NAIROBI, Nowemapa 9 (Xinhua) - Hoʻohana ka mahiʻai Kenya maʻamau, me ka poʻe ma nā kauhale, i kekahi mau lita o nā pesticides i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua piʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā makahiki ma hope o ka puka ʻana mai o nā mea ʻino a me nā maʻi hou i ka wā e hakakā nei ka lāhui ʻApelika hikina me nā hopena koʻikoʻi o ka loli o ke aniau.
ʻOiai ua kōkua ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻoihana multi-billion shillings ma ka ʻāina, hopohopo nā loea e hoʻohana hewa ana ka hapa nui o nā mahiʻai i nā kemika a laila e hōʻike ana i nā mea kūʻai aku a me ke kaiapuni i nā pilikia.
ʻAʻole e like me nā makahiki i hala, hoʻohana ka mahiʻai Kenya i nā pesticides i kēlā me kēia pae o ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu.
Ma mua o ke kanu ʻana, hoʻolaha ka hapa nui o nā mahiʻai i kā lākou mau mahiʻai me nā herbicides e kāohi i nā nāhelehele. Hoʻopili hou ʻia nā pesticides ke kanu ʻia nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi e kāohi i ke kaumaha o ke kanu ʻana a pale i nā pepeke.
E pīpī ʻia ka mea kanu ma hope aku e hoʻonui i nā lau no kekahi poʻe, i ka wā pua, i ka wā hua, ma mua o ka ʻohi ʻana a ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana, ʻo ka huahana ponoʻī.
"Me ka ʻole o nā pesticides, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kahi ʻohi i kēia mau lā ma muli o ka nui o nā mea ʻino a me nā maʻi," wahi a Amos Karimi, he mea mahiʻai tōmato ma Kitengela, ma ka hema o Nairobi, i kahi hālāwai ninaninau hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Karimi mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ka mahiʻai ʻana i ʻehā mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo kēia makahiki ka makahiki ʻino loa no ka mea ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka nui o nā pesticides.
"Ua hakakā au me kekahi mau mea ʻino a me nā maʻi a me nā pilikia o ke aniau e pili ana i kahi anu lōʻihi. Ua hilinaʻi wau i nā kemika e lanakila ai i ka palaho," wahi āna.
Ua like kona kūlana me ke kūlana o nā tausani o nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina hikina o ʻApelika.
Ua hāpai nā loea mahiʻai i ka hae ʻulaʻula, e ʻōlelo ana ʻo ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i nā pesticides ʻaʻole wale ia he mea hoʻoweliweli i ke olakino o nā mea kūʻai aku a me ke kaiapuni akā he mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻomau ʻia.
"Ke hoʻohana hewa nei ka hapa nui o nā mahiʻai Kenya i nā pesticides e hoʻoweliweli ana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai," wahi a Daniel Maingi o Kenya Food Rights Alliance.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Maingi ua lawe nā mahiʻai o ka ʻāina hikina o ʻApelika i nā pesticides ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau no ka hapa nui o kā lākou mau pilikia mahiʻai.
"Nui nā kemika e pīpī ʻia nei ma luna o nā mea kanu, nā tōmato a me nā huaʻai. ʻO ka mea kūʻai ke uku nei i ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe loa o kēia," wahi āna.
A ke ʻike like nei ke kaiapuni i ka wela i ka wā e lilo ai ka hapa nui o nā lepo ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika Hikina i mea ʻakika. Ke hoʻohaumia nei hoʻi nā pesticides i nā muliwai a pepehi i nā pepeke pono e like me nā pi.
Ua ʻike ʻo Silke Bollmohr, he mea loiloi pilikia ecotoxicological, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pesticides ponoʻī, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea i hoʻohana ʻia ma Kenya he mau mea hana ʻino e hoʻonui ana i ka pilikia.
"Ke kūʻai ʻia aku nei nā pesticides ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohui i ka mahiʻai holomua me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole i ko lākou hopena," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Route to Food Initiative, he hui mahiʻai hoʻomau, he nui nā pesticides he ʻawahia loa, he hopena ʻawahia lōʻihi, he mau mea hoʻopilikia endocrine, he ʻawahia i nā ʻano holoholona hihiu like ʻole a i ʻike ʻia e hoʻoulu i ka nui o nā hopena ʻino koʻikoʻi a hiki ʻole ke hoʻi hou ʻia.
"He mea hopohopo ia aia nā huahana ma ka mākeke Kenyan, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia he carcinogenic (24 huahana), mutagenic (24), endocrine disrupter (35), neurotoxic (140) a me nā mea he nui e hōʻike ana i nā hopena maopopo i ka hānau hou ʻana (262)," wahi a ka ʻoihana.
Ua ʻike nā loea i ka wā e pīpī ai lākou i nā kemika, ʻaʻole mālama ka hapa nui o nā mahiʻai Kenya i nā hana palekana e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i nā mīkina lima, ka pale maka a me nā kāmaʻa.
"Pīpī pū kekahi i ka manawa kūpono ʻole e like me ke ao a i ʻole ka makani," wahi a Maingi.
Ma ke kikowaena o ka hoʻohana nui ʻana i nā pesticides ma Kenya aia nā tausani o nā hale kūʻai ulu lāʻau i hoʻopuehu ʻia, me nā kauhale mamao.
Ua lilo nā hale kūʻai i mau wahi e loaʻa ai i nā mahiʻai nā ʻano kemika mahiʻai a me nā hua hybrid. Hoʻākāka maʻamau nā mahiʻai i nā mea lawelawe hale kūʻai i nā mea ʻino a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi i hoʻouka i kā lākou mau mea kanu a kūʻai aku lākou i ke kemika iā lākou.
"Hiki i kekahi ke kelepona mai ka mahiʻai mai a haʻi mai iaʻu i nā hōʻailona a naʻu e kuhikuhi i kahi lāʻau. Inā loaʻa iaʻu, kūʻai aku wau iā lākou, inā ʻaʻole kauoha wau mai Bungoma. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka manawa e hana ia," wahi a Caroline Oduori, he mea nona ka hale kūʻai holoholona mahiʻai ma Budalangi, Busia, komohana o Kenya.
Ma muli o ka nui o nā hale kūʻai ma nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kauhale, ke ulu nui nei ka ʻoihana i ka wā e hoʻihoʻi hou ai ka hoihoi o nā poʻe Kenya i ka mahiʻai. Ua kāhea nā loea no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana hoʻokele pest i hoʻohui ʻia no ka mahiʻai hoʻomau.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻApelila-07-2021