Isomiso nesimo sezulu kubhebhetheka kakhulu kusabelomali sombuso sakamuva, ngezinhlelo ezihloselwe ukusiza abalimi nabafuyi ngokuthuthukisa uxhaso.
Uhlelo olubiza amabhiliyoni ayi-15 lokuphendula isimo sezulu luhlanganisa u-$1.1 billion wokuxhasa iphrojekthi ye-"Climate Smart Agriculture" eminyakeni emibili.
"Umthelela wangempela kanye nenzuzo kumalungu ethu kusukela ku-$1.1 billion izohlotshaniswa nohlelo lokushintsha injini ye-ag," kusho u-Robert Spiegel, umgqugquzeli wenqubomgomo ye-California Farm Bureau. “Kuwutshalomali olubalulekile kule minyaka emibili ezayo lwemali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-360 zamaRandi.”
Uhlelo luxhasa ngezimali Izinyathelo Zokushintshwa Kwezolimo Zokunciphisa Umoya, noma IFARMER.
“UMlimi kanye nezinye izinxephezelo zokushintshwa kwezimoto ezinkulu zibaluleke kakhulu emsebenzini wethu,” kusho uSpiegel. “Lobu buchwepheshe buhlanzekile, busebenza kahle kakhulu emisebenzini yethu yokulima futhi buzokwenza ngcono izinga lomoya. Inhloso wukusiza abalimi nabafuyi ukuthi bashintshe ogandaganda abadala nezinye izinto ezisebenza ngodizili bafake amamodeli amasha ahambisana nemithetho yakamuva yokukhipha inhlabathi.”
Isomiso esibhedayo sigqugquzele nokuthi isiShayamthetho sibeke imali eyizigidigidi ezi-5.2 zamaRandi eminyakeni emithathu yokuxhasa ngezimali imiklamo yokudambisa isomiso esiphuthumayo ukuze kuqiniswe futhi kwandiswe ukuphakelwa kwamanzi kanye nemali yokuqaliswa koMthetho Wokulawulwa Kwamanzi Angaphansi Okuqhubekayo wezi-2014.
Wade Crowfoot, unobhala we-California Natural Resources Agency, wafanisa isomiso esikhona ngaleso sikhathi naso esashisa izwe ngo-1976 nango-1977. Waphawula ukuncishiswa kwamalungelo amanzi okwaqala entwasahlobo ngaseMfuleni waseRussia.
"Manje amachibi amakhulu kunawo wonke esifundazweni sakithi asetshenziswa amaphrojekthi kahulumeni kanye nezifundazwe, okuyiwona ayisisekelo sezinhlelo zethu zamanzi, abhekene nokushoda okukhulu," kusho uCrowfoot engqungqutheleni yezindaba eku-inthanethi ngeledlule. "Kuphephe kakhulu ukusho ukuthi zonke izindawo zombuso zizoba nezinkinga ezinkulu uma singaba nomunye ubusika obomile besithathu ngokulandelana."
U-Karen Ross, unobhala woMnyango Wezokudla Nezolimo waseCalifornia, waqokomisa izinhlelo ezimbili zomnyango wakhe: Uhlelo Lombuso Lokusebenza Ngokusebenza Kwamanzi Nokuthuthukisa, noma I-SWEEP, kanye Nenhlabathi Enempilo.
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, ezolimo "zenze intuthuko enkulu ekusebenziseni kwabo kahle amanzi nokusetshenziswa kwamanzi," kusho uRoss. “Sehlise izinga lethu lokusebenzisa amanzi ngo-14%, kodwa siwafaka esivunweni esikhiqiza kakhulu ithonsi ngalinye, ngakho sikhulise umkhiqizo wethu ngo-38%.
Isabelomali sibheka ukusebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-100-ingxenye yalo nyaka kanye nengxenye yonyaka ozayo-ukuze kuthuthukiswe i-SWEEP, kusho yena.
Uhlelo lwe-Healthy Soils kulindeleke ukuthi luthole u-$165 million eminyakeni emibili. URoss uthe I-Healthy Soils ingasiza ekuthatheni ikhabhoni, yakhe izinto eziphilayo futhi ithuthukise ikhono lomhlabathi lokubamba amanzi.
"Kufanele siqale ukucabanga ngokuthi sinomswakama otholakala ezitshalweni ezimpandeni ukuze sikwazi ukumelana nesomiso," kusho uRoss.
I-Spiegel iphinde yaphawula isabelo-mali sesabelomali esingama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-60 ukuze kuthuthukiswe umnotho kanye nokukhula kwemisebenzi, okuhlanganisa nosizo lwezobuchwepheshe lwabalimi abaswele abafuna ukuqalisa.
