NgoJanuwari 2016 ngesikhathi ngiqala le ndima, ngazibekela imigomo eminingi engizoyifeza. Enye yazo bekuwukufinyelela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kubantu abangabandakanyeki ebhizinisini lokutshala izithelo, amajikijolo nemifino, ukuze banikeze ukuphawula ngezinkinga ezibalulekile ekulimeni. Awukwazi ukushaya ukudla okunempilo okutshalwe endaweni okwikhwalithi ephezulu kangangoba kuzuza imali enkulu ezimakethe zethu ezithunyelwa ngaphandle!
Ukukhulisa ukudla esikudingayo ukuze sigcine impilo yethu kumane nje kuza kosuku lwanamuhla. ICovid iphinde yagxila kubantu bomhlaba ngokubaluleka kokudla ukudla okunempilo. Emuva lapha eNew Zealand, isimo asihlukile. Ithuba lokukhula komchazi wezithelo zethu, amajikijolo nokukhiqizwa kwemifino likhona impela. Ukufinyelela lokhu kungenzeka kuvinjelwe izilungiselelo eziningi zenqubomgomo. Abantu baseNew Zealand kanye nomhlaba bafuna umkhiqizo wethu.
Ukuvikelwa komhlaba, amanzi, abasebenzi kanye nokuvikeleka kokuvikela kuyizinto ezibalulekile ekukhuleni kokudla. Okulandelayo kunesidingo sokuqamba, ngokusebenzisa izinhlobo ezintsha nezindlela ezintsha zokukhulisa ezikhuthaza amanzi ahlanzekile kanye nokujwayela isimo sezulu. Nsuku zonke, sibhekene nempi yokugcina umhlaba okhiqiza kakhulu ukuze ukhule, nezindlu ezitshalwa ngokushesha kunemifino.
Amanzi aba yimpahla ethusayo eNew Zealand, izwe lapho u-80% wamanzi awela esibhakabhakeni ebalekela olwandle. Kungani imikhandlu noHulumeni bengaholi phambili kunesidingo sokugcina nokubamba izinhlelo? Mhlawumbe kuzoba nesenzo manje njengoba iNew Zealand yedolobha ibhekene nenkinga yamanzi?
Ukuncishiswa kukaHulumeni umsebenzi wabokufika besikhashana kanye nokugcina umkhawulo wohlelo lwabasebenzi abaqashelwa isikhathi sonyaka (RSE) lwasePacific luvimbela ngqo ukukhula nokukwazi ukulima ukwenza nokusebenza nokondla abantu. UCovid usifundise ukuthi ukugcina iNew Zealand ivikelekile ezifweni nasemagulini emngceleni kubalulekile. Kepha noma imingcele ivaliwe, izinambuzane ezintsha zezitshalo sezingena eNew Zealand.
Ngemuva kwalokho siza ocwaningweni nasekuthuthukisweni, kulandelwe ukudluliswa kobuchwepheshe kubalimi. Sidinga lolu cwaningo ukuze siqhubeke nokuncintisana ezimakethe zomhlaba, futhi senze iminikelo yethu emanzini angenasawoti nasekuguqukeni kwesimo sezulu. Okucwaningwayo nemali yalolo cwaningo idinga ukubekwa eqhulwini okuphuthumayo. Ngaphezu kwalezi zinselelo wukwanda okuphawulekayo kokulandela umthetho okuphoqelelwa abalimi nabalimi.
Ngethimba leHortNZ elinekhono nelinguchwepheshe, ngichithe iminyaka emihlanu edlule ngisebenza kulolo nalunye lwezinkinga ukwenza ngcono isimo sabalimi futhi ngenxa yalokho, wonke umkhakha wasemakhaya. Okusikhungathekisayo ukuthi imvamisa, inqubekela phambili ihamba kancane, ihamba kancane kakhulu kunendlela obekufanele ibe ngayo.
Okunye ukukhungatheka ukuthola ukuqashelwa kwe-horticulture kanye negalelo layo emnothweni hhayi kuphela - siyimboni ye-NZ $ 7 billion - kodwa futhi nokweseka kwethu imiphakathi yasemakhaya nempilo yezwe. Omunye wemikhankaso ye-HortNZ engayithatha ngangenza izwe lendabuko lifaka imfuneko yezomthetho eNew Zealand. Kuyimfuneko yezomthetho kuzo zonke izimakethe zethu ezibalulekile zokuthekelisa futhi sekuyiminyaka eminingi. Lo mkhankaso waqala ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-2000 futhi ngaphansi nje kweminyaka engama-20 kamuva, iNew Zealand izobe isidinga ngokusemthethweni ilebula lokudabuka ezweni.
Kungenxa yalezi zizathu ezingenhla ukuthi noMnyango Wezimboni Zamabanga Aphansi, umndeni wethu wokulima ulima usebenza ukudala indlela ebumbene yokwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo kuHulumeni nakwimboni. Sidinga ukungena eqenjini elifanayo ukuze sikwazi ukwenza umehluko ngokushesha okukhulu. Ukwenza ngcono izinguquko zenqubomgomo ezithatha iminyaka engamashumi amabili kungaba ngcono kwangempela! Ukuthuthukiswa kwale ndlela ebumbene kuyaqhubeka njengamanje. Kufanele senze lo msebenzi ngoba sibhekene nezinselelo zanamuhla, izinselelo ezilandelayo sezivele ziza kithi.
Ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu okuvela kubacebile abasezingeni eliphezulu emhlabeni kuya ekukhiqizweni kokudla nasohlelweni lokudla. Bese kuthi eminyakeni eyedlule, ukutshalwa kwemali ohlelweni lokudla kwakucishe kube ngu-US $ 0.5 billion. Kulo nyaka kulinganiselwa ukuthi kube yi-US $ 20 kuya ku-US $ 25 billion. Ukugxila ekutshaleni konke ukudla abantu abakudingayo eduze nendawo abahlala kuyo ngangokunokwenzeka, ukwandisa umqondo wokulima mpo ukufaka izihlahla nezimpande izilimo.
Lokhu kuyinselelo eqonde ngqo ezinhlelweni zethu eziphumelela kakhulu nezibalulekile zokuthekelisa. Ngikholwa ukuthi kuyohlale kunendawo enhle yokudla okulinywe eNew Zealand, kodwa ukugcina leyo ndawo, uHulumeni nezimboni kuzofanele basebenze ndawonye ukuhlangabezana nezinselelo ngqo. Yilapho ukuthuthukiswa kwendlela ebumbene yokuthuthukiswa kwamasu kungena khona. Inendima ebaluleke kakhulu ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukulima kwezitshalo zaseNew Zealand kunekusasa eliyimpumelelo.
Sengivala, ngibonga wonke umuntu obambe iqhaza kwezolimo ngezitshalo ngokungeseka, iBhodi leHortNZ kanye nabasebenzi ngokunginikeza ithuba lokufaka isandla, kanye nawe mfundi ngokufunda engikubhalile.
Le ngeke kube yibhulogi lami lokugcina, kepha yibhulogi yami yokugcina njengeChief Executive yeHortNZ. Umlandeli wami, uNadine Tunley, uthatha izintambo ngomhla ziyi-14 kuNhlangulana. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uzonikeza uNadine ngezinga elifanayo lokwesekwa nokungikhuthaza onginike lona. Ngeke ngilahleke kulo mkhakha njengoba ngigcinwa isikhashana ukuxhasa imboni emisebenzini yezikhathi ezithile kanye nekusasa lohlelo lwe-RSE. Ngakho-ke ngizobe ngikubona ngiseduze, yize kunjalo.