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Kasance tare da mu a kan tafiya mai ban sha'awa ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na mashahurin masanin ilimin halittu, Farfesa David Thurston.
A fagen noma, ilimin halittar tsirrai na taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen fahimtar da rage tasirin cututtuka ga amfanin gona. Farfesa David Thurston, fitaccen mutum ne a wannan fanni, ya yi amfani da aikinsa wajen bankado sirrin cututtukan da ake samu da kuma daukar nauyin ayyukan noma mai dorewa. Gidan yanar gizon sa, "Smokin' Doc Thurston's Greatest Hits," yana aiki a matsayin taska na ilimi mai kima da kwarjini na gani ga manoma, masana aikin gona, injiniyoyin noma, masu gonaki, da masana kimiyya iri ɗaya.
A cikin wannan labarin, mun zurfafa cikin ɗimbin kaset na aikin Farfasa Thurston na farko da kuma abubuwan duniya. Muna bincika duniya mai ban sha'awa na cututtukan cututtukan tsire-tsire ta hanyar ruwan tabarau, goyon bayan sabbin bayanai da bayanai daga tushe daban-daban a cikin al'ummar noma.
Daya daga cikin fitattun nasarorin da Farfesa Thurston ya samu ita ce gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen fahimtar tasirin cututtukan da ake samu a fannin samar da abinci a duniya. A cewar Hukumar Abinci da Aikin Noma ta FAO, cututtukan da suka shafi tsirrai ne ke haddasa asarar amfanin gona da ya kai kimanin kashi 10-16% a duk shekara, wanda ya kai biliyoyin daloli. Ta hanyar nazarin yaduwar cututtuka da cututtuka na tsire-tsire, Farfesa Thurston ya taka rawa wajen samar da ingantattun dabarun magance cututtuka, da taimakawa manoma a duk duniya su kare amfanin gonakinsu da rayuwarsu.
Baya ga bincikensa, Farfesa Thurston ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen inganta ayyukan noma masu dorewa. Manufofin ci gaba mai dorewa na Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya (SDGs) sun jaddada mahimmancin aikin noma mai ɗorewa don samun wadatar abinci a duniya, rage talauci, da dorewar muhalli. Ayyukan Farfesa Thurston sun yi daidai da waɗannan manufofin, saboda ya yi ba da himma wajen ba da shawara ga haɗaɗɗen sarrafa kwari, jujjuya amfanin gona, da amfani da ciyayi masu juriya don rage dogaro da magungunan kashe qwari da tabbatar da dorewar aikin gona na dogon lokaci.
A cikin kyakkyawan aikinsa, Farfesa Thurston ya ɗauki ainihin aikinsa kuma yana tafiya ta ruwan tabarau na kyamara. Tarin hotunansa na sama da 2,500, ana iya samunsa a gidan yanar gizonsa, ya zama shaida na gani ga kyau da sarkakiyar daular shuka, da kuma kalubalen da take fuskanta. Daga hotunan tsire-tsire masu cututtuka zuwa shimfidar wurare masu ban sha'awa, waɗannan hotuna suna ba da haske na musamman ga duniyar cututtukan shuka da yanayin noma iri-iri a duk faɗin duniya.
Gudunmawar da Farfesa David Thurston ya bayar ga fannin ilimin halittar tsirrai da aikin noma mai ɗorewa na ban mamaki da gaske. Gidan yanar gizon sa, "Smokin' Doc Thurston's Greatest Hits," ba wai kawai yana nuna tarin tarin hotunansa masu jan hankali ba amma kuma ya zama tushen abin zaburarwa ga manoma, masana aikin gona, injiniyoyin noma, masu gonaki, da masana kimiyya. Ta hanyar raba iliminsa da abubuwan da ya faru, Farfesa Thurston ya ci gaba da karfafawa da jagorantar al'ummar noma zuwa ga mafi juriya da dorewa nan gaba.