ʻO ka mahiʻai i loko, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka mahiʻai kūpaʻa, ke hana nei i nā poʻomanaʻo i kēia manawa ma ke ʻano kekahi o nā ʻāpana AgroTech e ulu wikiwiki nei. Wahi a Crunchbase, i ka makahiki 2022, ua loaʻa i nā mahiʻai kūwaho ʻehā o nā ʻelima kālā nui loa i nā hoʻomaka ʻana o AgroTech. ʻO kekahi o nā hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mahiʻai i loko o 2022 ʻo Plenty, Gotham Greens, Soli Organic, Source.ag, a me ioCrops. Eia nō naʻe, aia nō ka paʻakikī e kū nei i ka mahiʻai i loko - i kēia manawa, he kakaikahi wale nō nā mea kanu i hiki ke ulu i kēia mau hale.
Hōʻike ka ʻikepili mai Crunchbase ʻo 2022 ka makahiki maikaʻi loa no ka mahiʻai i loko e pili ana i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻoihana. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka pilikia o ka mahiʻai i loko o ka hale, ʻo ia ka palena o nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi e like me ka letus, spinach, a me nā mea kanu palupalu. ʻO ka palaoa, ke kulina, ka soy, a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe i hoʻokumu i ka hapa nui o kā mākou lako meaʻai ʻaʻole i ulu ʻia i kēia mau hale. "ʻO ka paʻakikī ʻo ka liʻiliʻi wale nō o nā mea kanu hiki ke ulu i loko o ka hale," wahi a Matt Ryan, Luna Nui o Soli Organic. Wahi a ia, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai, a i ka wā e hiki mai ana, nui nā mea kanu e ulu ʻia ma nā māla.
ʻOiai kēia mau pilikia, hiki i ka mahiʻai i loko ke hoʻololi i ka mahiʻai. Ma ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu i loko o kahi kaiapuni i hoʻomalu ʻia, hoʻopau ka mahiʻai i loko i ka pono o nā pesticides, herbicides, a me nā mea ʻino ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana mau ʻia i ka mahiʻai maʻamau. Eia hou, hiki i ka mahiʻai i loko ke hōʻemi nui i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai a me ka pono o ka ʻāina, e lilo ia i mea hoʻonā kūpono no nā wahi kaona me nā wahi liʻiliʻi.
ʻenehana a me nā kahua wehe: nā pilikia a me nā manawa kūpono no ka mahiʻai
ʻO ka mahiʻai kekahi o nā māhele koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua, e hāʻawi ana i ka meaʻai a me nā mea maka no ka ulu ʻana o ka heluna kanaka. Ke kū nei ka poʻe mahiʻai a me ka poʻe agronomists i nā pilikia he nui, e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka lepo, a me nā pest a me nā maʻi. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua puka mai ka ʻenehana ma ke ʻano he mea hana ikaika e hoʻonui i ka huahana a me ka hoʻomau i ka mahiʻai. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mahiʻai āpau ke pōmaikaʻi like mai kēia mau holomua.
ʻO nā mahiʻai nui e ulu ana i nā mea kanu e like me ke kulina a me ka soybeans, e uhi ana i ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina mahiai a me ka wikiwiki e lawe i nā ʻenehana hou, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi. ʻO kekahi o nā hui hoʻohua maikaʻi e nānā wale i kēia mau mea kanu ma muli o kā lākou loaʻa kālā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jacqueline Heard, Luna Nui o Enko Chem, kahi hoʻomaka e hana i nā pesticides, "ʻAʻole pilikia kekahi o nā hui hoʻohua maikaʻi loa i nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi. Hoʻopili wale lākou i ka kulina a me ka soybeans no ka mea hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa kālā nui mai ia mau mea.
ʻO kahi paʻakikī ʻē aʻe ʻo nā ʻenehana e like me nā robots a me AI e hilinaʻi nui i nā lawelawe kapua. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka nui o nā mahiʻai i ka pūnaewele broadband, a i ʻole ko lākou pilina ua nāwaliwali loa. Ma US, no ka laʻana, ma kahi o 20% o nā mahiʻai e kū nei i kēia pilikia. Eia nō naʻe, he mea koʻikoʻi ʻo AI a me ka wānana wānana no nā mahiʻai ākea i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa iā lākou i kēia manawa ma muli o nā palena ʻoihana.
ʻAʻole pololei nā awelika mōʻaukala no ka loiloi ʻana i nā hua kanu, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. ʻO nā mea hoʻomaka e hoʻomohala i nā ʻenehana no nā mahiʻai ākea no laila e ulu nui ana. No ka laʻana, hana ʻo Enko Chem i nā pesticides a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻino ʻole i nā mea kanu a i ʻole nā kumu wai. Wahi a Crunchbase, ua hoʻonui ka hui i $ 10 miliona i kahi hui kālā Series C i Ianuali. ʻO Inari, kahi hoʻomaka hoʻoponopono genome hua, manaʻo e hoʻonui i ka hoʻoulu ʻana o nā mea kanu a me ka hoʻoemi ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai. Wahi a ka hui, hiki iā ia ke hoʻonui i nā hua soybean ma 20% a me nā hua kulina e 10% me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 40% ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai.