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Mapulojekiti awiri ochita kafukufuku otsogozedwa ndi University of Saskatchewan (USask) alandila ndalama zochulukirapo kuchokera ku Genome Canada kuti athe kuyendetsa njira zatsopano komanso zokhazikika pazaulimi. Zoyesererazi zikufuna kupititsa patsogolo kupirira kwanyengo komanso kusakhazikika paulimi waku Canada, kuwunika kuphatikizika kwa mitundu ya zomera zachibadwidwe m'malo odyetserako ziweto komanso kugwiritsa ntchito kuthekera kochotsa mpweya m'nthaka. Ndi gulu la akatswiri osiyanasiyana komanso thandizo lazachuma, mapulojekitiwa akukonzekera kusintha momwe ulimi uliri.
M'nthawi yodziwika ndi kusintha kwa nyengo, kusowa kwa zinthu, komanso kufunikira kwaulimi wokhazikika, njira zatsopano zofufuzira ndizofunikira kuti bizinesiyo ipite patsogolo. Yunivesite ya Saskatchewan (USask) ikuchitapo kanthu panjira imeneyi ndi mapulojekiti awiri ochita upainiya omwe alandira thandizo landalama kuchokera ku Genome Canada posachedwa. Ntchitozi, motsogozedwa ndi Dr. Jon Bennett ndi gulu lake, akukonzekera kusintha ulimi ndi kupititsa patsogolo ulimi wa Canada.
Kufufuza Mphamvu za Mitundu Yazomera Zachilengedwe
Dr. Jon Bennett, pulofesa wothandizira ku USask's College of Agriculture ndi Bioresources, akutsogolera imodzi mwa ntchito za yunivesite mogwirizana ndi Dr. Sean Asselin wochokera ku Agriculture ndi Agri-Food Canada. Kafukufuku wawo akugogomezera kugwiritsa ntchito kuthekera kwa mitundu ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya majini m'malo odyetserako udzu ku Canada, makamaka pophatikiza mitundu ya zomera zakutchire m'malo odyetserako ziweto omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi alimi.
Zomera zachibadwidwe, monga Dr. Bennett akufotokozera, zimapereka mitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso mawonekedwe apadera omwe akusowa m'machitidwe odyetserako mbeu. Cholinga chachikulu cha kafukufukuyu ndikuzindikira kuchuluka kwa anthu kapena zamoyo zomwe zitha kupititsa patsogolo phindu lazachilengedwe loperekedwa ndi agroecosystem. Izi zikuphatikizapo kufufuza ubwino wosakhala wamsika wa zomera zachibadwidwe ponena za kuchotsedwa kwa carbon, gawo lofunika kwambiri polimbana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo.
Kufukula Zinsinsi Za Carbon Sequestration
Ubwino umodzi wofunikira kwambiri waudzu ndi kuthekera kwawo kusunga mpweya m'nthaka. Kuti timvetse bwino ndondomekoyi, gulu la Dr. Bennett likugwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana za genomic kuti zizindikire tizilombo toyambitsa matenda timene timakhala ndi mpweya wambiri komanso wochepa wa carbon m'madera a udzu. Kafukufukuyu apereka chidziwitso chofunikira cha momwe mitundu ya zomera zakutchire ingagwiritsiridwe ntchito kuti iwononge mpweya wambiri, chinthu chofunikira kwambiri pakuchepetsa wowonjezera kutentha mpweya wa gasi.
Ntchito Yogwirizana
Kupambana kwa mapulojekiti ofufuzawa kumadalira mgwirizano pakati pa akatswiri amitundu yosiyanasiyana. Dr. Patrick Lloyd-Smith ndi Dr. Sean Prager ochokera ku College of Agriculture ndi Bioresources akupereka luso lawo pa ntchitoyi. Dr. Prager akuyang'ana kwambiri kuphunzira za malo omwe tizilombo topindulitsa timakhala m'malo odyetserako udzu, pamene Dr. Lloyd-Smith akupanga zitsanzo zachuma kuti athe kuyeza momwe zimakhudzira komanso kufunika koyambitsa mitundu ya zomera zachibadwidwe.
Kuonjezera apo, Dr. Seok-Bum Ko wochokera ku College of Engineering akugwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri popanga zitsanzo zanzeru zopangira kuwonetseratu kusungirako mpweya m'nthaka pogwiritsa ntchito deta yomwe yasonkhanitsidwa panthawi ya polojekiti.
Udindo wa Genome Canada
Ndalama ndi thandizo la Genome Canada lathandizira kwambiri kulimbikitsa ntchito zofufuza zatsopanozi. Dr. Bennett akuvomereza kuti magulu osiyanasiyana omwe anasonkhana kuti afufuze kafukufukuyu ndipo zomwe apindula sizikanatheka popanda thandizo la Genome Canada.
Ntchito Yogwirizana Yopititsa patsogolo Ulimi
Kupatula Genome Canada, mabungwe ena angapo akuthandiziranso ntchitozi. Izi zikuphatikizapo Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ducks Unlimited, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds, Meewasin Valley Authority, Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), ndi Canadian Hub for Applied Research (CHASR).
Kupereka ndalama pafupifupi $12 miliyoni mu ntchito zofufuza zanyengo zaku USask ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri paulendo wopita ku tsogolo lokhazikika komanso lolimba laulimi. Zochita izi zikuwonetsa kuti mgwirizano m'magawo onse komanso ndi okhudzidwa osiyanasiyana ndikofunikira kuti athane ndi zovuta zaulimi masiku ano. Pamene mapulojekitiwa akupita patsogolo ndikuwulula zidziwitso zatsopano zakuphatikiza mbewu zakubadwa komanso kuchotsedwa kwa kaboni, akupereka chiyembekezo cha gawo laulimi wobiriwira komanso wotukuka.