Njengoba umhlaba ubhekene nesidingo esiphuthumayo sokubhekana nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, ukugqama kuya ngokuya kuphendukela emkhakheni wokudla, ikakhulukazi ukukhiqizwa kwenyama, okunomthelela omkhulu ekukhiqizweni kwesisi esibamba ukushisa . Umbiko omusha uphakamisa ukuthi izifundo ezitholwe emkhakheni wamandla ahlanzekile zingaba semqoka ekuguquleni izinhlelo zethu zokudla. Ngo-2020, uMnyango Wezamandla utshale cishe amabhiliyoni angu-$8.4 kubuchwepheshe bamandla avuselelekayo nobuhlanzekile, okudala ukwanda kumthamo wamandla elanga nawomoya eminyakeni eyalandela. Nokho, ukutshalwa kwezimali kukahulumeni kubuchwepheshe bokudla kusalele kakhulu. Abacwaningi bathole ukuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali ekwenziweni okusha kwamandla kudlula lokho okusebuchwephesheni bokudla ngesilinganiso esingu-49, ngaphandle kokungcoliswa kwesimo sezulu okukhulu okubangwa ukudla, ikakhulukazi inyama yenkomo.
Ukuze kubhekwane nokukhishwa okuphuma ekudleni, okuhlanganisa amaphesenti angu-10 azo zonke izinto ezikhishwa yi-US kanye nengxenye engaphezu kwengxenye yesine yezinto ezikhishwayo emhlabeni wonke, ukutshalwa kwezimali okujulile komphakathi ekusungulweni kwesistimu yokudla kubalulekile. Abacwaningi u-Alex Smith no-Emily Bass abavela ku-Breakthrough baphikisa ngokuthi uMnyango Wezolimo wase-US (i-USDA) udinga ukulungisa kabusha amasu awo oxhaso ukuze kufakwe izinto ezintsha ezifana namabhega ezitshalo nezinkukhu ezitshaliwe.
Indlela eyodwa ethembisayo iwukuba imodeli yezinhlelo zoxhaso ngemuva Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), esixhase ngempumelelo amaphrojekthi angaphezu kuka-500 kusukela yasungulwa ngo-2009, okuholela ekuthuthukisweni Ukushaja imoto kagesi, igridi amabhethri, nobuchwepheshe benjini yomoya. Nokho, i-ejensi efanayo yezokudla nokulima, i-Advanced Research Authority (AgARDA), ithole ingxenye encane kuphela yoxhaso oluthokozelwa yi-ARPA-E, ikhawulela umthelela wayo ongaba khona.
Icala lokuxhasa umphakathi kwamanye amaprotheni liyaphoqa. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ama-pea protein burgers noma i-salmon etshalwa ngamaseli, umkhakha wamaprotheni usesimweni esibucayi. Ukukhula ngokushesha kwasekuqaleni kwehlile, futhi uxhaso oluningi lungasiza ukunqoba izinselele zamanje, njengezindleko eziphezulu zokusebenza kanye nezinhlelo zokukhiqiza ezilindelekile. Ukutshalwa kwezimali kukahulumeni okukhulu kungenza lezi zinkampani zikhule ngaphakathi, kunokuba zihambise imisebenzi phesheya.
Lokhu kuwa, iCongress inethuba lokuhlukaniswa kwebhuloho the iziphakamiso zentando yeningi nezengeziwe Ukutshalwa kwemali okunjalo kunganciphisa kakhulu ukuphuma kwegesi abamba ukushisa , ukuvikela izinto eziphilayo, and ukwehlisa ukusetshenziswa kwama-antibiotic ezilwaneni zasemapulazini, okwenza kube yicala lokutshalwa kwenyama ekhulile.
Yini engenzeka ukuxazulula inkinga yesimo sezulu senyama? Ngenkathi ayikho impendulo eyodwa, umbiko omusha uphakamisa ukuthi kunezifundo okufanele zifundwe emkhakheni wamandla ohlanzekile. UMnyango Wezamandla utshale usondelene nama- $ 8.4 billion ngobuchwepheshe bamandla obuvuselelekayo futhi obuhlanzekile ngo-2020, abakhahlekile ngokuhlasela okukhulu emandleni okusebenza asondelene nomoya eminyakeni emine ezayo. Kepha uma kukhulunywa ngohlelo lwethu lokudla, izimali zikahulumeni azizange zigcine ijubane. Sichithe isikhathi esiningi esingu-49 ngaphezulu kokuqanjwa kwamandla kunobuchwepheshe bokudla , abacwaningi bathola, noma ngabe ukudla, ikakhulukazi inyama yenkomo, iyaqhubeka nokungcola kwesimo sezulu .
