Imboni yezokulima inikeze ivoti elimangalisayo elithi 'cha' (ngamaphesenti angama-39 kuphela abalimi abavotele ukugcina intela esemthethweni ye-AHDB) kuvoti elisemthethweni elivalwe ngesonto eledlule. Lo mphumela awubathusi abafake izicelo ze-AHDB futhi uqinisekisa ngaphandle kokungabaza okutholwe ngevoti labo ehlobo eledlule: abalimi abafuni ukuthi intela esemthethweni yezolimo iqhubeke.
Nokho, abalimi bazwakalise ukukhathazeka ngalokho okubonakala kuyimizamo yomzuzu wokugcina yokushintsha indlela ivoti elivezwa ngayo. Umlimi wezimbali ezinze e-Spalding u-Simon Redden uthi: “Njengoba i-AHDB yazi kahle ukuthi umthetho ucacile futhi udinga ukuthi ivoti lisekelwe 'ebhizinisini elilodwa, ivoti elilodwa'. Cishe izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu (61%) zabakhokhi bentela abafanelekile bavote ngokusobala bephikisana nentela esemthethweni.
“Kodwa-ke, uMnu Saphir manje ubonakala ezama ngokusobala ukuguqula imithetho yokuvota ukuze ivumelane nencazelo yakhe ngesisekelo semali ekhokhwayo. Lona ngokusobala umzamo onzima futhi oyichilo wokuthonya ongqongqoshe ngenkathi unyathela imibono yabakhokhi bentela abayizingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu abavotele ukuqeda le levy esemthethweni. Ingaphandle kwemithetho yokuvota futhi akufanele ivunyelwe ukuthi inqobe. "
“Ukusekela umphumela enanini lelevi ekhokhiwe, esikhundleni sebhizinisi elilodwa, ivoti elilodwa, kuwumzamo wokugcina wokusindisa i-AHDB Horticulture. Akuyona intando yeningi futhi ingaqhathaniswa nokuvala amasango kubagibeli besigaba sesithathu ku-Titanic - ukubayeka baminze ukuzama ukusindisa abagibeli bezinga lokuqala abakhokha kakhulu."
Ivoti elilodwa
Umlimi wemifino u-Peter Thorold wanezela, “Ngokuphambene nesithombe uMnu Saphir azama ukusipenda, lokhu akuyona incazelo eyinkimbinkimbi - ukuhlasela nje kwentando yeningi yomuntu oyedwa, ivoti elilodwa.”
Abakhalayo bathi le mizamo yokuguqula umphumela weHorticulture Ballot iphinde ibe nomthelela ekuvoteni okukhona manje mayelana nokuqhubeka kwentela esemthethweni yamazambane.
Umlimi wemifino kanye namazambane u-John Bratley uveza ukuthi uma umcabango ka-Saphir ufinyelelwa esiphethweni esiphusile, izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zabakhokhi bentela yamazambane (cishe abalimi abayi-1,500) bazoba nenani lamavoti abo abuzwa yi-AHDB, ezothi izinkokhelo ziphansi kakhulu. Uthi: “Lokhu kuyashaqisa. “Kunanzuzoni kunoma yimaphi amavoti esikhathi esizayo ahlala esithembisa ngaso sonke uma eqhubeka nokuzama ukunyakazisa amapali?”
Intshisekelo yamalungu
Abafake izicelo baphinde bathi i-NFU manje idinga ukumela ngokucacile izintshisekelo zamalungu ayo futhi igxeke lezi zenzo ze-AHDB. Njengoba abavoti abalinganiselwa ku-75% bengamalungu e-NFU (ngokusekelwe kudatha eqoqwe ngo-2020), i-NFU idinga ukusekela ngokusobala ibhizinisi elilodwa, isisekelo sevoti elilodwa lamavoti amanje e-AHDB.
U-Simon Redden uyaphetha: “Isisusa sesenzo sethu esiyiqoqo kwaba ukusabela okushaqisayo kuka-0.5% ekubuyekezweni kwe-Defra, okuye kwasetshenziswa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi oNgqongqoshe, i-Defra, kanye ne-AHDB ukuze kuthethelelwe ukugcina i-AHDB esimweni sayo samanje. Abalimi abacindezelwe kanzima abahlomule kancane enanini eliphansi le-AHDB eminyakeni edlule ngeke besakwazi ukusibekezelela lesi simo. Bakhulume ngokusobala futhi bavotela ukuqeda intela yomthetho.”
Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe noma izicelo zenhlolokhono, sicela uthinte:
ahdbpetition@gmail.com
UJohn Bratley, 01775 840322
USimon Redden, 01775 722670
Peter Thorold, 01775 840360