Ua ʻike kekahi hui ʻepekema ma Singapore e hiki i ka keratin i ka lauoho ke kōkua i ka hana ʻana i nā mea kanu kūloko a me ka palekana meaʻai. Hiki i ka lauoho a me nā biowaste ʻē aʻe ke lilo i mea hoʻokomo mahiʻai hoʻomau no ka mahiʻai hydroponic.
Ma luna o 90 pakeneka o ka meaʻai i ʻai ʻia ma Singapore e lawe ʻia mai, e like me ka ʻOihana Meaʻai ʻo Singapore (SFA). A me nā pono ʻāina hoʻokūkū he nui, ʻo 1 pakeneka wale nō o ka ʻāina ʻo Singapore i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no ka mahiʻai, wahi a Poh Bee Ling, Luna Hoʻokele o ka SFA's Urban Food Solutions Division, haʻi aku i ka Food Tank.
No ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe a hōʻoia i ka palekana o ka meaʻai, hana ka SFA e hoʻololi i nā kumu meaʻai a hoʻolaha i ka hana kūloko. "Ke hana nei mākou me kā mākou ʻoihana mahiʻai kūloko no ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou pahuhopu '30 by 30', ʻo ia ke kūkulu ʻana i ko mākou hiki a me ka hiki ke hana i 30 pākēneka o kā mākou pono meaʻai kūloko a me ka hoʻomau i ka makahiki 2030," wahi a Poh.
Ma ka hopena o ka hana ʻana o ke kaulahao hoʻolako, hāʻawi ka SFA i ke kālā e kākoʻo i ka huahana kūloko a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana. Wahi a Poh me ke kākoʻo o ka SFA, hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke kūkulu i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻokō i ka manaʻo o ke keʻena no kahi ʻōnaehana mahiʻai kiʻekiʻe, ʻano hou, a hoʻomau e hoʻohana pono ai i nā kumu waiwai ʻāina palena o Singapore.
Hiki i ka mahiʻai hydroponic ke ala nui no Singapore e hana ai i ka meaʻai. "He mea koʻikoʻi kēia ma Singapore ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi i ka ʻāina no ka mea hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mahiʻai meaʻai e hoʻohana ana i ka hydroponics ma nā ākea e like me ma luna o nā hale a i ʻole i loko o nā hale," wahi a Poh. Hoʻohui ʻo ia ʻo ke ala e hiki ai i nā mea kanu ke hoʻonui i nā kūlana kaiapuni e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hua, ka maikaʻi, a i ʻole ka ʻono. "Hiki i kēia ke unuhi i ke kumukūʻai kūpono, nā huahana i hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia e hiki ke hoʻomau mau ʻia i ka wā lōʻihi."
Akā ua ʻae ʻo Poh i kahi drawback nui i ka mahiʻai hydroponic. ʻO kekahi mau ʻōnaehana, wehewehe ʻo ia, hoʻohana i nā cubes polyurethane non-recyclable e kākoʻo i nā mea kanu i ka wā o ka ulu ʻana. Ke ʻimi nei nā mea hana i nā substrate ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻonui i nā kumukūʻai komo. Ke hana nei nā kānaka ʻepekema ma Nanyang Technological University (NTU) i kahi hopena e hoʻoponopono ai i kēia pilikia: keratin sponges.
Ua ʻike ʻo Dr. Ng Kee Woei, Polofesa a me Luna Hoʻokele o ka Noʻonoʻo ma ke Kula o nā Material Science a me ʻEnekinia ma NTU, ʻaʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia a biodegradable ka nui o nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia manawa i ka mahiʻai hydroponic. "A ma luna o ia mea, he mau mea kūlohelohe lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou e hāʻawi i nā meaʻai ponoʻī iā lākou iho i nā mea kanu," wahi a Ng i ka Food Tank.
ʻO ka noiʻi NTU Ua hoʻokomo maikaʻi ka hui i ka cellulose mai ka ʻōpala o nā mea kanu me nā keratin extracts e hana i kahi huaʻai e hānai ai i nā mea kanu hydroponic. Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ke keratin mai kekahi mau kumu biowaste, e like me ka lauoho, ka māiuuu, ka hulu, ka hulu hipa, a me nā kiwi. He waiwai kēia mau mea ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohana hoʻomau a hoʻohana ʻia i loaʻa i loko o nā ʻōnaehana mahiʻai ponoʻī.
ʻekahi like mai ke Kulanui o Bonn e haʻi ana i nā kumu waiwai olaola, me nā ʻōpala a me nā mea maka e hiki ke hoʻololi hou ʻia, ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolaha ulu no nā ʻōnaehana lepo ʻole. Mea kūʻai ʻōpala compost, lāʻau hoʻoheheʻe, a nā lālā lāʻau he mau laʻana o nā kumu waiwai i hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia ma ke ʻano he substrates ulu hydroponic.
Ma ke ʻano he bioresource, hiki i ka keratin ke biodegradable. "A ʻo ka protein, i ka wā e hoʻohaʻahaʻa ai lākou, hoʻokuʻu lākou i nā waikawa amino i lilo lākou i ʻāpana o ka lako meaʻai no nā mea kanu," wahi a Ng i ka Food Tank.
Akā ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia hoʻonā ma Singapore e hele mai me nā pale. "ʻO ka pilikia helu hoʻokahi ka nele o ka lako keratins," wahi a Ng i ka Food Tank. "Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻolaha i kēia, pono ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi mea hana e hiki ke hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi lako o ka maikaʻi kūlike a me ka nui o nā keratins."
Me ka ʻole o kahi ʻoihana no keratin, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea hoʻokomo maʻamau. "I kēia manawa, inā mākou e hoʻohālikelike i nā kumukūʻai, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohālikelike me nā sponges i hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe mahiʻai," wahi a Ng.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au inā mākou e hana i ka loiloi kumu kūʻai kūpono, a laila hiki paha iā mākou ke nānā i ka nui o ka mālama ʻana i ka mea mahiʻai e pōmaikaʻi maoli ai inā hoʻohana lākou i nā sponges e pili ana i ke keratin," wahi a Ng i ka Food Tank. I ka nānā ʻana i mua, ʻōlelo ʻo Ng he mau manawa e hana ai i nā sponges no nā mea kanu like ʻole a i ʻole no nā kaiapuni like ʻole.
"Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana a me nā hiʻohiʻona mahiʻai akamai, hiki iā mākou ke kūkulu i ka hiki a me ka hiki o kā mākou ʻoihana agri-food e hoʻoikaika i ka palekana meaʻai o Singapore," wahi a Poh i ka Food Tank.
ʻO nā ʻatikala e like me ka mea āu i heluhelu ai i hiki ke hana ʻia ma o ka lokomaikaʻi o nā lālā Food Tank. Hiki iā mākou ke hilinaʻi iā ʻoe e lilo i ʻāpana o kā mākou neʻe ulu? E lilo i lālā i kēia lā ma ke kaomi ʻana ma aneʻi.
Kumu: https://foodtank.com