Bill Watts adalumikizana ndi AHDB ngati Arable Knowledge Exchange Manager (Mbatata) ku West Midlands, South West ndi Wales.
Atangomaliza maphunziro ake a PhD, Bill adachita kafukufuku wambiri pa kasamalidwe ka mbewu ndipo ndi katswiri wazowongolera mbatata chotupa nematode (PCN), chomwe chimakhala ndi ndalama zopitilira $ 25 miliyoni chaka chilichonse.
Bill wakhala akuwonetsa pafupipafupi ku Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm West zochitika kuyambira 2016, zomwe zimamupangitsa kukhala wodziwika bwino kwa olima angapo komanso ena ogulitsa mafakitale ku West Midlands.
Ma manejala a Knowledge Exchange (KE) ndiye gawo loyamba lolumikizana ndi alimi, alimi komanso omwe ali mgulitsidwe omwe akufuna kupeza ntchito ndi zida zomwe zimaperekedwa ndi levy yawo.
Pambuyo pa nyengo yovuta yotere, komanso kusatsimikizika kozungulira Brexit, Kusinthanitsa chidziwitso kwakhala kofunikira kwambiri pakutsimikizira kuti makampani azidziwitsidwa komanso kuti azitha kusintha. Bill Watts:
"Ndikuyembekeza kupanga zionetsero zaulimi ndikugwiritsa ntchito zochitika monga minda yamapatata yopanga zokambirana ndikulimbikitsa malingaliro atsopano."
"Kafukufuku wanga wabwino kwambiri ndi omwe angavomerezedwe pafamu kuti mabizinesi apafamu apindule, zomwe ndi zomwe akatswiri a SPot amateteza."
M'chilimwechi AHDB yalengeza kuti magulu a Mbatata ndi Mbewu ndi Limbudzi Lidziwitso la Kusinthanitsa Mafuta aphatikizana, akubweretsa zida ndi ukatswiri wosiyanasiyana mgulu limodzi.
A Graham Bannister, Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager, ati gulu logwirizana la Arable Knowledge Exchange limapereka chidziwitso chakuya komanso chidziwitso. Graham Bannister, Woyang'anira wamkulu wa Kusintha Kwachidziwitso:
"Kusankhidwa kwatsopano kumeneku komanso mgwirizano wathu ndi anzathu pantchito yolima kwatithandiza kudziwa zambiri ndikulimbikitsa zokambirana zathu zaulimi."
"Bill akudziwa zambiri m'derali kudzera pantchito yomwe wachita kale ndi minda mderali."
Graham akukhulupirira kuti Bill apereka ukadaulo wochenjera komanso wasayansi m'derali, ndikupatsanso alimi ndi makampani zidziwitso zomwe angafunike kuti athe kudutsa munthawi zovuta ngati izi. Graham Bannister:
"Alimi ambiri amudziwa Bill kuyambira pantchito yake yolemba biofumigation ya PCN komanso kutenga nawo mbali pantchito yolekerera komanso yotsutsa ya PCN."
"Pamodzi ndi luso lake lakumisiri amabweretsa chidwi chenicheni pantchito ya mbatata komanso kutengapo mbali ndi makampani onse."
Mbiri ya Bill Watts
Ndimachokera ku Shropshire ku West Midlands, kumalire a Wales. Banja langa lili ndi maekala 30 pomwe timapanga ng'ombe zaku Welsh Black ndi nkhosa za Suffolk. Ndinaphunzira ku North East Shropshire mdera lomwe limamera mbatata. Chidwi changa pantchito yolima chimachokera pantchito yomwe ndidachita ku Masstock (tsopano Agrii) ku Ludlow mu 2004-5, ndipo izi zidandipangitsa kuti ndilembetse maphunziro a BSc (Hons) Agriculture ndi Crop Management ku Harper Adams University College ku 2008.
Pofika chaka cha 2010 ndidaganiza kuti chaka chokhazikitsira mafakitale inali mwayi wabwino kuyesera china kunja kwa malo anga abwino. Ndidalandira gawo la Mayeso ndi Agronomy Technologist ku Vegetable Consultancy Services (VCS) ku Norfolk mchaka cha 2010-2011 komwe ndimagwira nawo anyezi, karoti ndi parsnip, komanso ntchito zam'minda ya mbatata ndi mayesero. Monga gawo la pulogalamu yopezera ndalama ndimayenera kuchita kafukufuku wofufuza zamakampani ku VCS, motero ndikuwunika kwambiri kasamalidwe ka mbatata chotupa nematodes (PCN), tizilombo toononga kwambiri mbatata.
Chifukwa chazidziwikiratu panthawi yomwe zinthu zazamalonda zomwe zimapezeka motsatsa nthawi yayitali, zidagamulidwa pakati pa VCS ndi ine kuti kufufuza za biofumigation kungakhale kosangalatsa. Biofumigation ndi fumigation ya dothi lokhala ndi mankhwala osakhazikika omwe amachokera ku gwero lachilengedwe, monga glucosinolate manyowa obiriwira obiriwira m'banja la brassica. Ndimachita chidwi kwambiri ndi nkhaniyi, mpaka ndinkafuna kuphunzira malowa ku PhD.
Tsoka ilo, ndalama panthawiyi zinali zochepa kwambiri kudera lomwe likubwerali, motero mu 2012, ndidapanga MSc ku Integrated Pest Management ku Harper Adams University kuti kafukufuku wanga apitirire ndikudzipatsa mwayi wopeza ndalama za PhD. Mu 2013, Frontier Agriculture Ltd. idandipatsa ndalama kuti ndipange PhD yanga ndi oyang'anira University of Harper Adams a Dr Dr Matthew, Ivan Grove ndi Paul Hand.
(Dinani chithunzi kuti muwonere kanema)
Bill Watts muvidiyo yonena za ma Biofumigants omwe adapangidwa mu 2016Mayeso anga oyambirira a BSc (Mafoni) ndi kafukufuku wa MSc adangoyang'ana kuwunika mitundu ya biofumigant ndi mitundu kuti athe kuyang'anira PCN.
Komabe, PhD imayang'ana kwambiri nthaka ndi makina omwe atha kukhala othandiza pakulimbana ndi PCN, monga chinyezi cha dothi komanso kusankha koyenera kwa maceration ndi zida zophatikizira zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kudula ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zotsalira zazomera mu biofumigant. Ndalama zanga za PhD zidayambira ku 2013-2016, ngakhale chifukwa chofunikanso kugwira ntchito zakumunda, maphunziro anga adapitilira mpaka 2018.
Kuti ndizipeza ndalama, ndinagwira ntchito zingapo zofufuza zamalonda ndi National Center for Precision Farming ku Harper Adams University motsogozedwa ndi Dr Richard Green. Kenako ndidatenga gawo ku Harper Adams University ku 2017 ngati Senior Research Assistant motsogozedwa ndi woyang'anira wanga wa PhD Dr Matthew Back. Udindowu umangoyang'ana pakupanga zambiri zosinthira chowerengera cha AHDB PCN potengera mitundu yolekerera ya mbatata ndi kukana. Ndidalandira PhD yanga mu Seputembara 2018 nditatha zaka 10 ndikuphunzira, ndipo zaka 8 ndikugwira ntchito yoyang'anira PCN.
Zomwe ndidzabweretse ku gawo la Knowledge Exchange (West).
Monga wophunzira wamaphunziro omwe ali ndi ukadaulo woyang'anira PCN, ndikuyembekeza kubweretsa ukadaulo wanga waluso m'derali. Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikutseguka ndikudziwa madera awa ndi olima ndi akatswiri a zaumulungu ku West Midlands, ndipo ndakhazikitsa ubale wolimba kudera lonseli.
Zikhala zosangalatsa kukhala ndi mwayi wolumikizana ndi anzanu ku South West ndi Wales ndikukambirana mofananamo. Ndine wokondwa makamaka ndi mwayi womwe nkhaniyi ikundipatsa kuti ndidziwe zatsopano pokhala kulumikizana pakati pa kafukufuku ndi anthu omwe akutsatira zomwe zapezedwa pafamu. Ndikuyembekezeranso kukhazikitsa mayeso othandiza pa famu ndikugwiritsa ntchito zochitika monga minda ya mbatata (SPot) kuti ndikambirane ndikulimbikitsa malingaliro.