Munzvimbo dzakaoma dzeLaikipia County yeKenya, varimi vari kuona kubudirira kurimwa kwembatatisi nekuda kwemhando yembatatisi yeUnika. Yakazvarwa neYunivhesiti yeIca muPeru muma1990s, Unika yakagadzirirwa kutsungirira mamiriro ekunze akanyanya uye kurwisa matambudziko ekuchengetedza chikafu. Iye zvino, Unika iri kubudirira muKenya, uko kusanaya kwemvura uye goho rakakwirira zvakaita kuti ive musimboti wepurojekiti yakabatana inotungamirwa neFood and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) neUN Women. Nerubatsiro rwemari kubva kuKorean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), chirongwa che “Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment through Climate-Resilient Agriculture” (PWEE-CRA) chiri kuda kupa varimi vechidzimai mbesa dzinogara dziripo, dzinopa goho guru seUnika kuitira kuti veruzhinji vawane chikafu mumamiriro ekunze. - nzvimbo dzakaoma.
Mumwe murimi weLaikipia ari kupinda muchirongwa ichi, Esther Murugi, ashandura goho repurazi rake. Anorima hafu yeeka yembatatisi yeUnika, iyo, kunyange mumamiriro ezvinhu okusanaya kwemvura, inobereka goho mumwedzi mitatu chete. Izvi hazvina kungoita kuti mhuri yake ive nechikafu, asi zvakamubvumirawo kuchengetedza mbatatisi yakawandisa. Sekutaura kwaanoita, “Tisati tatanga kurima Unika, goho rembatatisi rakanga richidzikira, zvisinei nezvataiedza kuita. Zvino chingotarisa maresults. "
Kune varimi veLaikipia, mbatatisi ndiyo yekutanga kudya uye kuwana mari. Zvisineyi, mamiriro ekunze enzvimbo iyi asinganayi nemvura yakawanda uye mwaka wekunaya kwemvura shoma zvinotadzisa kurima. Varimi vazhinji vemuno vakatambura nembeu dzemhando yakaderera idzo dzinokundwa nezvirwere zvakaita se<em>late blight , dambudziko rinowanzoitika munzvimbo dzine mbeu dzisina kunaka uye tupukanana twakawanda. Matambudziko aya akawedzerwa nekushata kuri kuita kusanaya kwemvura, zvichiratidza kukosha kwemagadzirirwo ezvekurima.
Kurima Kunogadzirisa Mamiriro ekunze: Mashandiro Anoita Chirongwa
Chirongwa chePWEE-CRA chakatanga muna 2020, chakanangana nematunhu matatu eKenya: Laikipia, Kitui, neWest Pokot. Padivi peUnika, chirongwa ichi chakaunza maitiro anochinja-chinja mamiriro ekunze uye zvirongwa zvekupanana ruzivo kuvarimi vechikadzi, avo vanowanzova musimboti wekugadzirwa kwechikafu mudzimba asi vachitarisana nemikaha yakakura yezviwanikwa.
Unika yakanyatso kusarudzwa nekuda kwekusimba kwayo kwekusimba: inogona kubudirira munzvimbo dzose dzakakwirira uye dzakaderera, kutsungirira kupisa kwakanyanya, uye inoda mvura shoma. Kushingirira kweUnika kuzvirwere zvakaita se<em>late blight ndechimwewo chakanakira nekuti mhando zhinji dzemuno dzinobatwa nechirwere ichi nemamwewo. Sekureva kwemutungamiri wepurojekiti Barrack Okoba, “Sarudzo yedu yeUnika inoenderana nezvido zvevarimi veko, mamiriro ekunze, uye zvinangwa zvepurojekiti zvekusimbisa kurima kunoenderana nemamiriro ekunze. Migumisiro yacho yave ichishamisa. "
Dzidzo Yechigarire Impact
Chirongwa hachigumiri pakupa mbeu. PWEE-CRA inopa varimi vakaita saEsther dzidziso yakakosha pamusoro penzira dzekurima dzeUnika, kusanganisira kubata mushure mekukohwa nekutsvaga misika. Imwe nhengo yesangano reNg’eni Disabled Self-Help Group, VaEsther vari mugwara rechirongwa chenharaunda chinonangana nevarimi vasina mari shoma, kusanganisira vakaremara, avo vanogarowaniswa mukana wekudzidziswa.
Boka raEsther rakadzidza nzira itsva yekuparadzira kuburikidza nepurojekiti: kucheka maapical parts embatatisi yembeu dzemhando yepamusoro. Uyu mutoo unobereka mbatatisi dzakasimba zvikuru, uye Esther akagovera, kuti: “Takanga tarima mbatatisi kwamakore, asi takanga tisina kumboedza kucheka apical. Zvakawedzera goho redu, uye zvino tatova nembatatisi dzakakwana kuti tigare mumwaka wega wega.”
Kudzidzira kwacho kwakaitawo kuti Esther akwanise kubvisa mishonga yemishonga yechirwere chinononoka kunonoka, sezvo kuramba kwaiita Unika kwaiita kuti kurapwa uku kusava nebasa. Zvidzidzo zvezvemari zvakapihwa kuburikidza nechirongwa ichi zvakabatsira boka rake kuwedzera mari yavakachengeta kusvika pa500,000 yekuKenyan ($4,000) muchirongwa chekuchengeta mumusha, zvichivapa mambure ekuchengetedza akavimbika.
Mikana Mitsva Yezvehupfumi
Goho guru reUnika rakavhura nzira itsva dzekuwana mari kuvarimi vemuno. Boka raEsther ratanga kugadzira zvigadzirwa zvembatatisi, "bhajias" (mafiritsi embatatisi), nemaFrench fries, izvo zvavanorongedza nekutengesa kumisika yemuno kuti vawane mari. Vanoronga kuwedzera musika wavo kusvika kumaguta ari pedyo, vachitarisira kuwedzera kukura mumakore anotevera.
Pakuvhara kuratidzwa kweprojekti yePPWEE-CRA, boka raEsther rakabatana nekambani yemuno yekugadzira mbatatisi yakabatana neKenya Potato Council. Kudyidzana uku kunovhura nzira yekuwedzera kudyidzana pakati pevarimi vechikadzi vembatatisi nemakambani ekugadzira, kuita kuti varimi vawanikwe pamusika uye kuwana mari inoramba iripo yevarimi veko.
Chirongwa cheUnika potato chinotaridza kukanganiswa kukuru kuri kuita kurima kunoenderana nemamiriro ekunze mukuwanikwa kwechikafu pamwe nekusimudzira hupfumi hwenyika kumatunhu akatarisana nemamiriro ekunze. Nekuunza Unika pamwe nekudzidziswa kwakasarudzika, chirongwa chePWEE-CRA chakapa varimi vekuKenya zvishandiso zvavanoda kuti vakunde matambudziko emamiriro ekunze, kuve nechokwadi chekuwaniswa kwechikafu chakavimbika uye kugadzira mikana yehupfumi. Sezvo varimi vakaita saEsther vari kuramba vachibudirira, Unika haisiriwo chirimwa chete—chiratidzo chekusimba uye kurima kunoenderera mberi kuvanhu vekumaruwa eKenya.
