NAIROBI, Novembala 9 (Xinhua) — Mlimi wamba waku Kenya, kuphatikizapo omwe ali m'midzi, amagwiritsa ntchito malita angapo a mankhwala ophera tizilombo chaka chilichonse.
Kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala kwakhala kukuchulukirachulukira pazaka zambiri pambuyo pa kubuka kwa tizilombo ndi matenda atsopano pamene dziko la East Africa likulimbana ndi mavuto aakulu a kusintha kwa nyengo.
Ngakhale kuti kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo kwathandiza kumanga makampani olemera mabiliyoni ambiri mdziko muno, akatswiri akuda nkhawa kuti alimi ambiri akugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala molakwika motero akuika ogula ndi chilengedwe pachiwopsezo.
Mosiyana ndi zaka zapitazi, mlimi waku Kenya tsopano amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo pa gawo lililonse la kukula kwa mbewu.
Alimi ambiri asanabzale, amafalitsa mankhwala ophera udzu m'minda yawo kuti achepetse udzu. Mankhwala ophera udzu amathiridwanso mbande zikabzalidwa kuti achepetse kupsinjika kwa kubzala ndi kuteteza tizilombo.
Pambuyo pake mbewuyo idzathiridwa kuti iwonjezere masamba kwa ena, panthawi ya maluwa, nthawi yophukira, isanakololedwe komanso ikatha kukolola, chomeracho chokha.
“Popanda mankhwala ophera tizilombo, simungakololedwe masiku ano chifukwa cha tizilombo ndi matenda ambiri,” anatero Amos Karimi, mlimi wa phwetekere ku Kitengela, kum'mwera kwa Nairobi, poyankhulana posachedwapa.
Karimi adati kuyambira pomwe adayamba ulimi zaka zinayi zapitazo, chaka chino chakhala choyipa kwambiri chifukwa wagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ambiri ophera tizilombo.
"Ndalimbana ndi tizilombo ndi matenda angapo komanso mavuto a nyengo kuphatikizapo nthawi yayitali yozizira. Nthawi yozizirayi inandipangitsa kudalira mankhwala kuti ndigonjetse matenda," adatero.
Mavuto ake akufanana ndi alimi ena ang'onoang'ono ambirimbiri m'dziko lonse la kum'mawa kwa Africa.
Akatswiri a zaulimi alengeza izi, ponena kuti kugwiritsa ntchito kwambiri mankhwala ophera tizilombo sikuti kumangoopseza thanzi la ogula komanso chilengedwe komanso sikungatheke.
"Alimi ambiri aku Kenya akugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo molakwika zomwe zimaika pachiwopsezo chitetezo cha chakudya," adatero Daniel Maingi wa Kenya Food Rights Alliance.
Maingi adati alimi akum'mawa kwa Africa agwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo ngati mankhwala othana ndi mavuto ambiri a ulimi wawo.
"Makemikolo ambiri akupopedwa pa ndiwo zamasamba, tomato ndi zipatso. Wogula akulipira mtengo wapamwamba kwambiri wa izi," adatero.
Ndipo chilengedwe chikumvanso kutentha pamene dothi lalikulu m'dziko la East Africa likukhala ndi asidi. Mankhwala ophera tizilombo akuipitsanso mitsinje ndikupha tizilombo tothandiza monga njuchi.
Silke Bollmohr, katswiri wofufuza zoopsa za chilengedwe, adawona kuti ngakhale kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo sikuli koipa, ambiri mwa omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ku Kenya ali ndi zosakaniza zovulaza zomwe zimawonjezera vutoli.
"Mankhwala ophera tizilombo akugulitsidwa ngati chinthu chothandizira ulimi wopambana popanda kuganizira zotsatira zake," adatero.
Bungwe la Route to Food Initiative, lomwe ndi bungwe la ulimi wokhazikika, likunena kuti mankhwala ambiri ophera tizilombo ndi oopsa kwambiri, amakhala ndi zotsatirapo zoopsa kwa nthawi yayitali, amasokoneza dongosolo la endocrine, ndi oopsa ku mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nyama zakuthengo kapena amadziwika kuti amayambitsa zotsatirapo zoyipa kwambiri kapena zosasinthika.
"Ndizodetsa nkhawa kuti pali zinthu zomwe zili pamsika wa ku Kenya, zomwe zimayikidwa m'gulu la zinthu zomwe zimayambitsa khansa (zinthu 24), kusintha kwa majini (24), kusokoneza endocrine (35), kuwononga mitsempha (140) ndi zina zomwe zimasonyeza bwino zotsatira zake pa kubereka (262)," akutero bungweli.
Akatswiriwa adawona kuti akamapopera mankhwalawo, alimi ambiri aku Kenya sachitapo kanthu monga kuvala magolovesi, chigoba ndi nsapato.
“Ena amapoperanso nthawi yolakwika mwachitsanzo masana kapena mphepo ikagwa,” anatero Maingi.
Pakati pa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri kwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo ku Kenya pali masitolo ambirimbiri osungiramo mitengo, kuphatikizapo m'midzi yakutali.
Masitolo akhala malo omwe alimi amapeza mitundu yonse ya mankhwala a pafamu ndi mbewu zosakanikirana. Alimi nthawi zambiri amafotokozera ogwira ntchito m'masitolo tizilombo kapena zizindikiro za matendawa zomwe zaukira zomera zawo ndipo amawagulitsa mankhwalawo.
"Munthu angandiimbire foni kuchokera ku famu n’kundiuza zizindikiro zake ndipo ndidzalemba mankhwala. Ngati ndili nawo, ndimagulitsa, ngati sichoncho ndimaitanitsa ku Bungoma. Nthawi zambiri zimagwira ntchito," anatero Caroline Oduori, mwini shopu ya ziweto ku Budalangi, Busia, kumadzulo kwa Kenya.
Poganizira kuchuluka kwa masitolo m'matauni ndi m'midzi, bizinesiyo ikukula kwambiri pamene anthu aku Kenya akuyambiranso chidwi chawo pa ulimi. Akatswiri apempha kuti pakhale njira zothanirana ndi tizilombo tomwe timagwiritsa ntchito polima mokhazikika.
Nthawi yotumizira: Epulo-07-2021