Ukusho nje ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwamazambane aseNyakatho Melika kuhlomulile emizamweni kaNora Olsen kungaba yinto encane.
Kule minyaka engamashumi amabili nangaphezulu edlule, i Uprofesa wase-University of Idaho (UI) nochwepheshe we-Extension kuholele noma kwaba negalelo kunqwaba yamaphrojekthi ocwaningo athuthukise imikhuba yokukhula nokugcina, hhayi eNyakatho Melika kuphela, kepha nasemhlabeni jikelele. U-Olsen ungomunye wabaholi bomkhakha ekufinyeleleni kolunye ulwazi olusha locwaningo, kepha intshisekelo yakhe yokubandakanya imboni idlulela ngalé kokumane abelane ngocwaningo lwakhe. Kuyazibophezela nasezinhlanganweni eziningi ayingxenye yazo, kufaka phakathi i-Potato Association of America ne-World Potato Congress, phakathi kwabanye.
Ngokuzinikela kwakhe okuqhubekayo embonini yamazambane, uNora Olsen ungumnqobi we-Spudwoman of the Year ngo-2021 oxhaswe yiLockwood Potato Equipment. "Uyindlovukazi yamazambane, ikakhulukazi ehlobene nokugcinwa," kusho uSilvia Rondon, uprofesa wase-Oregon State University kanye nochwepheshe wezinambuzane ze-Extension. “Ngibe nethuba lokuhambela phesheya futhi ngiyamangala ngomthelela womsebenzi wakhe kwamanye amazwe.
"Uyisibonelo esihle."
Uprofesa waseNyuvesi yase-Idaho kanye nochwepheshe we-Extension uMike Thornton, osebenze no-Olsen kumaphrojekthi amaningi, uthe imininingwane yakhe yengqondo yabantu abasemphakathini ocwaningayo kanye nekhono lokuhola alilinganiswa. “Ungumakhi omkhulu weqembu. Uchitha isikhathi esiningi azi abantu kuyo yonke imboni, aqonde amathalente abo namakhono abo, bese ethola izindlela zokubafaka ezimweni lapho bezokwazi ukuphumelela khona, ”kusho uThornton. "Ngikubiza ngokuthi ukuxhumana nabantu ngenhloso, futhi ukwenza kangcono kunanoma ngubani engake ngahlangana naye."
“Lelo khono, nokuthi ukhathalela kakhulu imboni yamazambane nabantu abasebenza kuyo, kumenze waba yisisetshenziswa abantu abaphendukela kuso uma benenkinga edinga ukuxazululwa. Angikhulumi nje ngezinga lasekhaya noma lesifunda, unalelo hlobo ledumela kuzwelonke nakwamanye amazwe njengoba kufakazelwa yiminikelo yakhe ocwaningweni lukazwelonke nakwimiklamo ye-Extension kanye nokusebenza ebhodini labaqondisi beWorld Potato Congress. ”
Ukulandela isayensi
U-Olsen akazange akhulele epulazini, kepha wayengekho kude nezolimo, kokubili ngokoqobo - wakhulela eMpumalanga Washington - kanye nangokomfanekiso; unina wakhulela epulazini. “Kwenzeka lokhu nje ukuthi umndeni wami wawungalimi, kodwa ngangingalokothi ngiqhelelene nalokho,” kusho yena. “Ngangihlale ngizinze kwisayensi futhi ngangazi ukuthi ngifuna ukwenza izifundo zesayensi. Ngivele ngidinga isicelo. Bengifuna kube umnikelo oqondile. Bengifuna ukuba seqenjini labaphambili, ngisebenzelane nabantu futhi ngisize ekuxazululeni izinkinga. ”
Ngemuva kweminyaka emine ekolishi eliphansi e-East Coast, u-Olsen wabhalisela uhlelo lwe-master eWashington State. "Banalo lolu hlelo oluhle kakhulu lokulima, kodwa ikakhulukazi uhlelo oluhle kakhulu lwamazambane," esho. "Ngibe nenhlanhla yokusebenza nabantu abanjengoBob Thornton noLarry Hiller kanye nabanye babantu abacwaninga kakhulu ngamazambane kanye nabantu base-Extension, futhi lokho kwangifaka kakhulu kumazambane."
Ngasikhathi sinye, umfowabo ka-Olsen, uBrent, owayengeyena umlimi, wakhetha ukuqala ukutshala izitshalo, kufaka phakathi amazambane. IBrent yaba yinto yengulube yeginea, okwaholela ekutheni uNora abone ngokushesha ukuthi ucwaningo lusebenza kahle ezimeni ezifanele, kepha izimo azivamile ukuba nhle ekulimeni komhlaba wangempela. “Ngangenza isincomo bese ethi, 'Kulungile, kodwa ngizoyithenga ngamalini leyomishini?'” Kukhumbula u-Olsen. "Ngakho-ke, lolo lwazi lwangisiza ukuthi ngibeke izinto ngendlela efanele futhi kwangifundisa kusenesikhathi ukuthi akuyona yonke into eyincwadi yokufunda futhi ihamba kahle ngendlela ebesihlela ngayo."
