Kei te haumi a Leaps by Bayer, he peka haumi pānga o Bayer AG, ki ngā tīma hei whakatutuki i ngā putanga nui i roto i ngā rāngai koiora me ētahi atu rāngai pūtaiao ora. I roto i ngā tau e waru kua pahure ake nei, kua haumi te kamupene neke atu i te $1.7 piriona ki roto i ngā kaupapa neke atu i te 55.
Ko PJ Amini, te Kaiwhakahaere Matua i Leaps by Bayer mai i te tau 2019, e whakapuaki ana i ōna whakaaro mō ngā haumitanga a te kamupene ki ngā hangarau koiora me ngā au hou i roto i te umanga koiora.
Kua haumi a Leaps by Bayer ki ētahi kamupene whakaputa hua tauwhiro i ngā tau kua taha ake nei. He aha ngā painga o ēnei haumitanga ki a Bayer?
Ko tētahi o ngā take e mahi ana mātou i ēnei haumitanga ko te titiro ki ngā wāhi ka kitea ai e mātou ngā hangarau hou e mahi ana i roto i ngā wāhi rangahau kāore mātou e pā atu ki roto i ō mātou taiepa. E $2.9B te utu a te rōpū R&D Pūtaiao Hua a Bayer i ia tau ki roto i ōna ake pūkenga R&D o te ao, engari he maha tonu ngā mea e tupu ana i waho o ōna taiepa.
Ko tētahi tauira o ā mātou haumitanga ko CoverCress, e uru ana ki te whakatika ira me te waihanga i tētahi hua hou, ko PennyCress, ka hauhaketia mō tētahi pūnaha whakaputa hinu taupū waro-iti hou, e āhei ai ngā kaimahi pāmu ki te whakatipu hua i roto i tā rātou huringa hotoke i waenga i te kānga me te pīni soya. Nō reira, he painga ōhanga mō ngā kaimahi pāmu, ka waihanga i tētahi puna wahie pumau, ka āwhina ki te whakapai ake i te hauora o te oneone, ā, ka whakarato hoki i tētahi mea e tautoko ana i ngā mahi a ngā kaimahi pāmu, me ētahi atu hua ahuwhenua i tukuna e mātou i roto i a Bayer. He mea nui te whakaaro ki te mahi a ēnei hua pumau i roto i tā mātou pūnaha whānui.
Ki te tirohia ētahi o ā mātou haumitanga kē atu ki te ao rehu tika, kei a mātou ngā kamupene, pērā i a Guardian Agriculture me Rantizo, e titiro ana ki ngā tono tika ake o ngā hangarau tiaki hua. Ka tautokohia e tēnei te putea tiaki hua a Bayer, ā, ka taea hoki te whakawhanake i ngā momo whakatakotoranga tiaki hua hou e aro ana ki te iti ake o te whakamahinga mō ngā rā kei te heke mai.
Ina hiahia tātou ki te mārama ake i ngā hua me te āhua o tā rātou taunekeneke ki te oneone, mā te whai kamupene kua haumi tātou ki roto, pērā i a ChrysaLabs, kei Kanata te turanga, ka pai ake te āhua o te oneone me te māramatanga. Nō reira, ka taea e tātou te ako mō te mahi a ā tātou hua, ahakoa he purapura, he matū, he koiora rānei, i roto i te hononga ki te pūnaha rauropi oneone. Me taea e koe te ine i te oneone, ōna wāhanga rauropi me ngā wāhanga kore-rauropi.
Kei te titiro ētahi atu kamupene, pērā i a Sound Agriculture, i a Andes rānei, ki te whakaiti i ngā maniua hangai me te pupuri i te waro, hei tāpiri atu ki te whānuitanga o te putea a Bayer i ēnei rā.
Ina haumi ana ki ngā kamupene ahuwhenua koiora, ko ēhea ngā āhuatanga o ēnei kamupene he mea nui hei aromatawai? He aha ngā paearu e whakamahia ana hei aromatawai i te pūmanawa o tētahi kamupene? He aha rānei ngā raraunga he mea tino nui?
