Ukutshala isitshalo seqanda kuvame ukuhlotshaniswa namazwe aseningizimu njengeSpain ne-Italy. Kodwa naseFlanders, isithelo sikhula kahle ezindaweni zokugcina izithombo futhi ukulinywa kuyakhula.
Umndeni wakwaHeulens eVremde e-Antwerp wawungomunye wabalimi bokuqala be-aubergine futhi manje usumkhulu kunawo wonke eFlanders. “Asemakhulu amathuba eBelgium uma abantu befunda ukudla imifino.
Funda kabanzi mayelana:
Ama-eggplant avame ukukhulunywa ngawo ngomoya ofanayo nama-courgette, kodwa angamalungu omndeni ohlukile, umndeni we-nightshade. Ngokungafani nabazala bayo baseMelika utamatisi, amazambane, i-paprika kanye nopelepele, izimpande zalesi sithelo zemifino azikho eNtshonalanga kodwa ziseMpumalanga Ekude. Ama-Arabhu aletha i-aubergine eSpain, lapho athatha khona lonke elaseYurophu.
Ukuthandwa kwe-cuisine yaseMedithera ezifundeni zethu kusingenise ku-aubergine. E-Flanders, imifino ixhunywe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa nezitsha ezifana ne-moussaka ne-melanzane. Namuhla, bayanda abantu abadla imifino abafaka 'inyama yemifino' emenyu esikhundleni senyama, futhi kuya ngokuya kuthakazelelwa ukuguquguquka kwe-aubergine.
Nakuba sesiqale ukudla ama-aubergine amaningi ngokuphindwe kabili eminyakeni eyishumi, isilinganiso sokudliwa kwawo singamagremu angu-600 kuphela ngonyaka. Ngokwesibonelo, abantu baseNingizimu Yurophu badla isilinganiso samakhilogremu ayisithupha kuya kwayishumi e-aubergine ngonyaka. Akusona nje isithelo sesitshalo seqanda (ngesiNgisi sinesitshalo seqanda, ed namanje akwaziwa, kukhona nokungazi okuningi mayelana nokutshalwa kwayo. Inhlolovo yemakethe eyenziwe yi-iVOX phakathi kwenkulungwane yaseBelgium ngo-2020 ikhombisa ukuthi munye kuphela kwabahlanu owaziyo ukuthi ama-aubergines nawo ayatshalwa ezweni lethu.
Umlimi omkhulu weFlemish uvula iminyango
Ukuze kwandiswe udumo nokuduma kwalesi sithelo, umndeni wabalimi beBelOrta, iHeulens, unqume kuleli sonto ukuvula iminyango yawo futhi umeme izintatheli enkampanini yabo, engumlimi omkhulu wama-eggplant ezweni elinamahektha angu-7.5. Inkampani eseVremse, eduze kwase-Antwerp, iphethwe abazalwane u-Jan no-Tom kanye nodadewabo u-Ann. Bathathe inkampani kubazali babo abasuka ekulimeni utamatisi bashintsha ama-aubergines ngeminyaka yawo-1990. Lokhu kwabenza baba ngomunye wabalimi bokuqala ezweni lakithi.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, inani labalimi be-aubergine liye lenyuka kakhulu. Ngo-2021, iBelgium inamahektha angama-23.62 okulima ama-aubergine ngaphansi kwengilazi. Indali ebambisene yemifino nezithelo i-BelOrta inenkontileka abalimi abayisishiyagalombili be-aubergine - izinkampani ezimbili zamaDashi neziyisithupha zaseFlemish - ezilungele ukukhiqiza amathani ayi-12,500 ama-aubergines ngonyaka. Amaphesenti angamashumi ayisithupha omkhiqizo waseBelgium athunyelwa kwamanye amazwe, kuyilapho amaphesenti angu-XNUMX ehlala eBelgium.
