Ta hanyar haɗa sabbin nau'ikan kiwo tare da ingantaccen yanayi mai girma, shin aikin gona na Burtaniya zai iya shawo kan kalubalen sarkar samar da kayayyaki da rage mil abinci? Wannan ita ce tambayar da kwararre kan iri mai zaman kansa Elsoms ke yi a matsayin wani bangare na aikinsu na inganta juriyar samar da strawberry.
Sanin buƙatar sake nazarin tsarin samarwa na yanzu don 'ya'yan itace mai laushi, Elsoms yana aiki tare da Cibiyar Girman Hasken Halitta (NLG), wani kayan aiki da abokan hulɗar CHAP (Crop Health & Kariya), da RIPE, a Jami'ar Warwick Life Sciences. .
Wannan sikelin sikelin kasuwanci yana lulluɓe a cikin ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene), wanda, sabanin gilashin, yana watsa cikakken hasken rana, gami da UVA da UVB, cikin yankin girma. Don gwada yuwuwar fa'idodin samar da strawberry, Elsoms yana gwada ɗaya daga cikin sabbin nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan iri, Estavana.
Uku strawberry iri
Jami’ar Elsoms Technical Coordinator, Claire Taylor, ta ce: “Mun kaddamar da nau’in strawberry guda uku a farkon wannan shekarar, daya daga cikinsu shi ne Estavana. Kwararrun masanan nau'in strawberry na Dutch F1-hybrid ABZ Seds ne ke haifar da su, sannan Ball Colegrave ana yada su a cikin Burtaniya don kasuwar kasuwanci.
"Kamar yadda ake ba da tsire-tsire ba tare da cuta ba, wannan yana ba da fa'idodin kasuwanci mai ƙarfi ga masu noma, kuma tare da wannan a zuciyarmu, muna son duba yadda za mu iya ginawa kan hakan, don taimakawa haɓaka juriyar sarkar samar da kayayyaki ta Burtaniya.
"Bayan an gabatar da mu ga NLG ta hanyar dangantakarmu da Jami'ar Warwick, mun yi tunanin zai zama wuri mai kyau don fara kimanta ayyukan girma na yanzu, da kuma yadda fasahar agri-tech za ta iya kawo canji."
Saboda iyawar sa na watsa cikakken hasken rana, gidan gonakin ETFE na iya yuwuwar taimakawa wajen fahimtar yadda abubuwa kamar juriyar lafiyar amfanin gona da yawan amfanin ƙasa gabaɗaya, da halayen kasuwa kamar dandano da launi, za a iya haɓaka. A matsayin nau'in nau'in cuta mai ƙarfi, Elsoms ya gano Estavana yana tsiro da kyau a cikin wannan yanayin, yana ci gaba da ba da 'ya'ya har zuwa Oktoba.
Tsawaita kakar wasa
Wannan wani abu ne Claire da ƙungiyar suna sha'awar ƙarin bincike. "Muna da iyakanceccen lokacin strawberry a Burtaniya, don haka manufar fadada wannan ta hanyar hada karfi da kiwo tare da ingantaccen yanayin girma yana da matukar ban sha'awa.
"Don ƙarin nazarin wannan, muna so mu kalli ɗayan sauran nau'ikanmu, Soraya, saboda wannan na iya ba da girbin hunturu idan aka yi la'akari da yanayin da ya dace. Tabbas, muna kuma buƙatar yin la'akari da rawar ƙarin hasken wutar lantarki mai amfani da makamashi don yin hakan, amma ETFE tana ba da kyakkyawar farawa. "
Tare da tsawaita lokacin shuka strawberries na Burtaniya, wannan na iya rage dogaro kan shigo da kaya, tabbatar da isar da saƙon wadatar ƙasar nan gaba, da magance manyan batutuwan sarkar abinci kamar rage sawun carbon da hayaƙi mai alaƙa.
Jagoran Sashin Innovation na CHAP, Martin Squire, ya ce: "Ayyukan da Elsoms ke yi a NLG babban misali ne na abin da CHAP ke nufi - hada kai da masana'antu don magance kalubalen sassan da kuma yin amfani da sabbin fasahohin agri-tech don nemo mafita.
"Yin yuwuwar tsawaita lokacin girbi na gida yana da ƙimar gaske ga masu noma da masu amfani."