Isikhondlakhondla senkampani yase-US ekhiqiza iziphuzo kanye nokudla okulula kakhulu i-PepsiCo isithinte inkampani yakwa-Israeli i-N-Drip ngokubambisana okusha okuhloswe ngayo ukusiza abalimi abatshala izitshalo zezinhlobo zezinhlobo ze-Pepsi ukuthi basebenzise ubuchwepheshe bokunisela nge-drip ukuze bathole isivuno esingcono nokongiwa kwamanzi, izinhlangano zimemezele kuleli sonto.
Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sokusimama kwe-N-Drip u-Seth Siegel utshele i-Times of Israel ukuthi ukusebenzisana “kuwumphumela wephrojekthi yokuhlola engaphezu kweminyaka emibili e-India, Vietnam, nase-USA, okulandelwa izingxoxo ezibanzi mayelana nendlela engcono kakhulu yokukhulisa ukuqaliswa kuyo yonke i-PepsiCo. i-supply chain.” Yasungulwa ngo-2015 nguProf. Uri Shani, owayengumqondisi we-Israel Water Authority, no-Ariel Halperin kanye no-Ran Ben-Or, i-N-Drip ithuthukise lokho ethi uhlelo oluvumela ukuthi izindawo ezisebenzisa amanzi akhukhula ukuze zichelele ukusebenzisa okuningi. esikhundleni sokunisela ngokuconsa okuqondile.
Ukunisela ngezikhukhula, mhlawumbe indlela yakudala kakhulu yokunisela izitshalo, kusengenye yezindlela zokunisela ezisetshenziswa kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-85 amasimu ezolimo emhlabeni wonke asebenzisa lesi simiso, lapho amanzi ehanjiswa ngepayipi noma ngomsele ensimini, futhi amanzi avele agelezele emhlabathini phakathi kwezitshalo. Lolu hlelo lumosha womabili amanzi - kukholakala ukuthi amaphesenti angama-50 ayalahleka ngenxa yokuhwamuka noma ukungena ezindaweni ezingalinyiwe - kanye nomanyolo, futhi akukhiqizi isivuno esihle.
Imakethe eyinhloko eqondiswe yi-N-Drip yilezo ezingamaphesenti angama-85 ezindawo zezolimo eziniselwe ngenkasa emhlabeni, okuhlanganisa neningi lezindawo zezolimo e-US, Australia nakwamanye amazwe, lapho izinhlelo ezikhona zokunisela nge-drip-irrigation zibiza kakhulu ukuthi zingasetshenziswa.
"I-N-Drip isetshenziswa kalula futhi ngendlela eshibhile kulawo masimu, futhi ngenxa yalokho amanzi adingekayo ezitshalweni ehla cishe ngohhafu, ngakho abalimi banamanzi amaningi," kuchaza uSiegel. “Ngaphezu kwalokho isivuno sihlala sikhuphuka nge-15% kuya ku-40% ngakho-ke isivuno esengeziwe sinikeza umlimi imali ephezulu. Futhi abalimi kudingeka basebenzise uhhafu yenani likamanyolo ensimini ye-N-Drip njengaleyo ngokuvamile esetshenziswa uma kunezikhukhula. Njengoba umanyolo uyinani eliphakeme kakhulu lezomnotho elitholwa abalimi, lokhu kuwukonga okukhulu.”
“I-N-Drip isivele ikhonjisiwe ukuthi isebenza ezitshalweni eziningi, okuhlanganisa izitshalo ezinkulu emhlabeni wonke [njengamazambane, ummbila, ukolweni, ilayisi, ukotini, i-alfalfa, namabele, phakathi kwezinye eziningi,” kwengeza uSiegel. Isekelwe e-Beit She'an, inkampani yakwa-Israel ithi isebenza namakhasimende emazweni angu-17 emhlabeni jikelele, enezikhungo ezintathu ezinkulu zamabhizinisi e-Australia, India, naseningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-US. Ikomkhulu layo laseMelika lise-Arizona.
Njengengxenye yesivumelwano sayo ne-PepsiCo, i-N-Drip isivele iqalile ukusebenzisana nabalimi base-India, eNingizimu Afrika, e-US naseYurophu, kusho uSiegel. Imithombo emikhulu yokudla ikhiqiza izitshalo ezingaphezu kuka-25 njengamazambane, ummbila, namagilebhisi, emazweni angama-60. I-PepsiCo, enemali elinganiselwa ku-$79 billion ngo-2021, ingumnikazi wemikhiqizo emikhulu efana neLay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, kanye nenkampani yesiphuzo yakwa-Israel iSodaStream, eyithenge ngo-2018 ngemali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamaRandi.
Isivumelwano se-N-Drip-PepsiCo, Kulinganiselwa cishe izigidi ezingu-20 zamaRandi, izosiza i-PepsiCo “ukufeza izinhloso zayo zokusimama ezishiwo, ikakhulukazi ukonga amanzi, kuyilapho ithuthukisa umthamo wochungechunge lokuphakelwa kwayo,” kusho uSiegel. Ngo-2021, i-PepsiCo yethula isu elithi “Positive Agriculture” elihlose ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kokusetshenziswa kwamanzi ochungechungeni lokuhlinzekwa kwezolimo ngo-15% ngo-2025 ezindaweni ezisengozini enkulu yamanzi, kanye nemithombo yezitshalo nezithako ngokuqhubekayo.
Ubambiswano ne-N-Drip bathuthukiswe ngabakwa-PepsiCo Labs, uphiko lwezobuchwepheshe lwe-PepsiCo olusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe, “olusebenzela ukuhlonza nokushumeka ukuqaliswa kobuchwepheshe bempumelelo emisebenzini ye-PepsiCo ukusiza ukuxazulula izinkinga eziyinkimbinkimbi, zomhlaba wangempela kanye nokuhlangabezana nezinjongo zebhizinisi emhlabeni wonke, ” ngokwesimemezelo esisemthethweni ngoLwesithathu.
“Kuze kube manje, sesisebenzise ubuchwepheshe be-N-Drip kubalimi base-India, Vietnam, nase-US, futhi sibone isivuno esithuthukisiwe, ukusetshenziswa kukamanyolo okuncishisiwe, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi angaphansi ngo-50% uma kuqhathaniswa nokuchelelwa kwezikhukhula,” kusho uRob Meyers, VP. Wezolimo Oluzinzile kwa-PepsiCo. "Sijabule ukukhulisa ubudlelwano bethu ngokukhulisa ubuchwepheshe be-N-Drip ukuze senze umthelela omkhulu kunawo wonke endaweni yethu yezolimo."
Isikhulu se-N-Drip u-Eran Pollak uthe, “Njengoba i-PepsiCo ithola izitshalo kuzo zonke izinhlobo nosayizi, ubuchwepheshe bobunikazi be-N-Drip buvumela ukubambisana kwethu ukwenza ukunisela okunembayo kufinyeleleke kuzo zonke izinhlobo zabalimi, kusukela kulawo anamapulazi amakhulu kuya kulawo ane- one- izindawo zama-acre.”