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Eminyakeni yakamuva, iDolobha laseButuan libhekane nenselelo enkulu emkhakheni walo wezolimo. Ukwehliswa kwabalimi kanye nokukhiqizwa kwemifino okuphansi kwendawo kuhlasele isifunda, okuholele ekuthembeleni kakhulu ekuthengisweni okuvela ezindaweni ezingomakhelwane njengeNyakatho Mindanao kanye neDavao. Nokho, isimo sashintsha ngokwethulwa kwe-AgriBoost, isinyathelo sokuqala esaphefumula impilo entsha endaweni yokulima yedolobha.
Iholwa u-Pierre Anthony D. Joven, inhloko yoMnyango Wezolimo Nezilwane Zedolobha lase-Butuan (CAVD), i-AgriBoost ivele njengesibani sethemba kubalimi bendawo. Ngokugqugquzela kanye nokunika abalimi amandla okuthi bamukele ukulinywa kwemifino, lolu hlelo lwangenisa inkathi entsha yokuchuma kwezolimo.
Esinye sezithiyo abalimi ababhekene naso kwakuwukubusa kwabahwebi ohlelweni lwezolimo, okuholela ekukhiqizweni kwemifino endaweni naphezu kwezimo zokulima ezivumayo zedolobha. Kodwa-ke, i-AgriBoost yabhekana nalokhu kungalingani ngokuguqula abalimi babe abalimi bezinkontileka futhi bagxilise indlela eqhutshwa isidingo sokulima.
Ngezingxenye zayo ezibanzi—i-AgriBloom, i-AgriMart, i-AgriHub, ne-AgriBoost Comms—i-AgriBoost ihlomise abalimi ngolwazi, izinsiza, kanye nokufinyelela kwemakethe okudingekayo ukuze baphumelele embonini yemifino. Kusukela ezinhlelweni zokuqeqesha amandla kuya ezinkundleni zedijithali ezisiza ukuthengiselana okungenazihibe phakathi kwabalimi namashaneli emakethe, lolu hlelo alushiyanga lutho ekufuneni kwalo ukwenza kahle kwezolimo.
Imiphumela iyazikhulumela. Selokhu yasungulwa, i-AgriBoost ibone ukwanda okumangalisayo kokukhiqizwa kwemifino yasendaweni, abalimi manje sebevuna imivuzo yokusebenza kwabo kanzima. Ukusuka ekuzaneleni okungamaphesenti angu-18 kuphela ekukhiqizweni kwemifino yasendaweni, i-Butuan City yenze amagxathu abalulekile, njengoba ukulethwa kwamasonto onke kukhuphuke kwafinyelela kumakhilogremu angu-9,400 ngoDisemba 2023.
Umthelela ezindleleni zabalimi ube mkhulu, njengoba imali etholwa masonto onke ikhuphuka isuka ephansi njenge-P12,000 kuya ku-P25,000 okungenani. Lezi zindaba zempumelelo azizona izehlakalo ezizodwa kodwa ziwubufakazi bamandla okuguqula i-AgriBoost ekufukuleni imiphakathi yezolimo.
Uma sibheka phambili, i-Butuan City isazimisele ukusekela lo mfutho kanye nokwandisa ukufinyelela kwalolu hlelo. Njengoba kunezinhlelo zokufaka imifino yasezindaweni eziphakeme njengezaqathi, iklabishi, uphizi, no-anyanisi, idolobha likulungele ukuqhubeka nokuqinisa isikhundla salo njenge-trailblazer emisha yezolimo.
I-AgriBoost ayigcinanga ngokuvuselela umkhakha wezolimo weDolobha lase-Butuan kodwa futhi yabeka isibonelo esigqamile emadolobheni emhlabeni jikelele. Ngobuholi obunombono, ukusebenzisana kwamasu, kanye nokuphishekela impumelelo engapheli, i-AgriBoost isilungise kabusha isimo sezolimo, yanikeza abalimi amandla futhi yakhuthaza ukuvikeleka kokudla okusimeme ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.