Ki a mātou, ko te mātāpono tuatahi he tīma pai me te hangarau pai.
Mō te nuinga o ngā kamupene hangarau ahuwhenua e mahi ana i te ao koiora, he tino uaua ki te whakamatau i te whai huatanga o ā rātou hua i te tīmatanga. Engari koinei te wāhi e tohutohu ana mātou ki te nuinga o ngā kamupene tīmatanga kia arotahi me te whakapau kaha. Mena he koiora tēnei, ina tirohia te āhua o tana mahi i te mara, ka mahi i roto i tētahi taiao tino uaua me te hihiri. Nō reira, he mea nui kia whakahaerehia ngā whakamātautau tika me te mana whakahaere pai tika i roto i tētahi taiwhanga, i tētahi rūma tipu rānei i te tīmatanga. Ka taea e ēnei whakamātautau te whakaatu ki a koe te āhua o te mahi a te hua i roto i ngā āhuatanga tino pai, he raraunga nui hei whakaputa i te tīmatanga i mua i te tango i taua taahiraa utu nui o te ahu whakamua ki ngā whakamātautau mara whānui me te kore e mōhio ki te putanga pai rawa atu o tō hua.
Ki te titiro koe ki ngā hua koiora o ēnei rā, mō ngā pakihi hou e hiahia ana ki te mahi tahi me Bayer, he tino motuhake ngā kete hua raraunga a tā mātou tīma Open Innovation Strategic Partnership e rapuhia ana e mātou mēnā e hiahia ana mātou ki te whai wāhi atu.
Engari, mai i te tirohanga haumitanga, ko te rapu i ngā tohu whai huatanga me te whai i ngā mana whakahaere pai, me ngā arowhai tika ki ngā mahi pai rawa atu arumoni, koinei tā mātou e tino rapu nei.
Kia pēhea te roa o te wā mai i te R&D ki te hokohoko mō ngā whakaurunga ahuwhenua koiora? Me pēhea te whakapoto i tēnei wā?
Āe, me i taea e au te kī he wā tika tonu e pau ana. Hei horopaki, kua roa ahau e titiro ana ki ngā mea koiora mai i ngā rā o mua i te wā i mahi tahi ai a Monsanto me Novozymes i tētahi o ngā ara rapunga moroiti nui rawa atu o te ao mō ētahi tau. Ā, i taua wā, he kamupene anō hoki, pērā i a Agradis me AgriQuest, e ngana ana ki te noho hei paionia i te whai i taua ara ture, me te kī, "E whā tau te roa. E ono tau te roa. E waru tau te roa." Ko te mea pono, he pai ake ki ahau te hoatu ki a koe he whānuitanga i te tau motuhake. Nō reira, kei a koe ngā hua mai i te rima ki te waru tau hei kawe ki te mākete.
Hei whakataurite māu, ki te whakawhanake i tētahi āhuatanga hou, ka roa pea te tekau tau, ā, tera pea ka nui ake te utu i te $100 miriona. Mēnā rānei, ka taea e koe te whakaaro ki tētahi hua matū hangai tiaki hua e tata ana ki te tekau ki te tekau mā rua tau, ā, neke atu i te $250 miriona. Nō reira, i ēnei rā, ko ngā mea koiora he momo hua ka tere ake te tae atu ki te mākete.
Heoi anō, kei te whanake tonu te anga ture i tēnei wāhi. I whakaritea e au ki te matū hangai tiaki hua i mua. He tino motuhake ngā ture whakamātautau mō ngā whakamātautau me ngā paerewa mō te taiao me te paitini, me te ine i ngā pānga toenga mo te wā roa.
Ki te whakaarohia he rauropi koiora, he rauropi uaua ake, ā, he uaua ake te ine i ō rātou pānga mō te wā roa, nā te mea ka haere rātou i roto i ngā huringa ora me te mate, ki te whakataurite ki tētahi hua matū hangai, he momo kore-waro ka taea te ine ngāwari ake i roto i tōna huringa wā pirau. Nō reira, me whakahaere e tātou he rangahau taupori i roto i ētahi tau kia tino mārama ai ki te mahi a ēnei pūnaha.
