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Ukuhlola Okungenzeka kanye Nezinselelo Zokulima Ngokuqondile Esifundeni sase-Peterborough
Enkabeni ye-Peterborough, umbono omusha wokulima ukhula - ngokwezwi nezwi. Ukulima okuqondile, umkhuba wokulima osezingeni eliphezulu, kunesithembiso sokuguqula indlela esitshala ngayo izitshalo. Esikhundleni samasimu asakazekile, izitshalo zilinywa emigqeni eqondile ngaphakathi kwezindawo ezilawulwa yisimo sezulu, okungahambisani nemingcele yenhlabathi evamile nokukhanya kwelanga. Lokhu kuqanjwa okusha kudonse ukunaka kwabakhiqizi bendawo, ososayensi, ngisho nabadlali bezolimo base-Europe, bonke bebheke isifunda sasePeterborough ngokukhula okungaba khona. Kodwa nakuba ithemba lijabulisa, ochwepheshe baxwayisa ngokuthi izinselelo kufanele zibhekwe ukuze kwamukelwe ngokugcwele le ndlela yokuguqula.
I-Paradigm Shift Kwezolimo
Ngokusho kwePeterborough and Kawarthas Economic Development, lesi sifunda sibona ukwanda kwentshisekelo evela ezinkampanini zabalimi ezimile ezifuna ukuthola ubukhona. Abakhiqizi baseYurophu bakhangwa ikakhulukazi kule ndawo, beyibona njengethuba lokufaka isandla endaweni yezolimo yendawo. U-Rhonda Keenan, uMongameli kanye noMphathi Omkhulu wenhlangano, ukholelwa ukuthi umthelela wezenhlalo wokukhiqiza ukudla okwengeziwe endaweni ubaluleke kakhulu. Le ntshisekelo ihambisana nezinjongo zokusimama zokunciphisa i-carbon footprint yokulima nokwandisa izinhlobonhlobo zokudla.
Elinye iphayona lendawo elinjalo nguMat Anderson, ongumnikazi weChemong City Greens ePeterborough. Cishe iminyaka emibili, ubelokhu etshala futhi ethengisa izitshalo eziluhlaza epulazini lakhe eliphansi eliphansi. U-Anderson ugqamisa inzuzo ebalulekile yokulima okuqondile: ukukhiqizwa kwendawo okususa isidingo sokuthumela okubanzi futhi kunciphisa ubungozi be-supply chain. Kodwa-ke, ugcizelela isidingo semfundo ephakeme mayelana nokulima okuqondile ukuze kuqedwe umbono wokuthi kumane nje kuwumkhuba odlulayo. Lo mqondo unanelwa ngochwepheshe abavumayo ukuthi ukulima okuqondile, nakuba kuyisithako esinamandla kwezolimo zendabuko, akukwazi ukukuthatha ngokuphelele.
Amandla Okukhula Nokusimama
UThomas Graham, uprofesa osebenza naye eNyuvesi yaseGuelph's School of Environmental Studies, ubona ngeso lengqondo amathuba amakhulu okukhula kokulima okuqondile. Njengoba imiphakathi ilwela ukuzuza ukwaneliseka nokunciphisa ukuncika emithonjeni yokudla yomhlaba wonke, ukutshalwa kwezimali kumasu amasha okulima kuyabaluleka. U-Graham ugcizelela ukuthi ukunakekela imboni yokulima eqondile kubalulekile ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nalezi zidingo. Ukholelwa ukuthi ukulima okuqondile kungabamba iqhaza elibalulekile hhayi nje kuphela ekuthuthukiseni ukukhiqizwa kokudla kwendawo kodwa nasekunciphiseni izinga lekhabhoni elihambisana nokulima kwendabuko.
Izinselele kanye nezivimbamgwaqo
Nakuba umdlandla wokulima ubheke phezulu ubonakala, izinselele zisaqhubeka. Isithiyo esikhulu endleleni yokusungula amapulazi amakhulu aqondile e-Peterborough ukutholakala komhlaba ofanelekayo. U-Keenan ukhala ngokungabi bikho kwezindawo zokukhiqiza ezingenamuntu kanye namasheya okungenzeka ukuthi izinkampani ezithanda ukulima zibheke phezulu zizodinga ukuzakhela ezazo izindawo. Naphezu kwalokhu, umgomo usacacile - ukuba nepulazi elikhulayo elimile elisebenza ngaphakathi kwesifunda eminyakeni ezayo.
Isiphetho: Ukuhlakulela Ikusasa Eliluhlaza Kakhudlwana
Umqondo wokulima okuqondile umele ukweqa okubalulekile kwezolimo ezisimeme esifundeni sasePeterborough. Njengoba intshisekelo evela kubakhiqizi basekhaya kanye nabadlali bamazwe ngamazwe ikhula, kanjalo nethuba lokulungisa kabusha isimo sokukhiqizwa kokudla. Nakuba izinselelo ezinjengokutholakala komhlaba kanye nemfundo ziqhubeka, isithembiso sokwanda kokuvikeleka kokudla, ukuncishiswa kwekhabhoni, kanye nokuqina kwendawo okuthuthukisiwe kuhlala kuqinile. Ngokuthuthukisa imboni yokulima emi mpo kanye nokukhuthaza ukubambisana phakathi kwababambe iqhaza, i-Peterborough inethuba eliyingqayizivele lokuhlakulela ikusasa eliluhlaza nelikwazi ukuzimela.