen aikin noma na Arewa maso Yamma, ”in ji Scot Hulbert, mataimakin shugaban bincike a Kwalejin Aikin Gona, Dan Adam da Kimiyyar Albarkatun ƙasa ta WSU (CAHNRS), a cikin wata sanarwa da aka fitar. "Shi babban zaɓi ne don jagorantar Tsarin Taimakon Taimako yayin da yake haɓakawa da haɓaka."
"A duk duniya, aikin noma yana ƙara motsawa zuwa zamanin manyan bayanai da sarrafa kansa," in ji Crowder. "A cikin masana'antar 'ya'yan itace, karin masu noma da masu ba da shawara suna girka tashoshi na yanayi da hanyoyin sa ido kan kwari. Tare da DAS, WSU ta ƙaddamar da sabbin hanyoyi don haɗa takamaiman bayanai na rukunin yanar gizo cikin amfani, ƙirar tsinkaya. ”
An ƙaddamar da shi a cikin 2007, DAS yana amfani da bayanan yanayi na ainihi daga WSU's AgWeatherNet sabis da sauran masu samarwa, WSU-ƙirƙirar kariyar amfanin gona da jagororin sarrafa kwari, da sauran albarkatu don gudanar da samfuran kwamfuta akan ƙalubalen gama gari da ke fuskantar masana'antar 'ya'yan itace ta Pacific Northwest.
Hasashe yana taimaka wa manoma su fahimci lokacin da yadda za su yi feshi da kyau don kwari, da kuma hasashen lokacin da za su buƙaci ɗaukar mataki don kare amfanin gonakin su daga cuta da cututtuka.
Aikin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Farashin WSU da Cibiyar Nazarin Aikin Noma ta jami'a, DAS tana samun goyan bayan masu amfani waɗanda ke samun shawarwari na lokaci-lokaci da sanarwar wayar hannu lokacin da mawuyacin yanayi ke barazana ga amfanin gonakin su. Ana amfani da tsarin akan fiye da kashi 90% na yanki na itacen itace na jihar Washington, tare da kiyasin tanadi ga masu amfani da kusan dala miliyan 20 a kowace shekara.
Tsohon darakta Vince Jones ya ajiye aiki a watan Janairu bayan ya fara aiki da DAS tun 2013. Yana shirin yin ritaya a watan Maris.
Memba na WSU tun daga 2000, Jones ya fara haɓaka tsarin da ya zama DAS a cikin 1985, ƙirƙirar yawancin samfura da kayan aikin tare da ƙungiyar masu haɗin gwiwa.
"Mun kirkiro tsarin tallafi mafi kyawun yanke shawara a duniya," in ji Jones. "Ina matukar alfahari da shi, kuma ina farin cikin ganin sabbin kwatance Dave zai dauki tsarin."
"Vince Jones ya kasance mai motsa jiki a bayan DAS," in ji Vicki McCracken, Mataimakin Dean da Daraktan WSU Extension. “Babban abin da ya halicce shi ne, kuma Extension na alfahari da irin ci gaban da wannan tsarin ya samu a lokacin mulkinsa. Ina yi masa godiya sosai a kan hidimar da ya yi na tsawon shekaru 20 ga masu noma a yankinmu.”
"Tawagar masana kimiyya, kwararrun Extension, da masu ruwa da tsaki wadanda ke sanar da tsarin tsarin na da matukar muhimmanci ga nasararsa, wanda kuma ya faru ta hanyar kwazon Dr. Jones," in ji Laura Lavine, Farfesa kuma Shugaban kungiyar. WSU Sashen ilimin cututtuka. “Dr. Crowder ba kawai zai ci gaba da wannan yunƙurin ba, har ma zai inganta shi. "
An yi amfani da shi akan mafi yawan yanki na 'ya'yan itace a Washington, Tsarin Taimakon Taimako na WSU yana taimakawa masu shuka tsinkaya da sarrafa pollination, kazalika da ƙalubale daga kwari, cututtuka, da cuta. Tsarin ya faɗaɗa zuwa dankali a cikin 2021.
Crowder ya haɗu tare da ƙungiyar DAS shekaru da yawa, yana taimakawa gina sabon kayan aikin dankalin turawa. Ayyukansa, haɓaka dabaru don haɓaka dorewar yanayin yanayin noma, ya haɗa da manufar DAS don isar da bayanai marasa son kai ga masu yanke shawara.
A karkashin sabon darektan wucin gadi, DAS zai girma don haɗa ƙarin dandamali da za a iya daidaita su don masu amfani waɗanda ke son amfani da nasu yanayin da bayanan kula da kwari.
A cikin 2021, tsarin kuma zai fadada zuwa dankali. Crowder yana haɗin gwiwa tare da masana'antar dankalin turawa, masu noma, da masana kimiyya don gina kayan aikin masu amfani, kuma ƙungiyar tana bincika yuwuwar ƙara wasu amfanin gona.
"Na yi farin cikin ci gaba da gina sabbin abubuwa a cikin tsarin DAS, da kuma yin aiki tare da masu ruwa da tsaki don gano hanyoyin da za mu iya yin hadin gwiwa da su don magance muhimman batutuwan da ke fuskantar 'ya'yan itace da masana'antar dankalin turawa," in ji shi. “WSU tana da ƙwararrun ƙwararru a fannin noma na dijital, kuma muna fatan za mu ci gaba da taka rawa wajen sanya DAS a sahun gaba wajen inganta ayyukan noma.