WASHINGTON DC —
Ele Zimbabwe lalithola imali enengi okwamagama kwezokulima ibandla le Zanu PF lingakaqalisi ukuthathela abamhlophe amapulazi ngomnyaka ka 2000.
Umsebenzi wokulima ubhidlike ngemva kokuthathwa kwamapulazi la ephiwa abanye abantu abangela lwazi lokulima loba nje bethola uncedo kuhlangothi lukahulumende lwe Agritex.
Okwamanje banengi abehluleka ukulima ngesikhathi kulenhlanganiso ezinjenge United States Agency for International Development kanye le Christian Care ezinika abalimi uncedo lokukhuphula isivuno sabo kanye lemhlambi yenkomo.
Inhlanganiso ye USAID ilohlelo lokuphandela imuli luhlose ukuthuthukisa abalimi olwe Zimbabwe Agriculture Income and Employment Development (ZIM-AIED).
Abalimi bathola izikwelede emabhanga anjenge Cabs, Trust Bank le Micro King Finance. Kukhanya uhlelo lolu soluthuthukisa ezokulima kwele Zimbabwe.
Kodwa-ke kusobala ukuthi banengi abalimi abangatholi uncedo kwezokulima. Ukuze sihlaziye udaba lolu akesizwe uMnu. Abednico Sibanda umlimi we Gokwe South enkabazwe obizwa ngokuthi yi master farmer ongaphansi kohlelo lwe ZIM-AIED loMnu. Keeper Ngwenya umlimi we Lupane eMatabeleland North ofuya inhlanzi njalo olima umumbu emasimini ayelinywa ngokhokho bakhe.
Kusenjalo, umbiko owethulwe yi Montpellier Panel, inhlanganiso yengcwethi zokulima ese Bhilithane ithi abalimi kumele bafake umquba emagodini alenhlanyelo kulokuthi bawuhaze.
Inhlanganiso le ithi lokhu sokwenze ukuthi abalimi abanengi baphumelele emazweni asentshonalanga yezwekazi le Africa. Inhlanganiso le ithi abalimi abanengi bazaphumelela nxa bengenza lokhu kulakho njalo ukuthuthukisa umnotho wezwekazi le Africa jikelele.
Umsebenzi wokulima ubhidlike ngemva kokuthathwa kwamapulazi la ephiwa abanye abantu abangela lwazi lokulima loba nje bethola uncedo kuhlangothi lukahulumende lwe Agritex.
Okwamanje banengi abehluleka ukulima ngesikhathi kulenhlanganiso ezinjenge United States Agency for International Development kanye le Christian Care ezinika abalimi uncedo lokukhuphula isivuno sabo kanye lemhlambi yenkomo.
Inhlanganiso ye USAID ilohlelo lokuphandela imuli luhlose ukuthuthukisa abalimi olwe Zimbabwe Agriculture Income and Employment Development (ZIM-AIED).
Abalimi bathola izikwelede emabhanga anjenge Cabs, Trust Bank le Micro King Finance. Kukhanya uhlelo lolu soluthuthukisa ezokulima kwele Zimbabwe.
Kodwa-ke kusobala ukuthi banengi abalimi abangatholi uncedo kwezokulima. Ukuze sihlaziye udaba lolu akesizwe uMnu. Abednico Sibanda umlimi we Gokwe South enkabazwe obizwa ngokuthi yi master farmer ongaphansi kohlelo lwe ZIM-AIED loMnu. Keeper Ngwenya umlimi we Lupane eMatabeleland North ofuya inhlanzi njalo olima umumbu emasimini ayelinywa ngokhokho bakhe.
Kusenjalo, umbiko owethulwe yi Montpellier Panel, inhlanganiso yengcwethi zokulima ese Bhilithane ithi abalimi kumele bafake umquba emagodini alenhlanyelo kulokuthi bawuhaze.
Inhlanganiso le ithi lokhu sokwenze ukuthi abalimi abanengi baphumelele emazweni asentshonalanga yezwekazi le Africa. Inhlanganiso le ithi abalimi abanengi bazaphumelela nxa bengenza lokhu kulakho njalo ukuthuthukisa umnotho wezwekazi le Africa jikelele.