Kusukela ezindlini ezigcwele izikhukhula kuya ezindabeni zokuthengwa kwempahla, lesi isikhathi esiyinselele ikakhulukazi eBritish Columbia. Sima nalabo abakhahlanyezwe yizikhukhula.
Izinhliziyo zethu zizwela kubalimi amakhaya abo agcwele amanzi. Ukulahlekelwa kwabo akunakulungiseka. Umlimi wamaBlueberry uJaswant Dhillon uthi “umndeni wakhe ulahlekelwe yikho konke, kuhlanganise nezinkumbulo zomndeni eziyigugu. Indlu yonke ayilungiseki.”
Kulo mcimbi ongakaze ubonwe wobukhulu obukhulu, okungenani amahektha ayi-2,500 ama-blueberries athintekile futhi kulawa, cishe amahektha ayi-1000 asasele ngaphansi kwamanzi, ikakhulukazi endaweni yaseSumas Prairie. Isamba se-acreage yokukhiqizwa kwama-blueberry e-BC cishe amahektha angu-27,000 kubika i-Statistics Canada.
Inkambu yama-blueberry ethintekile endaweni yaseSumas Prairie. Isithombe sithunyelwe umlimi we-BC Blueberry.
Ezinye izingxenye zendawo yaseMatsqui Flats nazo zacwiliswa ngokuphelele isikhathi esithile, futhi ezinye izindawo eziseduze noMfula iFraser zisalokhu zigcwele izikhukhula ngokwezinga elincane. Abalimi abasezindaweni ezingenazo izikhukhula ezincane lapho amanzi aphuma khona ngemva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu kuya kweziyisithupha futhi ejule ngo-2-3' bayoba nethuba lokubuyisela amasimu abo.
Esifundeni saseSumas Prairie, abanye abalimi babika ukuthi kunamanzi afinyelela kwayisikhombisa kuya kwayisishiyagalombili emasimini futhi bakhathazekile ngomthelela wesikhathi eside, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yemfucumfucu nezinye izinkinga ezingaba khona ngenxa yokucwiliswa kwezitshalo isikhathi eside.
"Kungenzeka ukuthi abalimi abathinteke kakhulu bazodinga ukukhipha izitshalo zabo bazitshale kabusha, okungaba yizindleko ezinkulu zezimali," kusho uHarry Sidhu, olima amapulazi omndeni wakhe eSumas Prairie. "Ama-Blueberries ayisitshalo esingapheli futhi kuthatha iminyaka ukuthola isivuno esikhulu, ngakho-ke lokhu kungase kube ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwemali engenayo iminyaka eminingi."
Lesi kuseyisimo esisebenzayo nesithuthukayo. Njengamanje, uMkhandlu uhlonza abalimi abathinteke kakhulu futhi uthola izindlela zokubasiza.
"Ukulimala kwamasimu kuzodinga ukubhekwa kabusha uma amanzi esebohlile," kusho uJason Smith, uSihlalo woMkhandlu we-BC Blueberry. USmith uphinde uthi iningi lesifunda esikhulayo alithinteki futhi awukho umthelela omfushane noma wesikhathi eside kubathengi bama-blueberries.
Iminyaka embalwa edlule ibe inselele embonini ye-BC blueberry, ngenxa yezehlakalo zesimo sezulu ezingalindelekile kanye nezinselele zokuvuthwa kwempova okuholele ekukhiqizeni okuncane kakhulu kunokwenele. Ngo-2019, umthamo wezitshalo wawucishe ube ngamaphawundi ayizigidi ezingama-200. Yehle cishe ngamaphawundi ayizigidi ezingama-20 ngo-2020 futhi cishe ngamaphawundi ayizigidi ezingama-50 ngo-2021.
Ukuze unqobe ezinye zalezi zinselele, abalimi abathintekile badinga usizo. Imboni yama-blueberry iyisici esichazayo sase-British Columbia, kanye nokuziphilisa kwemindeni eminingi, ngakho-ke i-BC Blueberry Council icela ukuba amalungu ayo athinteke ezikhukhuleni afakwe ngokugcwele kuzo zonke izinyathelo zokusiza zikahulumeni.
UMkhandlu usungule insiza Page echaza usizo olukhona.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe:
UClara Moran-Sakalauskas
Brooklynn Doucette
I-BC Blueberry Council
I-Tel: + 1 (604) 864 2117
clara@bcblueberry.com
brooklynn@townhallbrands.com
https://gobluebc.ca/
https://www.bcblueberry.com/