Ngenxa yentuthuko ekukhiqizeni nasesayensini yokudla, ibhizinisi lezolimo likwazile ukwakha izindlela ezintsha zokutshala ukudla okwengeziwe nokukuthola ezindaweni eziningi ngokushesha. Akukho ukushoda kwezinto ezintsha ezindabeni ezingamakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinkukhu ezixubile - isilwane ngasinye esifana nezakhi zofuzo - ezihlanganiswe ndawonye kuma-megabarn, zikhuliswe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, bese zihlatshwa, zicutshungulwe futhi zithunyelwe kolunye uhlangothi lomhlaba. Okungaziwa kakhulu yizifo ezibulalayo eziguqukayo, futhi ziphuma kulezi zindawo ezikhethekile zezolimo. Eqinisweni, izifo eziningi ezintsha eziyingozi kakhulu kubantu zingalandelelwa emuva ezinhlelweni zokudla ezinjalo, phakathi kwazo i-Campylobacter, igciwane le-Nipah, i-Q fever, i-hepatitis E, kanye nezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-influenza entsha.
Ibhizinisi lezolimo selazi amashumi eminyaka ukuthi ukuhlanganisa izinkulungwane zezinyoni noma imfuyo ndawonye kuphumela ekulimeni okukodwa okukhetha izifo ezinjalo. Kodwa ezomnotho zemakethe azijezisi izinkampani ngokutshala i-Big Flu - zijezisa izilwane, imvelo, abathengi, kanye nabalimi abangochwepheshe. Kanye nenzuzo ekhulayo, izifo ziyavunyelwa ukuthi zivele, ziguquke, futhi zisakazeke ngaphandle kokuhlolwa. “Lokho kusho ukuthi,” kubhala isazi sezinto eziphilayo sokuziphendukela kwemvelo uRob Wallace, “kuyazuzisa ukukhiqiza igciwane elingabulala abantu abayizigidi eziyinkulungwane.”
Ku-Big Farms Make Big Flu, iqoqo lemibiko ephindaphindwayo ekhathazayo nevusa imicabango, uWallace ulandelela izindlela umkhuhlane nezinye izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane ezivela ngazo kwezolimo ezilawulwa izinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe. UWallace uchaza, ngobuhlakani obuqondile nobunamandla, okwakamuva kwisayensi yezifo zezolimo, ngesikhathi esifanayo ehlanganisa izinto ezesabekayo njengemizamo yokukhiqiza izinkukhu ezingenazimpaphe, ukuhamba kwesikhathi kwamagciwane, kanye ne-neoliberal Ebola. UWallace uphinde anikeze ezinye izindlela ezinengqondo zebhizinisi lezolimo elibulalayo. Ezinye, njengezinhlangano zokulima, ukuphathwa kwezifo ezihlanganisiwe, kanye nezinhlelo zezitshalo nezilwane ezixubile, sezivele zisebenza ngaphandle kwegridi yebhizinisi lezolimo.
Nakuba izincwadi eziningi zimboza izici zokudla noma ukuqubuka kwezifo, iqoqo likaWallace libonakala lingelokuqala ukuhlola izifo ezithelelanayo, ezolimo, ezomnotho kanye nohlobo lwesayensi ndawonye. I-Big Farms Make Big Flu ihlanganisa umnotho wezepolitiki wezifo kanye nesayensi ukuze ithole ukuqonda okusha ngokuvela kokutheleleka. Ezolimo ezisetshenziswa kakhulu zingaba ukulima izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane njengezinkukhu noma ummbila.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-23-2021