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Ngo-Agasti 2023, indawo yezolimo e-India yaba nenzuzo enkulu, njengokusho kwedatha yakamuva ekhishwe yi-Reserve Bank of India. Ukukhula kwesikweletu kwezolimo kanye nemisebenzi ehlangene kukhuphuke kwafinyelela ku-16.6% ngonyaka, okwenza imali ebolekiwe icishe ibe ngama-Rs 18 lakh crore. Lokhu kukhula okukhulu kuphawula intuthuko enkulu isuka ku-13.4% eyaqoshwa ngo-August 2022. Lezi zibalo azizona nje izibalo; zimelela indlela ebalulekile yokuphila kubalimi, izazi zezolimo namahlathi, onjiniyela bezolimo, abanikazi bamapulazi, nososayensi abagxile kakhulu emkhakheni wezolimo.
Ngokwemininingwane yokusatshalaliswa kwezikweletu zasebhange embonini, isamba sesikweletu sasebhange esisele engxenyeni yezolimo kanye nemisebenzi ehlangene imi ku-Rs 17,96,113 crore. Lokhu kukhuphuka kokutholakala kwezikweletu kubambe isithembiso soguquko kuyo yonke imvelo yezolimo. Ukufakwa kwezimali okunjalo kunikeza amandla abalimi ukuthi basebenzise ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe, batshale imali ezindleleni ezisimeme, futhi bandise imisebenzi yabo, ngaleyo ndlela bakhulise ukukhiqiza kwezolimo kanye nentuthuko yasemakhaya iyonke.
Idatha ye-RBI iphinde isikhanyisele ngesimo somnotho esibanzi. Nakuba ezolimo kanye nemisebenzi ehlangene ithole ukukhula kwezikweletu ngo-16.6%, umkhakha wezimboni ube nezinga lokukhula lika-6.1% unyaka nonyaka ngo-August 2023, ukwehla okukhulu kusuka ekukhuleni ngo-11.4% okubhalisiwe ngonyaka odlule. Kodwa-ke, izimboni ezithile ezifana nesisekelo sensimbi nemikhiqizo yensimbi, kanye nezindwangu, zibone ukukhula kwezikweletu ngesikhathi esifanayo.
Lokhu kukhula kwezikweletu zezolimo kukhomba ukushintsha kwendlela yesizwe yokulima. Kukhombisa ukuhlonishwa kwendima ebaluleke kakhulu edlalwa ezolimo emnothweni wezwe kanye nokuzibophezela ekuqiniseni lo mkhakha. Kubalimi, lokhu kusho ukutholakala kalula kwezimali, okubenza bakwazi ukutshala imali ezintweni zesimanje, izimbewu ezisezingeni eliphezulu, nezindlela zokulima ezisimeme. Ongoti bezolimo kanye nonjiniyela bezolimo bangalindela ukwanda kwesidingo sezixazululo ezintsha njengoba izindlela zokulima ziba ngokwesimanjemanje. Abanikazi bamapulazi bathola izindlela ezintsha zokwandisa, ukuhlukahluka, nokuqinisekisa inhlalakahle yabasebenzi babo bezolimo. Ososayensi abasebenza kwezolimo banikezwa amathuba angakaze abonwe ocwaningo nentuthuko, okuholela emasuni amasha angaguqula izindlela zokulima.
Ukwanda kokukhula kwezikweletu zezolimo kuze kufike ku-16.6% ngonyaka kuwubufakazi bokuqina nobungqabavu bomkhakha wezolimo eNdiya. Kubonisa umzamo wokusebenzisana phakathi kwezikhungo zezezimali, abakhi bezinqubomgomo, kanye nomphakathi wezolimo ukuqinisa umgogodla wesizwe. Ngokuthola isikweletu kalula, abalimi bangahlwanyela imbewu yenqubekela phambili, bakhulise amasimu abo ngamasu esimanje kanye nezinqubo eziqhubekayo. Izazi zezolimo namahlathi, onjiniyela bezolimo, abanikazi bamapulazi, nososayensi manje sebemi emsamo wokusungula izinto ezintsha, behlome ngezinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze kuqhutshekwe noguquko.
Njengoba umkhakha wezolimo udlondlobala, uba nemiphumela emihle emnothweni wonke, uqinisekisa ukutholakala kokudla, ukukhiqizwa kwamathuba omsebenzi, kanye nokuzinza kwezomnotho jikelele. Lokhu kukhula kokukhula kwezikweletu akusona nje isibalo samanani; limele isithembiso sekusasa eliqhakazile, eliqhakazile kuwo wonke umuntu oxhumene nezolimo.