Ngaphansi kwesu le-Farm to Fork, i-European Commission ibeke umgomo wokuthi okungenani u-25 % womhlaba wokulima e-EU ube ngaphansi kokulima okuphilayo ngo-2030. Lokhu kuyisici esibalulekile se-European Green Deal. Ukufeza lo mgomo kuzodinga ukuthuthukiswa nokusatshalaliswa kwezinhlobo ezintsha zezitshalo eziphilayo, kanye ne-LIVESEED exhaswe yi-EU (ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwezolimo eziphilayo ngokuthuthukisa imbewu ephilayo kanye nemizamo yokuzalanisa izitshalo kulo lonke elaseYurophu) iphrojekthi efuna ukusekela lokhu ngokubhekana nenkinga yokutholakala kwembewu yemvelo. kanye nekhwalithi kusuka kuma-engeli ahlukahlukene, kusukela ezicini zemakethe kuye kumthethonqubo. Le phrojekthi yethulwa ngo-2017, yahlanganisa izinhlangano ezingama-48 ezivela emazweni ayi-18 aseYurophu, okuhlanganisa abacwaningi bezitshalo, abalimi bezitshalo, abakhiqizi bembewu, izinhlangano ze-organic kanye nabathengisi.
Izindlela ezintsha
Omunye wabacwaningi abahilelekile ngu-Edwin Nuijten, usosayensi wezitshalo e-De Beersche Hoeve e-Netherlands, owahola ingxenye yohlelo lomsebenzi olwalugxile ekutheni izindlela ezihlukene zokuzalanisa zingasekelana futhi ziqinisane kanjani. “Ukuzalanisa akukhona nje ukukhiqiza isitshalo esingcono kakhulu sensimu engcono kakhulu, kodwa futhi kuyinqubo, kudingeka sicabangele nezindawo zomphakathi,” usho kanje. Inhloso ye-LIVESEED bekuwukuhlanganisa izici ezihamba phambili zezindlela ezahlukene zokuzalanisa izitshalo.
Umfelandawonye uhlonze izindlela ezine eziqondile, ezibizwa ngokuthi ezisekelwe ku-ecosystem, ezisekelwe emphakathini, ezisekelwe emikhubeni, kanye nezisekelwe ebhizinisini. Izindlela ezisekelwe ku-ecosystem zihlola ukuthi isitshalo sihlangana kanjani futhi singaba negalelo endaweni ezungezile. Izindlela ezisekelwe emphakathini zinokuxhumana okuqinile phakathi komfuyi nabatshali, befuna ukukhulisa ukubaluleka komphakathi kubo. Izindlela ezisekelwe ezicini ziphishekela izinzuzo ezibanzi zomphakathi ngokuthuthukisa izici ezithile, njengokwandisa ukugcwala kwamavithamini abalulekile ezitshalweni, kuyilapho izindlela ezisekelwe ezinkampanini zifuna ukukhulisa inzuzo nokunciphisa izindleko. “Konke lokhu kuqhutshwa ngenani kodwa amanani azo ahlukile,” kunezela uNuijten. “Lokhu akusho ukuthi ezinye izindinganiso zingcono kunezinye, kodwa ukubuza ukuthi singazixhuma kanjani ukuze ziqinisane, futhi zithuthukise ukuqina kwezemvelo nenhlalo.”
Inkundla yolwazi
I-consortium yaqoqa ulwazi mayelana namasu okuzala futhi yashicilela inqwaba yamaphepha ocwaningo. Abalimi bezinto eziphilayo abangaphezu kuka-800 kwaboniswana nabo ngezici ezihlukahlukene eziphathelene nokuzalaniswa kwezitshalo nezimakethe zembewu, futhi i-LIVESEED yaba nesandla ekwandiseni i-Organic Farm Knowledge Platform ngesigaba esizinikele kulezi zihloko. Iphrojekthi ye-LIVESEED iphinde yakha isizindalwazi se-router esikalini se-EU esivumela abahlinzeki bembewu ukuthi bafake okunikezwayo kwezinye izingobolwazi zezwe ngokufaka okukodwa.
Ithimba manje lisebenzela ukuqaliswa kokutholile, libhala imihlahlandlela yokusebenzisa indlela ehlangene yokuzalanisa. Isimo sibi, njengoba ukwakhiwa kwezinhlobo zezitshalo ezintsha kuyinqubo ehamba kancane, futhi abalimi kufanele bathathe isinyathelo manje ukuze balungiselele izinselele zezolimo esikhathini esizayo, njengemingcele eqinile ekusetshenzisweni kwezibulala-zinambuzane kanye nesimo sezulu esishintshayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amanothi e-Nuijten, abalimi nabathengi basongelwa ukungasebenzi emakethe yokuzalanisa izitshalo nembewu. “Uma ubheka ukuzalaniswa okujwayelekile, izinkampani ezimbili noma ezintathu ziphethe imakethe yesithelo nemifino ngayinye. Uma inkampani eyodwa inqamula uhlelo lwayo lokuzalanisa, abalimi bancike ngokuphelele kwenye.
“Ngisho nakwezolimo ezijwayelekile, isimo asisimami,” uyachaza. “Ukuzalaniswa kwembewu ephilayo kanye nezitshalo kunganikeza ithuba lokucabanga ngezindlela eziqhubekayo zokuzalanisa. Sidinga ukuthuthukisa ezinye izindlela eziningi ezintsha, ngakho le nsiza iwusizo kubo bonke abalimi,” kusho uNuijten. “Kuvame ukuthiwa ukudla kwemvelo kubiza kakhulu, kodwa ungathi ukudla okuvamile ishibhile – cabanga ngezindleko ezifihliwe bese kuvela isithombe esihlukile.”