The okwukwe aka

I haven’t shaken the hand of a stranger, ma ọ bụ enyi maka okwu ahụ, n'ime ihe karịrị otu afọ, enweghi kwa otutu ndi Canada ozo.

Nke a nwere ike ọ gaghị adị ka nnukwu àjà. Ọrịa na-efe efe nke COVID-19 apụnarala anyị ọtụtụ ihe. Ndị m hụrụ n'anya anwụọla. Azụmaahịa akwụsịla. Childrenmụaka adaala azụ n ’ụlọ akwụkwọ ha.

Ọnwụ nke okwukwe aka nwere ike bụrụ obere ihe na-echegbu anyị.

Ma anyị kwesịrị ha azụ. They’re more than gratuitous social gestures. They’re essential actions that forge relationships and build human connection.

Ha agbaji ice. Ha na-egosipụta ịkwa egwuregwu na ngwụcha egwuregwu. Ha na-akara akara na-eme ka anyị nwee ike ịzụta na ire.

Nke a bụ eziokwu karịsịa nye ndị ọrụ ugbo. Ọ bụ ezie na anyị na-adabere na nkà mmụta sayensị dị egwu iji mepụta ma kpuchido mkpụrụ ndị anyị na-akụ na ngwa ọrụ ọgbara ọhụrụ iji wee weta nri anyị na-akụ, anyị na-eduzi ọtụtụ azụmahịa anyị ụzọ ochie. Nke ahụ pụtara ikwe aka n’anụ ahụ, adighi efe ndi mmadu akpukpo oku na Mbughari oku.

Ihe 15 ọnwa ndị gagoro aga, mgbe ụwa na-amalite ịmata ihe ịma aka nke COVID-19, Anọ m n'ọgbakọ ogbako na Vancouver—Yabụ, ọ bụ ndụ dị ka ọ dị na mbụ maka m na ụwa nke ugbo. Tupu mkpọchi, I’d speak at events such as this about ten times a year, and I’d attend even more.

Njikọ mmadụ na nzukọ dị mkpa maka ụlọ ọrụ ọ bụla, ma ha nwere ike gbasara ndị ọrụ ugbo karịa. We don’t congregate in offices. When we’re working in our fields, we’re isolated. Canbọchị nwere ike ịgafe mgbe anyị hụrụ naanị ndị ezinụlọ na ikekwe mmadụ ole na ole n'ime obere okirikiri.

I’ve joked that on our farm in rural Saskatchewan, we haven’t had to adopt special pandemic practices because we were social distancing long before anybody had ever heard of COVID-19.

N’ihi ya, ndị ọrụ ugbo nwere ihe pụrụ iche mere ha ga-eji jiri mgbakọ ndị mmadụ na-ezukọ na-eme ihe bara uru, na-amụta, ma melite. Anyị kwesịrị ijide ohere iji kwere aka.

Mgbe m si Vancouver laghachi, izu ole na ole mgbe mkpọchi ahụ gasịrị, Ekwesịrị m ịgbaga Belgium iji nọchite anya ndị ọrụ ugbo Canada na nzukọ azụmahịa. Ebum n’uche m bụ ịkọwa otu esi eji ngwa eji echekwa ihe ọkụkụ na ihe kpatara ya, wepụ ụjọ nke ndị na-azụ ahịa na ndị na-achịkwa Europe nke na-agbagharị mgbe ọ bụla ha nụrụ okwu ahụ “glyphosate.”

Ọ dịghị onye na-ekwenye karịa nri na otu esi akụ ya karịa ndị ọrụ ugbo n'ezie—na ndị ahịa anyị kwesịrị ịhụ anyị, juo ajuju, nụrụkwa ihe anyị ga-ekwu.

Mee elu mee ala, it will be very difficult to change the hearts and minds of skeptics who don’t know much about food production if we can’t look them in the eye and yes, kwee ha n’aka.

Emegidere mmemme ahụ na Belgium, n'ezie, nke ahụ bụkwa nhọrọ ziri ezi. Ihe karịrị otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị, Otú ọ dị, anyị kwesịrị ịlaghachi na nkịtị n'ihi na anyị kwesịrị ịmalite ịrụzi 15 ọnwa nke njikọta agbajiri.

Tupu ọrịa a na-efe efe, Echere m na ahia ndị Canada dị njikere ịrị elu. Anyị ka nwere mkparịta ụka na USMCA, nkwekọrịta anyị emezigharịrị na United States, Mexico, na Canada. Mmekọrịta Trans-Pacific, nke jikọrọ anyị na mba ndị gbara gburugburu Pacific Rim, nọ na-enweta nlebara anya na ike. Gọọmenti ógbè Saskatchewan mepere ọbụna ụlọ ọrụ azụmahịa na Singapore, so we could take advantage of TPP’s opportunities through in-person meetings.

.NnÉ›, mgbe ihe karịrị otu afọ nke ala mechiri emechi, ọnọdụ anyị na-enwe a otutu iche. Ọ bụ ezie na nkwekọrịta azụmahịa anyị na-adịgide, ndị mmadụ ejirila anya n'ime—and I’m worried that we’re going to hear new calls for the protectionism that is the enemy of farmers, azụmahịa na ndị ahịa ndị dabere na ahịa ụwa.

Here’s a simple step in the right direction: Let’s start by allowing free ije n'etiti Canada na United States. Nke a ga-enye ohere maka mmụba nke ịzụ ahịa na ire ihe ntinye ihe ọkụkụ, igwe na ọka. Competitionsọ mpi a nke ndị na-azụ ahịa na ndị na-ere ere ga-abara ndị ọrụ ugbo na azụmaahịa n'akụkụ abụọ nke ókèala ahụ uru.

Ndị Canada na ndị America abụọ chọrọ itu ọnụ na nha nke 49 bụ mpaghara kachasị ogologo na ụwa, nwere ike ịnweta ndị njem n'akụkụ abụọ ahụ. Let’s go back to leaving it undefended and accessible. Anyị nwere ike izute na Udo nke Udo n’ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na Udo udo n’ebe ọdịda anyanwụ.

Nnwere onwe n'etiti Canada na US. nwere ike ịbụ mmalite nke nnwere onwe na-agagharị n'ụwa niile. I can’t wait to visit Belgium and talk about the importance of global trade and global connections—ma kwee n’aka ọzọ.

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Nhọrọ A na -anabata ndị ga -aga ime akwụkwọ 2021 Global Farmer Network Roundtable and Leadership Training. A na -atụ anya ka emee ya n'oge okpomọkụ 2021, Roundtable na -esote ga -agụnye akụrụngwa mebere tupu nzukọ ihu na Brussels, Belgium. Ụbọchị mmemme ihu na ihu na-adabere mgbe enyere ohere njem ma ndị mmadụ nwee ahụ iru ala. Mụtakwuo maka mmemme ahụ Ebe a.

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