"Singabalimi asebekhulile nabafuyi," kusho uSpiegel. "Ukuthola ithuba lokukhulisa ukwanda mhlawumbe kwabalimi abasha nabaqalayo embonini yethu kuletha ukuqonda okusha, izindlela ezintsha zokwenza izinto kanye nobuchwepheshe obusha."
Abakhiqizi abancane bemfuyo bangase babe nosizo oluthile, ngenxa yomthethosivivinywa oxhaswe yi-Farm Bureau osayinwe ngasekupheleni kwenyanga edlule.
Umthethosivivinywa Womhlangano 888, othwelwe u-Assemblyman Marc Levine, u-D-Greenbrae, uvumela ukukhululwa ekuhlolweni kokuhlatshwa kwezilwane komqhubi weselula ophethe ukuhlatshwa nokucubungula umnikazi wemfuyo. Inyama ayikwazi ukudayiswa kabusha ngokwentengiso—okudinga ukuthi kusetshenziswe indawo enomhloli woMnyango Wezolimo wase-US esandleni—kodwa umnikazi angase ayidle noma ayinikeze abangani nomndeni.
"Lokhu kuvumela ukuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwabathengi nabafuyi abancane ngaphandle kokucwiliswa endaweni yokuhlatshwa," kusho uKatie Little, ummeli wenqubomgomo yeCalifornia Farm Bureau osebenza ngezindaba zemfuyo. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi abashayeli abancane “bangathanda ukusebenzisa le ndlela ukuhlangabezana namakhasimende abo amancane, banikeze omakhelwane babo inyama futhi babe nokufinyeleleka okwengeziwe kwepulazi nemfoloko emphakathini wabo wendawo.”
ICalifornia ilahlekelwe cishe ingxenye yomthamo wayo wokucubungula inyama ohlolwe nguhulumeni kule ngxenye yekhulu leminyaka edlule, ngokombiko wakamuva ovela kwaFood Systems Lab eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eDavis. Abakhiqizi abancane nabamaphakathi babhekana nezinselelo eziningi. Ngokombiko, zibandakanya ukuntula ukufinyelela ekuhlatshweni, umthamo olinganiselwe ezindaweni zokusika nokugoqa kanye nokugcwala kwamashaneli emakethe okwenza kube nzima kubakhiqizi abancane ukuthi bahlale ebhizinisini.
Izitshalo eziningi zibhukhwa kusasele izinyanga ezimbalwa futhi zidinga usayizi omncane womhlambi noma umhlambi—inani abakhiqizi abaningi abancane abangakwazi ukuhlangana nalo.
Lo mthethosivivinywa wawusemisebenzini ngaphambi kokuba ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lukhukhule emhlabeni ekuqaleni kuka-2020. Lo bhubhane wengeze umuzwa wokuphuthuma, kusho u-Little, njengoba ukuqubuka kwezitshalo ezipakisha inyama kuphazamise ukuhanjiswa.
Ekunqobeni kwabaqashi bezolimo, iNewsom ivimbele u-AB 616, obekuzovumela izinyunyana ezifuna ukuhlela izindawo zokusebenza zezolimo ukuthi zenze ivoti “lokuhlola amakhadi” ngokuqoqwa nokubuyiswa kwamakhadi okuvota. Lokho kuhlinzekela bekuzovumela ukuqedwa kokhetho lokuvotelwa ngokuyimfihlo ngaphansi kweBhodi Lezobudlelwano Kwabasebenzi Bezolimo.
Abamelene nalo mthethosivivinywa baphikisa ngokuthi lokhu kungase kuholele ekuphoqweni nasekusatshisweni kwabasebenzi ukuze basayine futhi babuyisele amakhadi okuvota. I-Farm Bureau yabamba umhlangano eCapitol ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba ukuze ikhuthaze iNewsom ukuthi iwuvotele umthethosivivinywa, awenza ngoSepthemba 22.
"Lo mthethosivivinywa uqukethe ukungqubuzana okuhlukahlukene kanye nezindaba zenqubo ezihlobene nokuqoqwa nokubuyekezwa kwamakhadi okuvota," i-Newsom ibhale emlayezo wayo we-veto, yengeza ngokuthi izinguquko emithethweni yezokulima yaseCalifornia kumele "zenziwe ngokucophelela" ukuze kuvikelwe amalungelo abasebenzi okuhlela nokuhlela. ukuxoxisana.
- Kevin Hecteman, California Farm Bureau Federation