USDA da EPA Sun Sanar da Masu Nasara na Ƙalubalen Ƙirƙirar Innovations na Gen na gaba

WASHINGTON, Oktoba 19, 2021 - A yau, Ma'aikatar Aikin Gona ta Amurka da Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka (EPA) sun sanar da wadanda suka yi nasara a gasar Innovations Innovations Gen taki, kashi na biyu na hadin gwiwa na USDA-EPA da Gasar kan Ingantacciyar Taki don wadatar da Amurkawa. Manufar gasar dai ita ce inganta ingancin takin zamani domin kara yawan amfanin gona tare da rage illar da takin ke yi ga muhalli.

Wadanda suka yi nasara a ƙalubalen sun gabatar da ra'ayoyi don sabbin fasahohin da za su iya rage tasirin muhalli na nitrogen da phosphorus daga aikin noma na zamani yayin kiyayewa ko haɓaka amfanin gona. Maganin nasara suna amfani da nanoparticles waɗanda ke buƙatar ƙarancin taki da sakin abubuwan gina jiki akan buƙatar shuka shuka, sannan biodegrade zuwa abubuwa marasa lahani ko ma abubuwan gina jiki; tallafawa girma girma shuka daga aikace-aikacen taki iri ɗaya ko ƙasa; da sauran hanyoyin.

"Manoma, makiyaya, da gandun daji suna da kyakkyawan matsayi na zama jagorori wajen magance sauyin yanayi ta hanyar fasahar kere-kere," in ji Mukaddashin Babban Masanin Kimiyya na USDA Hubert Hamer. "Ta hanyar shirye-shirye kamar na gaba Gen Taki Innovations Challenge, USDA na haɗin gwiwa tare da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu don nemo sababbin hanyoyin magance sauyin yanayi masu kyau ga manoma kuma masu kyau ga muhalli."

"Manufar ƙalubalen ita ce haɓaka da amfani da sabbin fasahohi masu araha don rage tasirin muhalli na aikin noma na zamani akan iska, ƙasa, da ruwa, tare da kiyaye yawan amfanin gona da riba," in ji Wayne Cascio, mukaddashin babban mataimakin mai kula da kimiyya na Ofishin Bincike da Ci gaba na EPA. "Muna farin ciki game da yiwuwar da kuma ci gaba da sabon aiki a wannan yanki."

Abubuwan da suka ci nasara sun haɗa da kewayon mafita waɗanda za su iya inganta sakamakon muhalli, gami da rage iskar nitrous oxide—mafi girman tushen hayakin iskar gas daga aikin gona-yayin da ake kiyayewa ko ƙara yawan amfanin gona.

Wadanda suka yi nasara sun hada da:

Maganin Tier 1 ($ 17,500 kyauta):

Dokta Christopher Hendrickson, Aqua-Yield Operations LLC, Draper, Utah, don taki mai fasaha na nano.

Taylor Pursell, Pursell Agri-Tech, Sylacauga, Ala., Don "Urea 2.0," wanda ya maye gurbin urea na al'ada tare da cakuda kayan da za a iya daidaitawa don samar da takin da aka dace da bukatun gida.

Maganin Tier 2 ($ 10,000 kyauta):

Dokta Kuide Qin, Kimiyyar Rayuwa ta Verdesian, Cary, NC, don amfani da sababbin fasahohin cakuda don inganta aikin nitrapyrin na masana'antu don tsayin daka, ƙarancin nitrate leaching, da rigakafin lalata kayan aikin gona.

Dokta Catherine Roue, Fertinagro Biotech International, Portage, Mich., Don fasahar "Phosphate Liberation Booster", wanda ke amfani da sirruka daga tsire-tsire masu fama da yunwa don haɓaka haɓakar tsire-tsire ta yadda za a iya ƙara yawan taki kuma za a iya samun damar samun phosphorus na gado.

Chandrika Varadachari, Agtec Innovations Inc., Los Altos, Calif., Don "Smart-N," wanda shine mai wayo-taki wanda ke fitar da abubuwan gina jiki akan buƙatun amfanin gona kuma wanda ke haifar da "cage" sinadarai don urea wanda ke narkar da kayan abinci na shuka.

Magani na Tier 3 (Mai daraja):

Dokta Jaroslav Nisler, Cibiyar Gwajin Botany, Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Czech, Jamhuriyar Czech, don yin amfani da abubuwan da aka samo daga cikin kwayoyin girma na hormone MTU, wanda ke taimakawa wajen haifar da lokaci mai tsawo, kariya daga damuwa, tsire-tsire masu girma, da yiwuwar rashin asarar abinci mai gina jiki a kowace naúrar taki.

Dokta Leanne Gilbertson, Sashen Injiniya na Jama'a da Muhalli a Jami'ar Pittsburgh, Penn., Don ƙirƙirar "kunshin taki mai kariya," wanda zai iya ɗaukar abubuwan gina jiki ta hanyar pores na ƙasa zuwa yankin da ke kusa da tushen shuka.

Dokta Robert Neidermyer, Holganix LLC, Aston, Penn., Don "Bio 800+," wani inoculant na microbial wanda ke ba da ikon fiye da nau'in 800 na ƙananan ƙwayoyin ƙasa, kelp, da sauran ƙasa na gyaran gyare-gyaren kayan aiki don inganta yawan amfanin gona da lafiyar shuka.

Paul Mullins, Brandon Products Ltd., Ireland, don "BBS-1," wani biostimulant da aka samo daga tsantsa ruwan teku wanda aka yi amfani da shi azaman murfin taki don inganta haɓakar nitrogen a cikin sel.

USDA da EPA suna daidaita ƙalubalen EEF tare da Cibiyar Taki (TFI), Cibiyar Bunkasa Taki ta Duniya (IFDC), Ƙwararren Halitta (TNC), da Ƙungiyar Manoman Masara (NCGA).

An ƙaddamar da gasar a ranar 26 ga Agusta, 2020. Kashi na biyu na ƙalubalen farko, "EEFs: Kalubalen Muhalli da Aikin Noma," yana ci gaba. Ana iya samun ƙarin bayani a: www.epa.gov/innovation/next-gen-fertilizer-challenges.

USDA tana shafar rayuwar duk Amurkawa kowace rana ta hanyoyi masu kyau da yawa. A cikin Gudanarwar Biden-Harris, USDA tana canza tsarin abinci na Amurka tare da mai da hankali sosai kan samar da abinci na gida da na yanki, mafi kyawun kasuwanni ga duk masu samarwa, tabbatar da samun lafiya, lafiya da abinci mai gina jiki a cikin dukkan al'ummomi, gina sabbin kasuwanni da rafukan samun kudin shiga ga manoma da masu kera ta amfani da abinci mai wayo da ayyukan gandun daji, yin saka hannun jari na tarihi a cikin kayayyakin more rayuwa da samar da makamashi mai tsafta a duk fadin Amurka. kawar da shingen tsari da gina ma'aikata mafi wakilcin Amurka. Don ƙarin koyo, ziyarci www.usda.gov.