Abalimi baseMinnesota maduze bazoba nohlelo oluqinile lolwazi mayelana nezimo zezulu ukusiza ukwenza izinqumo zezolimo.
Abalimi abakwazi ukulawula isimo sezulu, kodwa bangasebenzisa ulwazi ngesimo sezulu ukuze benze izinqumo. Abalimi baseMinnesota maduze bazoba nohlelo oluqinile lolwazi abazokhipha kulo.
Ngeseshini yango-2023, isiShayamthetho sesifundazwe saseMinnesota sabele amaRandi ayizigidi ezi-3 eSikhwameni Samanzi Ahlanzekile eMnyangweni Wezolimo waseMinnesota ukuze kuthuthukiswe inethiwekhi yesimo sezulu yezolimo. Umbuso njengamanje uneziteshi zesimo sezulu eziyi-14 ezisetshenziswa yi-MDA nezingu-24 eziphethwe yiNorth Dakota Agricultural Weather Network, kodwa uxhaso lukahulumeni kufanele lusize umbuso ukufaka inqwaba yezindawo ezengeziwe.
“Ngalo mzuliswano wokuqala woxhaso lwezimali, sithemba ukufaka iziteshi zesimo sezulu ezingaba ngu-40 eminyakeni emibili kuya kwemithathu ezayo,” kusho uStefan Bischof, isazi se-hydrologist ye-MDA. "Umgomo wethu omkhulu uwukuba nesiteshi sesimo sezulu endaweni engaba ngamamayela angu-20 ezindaweni eziningi zezolimo eMinnesota ukuze sikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngolwazi lwendawo lwesimo sezulu."
U-Bischof uthi amasayithi azoqoqa idatha eyisisekelo efana nezinga lokushisa, isivinini somoya nendlela, imvula, umswakama, indawo yamazolo, izinga lokushisa lomhlabathi, imisebe yelanga namanye ama-metrics wesimo sezulu, kodwa abalimi nabanye bazokwazi ukuqoqa ulwazi olubanzi kakhulu.
I-Minnesota ibambisana ne-NDAWN, ephethe uhlelo lweziteshi zesimo sezulu ezingaba ngu-200 eNyakatho Dakota, e-Montana nasentshonalanga ye-Minnesota. Inethiwekhi ye-NDAWN yaqala ukusebenza kabanzi ngo-1990.
Ungalisunguli kabusha isondo
Ngokusebenzisana ne-NDAWN, i-MDA izokwazi ukungena ohlelweni oseluthuthukisiwe.
"Ulwazi lwethu luzohlanganiswa namathuluzi abo ahlobene nesimo sezulu afana nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi ezitshalo, izinsuku ze-degree degree, imodeli yezitshalo, ukubikezela izifo, ukuhlela ukuchelela, izixwayiso zokuguqulwa kwezinga lokushisa kwabafaka izicelo kanye nenani lamathuluzi e-ag ahlukene abantu abangawasebenzisa ukuze baqondise izinqumo ze-agronomic," kusho u-Bischof.
“I-NDAWN iyithuluzi lokulawula ubungozi besimo sezulu,” kuchaza uMqondisi we-NDAWN u-Daryl Ritchison. "Sisebenzisa isimo sezulu ukuze sisize ukubikezela ukukhula kwezitshalo, ukuqondiswa kwezitshalo, ukuqondiswa kwezifo, ukusiza ukunquma ukuthi izinambuzane zizovela nini - izinto eziningi. Ukusetshenziswa kwethu kudlulela ngalé kwezolimo."
U-Bischof uthi inethiwekhi yesimo sezulu yezolimo yaseMinnesota izosebenzisana nalokho i-NDAWN esivele ithuthukile ukuze kubekwe izinsiza ezengeziwe ekwakheni iziteshi zesimo sezulu. Njengoba iNorth Dakota isivele inobuchwepheshe nezinhlelo zekhompyutha ezidingekayo ukuze kuqoqwe futhi kuhlaziywe imininingwane yesimo sezulu, kunengqondo ukugxila ekutholeni iziteshi eziningi.
I-MDA isemkhankasweni wokuhlonza iziza ezingase zibe khona zeziteshi zesimo sezulu ezweni lasepulazini laseMinnesota. U-Ritchison uthi amasayithi adinga kuphela indawo eyi-10-square-yard kanye nesikhala sombhoshongo ongamafidi angama-30 ubude. Izindawo ezikhethwayo kufanele zibe isicaba, ziqhelelane nezihlahla futhi zifinyeleleke unyaka wonke. U-Bischof uthemba ukuthi kuzofakwa ezingu-10 kuye kwezingu-15 kuleli hlobo.
Umthelela obanzi
Nakuba ulwazi oluqoqwe eziteshini luzogxila kwezolimo, ezinye izinhlaka ezifana nezinhlaka zikahulumeni zisebenzisa ulwazi ukuze zenze izinqumo, okuhlanganisa nokuthi kufanele kubekwe nini noma kususwe nini imingcele yesisindo somgwaqo.
UBischof uthi umzamo wokwandisa inethiwekhi yaseMinnesota uthole ukwesekwa okuhlukahlukene. Abantu abaningi babona ukusizakala kokuba nolwazi lwesimo sezulu sendawo ukusiza ukuqondisa izinqumo zezolimo. Ezinye zalezo zinketho zokulima zinemiphumela efinyelela kude.
“Sinenzuzo kubalimi futhi siyazuza emithonjeni yamanzi,” kusho uBischof. “Ngemali evela esikhwameni samanzi ahlanzekile, ulwazi oluvela kulezi ziteshi zezulu luzosiza ekuqondiseni izinqumo zezolimo ezingazuzisi umlimi kuphela kodwa ezinciphisa umthelela wemithombo yamanzi ngokusiza labo abalimi ukuthi basebenzise kangcono izitshalo namanzi.
"Ukwenziwa kahle kwezinqumo zezolimo kuvikela amanzi angaphezulu ngokuvimbela ukuhamba ngaphandle kwendawo kwezibulala-zinambuzane ezingakhukhuleka emanzini aseduze, ukuvimbela ukulahleka komquba namakhemikhali ezitshalo emanzini agelezayo emanzini; ukunciphisa ukucwiliswa kwe-nitrate, umquba namakhemikhali ezitshalo emanzini angaphansi komhlaba; kanye nokwandisa ukusebenza kahle kwamanzi okunisela."
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Aug-19-2024