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Abalimi baseMorocco kanye nabathintekayo kwezolimo babheke imiphumela engase ibe khona ngenxa yokushisa okusanda kwenzeka ngesikhathi sikatamatisi wezwe. Ukwenyuka kwamazinga okushisa, ukuncipha kwemithombo yamanzi, nezinye izinselele kubeka engcupheni isimo se-Morocco njengomthengisi womhlaba wonke katamatisi. Kulesi sihloko, sihlola idatha yakamuva kanye nokukhathazeka okuzungezile isimo.
Ezolimo zaseMoroccan zidume ngesizini yazo katamatisi oqhakazile, okunomthelela omkhulu emnothweni wezwe kanye nasezimakethe zomhlaba jikelele. Kodwa-ke, ama-heatwaves akamuva enze ithunzi lokungaqiniseki ngalo mkhakha obalulekile. Njengoba kubikiwe i-Freshplaza, abalimi baseMoroccan sebevele babona izimpawu zokuqala zokulimala kwezitshalo zabo zikatamatisi, futhi umbono uyakhathaza.
“Sisaqhubeka nokuhlola umonakalo, futhi kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi singawubala,” kuphawula omunye umlimi lapho kuxoxwa nabezindaba. Lo muzwa ufana nokukhathazeka kwabalimi abaningi ababhekene namagagasi okushisa angakaze abonwe ahlasele i-Morocco yonkana, kanti ezinye izifunda zihlangabezana nezinga lokushisa elikhuphuka lifike ku-50 degrees Celsius.
Okwenza lesi simo sibe inselele ikakhulukazi isikhathi. Abalimi abaningi basanda kuthola izinhlobo ezintsha zembewu ukuze baxazulule izinkinga zezitshalo zangaphambili, futhi manje babhekene nokuntuleka kwalezi zimbewu ezintsha ezizothatha indawo yezitshalo ezithinteke kakhulu ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwamazinga okushisa.
Okwengeza izinkathazo ukukhathazeka ngokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe. I-Morocco ithole isisekelo esibalulekile emakethe katamatisi yomhlaba wonke. Ngokusho kwedatha evela e-EastFruit ngo-Ephreli, utamatisi bekuyisigaba esikhulu sokuthunyelwa kwe-Morocco ngo-2021, okwenza izwe libe yindawo yesihlanu ngobukhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Ngo-2022, iMorocco yaze yakhuphukela endaweni yesithathu, yadlula izimbangi ezinamandla njenge-Iran neSpain. Nakuba lokhu bekungase kujabulise izakhamuzi zaseMoroccan ekuqaleni, kuphinde kwakhulisa ukukhathazeka kwazo mayelana namanani katamatisi kanye nokuzinza kokuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe.
Izimo zesomiso eziqhubekayo, ezibhebhethekiswa amagagasi okushisa ehlobo, zenze isimo saba nzima. UMnyango Wezokusebenza eMorocco ubike ukuthi izinga lokugcwaliswa kwamadamu ezweni lehle lafinyelela ku-28.6%, lehle ngo-0.5% ngesonto elilodwa. Umnyango uthi lokhu kwehla kungenxa yokushisa okuhlala isikhathi eside kanye nokuba khona kodaka, kokubili okunomthelela ekuncipheni kwemithombo yamanzi ezweni lonke.
Umgudu wokukhula kokuthunyelwa kwetamatisi ukhombisa ukubaluleka kwalesi sitshalo emnothweni waseMorocco. Ngonyaka owodwa nje, ukuthengiswa kukatamatisi wezwe kukhuphuke kusuka kumathani angama-365,695 ngo-2021 kwafinyelela kumathani angama-557,225 ngo-2022. Kodwa-ke, izinselelo ezihlangene zokushisa okukhulu, ukushoda kwamanzi, kanye nomonakalo ongaba khona ezitshalweni kwenza ithunzi lokungaqiniseki ngekusasa laseMorocco. inkathi katamatisi.
Ukushisa kwakamuva e-Morocco kushiye abalimi kanye nababambiqhaza bezolimo bebhekene nokungaqiniseki. Yize kusacutshungulwa ukuthi ungakanani umonakalo, kukhona ukukhathazeka okuqotho ngomthelela wesizini katamatisi obalulekile kuleli. Njengoba i-Morocco inyukile ezikhundleni zaba umhwebi omkhulu katamatisi emhlabeni wonke, lezi zinselelo azigcini nje ngokuba yingozi kwezomnotho kodwa futhi zinomthelela ezimpilweni zabaningi emkhakheni wezolimo. Lesi simo sidinga izinyathelo ezisheshayo, izixazululo ezintsha, nokubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe ukunciphisa umthelela wokuguquka kwesimo sezulu kwezolimo.