Abalimi bahalalisela iphrojekthi ye-Content greenhouse e-Williamsfield, e-Manchester, ngokubenza bakwazi ukukhulisa umkhiqizo kanye nenzuzo, kuyilapho bengeza ukubaluleka kwezomnotho emphakathini.
Le phrojekthi, eqale ngo-2017, ibandakanya ukuvuselelwa kwezindawo zangaphambili ze-bauxite ukuze kukhiqizwe ezolimo.
Abalimi abangu-20 balima izilimo ezifana ne-cucumber, ubhatata, iklabishi, ulethisi, upelepele ezindlini ezingu-XNUMX, futhi bakhulise izilwane ezifuywayo ezifana nezimbuzi, ukuhlinzeka ngamahhotela, izitolo ezinkulu nezinye izimakethe.
Umongameli wephrojekthi ye-Content greenhouse, u-Earl Williams, uthe iqembu labalimi selikhiqize amaphawundi ayi-100,000 wezitshalo, ngemali etholwayo cishe eyizigidi eziyi-16 zamaRandi.
Uphawula ukuthi amaphesenti angama-30 emali etholwayo “abekelwe izinsuku zemvula” ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ibhizinisi liyasimama.
UMnu. Williams, obekhuluma emhlanganweni womphakathi wakamuva, uthe “iphrojekthi ibuyise impilo e-Williamsfield,” okuthengwe ukwehla kokukhiqizwa kwe-bauxite.
Uthe futhi, “umphakathi ube muhle kithi” ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi amapulazi avikelekile.
UMnu. Williams uthe ukuntengantenga komnotho, okulethwe umthelela wobhubhane lwe-coronavirus (COVID-19), kwehlisa ukukhiqizwa, kodwa waphawula ukuthi iphrojekthi ibekwe kahle ukusebenzisa amathuba akhona.
Uthe abalimi bahlomule “ngokuqeqeshwa okungcono kakhulu kwezokulima njengebhizinisi” ngeRural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), kanti sekuthuthukiswe ubudlelwano nabathengi kanye nabakhiqizi abenezelwe ukuze kudayiswe umkhiqizo osezingeni eliphezulu.
Isikhulu Esisebenzelana Nomphakathi we-Content Farmers' Group, uKerise Mighty, oyilungu elincane kunawo wonke kuleli qembu, futhi ongomunye wabalimi besifazane abathathu kuphela, uthe lolu hlelo “lwenze abalimi bakwazi ukuhola kakhulu, osekugcwele emphakathini” .
Uthe lolu hlelo lwengeza inzuzo endaweni, luhlinzeka ngenkundla yokuqeqeshwa kwezobuchwepheshe be-greenhouse kubafundi bemfundo ephakeme futhi lusebenza njengendawo yokuvakasha yokufundisa kubafundi basezikoleni zamabanga aphansi kanye nabasesikoleni esiphakeme.
“Senza into enhle futhi bonke abalimi banikezwe izitifiketi kubuchwepheshe be-greenhouse,” uyaqhosha.
I-Content greenhouse project iyingxenye ye-Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI)/Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project, eyenziwa ngokwesekwa yi-World Bank-Sponsored Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI).
Ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo, imigodi ye-bauxite embiwe iguqulwa ibe amachibi okubamba amanzi ukuze inikeze amanzi okunisela okukhiqiza i-greenhouse kanye nenkundla evulekile.
Le phrojekthi, ebisebenza emiphakathini eyisishiyagalombili ezifundeni zaseManchester, St. Ann kanye ne-St. Elizabeth kusukela ngo-2014, ihlose ukuhlinzeka ngokuziphilisa okusimeme kubahlali bemiphakathi ye-bauxite embiwe.
Futhi ihlose ukwenza ngcono ezolimo kanye nokuxhumana kwezokuvakasha, ukuthuthukisa ukufinyelela ezimakethe, kanye nokuqinisa izindlela zokubhekana nesimo sezulu kwabahlomuli abahlosiwe.
NgoMashi 2021, i-JSIF kanye ne-JBI basayine Isivumelwano Sokusebenzisana (MOU) ukuze kuqaliswe isigaba sesibili salo msebenzi ngaphansi kwe-REDI II.
Abalimi abangaba ngu-320 kanye nemizi yabo, okuhlanganisa namaqembu asengozini kanye nabantu abakhubazekile, kulindeleke ukuthi bahlomule esikhathini esiyiminyaka emihlanu.
I-JBI nursery yaba ngumhlinzeki wezithombo zokuqalisa kwezindlu zokugcina izithombo ezingu-160 futhi iyaqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngamaqoqo lapho ama-oda etholwa ngohlelo lwezohwebo.
Umdidiyeli weProjekthi e-JBI, uClarence Osbourne, uthe i-Greenhouse Cluster and Water Harvesting Project, eyaqala e-Tobolski e-St.
Imele iminikelo yezigidi ezingu-$200 evela ku-JSIF, ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-$100 ezivela ezinkampanini ze-bauxite, cishe izigidi ezingu-$150 ezivela ku-JBI, kanye nokwesekwa kweKhomishana Yokuthuthukiswa Komphakathi (SDC).
KuSihlalo we-JBI Bauxite Community Development Programme (BCDP), u-Angus Gordon, le phrojekthi "isibonelo esisodwa nje sokuthi i-JBI iphinda itshale kanjani imali engenayo evela emkhakheni we-bauxite ukuze kuthuthukiswe izimpilo zabantu baseJamaica".
Uthe abalimi abangaphezu kwe-1,000 babone ukwanda kokukhiqizwa kwezitshalo futhi bazuza ekuqeqeshweni "okubenza basebenze ngempumelelo ngobuchwepheshe obusha emkhakheni wezolimo".
IMenenja Jikelele ye-JBI, uStevie Barnett, ngasohlangothini lwakhe, uthe iphrojekthi “iyinto emangalisayo esiyenzile ngamasimu e-bauxite”.
“Bekunenkolelo yokuthi izindawo ezimbiwe bezingenamsebenzi kodwa kuze kube yimanje zisetshenziselwa ukukha amanzi,” usho kanje.
Umphathi Wephrojekthi ne-JSIF, u-Kemeisha Batchan, uphawule ukuthi ukuhlangana ndawonye kwe-JBI ne-JSIF ngaphansi kwe-Greenhouse Cluster Project kube nezithelo, kwakhulisa isivuno sezitshalo futhi kwashintsha izimpilo zabalimi abahlomulayo.
“Inyusile imali abayitholayo. Qhubekani nokwandisa ukwesekwa nokuqeqeshwa,” unxuse abalimi.
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