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Entuthukweni ebalulekile yomkhakha wezolimo wase-Afghanistan, i-Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) isanda kubika ukwanda okumangazayo kokuthunyelwa kwezithelo nemifino phakathi nezinyanga zokuqala eziyisithupha zonyaka oqhubekayo welanga. Lezi zibalo zembula ukwenyuka okukhulu, njengoba kuthengiswe amathani angu-18,097 ezithelo ezintsha, okuphawula ukweqa okukhulu kusuka kumathani angu-7,528 ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule.
Ngaphandle kwalesi simo esihle, abalimi babhekene nezinselelo ezibeka engcupheni ukusimama kwalokhu kukhula. Esinye sezidingo ezivelele emphakathini wabalimi ukwakhiwa okuphuthumayo kwezitolo ezibandayo ukuze kubhekwane nokulahlekelwa okutholwe ngemva kokuvuna ngenxa yezindawo zokulondoloza imvelo ezinganele.
I-Afghanistan, lapho amaphesenti angama-70 abantu ehlotshaniswa nezolimo, ibhekane nezingqinamba ekuthuthukisweni okuyisisekelo, ikakhulukazi ukwakhiwa kwezitolo ezibandayo ezijwayelekile. Imiphumela ibe mibi, njengoba abalimi belahlekelwa ingxenye enkulu yomkhiqizo wabo ngenxa yokungabikho kwengqalasizinda efanele yokugcina.
Thekelisa Ukwanda Nokukhathazeka Kwabalimi:
U-Abdul Salaam Jawad Akhundzada, okhulumela i-MoCI, ugcizelele ukuthi amathani ayi-12,092 emifino, ikakhulukazi u-anyanisi ne-Mash, athunyelwe kwamanye amazwe phakathi nezinyanga eziyisithupha zokuqala zalo nyaka. Kodwa-ke, abalimi abafana no-Abdul Jameel wasesifundazweni sase-Bamyan bazwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuncipha kwesivuno, bakuxhumanisa nokuntuleka kwemithombo yamanzi kanye nokufinyelela ezimakethe. Ukuthunyelwa kwamazambane, umkhiqizo obalulekile, kubhekane nezinselelo, kube nomthelela emananini kanye nokunciphisa umthamo wokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe emazweni angomakhelwane.
Imizwa efanayo inanelwe ngu-Mohammad Saleh wasesifundazweni sase-Bamyan kanye no-Khaliq Dad wasesifundazweni sase-Kandahar, begcizelela isidingo sokunakwa hhayi kuphela ekukhuthazeni ukuthekelisa kodwa nokwakhiwa kwezitolo ezibandayo.
Abanikazi Bama-Orchard Nezinselele Zemakethe:
U-Ahmad Ameeri, umnikazi wensimu yama-apula esifundazweni saseMaidan Wardak, ugcizelele ukubaluleka kokugcinwa okubandayo ukuze kulondolozwe izithelo. Naphezu kwesivuno esihle, ukungabikho kwezinsiza ezifanele kuthinte ukuthunyelwa kwama-apula, ikakhulukazi e-India, lapho izinkampani ezimbalwa ezithumela ngaphandle zisebenza ngenxa yezikhathi ezinwetshiwe zokuthunyelwa.
U-Akhtar Mohammad Ahmadi, inhloko ye-Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Businessmen Union, usikhanyisele ngezinselelo ezibhekene nemikhiqizo yezolimo edayiswa emigwaqeni ngamanani aphansi ngenxa yokungabikho kwezimakethe ezifanele nezitolo ezibandayo.
Izimpendulo Zomnyango kanye Namathemba Esikhathi esizayo:
Umkhulumeli we-MoCI ubonge izinselele futhi wachaza imizamo yokukhuthaza ukuthunyelwa kwemikhiqizo yezolimo emazweni angaphandle. Ubalule ukwakhiwa kwezinsiza, njengokuthunyelwa kwama-cherry e-India ngamaloli afakwe amafriji. Iyaqhubeka imizamo yokuhlola izimakethe ezintsha zemikhiqizo yase-Afghan, okuhlanganisa nokusayina inkontileka yokuthumela ihalananda neRussia.
Mayelana nokwakhiwa kwezindawo ezibandayo, umkhulumeli uthe zingu-14 izitolo ezijwayelekile ezikhona kuleli, kanti zisaqhubeka izinhlelo zokwakha ezingasasebenzi noma ezingasasebenzi. Umgomo uwukuba ukuzimela ngokuzimela ezindaweni zokugcina, ukuqinisekisa ukutholakala ngesikhathi ezimakethe.
Nakuba i-Afghanistan ithola ukwanda okuphawulekayo kokuthunyelwa kwezolimo kwamanye amazwe, izinselele ziyaqhubeka, okudinga indlela ebanzi ehlanganisa ukwakhiwa kwezitolo ezibandayo, ukutholakala kwemakethe, nokubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe. Indlela yokuzanelisa ezindaweni zokugcina impahla kanye nokuthunyelwa kwezolimo okuqinile kudinga imizamo yokubambisana evela kuhulumeni kanye nomphakathi wabalimi.