Ezweni lanamuhla lokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke, umkhakha wezolimo awuhlukile ekuxhumaneni kwezimboni ezihlukahlukene. Ubuchwepheshe bangemva kokuvuna budlala indima ebalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukusebenza kahle komkhakha wezolimo. Isifundo se-Postharvest Technologies e-Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) sihlanganisa ndawonye ochwepheshe abavela ezingxenyeni ezihlukene zomhlaba, okuhlanganisa noLuis Cisneros Zeballos, uprofesa waseTexas Agriculture & Life Science University.
NgokukaCisneros, ukuhlanganyela esifundweni kuyamsiza ukuba ahlale enolwazi lwakamuva ngamasu nezindlela zamuva ezithuthukiswe kwezinye izingxenye zomhlaba. Lokhu kubalulekile njengoba ukulahleka kwangemva kokuvuna kungase kufinyelele ku-50% kwamanye amazwe asathuthuka. Ubuchwepheshe bangemva kokuvuna bunganciphisa lokhu kulahlekelwa ngokunciphisa ukonakala, ukugcina ikhwalithi, nokwelula isikhathi seshalofu.
Obunye bobuchwepheshe obubalulekile ngemva kokuvuna ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlelo zokuphatha amaketanga abandayo. Umbiko we-Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) ukhombisa ukuthi izinhlelo zokuphatha amaketanga abandayo zinganciphisa ukulahleka kwangemuva kokuvuna ngama-50%. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ucwaningo olwenziwa yiBhange Lomhlaba lubonisa ukuthi izinzuzo zezomnotho zezinhlelo zokuphatha amaketanga abandayo zingafinyelela ku-$14.3 billion ngonyaka.
Obunye ubuchwepheshe obubalulekile bangemva kokuvuna wukugcinwa komkhathi olawulwayo, okubandakanya ukuguqulwa kwesimo sokugcina ukuze kunwetshwe impilo yeshalofu yezithelo nemifino. Ucwaningo olwenziwa yiNyuvesi yaseCalifornia luthole ukuthi ukugcinwa komkhathi okulawulwayo kunganweba impilo yeshalofu yama-apula kusukela ezinyangeni ezimbili kuya ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalombili, kunciphise ukulahlekelwa futhi kwandise inzuzo.
Sengiphetha, ubuchwepheshe bangemva kokuvuna budlala indima ebalulekile ekwandiseni umkhiqizo wezolimo, ekwehliseni ukulahlekelwa, kanye nokwandisa inzuzo. Isifundo se-Postharvest Technologies e-UPCT sinikeza inkundla yochwepheshe ukuthi bashintshisane ngemibono, babelane ngemikhuba emihle, futhi bafunde ngobuchwepheshe bamuva kulo mkhakha. Ngokutshala imali kubuchwepheshe bangemva kokuvuna, abalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, onjiniyela bezolimo, nabanikazi bamapulazi bangathuthukisa izinga labo.