Yini edingekayo manje ukuze kubhekwane nokukhishwa kwekhabhoni okuvela ekudleni, okwenza amaphesenti angu-10 azo zonke izinto ezikhishwa yi-US kanye nengxenye yesine yokukhishwa kwegesi emhlabeni jikelele ? Ukutshalwa kwezimali komphakathi okujulile ekusungulweni kwezinhlelo zokudla, kuphikisa abacwaningi be-Breakthrough u-Alex Smith no-Emily Bass , abathi uMnyango Wezolimo wase-US ungasebenzisa ukulungiswa ngendlela oxhasa ngayo izinto ezintsha, okuhlanganisa ama-burger asekelwe ezitshalweni nezinkukhu ezitshaliwe.
Uxhaso Olunentshisekelo Lungakhuthaza Ucwaningo Olunentshisekelo
Enye indlela eya phambili kungaba ukumodela uhlelo loxhaso oluhlukile olubizwa nge- Advanced Research Projects Agency noma i-ARPA . Isungulwe ngo-2009, uhlelo lwe-ARPA-E luhlose ukunciphisa ukungcola okuvela emkhakheni wezamandla, ngeso elibheke ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi izinkampani zobuchwepheshe zase-US zihlala zincintisana emakethe yomhlaba.
Phakathi kuka-2009 no-2016, uhlelo luxhase amaphrojekthi angaphezu kuka-500 - ukushaja okusheshayo kwezimoto zikagesi , amabhethri angcono amagridi kagesi kanye nobuchwepheshe be-turbine yomoya obuthuthukisiwe yizibonelo ezimbalwa - esilinganisweni samadola angaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamadola .
Ingxenye yempumelelo yohlelo ivela ekuguquguqukeni elikunikeza abenzi bezinqumo, u-Bass utshela u-Sentient, okungenjalo njalo ezinhlanganweni zikahulumeni. “Indawo enkulu inikezwa abaphathi bephrojekthi ukuze bazibekele imigomo,” usho kanje. Uma ngabe i-ejensi ekuqaleni ixhasa ngezixazululo ezintathu ezihlukene zenkinga, kodwa yinye kuphela evelayo isebenza kangcono, abaphathi bephrojekthi banganquma ukuzungeza ukutshala imali eyengeziwe kulokho okusebenzayo ngempela.
Ngaphandle kokuphumelela kwemodeli, i-ejensi efanayo yokudla nokulima ithola ingxenye encane kuphela yemali etholwa yi-ARPA-E, kusho abacwaningi be-Breakthrough. Yethulwe kuMthethosivivinywa wokugcina wePulazi, i-Advanced Research Authority, noma i-AgARDA , yadalelwa ukuxhasa “amaphrojekthi ocwaningo oluyingozi kakhulu, oluvuza kakhulu endaweni yezolimo,” u-Bass utshela u-Sentient. Umbono bekuwukutshala imali kumaphrojekthi angasiza ekuthatheni izixazululo zobuchwepheshe bokudla ezibambeke esigabeni sokuthuthukiswa kwelebhu ziye emakethe. Kodwa kuze kube manje, lolu hlelo alukatholi imali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1 zamaRandi ngonyaka, uma kuqhathaniswa nezigidigidi zoxhaso ohlangothini lwamandla.
Kunezinye izinhlelo zoMnyango Wezolimo wase-US ezingavala igebe lezimali futhi, okuhlanganisa imali mboleko kanye nezikweletu zentela. Esikhathini esedlule, i-ejensi yaboleka imali enkampanini yeyogathi esekwe ezitshalweni esebenza e-Iowa naseMassachusetts njengesibonelo, sibonga ingxenye yemali mboleko ye-USDA. USmith no-Bass baphinde batusa “ikhredithi yentela yezolimo eqhubekayo” njengendlela yokunciphisa izindleko eziphakeme zokuqalisa ukusebenza kwenye indawo yamaprotheni.
Icala Lokuxhaswa Ngomphakathi Kwamanye Amaprotheni
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi i-pea protein burgers noma i-salmon etshalwa ngamaseli , enye imboni yamaprotheni ngokuqinisekile ingalusebenzisa uxhaso ngalesi sikhathi. Zombili lezi zimboni ezisakhula zakwazi ukukhula ngokushesha ekuqaleni , kodwa kulezi zinsuku zisekude kakhulu ekwenzeni ukudla kwenyama yendabuko.
