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I-Siliguri: Ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, umnyango wezoLimo wombuso ugxile ekulimeni kwe-greenhouse ukuze kwakheke indawo ekahle yezolimo. Ukwenyuka kwamazinga okushisa kube nomthelela omkhulu emkhakheni wezolimo, okuholele ekwenyukeni kwentengo yemifino. Ngenxa yalokho, izindawo zokugcina izithombo sezibalulekile ekunciphiseni imiphumela emibi yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Umnyango wezoLimo wombuso weluleka abalimi ukuthi basebenzise izindlela zokulima ezibamba ukushisa ukuze baqinisekise ukukhiqizwa kwezitshalo okungaguquki.
UPartha Roy, uMqondisi oMsizi womnyango wezoLimo eSiliguri, uthe, “Amazinga okushisa anyuke kakhulu, athinta umkhakha wezolimo futhi abangela ukwenyuka kwentengo yemifino. Ama-greenhouses aya ngokuya ebaluleke kakhulu ezimweni ezinjalo. Izinkampani eziningana kakade sezakhe izindawo zokugcina izithombo ezinkulu, lapho zilima khona izinhlobonhlobo zemifino endaweni elawulwayo nekahle yokulima.”
Izazi zemvelo ziye zabikezela ukwanda okwengeziwe kwamazinga okushisa namaza okushisa ngenxa yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke. Ngokubona le nselelo, uMnyango wezoLimo uthatha izinyathelo ezinqala ukugcina ukutholakala kwemifino ngokwamukela ukulima kwe-greenhouse. Amasistimu okushisa anikeza izinzuzo ezibalulekile ekulawuleni nasekulawuleni izinga lokushisa nezinye izici zemvelo. Zihlinzeka ngendawo elawulwayo ekhuthaza izimo ezingcono zokukhula kwezilimo.
Ukukhuthaza abalimi ukuthi basebenzise ukulima kwe-greenhouse, umnyango we-State Horticulture unikeza uxhaso lwamaphesenti angama-50 lokwakha izindawo zokugcina izithombo. Ngokwezilinganiso ezisemthethweni, izindleko zokusetha indawo yokushisa ukushisa zilinganiselwa ku-Rs 1,040 ngemitha-skwele ngayinye. Ngenxa yalokho, uhulumeni wezwe ukhokhela ingxenye yalezi zindleko, okwenza ukulima kwe-greenhouse kufinyeleleke futhi kufinyeleleke kubalimi.
Njengamanje, kunezindawo ezine zokugcina izithombo esigabeni esingaphansi kweSiliguri, esiseNaxalbari, Phansidewa, naseRangapani. Lezi zindawo zokugcina izithombo zibe yimpumelelo ekulimeni imifino esezingeni eliphezulu, eminye yayo ethunyelwa emazweni angaphandle. Umkhathi olawulwayo ngaphakathi kwezindlu zokugcina izithombo uqinisekisa ukukhiqizwa okungaguquki, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi izimo zezulu zangaphandle zinjani.
Ukuthuthukiswa nokwamukelwa kabanzi kwamasu okulima okubamba ukushisa kunemiphumela eminingi engaba khona. Okokuqala, inikeza isixazululo esimeme sokuqinisekisa ukutholakala kwemifino okuzinzile, ngisho nalapho kubhekene nezinga lokushisa elikhuphukayo kanye nezimo zezulu ezingalindelekile. Lokhu kuzinza kusiza ekusimamiseni amanani entengo yemifino futhi kunciphisa umthelela wokuguquguquka okuhlobene nesimo sezulu.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukulima kwe-greenhouse kungaba nomthelela ekwehliseni ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi nokusetshenziswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane. Imvelo elawulwayo ivumela ukuphathwa kwamanzi okunembayo kanye nokulawulwa kwezinambuzane okuhlosiwe, okuholela ekusetshenzisweni kwemithombo ngokuphumelelayo futhi kunciphise umthelela omubi kwezemvelo.
Ngokukhula kosongo lokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nemiphumela yako emibi kwezolimo, ukulima kwe-greenhouse kuye kwavela njengesu elibalulekile lokugcina ukutholakala kwemifino okuzinzile. Ukugxila komnyango wezoLimo wombuso ekukhuthazeni ukulima kwe-greenhouse kanye nokuhlinzeka ngoxhaso kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni ekuvikeleni umkhakha wezolimo. Ngokwamukela le ndlela entsha, abalimi bangakwazi ukunciphisa izinselele ezibangelwa ukukhuphuka kwamazinga okushisa futhi bavikele indlela yabo yokuziphilisa.