Ko te kupu whakarite pai rawa atu ka taea e au te hoatu, ki te whakaarohia te wā e whakaurua ai he rauropi hou ki roto i tētahi pūnaha rauropi, kei reira tonu ngā painga me ngā pānga mō te wā tata, engari kei reira tonu ngā mōrearea, ngā painga rānei mō te wā roa me ine e koe i roto i te wā. Kāore i roa i mua i whakaurua ai e mātou te Kudzu (Pueraria montana) ki te US (1870) kātahi ka whakanuia i te tīmatanga o te tau 1900 hei tipu pai hei whakamahi hei whakahaere i te horo oneone nā te tere o tōna tipu. Ināianei kei te noho te Kudzu i tētahi wāhanga nui o te Tonga-mā-rāwhiti o te Hononga o Amerika, ā, e kapi ana i te nuinga o ngā momo tipu noho tūturu, e kore ai e uru atu ki te māramatanga me ngā matūkai. Ina kitea e mātou he moroiti 'kaha', he 'honohono' rānei, ā, ka whakaurua mai, me mārama tātou ki tōna hononga ki te pūnaha rauropi o nāianei.
Kei ngā rā tuatahi tonu mātou o te mahi i aua inenga, engari kei reira ētahi kamupene tīmatanga ehara i te mea haumi mā mātou, engari ka koa ahau ki te kī atu i a rātou. Kei te whakahaerehia e Solena Ag, Pattern Ag me Trace Genomics he tātaritanga oneone metagenomic hei mārama ki ngā momo katoa e noho ana i roto i te oneone. Nā te mea ka taea e tātou te ine i ēnei taupori kia rite tonu, ka taea e tātou te mārama ake ki ngā pānga roa o te whakauru i ngā mea koiora ki roto i taua microbiome o nāianei.
E hiahiatia ana he kanorau o ngā hua mā ngā kaimahi pāmu, ā, he taputapu whai hua ngā mea koiora hei tāpiri atu ki te huinga taputapu whakauru whānui a ngā kaimahi pāmu. Kei te tumanako tonu kia whakapotohia te wā mai i te R&D ki te hokohoko, ko taku tumanako mō te kamupene tīmatanga ahuwhenua me ngā kaitākaro nui kua whakatūria kia whai wāhi atu ki te taiao ture, kia kaua e whakaohooho tonu i te urunga tere o ēnei hua ki te umanga, engari kia piki tonu hoki ngā paerewa whakamātautau. Ki taku whakaaro ko tā mātou kaupapa matua mō ngā hua ahuwhenua he haumaru, he pai hoki te mahi. Ki taku whakaaro ka kite tātou i te whanaketanga tonu o te ara hua mō ngā mea koiora.
He aha ngā ia o ngā whanaketanga matua o te rangahau me te whanaketanga me te whakamahinga o ngā whakaurunga ahuwhenua koiora?
E rua pea ngā au matua e kitea whānuitia ana e tātou. Ko tētahi kei roto i te ira, ko tētahi kei roto i te hangarau tono.
Mō te taha ira, ko te mea kua kitea i mua ko te maha o ngā raupapatanga me te kōwhiringa o ngā moroiti tūturu hei whakauru anō ki ētahi atu pūnaha. Ki taku whakaaro ko te ia e kitea ana e tātou i ēnei rā ko te arotau i ngā moroiti me te whakatika i ēnei moroiti kia tino whai hua ai i roto i ētahi āhuatanga.
Ko te tuarua o ngā ia o ngā mahi he nekehanga atu i te whakamahi rau, i roto rānei i te awaawa o ngā mea koiora ki te whakamahi i ngā maimoatanga purapura. Mēnā ka taea e koe te rongoā i ngā purapura, ka māmā ake te toro atu ki tētahi mākete whānui ake, ā, ka taea e koe te mahi tahi me ētahi atu kamupene purapura hei mahi i tēnā. Kua kite mātou i taua ia o Pivot Bio, ā, kei te kite tonu mātou i tēnei i roto i ētahi atu kamupene i roto, i waho hoki i tā mātou putea.
