UC Agriculture uye Natural Resources ichagamuchira $865,000 yekubatsira varimi muColorado River basin uye Salinas Valley kubatanidza maturusi edhijitari uye hungwaru hwekugadzira muhurongwa hwavo huri kukura.
Mari iyi chikamu chemamiriyoni gumi emadhora Sustainable Agricultural Systems rubatsiro kubva kuUSDA's National Institute of Chikafu uye Zvekurima kuti ivandudze kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu chenyika.
Indasitiri yekurima yakakura yeColorado River basin - iyo inosanganisira Palo Verde, Coachella uye Imperial mipata muCalifornia; Yuma Valley nedzimwe nzvimbo, dzakadai seWellton-Mohawk Valley muArizona - inobereka miriwo munguva yechando inotumirwa munyika yose. Salinas Valley mapurazi anoburitsa miriwo muzhizha kumisika munyika yese.
“Miriwo chinhu chinokosha pakudya kunovaka muviri. Nerubatsiro urwu, NIFA iri kucherechedza basa rinoitwa neCalifornia, Arizona neColorado mukurima chikafu chinovaka muviri kuvanhu vekuAmerica,” akadaro. Khaled Bali, UC Cooperative Extension nyanzvi yekudiridza. "Kuenderera mberi kweaya masisitimu ekugadzira mune ramangwana, kunyanya nekuda kwezvinetso zvakaita sekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, kusanaya kwemvura zvakanyanya uye kushomeka kwekuwana mvura yepasi nepasi, zvinoda tekinoroji yakaoma."
Vashandi veindasitiri yezvekurima vekuUS vatungamiriri vepasi rose mukushandisa tekinoroji, kusanganisira automation, drip irrigation, sensors uye drones. "Chii chitsva ndechekuti iwe unogona kubatanidza sei tekinoroji mukuita sarudzo," akadaro Bali, anotungamira dzidzo yekurima yedhijitari uye chikamu chekupa rubatsiro.
Bali akati maturusi matsva ekurima anoshanda senge smart thermostats mudzimba, ane masensa mumba mese uye anodzidza maitiro emhuri kuita kuti mamiriro anyatso kugadzikana mukati mezuva nehusiku.
Papurazi, pachinzvimbo chekushandisa huwandu hwakafanana hwemvura uye fetiraiza pamusoro pemazana emaeka, masensa, mavharuvhu uye manejimendi edhijitari anobvumira zvikamu zvidiki kuti zviwane kurapwa kunoenderana nemhando yevhu, ukuru hwezvirimwa, kudzvanywa kwezvipembenene, salinity uye kutonga kwezvirwere.
"Chirongwa ichi chichaisa hwaro hwekuchinja kwenguva refu kune maotomatiki ekutonga mapurazi masisitimu - nekuita zvizere makumi emakore anotevera," Bali akadaro. “Kushandiswa kwezvekushandisa mukurima nemazvo kuchachengetedza mvura, kuderedza kudyiwa kwefetereza pasi pemidzi yezvirimwa, kuderedza kudiwa kwemabasa emawoko muindasitiri, kuwedzera goho uye kuderedza kushandiswa kwemari, zvichisimudzira upfumi hweindasitiri.”
Zviratidziro zvemumunda, nguva dzekudzidzisa, mavhidhiyo uye zvinopihwa zvichavhara musiyano uripo pakati pemaitiro ekurima arikuenderera mberi uye tekinoroji yedzidzo neyeindasitiri yedhijitari. Mabasa aya anotarisirwa kuwedzera goho uye kukwikwidza kwevarimi vakuru vezvirimwa.
Iyo purojekiti nyowani ichawedzera kushandiswa kweiyo smartphone uye webhusaiti app inonzi CropManage, hurongwa hwakagadzirwa muna 2011 na Michael Cahn, UC Cooperative Extension chipangamazano muMonterey, Santa Cruz uye San Benito matunhu. CropManage inobvumira varimi vari muSalinas Valley kuti vape ruzivo pamusoro pezvirimwa zvavo nevhu, vobva vagashira kurudziro pamusoro pemadiridziro nefetiraiza inotarisisa mamiriro ekunze akashumwa neCalifornia Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS), network ye automated weather stations inotungamirirwa. neCalifornia Department of Water Resources.
Parizvino, CropManage inoita zvingangosvika zviuru zviviri kurudziro kuvarimi veSalinas Valley mwedzi wega wega panguva yekukura. Mari itsva iyi ichabvumira kuwedzera kweCropManage kubatsira varimi kubata munyu.
“Kuti zvirimwa zvisanyanya kukuvadza munyu, varimi vangada kuisa mvura kuti isaite munyu pasi pemidzi. Asi isu hatidi kupinza nitrate,” akadaro Cahn. “Tinoda kudzikamisa hurongwa uhwu toita leaching kana nitrogen yadzikira musystem. Kuona nguva uye huwandu hwemvura chinhu chatichavakira muCropManage. "
Rubatsiro urwu rwuchapawo mari yekudzidziswa kutsva nekufambisa mashoko izvo zvinozoita kuti varimi vakawanda vashandise chirongwa cheCropManage.
Iyo yakawanda $ 10 miriyoni yekupihwa yakapihwa UC Riverside inotungamirwa napurofesa Elia Scudiero, nyanzvi mune ivhu, zvirimwa uye mvura hukama. Iye nechikwata chemasaenzi eUC Riverside vachagadzira dhata rehungwaru rinodiwa kune akangwara masisitimu ekurima ane mitsva yenhamba uye algebraic modhi inowana inodzokororwa uye inogoneka.
Chimwe chinhu chakakosha chekuedza kuchave kupa indasitiri yezvekurima nechizvarwa chinotevera chevarimi, mamaneja uye masayendisiti. Mari kubva kumari yeNIFA ichagadzira Digital Agriculture Fellowship chirongwa chekutora vanopfuura makumi mashanu data, yezvakatipoteredza kana yezvekurima sainzi vadzidzi mumakore mashanu anotevera kuvandudza uye kudzidza tekinoroji. Internship neakakosha ekutengesa vadyidzani zvakare chinhu chechirongwa.