Omunye wemisebenzi yokuqala ka-Olsen ubhekane nokucwaninga indawo yangaphakathi ensundu, eyambeka endleleni yokugxila ekugcineni ikhwalithi enhle kuzambane. Ekugcineni, wafika ezingeni eliphakeme emlenzeni wokugcina womjikelezo wokukhiqiza amazambane amaningi, okuyisikhathi sabo emigqonyeni yokugcina impahla, okungaba izinyanga ezingaphezu kweziyisithupha kwezinye izimo. Intshisekelo yakhe kwisitoreji ikhuliswe iqiniso lokuthi i-UI's Kimberly Research Center - isizinda sasekhaya sika-Olsen - inesikhungo esisezingeni eliphezulu esizinikele ocwaningweni lwesitoreji.
Lapho ebuzwa ngokubaluleka kokugcinwa kwamazambane, u-Olsen wacaphuna isazi sezolimo no-Addie Waxman, owayekade eyi-1,4GROUP futhi manje eseneMcCain Foods. "U-Addie Waxman uthe muva nje, 'Kumele sikubeke ngenye indlela. La mazambane siwagcina isikhathi eside kunaleso asisegangeni, '”kusho u-Olsen. “'Sizoyigcina kanjani leyo mfanelo ukuze sibe namazambane unyaka wonke?'”
Amaphrojekthi aphawulekayo
Imiklamo yocwaningo ka-Olsen kule minyaka engama-30 edlule miningi futhi ibanzi, kepha into eyodwa aziwa kakhulu ngayo ngumsebenzi wakhe ne-phosphorus acid ukunciphisa izifo ngemuva kokuvunwa.
“UDkt. U-Olsen ubeyiphayona ekuthuthukiseni ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-phosphorus acid endaweni yokugcina ukuphatha ukubola okubomvana, okulimaza sekwephuzile nesikhafu sesiliva, ”kusho uJeff Miller, owayengumcwaningi we-UI manje osebenza ngeMiller Research eRupert, e-Idaho. "UNora uhlale enza ucwaningo olusezingeni lomhlaba kanye ne-Extension okuveze izindlela ezisebenzayo zokuphatha." Ezinye izinto ezimbalwa u-Olsen azikhombe njengezifeza kakhulu ezinye izindlela ze-CIPC zokuhluma nokuvimbela nokucwaninga ngokutholwa komhuzuko.
"Sisebenze ku- (CIPC) iminyaka eminingi, sibheka uwoyela we-mint, i-smart block kanye nezinye izindlela zokuthi singakwazi kanjani ukuhlanganisa futhi sihlanganise ukunciphisa okokufaka kwe-CIPC," kusho u-Olsen. “Bekujabulisa ngoba ngisebenzisane nabantu abaningi, futhi kungenxa yokuthi bekufanele siphendule imibuzo eminingi, noma ngabe kuzoba nezinkinga zokugqwala nganoma iyiphi yalezi zinhlayiya ezihlumayo noma ngabe kuzoba khona ukunambitheka noma izinkinga zombala wefry. Sajabula kakhulu ngalowo msebenzi. Cishe bekuyimisebenzi ethathe iminyaka engu-20. ”
On ukulimaza: “Lokho kuzoba yinkinga njalo embonini, kepha ukubheka ukuthi ungabona kusenesikhathi kangakanani ukulinyazwa kwe-blackspot kungakuvumela ukuthi wenze ukulungisa noma ukulungisa ngokushesha ukusinciphisa. Akusadingeki ukuthi ulinde amahora angama-24 ukuze ubuke kahle ukuthi kwenzakalani ngamazambane akho, ungathola ulwazi oluhle emahoreni ambalwa nje. ”
Umuntu wabantu
U-Olsen uyisikhulumi esidingeka kakhulu ezingqungqutheleni nasezingqungqutheleni hhayi nje kuphela ngolwazi lwakhe olukhulu, kodwa ngoba unesitayela esihehayo, zombili mayelana nokukhuluma nokwethula. UNora ungomunye wezikhulumi ezijabulisa kakhulu, ”kusho uRondon. “Unobuchule emisebenzini yakhe yocwaningo futhi nangendlela yakhe yokwethula. "Angaguqula isihloko esidikayo asenze into okufanele uyilalele."