He maha ngā kamupene hou e aro ana ki ngā moroiti mō ā rātou hua. He aha ngā pānga mahi tahi a ēnei kamupene me ētahi atu hangarau ahuwhenua, pērā i te ahuwhenua tino tika, te whakatika ira, te mātauranga horihori (AI) me ērā atu mea?
I pai ki ahau tēnei pātai. Ki taku whakaaro ko te whakautu tika rawa atu ka taea e mātou te tuku ko te kore e tino mōhio. Ka kōrero ahau i tēnei mō ētahi tātaritanga i tirohia e mātou i aro ki te ine i ngā mahi tahi i waenga i ngā hua whakauru ahuwhenua rerekē. Neke atu i te ono tau ki muri tēnei, nō reira he tawhito. Engari ko tā mātou i ngana ki te titiro ko ēnei taunekeneke katoa, pērā i ngā moroiti mā te ira-pūmua, te ira-pūmua mā te harore me ngā pānga o te rangi ki te ira-pūmua, ā, i ngana ki te mārama ki ēnei āhuatanga maha-āhua me te pānga ki te mahi mara. Ā, ko te hua o taua tātaritanga ko te neke atu i te 60% o te rerekētanga o te mahi mara i peia e te rangi, he mea kāore e taea e mātou te whakahaere.
Mō te toenga o taua rerekētanga, ko te mārama ki aua taunekeneke hua te wāhi e tino harikoa tonu ana mātou, nā te mea kei reira ētahi huarahi ka taea tonu e ngā kamupene e whakawhanake ana i te hangarau te whai pānga nui. Ā, ko tētahi tauira kei roto i tā mātou putea. Ki te titiro koe ki a Sound Agriculture, ko tā rātou e hanga he hua matū koiora, ā, ka mahi taua matū ki ngā moroiti whakatika hauota e noho noa ana i roto i te oneone. Kei reira ētahi atu kamupene i ēnei rā e whakawhanake ana, e whakarei ake ana rānei i ngā momo moroiti whakatika hauota hou. Ka taea e ēnei hua te mahi tahi i roto i te wā, ka āwhina anō ki te pupuri i te nui ake me te whakaiti i te nui o ngā maniua hangai e hiahiatia ana i te mara. Kāore anō mātou kia kite i tētahi hua i te mākete e kaha ana ki te whakakapi i te 100% o te whakamahinga maniua CAN i ēnei rā, tae atu ki te 50% rānei. Ko te whakakotahitanga o ēnei hangarau hou ka ārahi i a mātou ki tēnei ara ā muri ake nei.
Nō reira, ki taku whakaaro kei te tīmatanga noa tātou, ā, he kōrero anō hoki tēnei hei whakapuaki, koia te take i pai ai ahau ki te pātai.
Kua kōrerotia e au i mua, engari ka kī anō ahau ko tētahi atu wero e kitea pinepinetia ana e tātou ko te hiahia o ngā kamupene hou ki te titiro ake ki te whakamātautau i roto i ngā tikanga ahuwhenua me ngā rauropi pai rawa atu o nāianei. Mena he mea koiora taku, ā, ka haere ahau ki te mara, engari kāore au e whakamātautau ana i ngā purapura pai rawa atu ka hokona e te kaiahuwhenua, kāore rānei au e whakamātautau tahi ana me te patu harore ka rehuhia e te kaiahuwhenua hei ārai i ngā mate, kāti kāore au i te tino mōhio me pēhea te mahi a tēnei hua nā te mea tera pea he hononga whakahē te patu harore ki taua wāhanga koiora. Kua kite tātou i tēnā i mua.
Kei ngā rā tuatahi tēnei o te whakamātautau i ēnei mea katoa, engari ki taku whakaaro kei te kite tātou i ētahi wāhanga o te mahi tahi me te whawhai i waenga i ngā hua. Kei te ako tātou i roto i te wā, koinei te wāhanga nui o tēnei!
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Wā tuku: Hakihea-12-2023