Setsi sa Naha sa Lijo le Temo sa USDA (NIFA) ka Nov. 19 se fane ka chelete e fetang $16 milione ho lithuso tsa FY 2020 bakeng sa Merero ea 29 Lenaneong la Lipatlisiso tsa Popontšo ea Likhoebo tse Nyane (SBIR), Mokhahlelo oa Bobeli.
Lenaneo la USDA-NIFA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) le tsepamisitse maikutlo ho fetoleng tšibollo ea mahlale hore e be lihlahisoa le lits'ebeletso tse nang le menyetla ea khoebo le / kapa molemong oa sechaba.
"Lenaneo la rona la SBIR le ts'ehetsa likhoebo tse nyane tse sebetsang ho theha mahlale a macha, a sitisang le ho thusa ho tsamaisa tsoelo-pele ea lipatlisiso ho tloha kemolong ho ea 'marakeng," ho boletse Motsamaisi e Moholo oa NIFA Parag Chitnis. "Ho tloha 1983, lenaneo lena le tšehelitse ka lichelete merero ea lipatlisiso le nts'etsopele ea 2,000, e lumellang likhoebo tse nyenyane tse makholo ho hlahloba bokhoni ba bona ba theknoloji, le ho fana ka khothatso bakeng sa khoebo ea likhopolo tse ncha."
Ho na le mefuta e mengata e fapaneng ea merero e reriloeng SBIR Mokhahlelo oa II. Mehlala ke ena:
- "Shielding Spruce le Douglas Fir Trees from Bark Beetle Attack" (ISCA Technologies, Inc.) - Morero ona o ikemiselitse ho fetola tlhahiso ea li-pheromone tsa maiketsetso tsa likokoanyana ho laola likokoanyana tsa temo. Lipheromone ha li na chefo, hangata li ama likokoanyana tse hlaselang feela, ha li siee masala a kotsi lihlahisoa tsa lijo, 'me li baka tšilafalo e fokolang kapa ha li na eona ho hang.
- "A Scalable and Rechargeable Antimicrobial Coating for Food Equipment" (Halomine Inc.) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention e hakanya hore batho ba limilione tse 48 ba kula ka lebaka la mafu a bakoang ke lijo, 128,000 ba kena sepetlele, 'me batho ba 3,000 ba shoa selemo le selemo United States. Ho feta moo, litšenyehelo tsa lik'hamphani tsa lijo le tsona li ka ba holimo. Ho fihlela joale, ha ho na thepa ea antimicrobial e fumanehang khoebong e atlehileng haholo khahlanong le likokoana-hloko. HaloFilm™ ke sehlahisoa sa katleho, se fafatsang seo, ha se omisitsoe, se siea filimi e tšesaane e bonaletsang holim'a metsi e fokotsang/e thibelang likokoana-hloko thepa ea lijo.
- "Ultraflow Power Sensors for Firefighter Safety le Tlhokomelo ea Boleng ba Moea o Potileng" (KWJ Engineering Inc.) - Mello ea Wildland e hlahisa bongata bo bongata ba tšilafalo ea moea, hangata libakeng tse kholo haholo. Lintho tsena tse silafatsang li beha likotsi tsa bophelo bo botle le polokeho ho ba arabelang pele, hammoho le baahi ba libakeng tse haufi le metse e theohelang moeeng. KWJ e entse letoto la lisensara tsa khase ea electrochemical tse nyenyane, tse theko e tlaase, empa tse nepahetseng, tse tla ntlafatsa haholo polokeho, tlhahlobo ea ho pepeseha ha motho ka mong, le ho hlahloba boleng ba moea bakeng sa mello ea naha.
- "Drivetrain for High Capacity Factor Distributed Wind Turbine" (Pecos Wind Power, Inc.) - Morero ona o tla bontša hore ho eketseha ha mechine e nyenyane ea moea e ajoang ke tharollo e ka khonehang ea botekgeniki le moruo ea ho fana ka motlakase o theko e tlaase libakeng tsa mahaeng naheng ka bophara.
Etela webosaete ea USDA-NIFA bakeng sa lenane le felletseng la Phase II (FY2020) SBIR baamohedi ba dithuso. Ithute haholoanyane ka NIFA's SBIR le ho bala likhakanyo tsa projeke tse neng li tšehelitsoe ka lichelete nakong e fetileng.
Mananeo a tšehelitsoeng ke NIFA a tšehetsa lihlooho tse ngata tse boletsoeng ho USDA Science Blueprinthttps://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-science-blueprint.pdf le ho re atametsa haufi le ho fihlela lipheo tse boletsoeng ho Lenane la ntlafatso ea temo ea USDA.