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Unduna wa Zaulimi ku St. Kitts ndi Nevis ukuyesetsa kuchita zinthu molimba mtima kuti asinthe ntchito zaulimi pofunafuna chitetezo cha chakudya. Povomereza mavuto omwe amabwera chifukwa cha ndalama zogulira zakudya zogulitsa kunja, zomwe pano zikuyimira pafupifupi $200 miliyoni, boma likuika ndalama zambiri m'njira zopatsa mphamvu alimi am'deralo ndikuchepetsa kudalira magwero akunja.
Greenhouse Villages, pulojekiti yamasomphenya yofotokozedwa ndi Mtumiki Samal Duggins, ikukonzekera kusintha zochitika zaulimi. Gawo loyamba la ntchitoyi likuyang'ana kwambiri ntchito yomanga nyumba 15 zapamwamba zobiriwira m'dera la Brothersons Estate pafupi ndi Newton Ground. Zomera zaukadaulo zapamwambazi zidzakhazikika pakukula kwa mbewu zofunika kwambiri, kuphatikiza tsabola, tomato, masamba obiriwira, broccoli, ndi nkhaka.
Nduna Duggins anatsindika kulinganiza mosamalitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa Greenhouse Villages. Kuchokera pakufika kwa malo osungiramo greenhouses mpaka ntchito yoyeretsa malo ndi kupanga mapu, sitepe iliyonse ikuchitika molondola. Pankhani yomwe adapereka pamkangano wa Bajeti ya 2024, adawonetsa kudzipereka kwa Unduna woyendetsa midziyi mosamala.
Ntchito ya Greenhouse Village sikuti imangopatsa alimi mwayi wopeza malo obiriwira pamtengo wocheperako komanso imaphatikizanso mapulani okonzanso nyumba zomwe zidalipo kale pachilumbachi. Pofika kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2024, Undunawu ukukonzekera kukhala ndi malo opitilira XNUMX omwe akugwira ntchito ku Federation, zomwe zikuthandizira kwambiri kupanga chakudya cham'deralo.
Mavuto azachuma ndi aakulu. Nduna ya Duggins akuwona kupotoza gawo lalikulu la ndalama zogulira chakudya zokwana $200 miliyoni kwa opanga ndi alimi akumaloko, kulimbikitsa kukula kwachuma mkati mwa Federation. Kusunthaku kumagwirizana mosasunthika ndi Sustainable Island State Agenda ya boma, ndikugogomezera njira yokwanira yaulimi yomwe imaphatikizana mwatsopano, kukhazikika, komanso kulimba mtima kwachuma.
Kudzipereka kwa Unduna wa Zaulimi ku ntchito ya Greenhouse Villages kukuwonetsa nyengo yosintha ulimi ku St. Kitts ndi Nevis. Pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wapamwamba ndikuyika patsogolo zokolola zam'deralo, boma likufuna kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha chakudya, kupatsa mphamvu alimi, ndikupanga njira yokhazikika yaulimi. Zotsatira zake zatsala pang'ono kumveka osati pankhani yazachuma komanso kulimba mtima komanso kudzidalira kwa chakudya chamtundu.