Ngenxa yempumelelo ekukhiqizeni nakwisayensi yokudla, i-agribusiness ikwazile ukusungula izindlela ezintsha zokukhulisa ukudla okwengeziwe futhi ikutholele izindawo eziningi ngokushesha.Akukho ukushoda kwezinto zezindaba kumakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinkukhu eziyingxube - isilwane ngasinye sifana nesinye - sipakishwe ndawonye ngama-megabarns, esikhule esikhathini esingangezinyanga, bese sihlatshwa, sicutshungulwe futhi sithunyelwe ngaphesheya kwembulunga.Okungaziwa kakhulu amagciwane abulalayo aguqukayo, futhi aphuma, kulezi zindawo ezikhethekile zezolimo.Eqinisweni, eziningi zezifo ezintsha eziyingozi kakhulu kubantu zingalandelelwa emuva ezinhlelweni ezinjalo zokudla, phakathi kwazo iCampylobacter, i-Nipah virus, i-Q fever, i-hepatitis E, kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zenoveli zomkhuhlane.
I-Agribusiness sekungamashumi eminyaka yazi ukuthi ukuqoqa izinkulungwane zezinyoni noma imfuyo ndawonye kubangela ukulima okukodwa okukhetha izifo ezinjalo.Kodwa umnotho wemakethe awuzijezisi izinkampani ngokutshala i-Big Flu - zijezisa izilwane, imvelo, abathengi, kanye nabalimi benkontileka.Kanye nenzuzo ekhulayo, izifo zivunyelwe ukuba zivele, ziguquke futhi zisakazeke ngesheke elincane.“Lokho,” kubhala isazi sokuziphendukela kwemvelo uRob Wallace, “kuyasiza ukukhiqiza igciwane elingase libulale abantu abayizigidi eziyinkulungwane.”
Emapulazini Amakhulu Enza Umkhuhlane Omkhulu, iqoqo lokuthunyelwa ngokushintshana okusabisayo nokushukumisa ingqondo, u-Wallace ulandelela izindlela umkhuhlane kanye namanye amagciwane avela ngayo kwezolimo ezilawulwa izinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe.Imininingwane ka-Wallace, enobuhlakani obunembayo nobuqinile, okwakamuva kusayensi yezifo eziwumshayabhuqe zezolimo, ngesikhathi esifanayo ehlanganisa izenzakalo ezimbi njengemizamo yokukhiqiza izinkukhu ezingenazimpaphe, ukuhamba kwesikhathi se-microbial, kanye ne-neoliberal Ebola.I-Wallace iphinde inikeze ezinye izindlela ezinengqondo esikhundleni sebhizinisi lezolimo elibulalayo.Ezinye, njengemifelandawonye yabalimi, ukuphathwa kwamagciwane okudidiyelwe, kanye nezinhlelo ezixubile zemfuyo yezitshalo, sezivele zisebenza ngaphandle kwegridi yebhizinisi lezolimo.
Nakuba izincwadi eziningi zihlanganisa izici zokudla noma ukuqubuka kwezifo, iqoqo likaWallace libonakala lingelokuqala ukuhlola izifo ezithathelwanayo, ezolimo, ezomnotho kanye nemvelo yesayensi ndawonye.I-Big Farms Make Big Flu ihlanganisa umnotho wezombangazwe wezifo nesayensi ukuze bathole ukuqonda okusha ngokuvela kwezifo.Ukulima okuphezulu kakhulu kungase kube amagciwane okulima njengenkukhu noma ummbila.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-23-2021