Food production and agriculture in Canada’s far North is met with many challenges. Short growing seasons, poor soil, extreme weather all impact the ability to effectively and efficiently produce food locally. In addition, Northern communities are at the end of a South to North supply chain, suspectable to multiple disruptions, both physical and economic. Our mobile lab allows for exponential plant cloning through sustainable processes. It will provide access to big agriculture technology for farmers and food producers of all sizes for rural and remote communities, minimizing the impacts of supply chain disruption, producing resilient and hearty plants, and enable food sovereignty amidst times of crisis.
The partners, OUTFRNT and Cold Acres, will benefit through the commercialization and deployment of the lab. This initial research will allow for the deployment of a live feasibility pilot as this project is a first in Canada innovation (mobilization of micropropagation).
Pankaj Bhowmik;Zheng Liu;Michael Deyholos
Dustin MacLean;Brian McFadden
University of British Columbia Okanagan
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Uzalishaji wa chakula na kilimo katika Kanada ya Kaskazini ni alikutana na changamoto nyingi. Misimu fupi ya kukua, udongo duni, hali ya hewa kali - yote huathiri uwezo wa kuzalisha chakula kwa ufanisi na kwa ufanisi. Kwa kuongezea, jamii za Kaskazini ziko mwishoni mwa mlolongo wa usambazaji wa Kusini hadi Kaskazini, zinazoshukiwa kuwa na usumbufu mwingi, wa kimwili na kiuchumi. Maabara yetu ya rununu inaruhusu cloning ya mimea kwa njia ya mtiririko kupitia michakato endelevu. "Hii itatoa upatikanaji wa teknolojia kubwa ya kilimo kwa wakulima na wazalishaji wa chakula wa ukubwa wote kwa jamii za vijijini na za mbali, kupunguza athari za usumbufu wa mlolongo wa usambazaji, kuzalisha mimea thabiti na yenye nguvu, na kuwezesha uhuru wa chakula wakati wa mgogoro. """ Washirika, OUTFRNT na Cold Acres, watafaidika kupitia biashara na kupelekwa kwa maabara. Utafiti huu wa awali utaruhusu kupelekwa kwa majaribio ya uwezekano wa kuishi kama mradi huu ni wa kwanza nchini Canada uvumbuzi (kuhamisha micropropagation). Pankaj Bhumik, Zheng Liu, Michael DeHollis, Dustin McLeod, Brian McFadden, Chuo Kikuu cha British Columbia, Okanagan, kupata fursa kamili ya kuweka ujuzi wako wa kitaaluma na maarifa katika mazoezi, kupata miradi, msaada mkubwa kutoka kwa serikali za Canada, washirika wa kimataifa, vyuo vikuu, vyuo vikuu, makampuni na mashirika ya jamii, imewezesha Mitacs kuzingatia wazo la msingi kwamba vipaji na ushirikiano nguvu ubunifu.