Mu Januwale 2016 nditayamba ntchitoyi, ndidadzipangira zolinga zingapo kuti ndikwaniritse. Chimodzi mwa izo chinali kufikira kudzera pawailesi yakanema kwa anthu omwe sakuchita nawo bizinesi yolima zipatso, zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba, kuti apereke ndemanga pazinthu zofunika kwambiri pa ulimi wamaluwa. Simungagonjetse zakudya zathanzi zakumaloko zomwe ndi zapamwamba kwambiri kotero kuti zimapindula kwambiri m'misika yathu yotumiza kunja!
Kulima zakudya zomwe timafunikira kuti tikhale ndi thanzi labwino kukungobwera kumene. Covid waunikiranso kuchuluka kwa anthu padziko lapansi pakufunika kodya zakudya zopatsa thanzi. Kuno ku New Zealand, zinthu sizili zosiyana. Kuthekera kwa kukula kwakukulu kwa zipatso zathu, mabulosi ndi ndiwo zamasamba ndi zenizeni. Kufikira kuthekera uku kumalepheretsedwa ndi makonda angapo a mfundo. Anthu aku New Zealand ndi padziko lonse lapansi akufuna zokolola zathu.
Kutetezedwa kwa nthaka, madzi, ogwira ntchito komanso chitetezo chachilengedwe ndi zinthu zofunika kwambiri pakulima chakudya. Kenako pakufunika kupanga zatsopano, pogwiritsa ntchito mitundu yatsopano komanso njira zokulira zomwe zimalimbikitsa madzi abwino komanso kusintha kwanyengo. Tsiku ndi tsiku, timayang'anizana ndi nkhondo yosunga nthaka yobala zipatso kwambiri kuti ikule, nyumba zikubzalidwa mwachangu kuposa masamba.
Madzi akukhala chinthu chochititsa mantha ku New Zealand, dziko limene 80% ya madzi omwe amagwa kuchokera kumwamba amapita kunyanja. Chifukwa chiyani makhonsolo ndi Boma sakutsogolela ntchito zosunga ndi kujambula anthu? Mwina padzakhalapo kanthu tsopano popeza mzinda wa New Zealand ukukumana ndi vuto la madzi?
Kuletsa kwa Boma kuletsa anthu osamukasamuka osakhalitsa ndikusunga malire a Recognized Seasonal Employer (RSE) Pacific labour scheme ikulepheretsa mwachindunji kukula ndi luso la ulimi wamaluwa pochita ndikudyetsa anthu. Covid watiphunzitsa kuti kuteteza New Zealand ku matenda ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda kumalire ndikofunikira. Koma ngakhale malire atatsekedwa, tizirombo tatsopano ta zomera tikufika ku New Zealand.
Kenako timabwera ku kafukufuku ndi chitukuko, kutsatiridwa ndi kusamutsidwa kwaukadaulo kwa olima. Tikufuna kafukufukuyu kuti akhalebe opikisana m'misika yapadziko lonse lapansi, komanso kuti tithandizire pamadzi opanda mchere komanso kusintha kwanyengo. Zomwe zikufufuzidwa komanso ndalama zothandizira kafukufukuyu zikufunika kuyikanso patsogolo mwachangu. Pamwamba pa zovutazi pali kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa kutsatiridwa komwe kumaperekedwa kwa alimi ndi alimi.
Ndili ndi gulu la HortNZ lodziwa bwino komanso lodziwa bwino, ndakhala zaka zisanu zapitazi ndikugwira ntchito pazochitika zonsezi kuti ndikonze zinthu kwa alimi ndipo chifukwa chake, onse akumidzi. Chokhumudwitsa chathu nchakuti nthawi zambiri, kupita patsogolo kumakhala pang'onopang'ono, pang'onopang'ono kuposa momwe kumayenera kukhalira.
Chokhumudwitsa china ndikupeza kuzindikira kwa ulimi wamaluwa ndi kuthandizira kwake osati chuma chokha - ndife makampani a NZ $ 7 biliyoni - komanso kuthandizira kwathu kumidzi ndi thanzi la dziko. Imodzi mwamakampeni a HortNZ omwe ndidatenga nawonso ndikupangitsa dziko lobadwira kulemba zofunikira zalamulo ku New Zealand. Ndichofunikira mwalamulo m'misika yathu yonse yayikulu yotumiza kunja ndipo chakhalapo kwa zaka zambiri. Kampeni iyi idayamba koyambirira kwa zaka za m'ma 2000 ndipo patangodutsa zaka 20, New Zealand ikhala ikufuna kulembetsa dziko lochokera.
Ndi pazifukwa zomwe zili pamwambazi kuti ndi Unduna wa Zamakampani a pulayimale, banja lathu la ulimi wamaluwa likugwira ntchito kuti lipange njira yolumikizirana pakupanga ndondomeko m'boma ndi mafakitale. Tiyenera kulowa mu timu yomweyi kuti tithe kusintha mwachangu momwe tingathere. Kuwongolera pakusintha kwa mfundo zomwe zimatenga zaka makumi awiri kungakhale kusintha kwenikweni! Kupanga njira yogwirizanayi kukuchitika pakali pano. Tiyenera kupanga izi chifukwa tikukumana ndi zovuta zamasiku ano, zovuta zina zikubwera kale kwa ife.
Ndalama zazikulu kuchokera kwa omwe ali olemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi zikupita kukupanga chakudya komanso dongosolo lazakudya. Ndiye zaka zapitazo, ndalama muzakudya zinali pafupifupi US$0.5 biliyoni. Chaka chino ndalamazo zikuyembekezeka kukhala US $ 20 mpaka US $ 25 biliyoni. Cholinga chake ndi kulima zakudya zonse zomwe anthu amafunikira pafupi ndi komwe amakhala, kukulitsa lingaliro la ulimi woyima kuti ukhale ndi mitengo ndi mizu.
Izi ndizovuta kwambiri ku mapulogalamu athu opambana komanso ofunika kwambiri otumiza kunja. Ndikukhulupirira kuti nthawi zonse padzakhala malo odyetserako chakudya ku New Zealand, koma kuti asunge malowa, Boma ndi mafakitale akuyenera kugwirira ntchito limodzi kuti athane ndi mavutowo. Apa ndipamene kukhazikitsidwa kwa njira yolumikizana yopangira njira. Ili ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri kuwonetsetsa kuti ulimi wamaluwa ku New Zealand uli ndi tsogolo labwino.
Pomaliza, ndikuthokoza aliyense amene akukhudzidwa ndi ulimi wamaluwa chifukwa cha thandizo lawo, Bungwe la HortNZ ndi ogwira ntchito pondipatsa mwayi wopereka chithandizo, ndi inu owerenga powerenga zomwe ndalemba.
Ili silikhala blog yanga yomaliza, koma ndibulogu yanga yomaliza ngati Chief Executive wa HortNZ. Wolowa m'malo wanga, Nadine Tunley, atenga udindo pa 14 June. Ndikukhulupirira kuti mudzandipatsa Nadine chithandizo ndi chilimbikitso chomwe mwandipatsa. Komabe sindidzatayika ku gawoli chifukwa ndikusungidwa kwakanthawi kuti ndithandizire bizinesiyo pazantchito zanyengo komanso tsogolo la dongosolo la RSE. Chifukwa chake ndikhala ndikukuwonani mozungulira, ngakhale mwanjira ina.