Izinyanga eziyi-12 ezedlule zilethe igagasi lokuhlangana phakathi kwezinkampani zezolimo ezisindayo. Amaqembu ezimboni, abahlaziyi kanye nosomnotho banezibikezelo ezihlukene zokuthi abalimi bezitshalo ezikhethekile bazophumelela kanjani esimweni esisha sebhizinisi.
Amagama emindeni yabalimi bemindeni - i-DuPont, i-FMC, i-Dow Chemical, i-Syngenta - ibandakanyeke ekuhlanganiseni, ekuthengeni nasekuthengiseni izinto eziyinkimbinkimbi. Eminye yemisebenzi ibe mikhulu ngokwanele ukuze ifanele ukwenganyelwa ukungathembeki okuvela eMnyangweni Wezobulungiswa wase-US kanye neKhomishini YaseYurophu. Abaphathi benkampani bajabule ngezinguquko eziwumphumela.
Ngenkathi iDow Chemical ihlanganiswa neDuPont ngoSepthemba, Isikhulu Esiphezulu seDowDuPont u-Ed Breen wayenethemba ngemiphumela.
“I-DowDuPont iwuhlelo lokwethula izinkampani ezintathu eziqinile ezihlosiwe (ezolimo, isayensi yezinto zokwakha kanye nemikhiqizo ekhethekile) ezizoba sesimweni esingcono sokutshala kabusha kwezesayensi nokusungula izinto ezintsha, zixazulule izinselele ezihlala zivela zamakhasimende ethu, futhi zikhiqizele abaninimasheya bethu imbuyiselo yesikhathi eside. ,” esho esikhishwe yizindaba. Uphiko lwe-ag lwe-DowDuPont luzoshintshwa njengenkampani entsha, i-Corteva Agriscience, ngo-2019.
Akubona bonke abalimi nezinhlangano ezazinethemba elinjalo. Omunye wabagxeki kwakunguFarmers and Families First, i-501(c)(4) ezichaza yona elwela “izinqubomgomo ezisekelwe ezimakethe zamahhala ukusiza abalimi baseMelika abakhulisa ukudla kwesizwe sethu futhi basize imindeni yaseMelika edla lokho kudla.”
"Umlando ukhombisa ukuthi ukugxila emakethe kuza ngezindleko zabalimi," kubhala iFarmers and Families First ephepheni elimhlophe elisho ngokuqondile ukuhlangana kweBayer-Monsanto. “Njengoba imakethe yempahla yokulima isiqinile, intengo yenhlanyelo kubalimi isiphindeke kabili nxa kuqathaniswa lentengo abayitholayo ngezilimo. Ngaphambi kuka-1990, abalimi bomhlaba ngokuvamile babethenga imbewu enezici ezivumelana nezimo zabo ezikhulayo kunoma yimaphi amabhizinisi amancane azimele angu-600 noma ngaphezulu, amaningi awo okungewabomkhaya.”
Kodwa-ke, isazi sezomnotho sezolimo uDavid Zilberman akaqiniseki ngokuthi ukuhlanganisa kuzoza ngezindleko zabalimi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
“Angizikhathazi ngempela ngokuhlangana njengoba ngijabuliswa ukuthi abantu … batshala imali kubuchwepheshe obungathuthukisa ukukhiqiza, obungathuthukisa imisebenzi eminingi,” kusho u-Zilberman engxoxweni abenayo nabakwaFruit Growers News. “Imalini i-investment ekhona? Kuningi, kuningi kakhulu kunakudala – okuningi kwakho ekuvuneni.”
U-Zilberman unguprofesa eMnyangweni Wezomnotho Wezolimo kanye Nezinsizakusebenza eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley kanye nomongameli okhethiwe we-Agricultural & Applied Economics Association. Kuye, ukutshalwa kwezimali, izinkampani eziqalisa ngobuchwepheshe obusha, ukwanda jikelele kwe-biotechnology ngisho nokwenyuka kokwamukelwa kwezinto eziphilayo eziguqulwe ngofuzo kuyizimpawu ezinhle zokuthi ibhizinisi lezolimo likulungele kangcono ukubhekana nezinkinga ezizayo njengokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu nokondla inani labantu abakhulayo emhlabeni.
Esihlokweni u-Zilberman kanye nozakwabo abasanda kushicilelwa kuphephabhuku elibuyekezwe ngontanga i-Sustainability, leli qembu libhale ukuthi i-GMO-averse Europe ibonakala ingasabi kangako ubuchwepheshe.
“Isibonakaliso seqiniso elishintshayo ukuthi iBayer, inkampani enkulu yamakhemikhali yaseYurophu, iphezu kwenqubo yokuthenga iMonsanto. I-European Commission isanda kumemezela ukugunyazwa okunemibandela kwalokhu kuhlanganiswa, ”kusho lesi sihloko.
Phambilini wabhala iposi le-blog ekhombisa kahle ifa leMonsanto:
"Noma ngabe kwenzekani kuMonsanto, umbono wokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besimanje ukuthuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwezolimo kanye nokubhekana nezinselelo zokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu uzoqhubeka."
Nakuba abalimi bezithelo nemifino kuze kube manje bagweme kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwama-GMO, esikhathini esizayo i-biotechnology kanye nokunye okuqanjwe kabusha kungavala izikhala ezishiywe yizinqubo zamakhemikhali ezishabalalayo njenge-methyl bromide fumigation.
Akuwona wonke ukuhlanganiswa okuqhutshwa ukucatshangelwa kwenzuzo nokulahlekelwa kuphela, kusho uZilberman.
"Okunye ukuhlanganiswa kuwumphumela wesifiso sokwandisa inzuzo," esho. “Ukuhlanganiswa okuningi kuwumphumela wezinkampani eziningi ezenza lokho inkampani eyodwa engakwenza kangcono emakethe evulekile. Ngakho, kuncike esimweni.
“Iqiniso lokuthi sekuvele amabhizinisi amaningi kuwuphawu oluhle,” engeza.