Amahlathi aseTropical
NgoMeyi, lapho izinsuku zinde, inkampani imatasa kakhulu. Izisebenzi ezingamashumi amane zikhetha ama-aubergine ku-greenhouse bese zihlunga futhi zipakishe izithelo zisebenzisa isistimu yokuhlunga ezenzakalelayo emiswe ngaphambili enkampanini. Lapha, amakhreyithi namabhokisi kulayishwa elolini. Izisebenzi zezikhathi ezithile zonyaka zivela esikhungweni sendawo sokwamukela izivakashi, esiyimizuzu eyishumi ngebhayisikili ukusuka enkampanini. "Ngenxa ye-corona, akulula ukuthola abantu abavela eMpumalanga Yurophu futhi sibe nolwazi oluhle nalaba basebenzi iminyaka," kusho u-Ann Heeulens, obhekele ukuhlela nokuphatha.
Izitshalo ze-40,000 enkampanini zisethwe ku-substrate phakathi no-December, emva kwalokho ukuvuna kokuqala kwenzeka maphakathi noFebhuwari. “Izinga lokushisa elifanele emini lingama-degree angu-26, kodwa ehlobo izinga lokushisa lingakhuphuka libe ngu-30 futhi umswakama ucishe ube ngamaphesenti angu-85. Ngezinye izikhathi izivakashi ziqhathanisa indawo yethu yokugcina izilwane nehlathi lemvula. Nokho, ama-aubergines awavamile futhi afana nesimo sezulu esifudumele nesinomswakama,” kusho u-Jan Heeulens, obhekele ukuphathwa kwezitshalo.
Ukukhula ezindaweni zokugcina izithombo kuvumela umndeni ukuthi unikeze ama-aubergine endawo kuze kube kamuva kakhulu onyakeni. Izithelo zokugcina zivunwa ekupheleni kukaLwezi. “Isivuno senzeka ngezindlela eziningi, kuye ngokuvuthwa nesisindo, okungcono cishe amagremu angu-300. Ngesizini ephezulu, umshini wethu wokuhlunga usebenza amathani angama-35 ama-aubergines ngosuku”, kuqhuba u-Heulens, okhombisa ukuthi phakathi nezinsuku eziphakeme inkampani ishayela e-BelOrta kuze kube kathathu ngosuku olulodwa. Lapho ama-aubergine ahlanganiswa nawabanye abakhiqizi futhi athengiswa ngokwehlukana kwezigaba.
Ukuzalanisa kunomthelela ekwakhiweni kwentengo
Yize umndeni wabalimi uqale waphazamiseka ngokuvalwa kwemboni yezokudla ngonyaka odlule, awusabheki emuva ngonyaka we-corona ngokungeneliseki. UHeeulens uthi: “Nginombono wokuthi abantu banesikhathi esithe xaxa sokupheka ekhaya futhi benza okuthile nge-aubergine kaningi.
Abalimi bathola amanani angcono kakhulu ngo-August no-September. "Khona-ke awukho umncintiswano ovela kuma-aubergines aseSpain futhi kukhona kuphela iDutch neBelgium." Izimbangi zaseSpain zikhula emhubheni we-foil lapho izindleko zokusebenza ziphansi kakhulu. “Ekuqaleni, ukuvuna eSpain kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kukaFebhuwari, kodwa ukuzalanisa kwabavumela ukuba banwebe lokhu kuze kube ngoMeyi noma ngoJuni. Lokho akuzange kusenze kube lula.”
Ukuzalanisa kwaseBelgium nakho akumile. Eminyakeni engaphezu kweyishumi edlule, ukhololo namahlamvu esitshalo seqanda ayehlaba, okwenza ukukha kube nzima. Ezinhlotsheni ezintsha ama-spines anyamalele ngokukhethwa kwemvelo. “Okwamanje kukhona nezivivinyo zokuthuthukisa izinhlobo ezingatshalwa unyaka wonke, ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokukhiqiza okuningi,” kuphetha u-Heeulens.