UMnyango we-United States of Ezolimo kanye ne-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bamemezele abawinile ku-Next Gen Fertilizer Innovations Challenge, okwesibili kwezingxenye ezimbili, Ubambiswano oluhlangene lwe-USDA-EPA kanye Nomncintiswano Wokuvundisa Okuthuthukisiwe (ama-EEF) Wokuthuthukisa Ukusimama Kwezolimo e-United States. .
Inhloso yalo mncintiswano wukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle komanyolo ukuze kwandiswe isivuno sezitshalo ngenkathi kunciphisa imithelela kamanyolo endaweni ezungezile.
Abaphumelele kule nselelo bathumele imiqondo yobuchwepheshe obusha obunganciphisa imiphumela yemvelo ye-nitrogen ne-phosphorus kusuka kwezolimo zesimanje kuyilapho kugcinwa noma kukhulisa isivuno sezitshalo.
Izixazululo eziwinayo zisebenzisa ama-nanoparticles adinga umanyolo omncane futhi akhulule izakhi ezidingekayo ezitshalweni ezikhulayo, bese i-biodegrade ibe yizinto ezingenabungozi noma imisoco; ukusekela ukukhula okukhulu kwesitshalo kusuka ekufakweni kukamanyolo ofanayo noma omncane; nezinye izindlela.
U-Hubert Hamer, Ibamba le-USDA Chief Scientist:
“Abalimi, abafuyi kanye namahlathi basesimweni esihle sokuba abaholi ekulweni nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu ngokusungula izinto ezintsha kwezobuchwepheshe.”
"Ngezinhlelo ezifana ne-Next Gen Fertilizer Innovations Challenge, i-USDA ibambisene nezinkampani ezizimele ukuthola izixazululo ezintsha ezihlakaniphile zesimo sezulu ezilungele abalimi nezilungele imvelo."
Wayne Cascio, ibamba likasekela-mqondisi oyinhloko wesayensi weHhovisi Le-EPA Lokucwaninga Nokuthuthukiswa:
"Inhloso yale nselelo ukuthuthukisa nokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha nobuthengekayo ukunciphisa umthelela wemvelo wezolimo zesimanje emoyeni wethu, emhlabeni, namanzi ngenkathi kugcinwa ukukhiqiza kwezolimo kanye nenzuzo."
"Sijabule ngamathuba futhi saqhubeka nomsebenzi omusha kule ndawo."
Imiqondo ephumelelayo ihlanganisa uchungechunge lwezixazululo ezingathuthukisa imiphumela yemvelo, okuhlanganisa ukukhishwa kwe-nitrous oxide encishisiwe-umthombo omkhulu kakhulu wokukhishwa kwegesi ebamba ukushisa kwezolimo- kuyilapho kugcinwa noma ukwandisa isivuno sezitshalo.
Abawinile bahlanganisa:
Izixazululo zeTier 1 (USD 17,500 umklomelo):
- UDkt. Christopher Hendrickson, i-Aqua-Yield Operations LLC, Draper, Utah, ngomanyolo we-nano-smart.
- I-Taylor Pursell, i-Pursell Agri-Tech, i-Sylacauga, i-Ala., ye-“Urea 2.0,” ethatha indawo yomgogodla ovamile we-urea ngenhlanganisela yezinto ezisetshenziswa ngokwezifiso ukuhlinzeka ngomanyolo ofanelana nezidingo zasendaweni.
Izixazululo zeTier 2 (USD 10,000 umklomelo):
- UDkt. Kuide Qin, Verdesian Life Sciences, Cary, NC, ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bengxube obusha ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kwe-nitrapyrin esezingeni lemboni ukuze isebenze isikhathi eside, i-nitrate encane yokucwiliswa, kanye nokuvimbela ukugqwala kwemishini yasemapulazini.
- UDkt. Catherine Roue, Fertinagro Biotech International, Portage, Mich., wobuchwepheshe be-“Phosphate Liberation Booster”, obusebenzisa uketshezi oluvela ezitshalweni ezibulawa yi-phosphate ukukhulisa ukumuncwa kwezitshalo ukuze kwengezwe umanyolo omncane futhi kutholakale i-phosphorus yefa.
- U-Chandrika Varadachari, i-Agtec Innovations Inc., i-Los Altos, Calif., ye-“Smart-N,” engumanyolo ohlakaniphile okhipha imisoco lapho isitshalo sidingeka khona futhi edala “ikheji” lamakhemikhali le-urea encibilika esitsheni. izakhamzimba.
Izixazululo zeSigaba 3 (Kukhulunywa ngokuhloniphekile): - UDkt. Jaroslav Nisler, i-Institute of Experimental Botany, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, ngokusebenzisa okuphuma kokuphuma kwe-hormone yokukhula kwezitshalo i-MTU, esiza ukudala izikhathi ezinde zokukhula, ukuvikeleka ekucindezelekeni, ezitshalweni ezinkulu, kanye nokulahlekelwa izakhamzimba okungenzeka zibe zincane ngesikhathi ngasinye. iyunithi kamanyolo ifakwe.
- UDkt. Leanne Gilbertson, uMnyango Wezobunjiniyela Bomphakathi Nezemvelo eNyuvesi yasePittsburgh, ePenn., ngokudala "iphakheji likamanyolo elivikelwe," elingathwala izakhi ngokusebenzisa izimbotshana zomhlabathi endaweni ezungeze izimpande zezitshalo.
- UDkt. Robert Neidermyer, Holganix LLC, Aston, Penn., we-“Bio 800+,” isitofu se-microbial inoculant esebenzisa amandla ezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-800 zamagciwane enhlabathi, i-kelp, nezinye izithako ezilungisa inhlabathi ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo okukhulu nempilo yezitshalo. .
- U-Paul Mullins, u-Brandon Products Ltd., e-Ireland, we-"BBS-1," i-biostimulant etholakala ku-seaweed extract esetshenziswa njengendlela yokuhlanganisa umanyolo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukutholwa kwe-nitrogen kumaseli ezimpande.
I-USDA ne-EPA baxhumanisa izinselelo ze-EEF ne-The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), i-International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), i-Nature Conservancy (TNC), kanye ne-National Corn Growers Association (NCGA).