Ngenkathi ubhadane lukhansele imicimbi eminingi yabantu, ukufuna kuka-Olsen nokubandakanyeka akukanciphisi, njengoba esengumnikeli odumile wama-webinars agxile emazambane, kufaka phakathi Ama-webinar e-World Potato Congress, okungukuthi ungumbungazi waphakade. "Ube ngumthombo omkhulu wolwazi kubalimi emhlabeni wonke futhi lokho kumenze waba yisikhulumi esifunwa kakhulu," kusho uMiller. “UNora ubuye abe ngumuntu oncomekayo osebenza naye futhi abe eduze kwakhe. Ungusosayensi nomngani omkhulu. ”
U-Olsen unentshiseko yangaphandle futhi uyaphuma, kepha lokho akuchazi ngokuphelele ukuthi kungani ebandakanyeka kososeshini abaningi, imicimbi namaphrojekthi. U-Olsen ufuna ukukhuluma nabantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngoba, noma ngabe ungumlimi e-Idaho noma ungumcwaningi e-Australia, uyazi ukuthi angafunda okuthile kuwe. "Ngiba nezikhathi ze-ha cishe nsuku zonke, kubonakala sengathi ngabe zivela kumlimi noma osebenza naye kwenye indawo," esho.
UThornton, umcwaningi onekhono ngokwakhe, uthe u-Olsen ungumuntu wokuqala aphendukela kuye nganoma yini ehlobene nokugcinwa futhi wengeza ukuthi ububanzi bakhe bonke ubuchwepheshe bamazambane buphakathi kokuhamba phambili. "Njengomuntu osebenza naye, uyinjabulo yokusebenza naye," kusho uThornton. “Uhlale enombono omuhle ngaso sonke isikhathi, ezimisele njalo ukufaka isandla ekwenzeni ingxenye yakhe, futhi njalo eveza imibono emisha. Ulwazi nobuchwepheshe anabo busezingeni lomhlaba. ”
Umsekeli weSpudwoman of the Year Izinsiza kusebenza zeLockwood Potato futhi inkampani yabazali iCrary Industries inikeze ukuhalalisela.
"ULockwood uthanda ukuhalalisela uDkt. Nora Olsen ngokukhethwa njengoSpudwoman of the Year," kusho uDan Birrenkott, uMongameli, iCrary Industries. “UDkt. Imininingwane ka-Olsen yalo mklomelo mikhulu kakhulu cishe ayinakubalwa. Impumelelo yakhe njengothisha, umeluleki, isikhulumi, umfundisi, umcwaningi, kanye nomnikeli weSpudman ukhombisile ingxenyana nje yomthelela omkhulu awenzile ekuthuthukiseni imboni yamazambane. ”
Ifayela likaNora Olsen Nelson
- UJobe: Uchwepheshe kaProfesa no-Extension, iKimberly Research and Extension Centre, University of Idaho
- Indawo yasekhaya: ISpokane, eWashington
- Family: Umyeni Matt Nelson, amadodakazi uRuth Nelson noLena Nelson nabelusi ababili base-Australia, uBlue noSkye. (U-Olsen futhi unomshana wakhe ogama lakhe linguNora, onethemba lokuba usosayensi.)
- Imfundo: Ph.D. kanye neziqu ze-master ezivela eWashington State University; iziqu ze-bachelor ezivela eConnecticut College
- Izinhlangano: U-Olsen uyilungu le- I-Potato Association of America (PAA) futhi usebenze ebhodini labaqondisi. Wayengowesifazane wokuqala ukukhonza njengomongameli we-PAA ngo-2013. Futhi, u-Olsen usebenza ngokubambisana ne-World Potato Congress, i-Idaho Potato Conference futhi usebenze ekomidini le-Idaho Zebra Chip Advisory Committee, eBacterial Ring Rot Task Force nakwamanye amazambane amaningi noma ezolimo izinhlangano -Driven. Uthole imiklomelo eminingi, kufaka phakathi i-PAA's Outstanding Extension Project Award ngo-2013, i-University of Idaho's Excellence in Outreach & Extension Award ngo-2011-12 futhi wathola ukuhlonishwa okukhethekile yiKhomishini Yamazambane i-Idaho ngo-2005.
- Ukuzilibazisa: "Izinja zami, ingadi, intaba, ukushushuluza nokushibilika e-Idaho ngaphandle."
- Indlela oyithandayo yokudla amazambane: "Impela ngiyabathanda ngazo zonke izindlela, kepha uma kungadingeka ngikhulume ngenye indlela, bengizothi yosiwe ngoba iyindlela omaqondana nokusebenza kwamazambane. Ungayisika noma uyihlukanise nganoma isiphi isimo noma indlela yokwenza amafries, ama-wedge, ama-chips noma yini, kepha isabiwe ngokufanayo ”