Ukushintsha enye yenyama esiyidlayo ngokufaka ama-analogue afana ne-Impossible burger kungaba nomthelela omkhulu ekungcoleni kwesimo sezulu. Ngokushintsha amaphesenti angu-50 enyama nobisi esiludlayo ngokufaka esikhundleni sezitshalo, olunye ucwaningo lwabikezela ukuthi singanciphisa ukukhishwa kwesisi esibamba ukushisa ngamaphesenti angu-31 , futhi kunezinye izinzuzo futhi, ezihlanganisa ukuvikela izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo kanye nokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwama-antibiotic ezilwaneni zasemapulazini.
Uxhaso lwezimali njengamanje lungasiza imboni ukuthi ibhekane nezingqinamba zayo zamanje. eziningi zisebenzisa amasistimu azo ajwayelekile ukwenza imisebenzi efana nokukhiqiza nokudiliva, kwesinye isikhathi ngaphansi kwesibhaxu sokuvikela izimfihlo zazo zezohwebo, kodwa lezo zinketho zigcina zibiza kakhulu ngesikhathi nangemali, futhi zibe nemiphumela ebanzi yokuntengantenga kwezomnotho.
"Sibona izinkampani, njengoba zifinyelela ezingeni lokuqhubekela phambili ekukhiqizeni nasekusatshalalisweni okukhulu, zithatha imisebenzi yazo, ukukhiqiza kwazo, ukuthengisa kwazo phesheya," kusho uBass. Ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu kwenhlangano kungasiza izinkampani ukuthi zikhule lapha e-US esikhundleni salokho.
Umthethosivivinywa Wepulazi Unganikeza Indlela Eya Phambili
Ekwindla, iCongress izoba nethuba lokuxhasa ubuchwepheshe obuningi besistimu yokudla. Njengoba iCongress iqala ukuvala ukuhlukana phakathi kweziphakamiso zeDemocratic and Republican zoMthethosivivinywa Wepulazi , uxhaso lwezinye ucwaningo lwamaprotheni lungagcina lukhanga izinhlangothi zombili, njengoba ukukhiqiza kanye neminye imisebenzi ye-supply chain nayo idala imisebenzi emisha, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi emadolobheni noma emiphakathini yasemaphandleni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuphikiswa kwenyama etshalwayo kungaba isimo se-bipartisan, njengoba sizwile kuSenator weDemocratic Alliance uJohn Fetterman wasePennsylvania kanye noMbusi weRiphabhulikhi uRon DeSantis waseFlorida, esinye sezifunda ezimbili ezisanda kuvimbela inyama etshalwe elebhu .
Kunezivimbamgwaqo zenqubomgomo futhi. I-techno-forward Breakthrough Institute ingathanda ukubona i-USDA iguqukela ekubeni i-ecosystem eqinile nephelele yokusungula uhlelo lokudla. U-Bass uchaza lokhu njenge-USDA ecabanga phambili, ebheka “ukuthi ziyini lezi zimboni ezisafufusa, lapho zitholakala khona, zisebenzela bani nokuthi ziwusekela kanjani umnotho.” Ngamanye amazwi, i-ejensi yomphakathi ethuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obuthembekile bokudla kunokuba nje ikhiphe imali.
Lezi zixazululo zobuchwepheshe azinayo imingcele. Impumelelo yabo incike ekungeneleleni okukhulu nasekuxhaseni ngemali okungenzeka kungenzeki ngaso sonke isikhathi, futhi akhona amanye amasu enqubomgomo okufanele ahlolwe. I-Cool Food Pledge yeDolobha laseNew York ihlose ukunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ehlobene nokudla cishe ngengxenye eyodwa kwezintathu kuleli shumi leminyaka, ikakhulukazi ngezinqubomgomo zokuthengwa kokudla ezigudluza amadolobha ekuthengeni amabhega kabhontshisi amaningi kunenyama yenkomo . Ukubhekana nokukhishwa okuphuma ekudleni esikudlayo cishe kuzodinga okuncane kwakho kokubili, ukubhekana nenkinga yesimo sezulu senyama ngenhlanganisela yobuchwepheshe obusha obunezifiso kanye nemizamo eqinile yokushintsha ukukhetha kwethu ukudla.
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