Boma la Netherlands posachedwapa linapereka chodabwitsa mawu: “The honest message is that not all farmers will be able to continue their business.”
Mwatsoka, the message isn’t as honest as it is brutal. Chowonadi ndichakuti akuluakulu ku The Hague akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito lamulo la nitrous oxide lomwe likungoyang'ana minda ndi ulimi okha pakadali pano.. Uku ndi kusankha kwawo osati nkhani ya kachitidwe ka bizinesi. It’s a deliberate decision by our government to probably force farmers to stop farming and damaging the Netherlands’ farmers ability to produce food and make a living.
That’s why thousands of my fellow Dutch farmers have turned into protesters, kutsekereza misewu ndi mathirakitala ndi ngakhale kubweretsa ng'ombe ku Nyumba ya Malamulo.
I’m a Dutch dairy farmer, and although I haven’t participated in these protests, Ndimathandizira zionetsero zaubwenzi. Iyi ndi nkhani yovuta kwambiri pa ulimi wa Dutch, monga Nyumba Yamalamulo ndi Anduna a Zaulimi ndi Zachilengedwe sanathe kujambula masomphenya a momwe ulimi wachi Dutch uyenera kuwoneka 15 zaka; zomwe tikufuna ndi zomwe dziko likusowa komanso momwe alimi amawonera. Iwo amasankha, mwina, njira yosavuta. Ichi ndichifukwa chake alimi amakhumudwa kwambiri, about the government’s goals, their voice and ideas not being heard and about their and their children’s future.
Ine ndi mwamuna wanga timayendetsa famu yosamalira zachilengedwe pakati pa dziko lathu laling'ono. Tili ndi 120 ng'ombe za mkaka komanso 30 ng'ombe ndi ng'ombe. Ndife okhazikika, kwambiri, pamene tipanga mphamvu zathu, konzanso zinyalala, kusintha zamoyo zosiyanasiyana, ndi zina zambiri. Timaphunzitsa nzika ndi makalasi akusukulu zomwe timachita ngati mlimi wa mkaka ndi momwe timagwirira ntchito limodzi ndi chilengedwe.
Kupyola pa zoyambira zopangira chakudya komanso kasungidwe ka chilengedwe, Mafamu achi Dutch ngati athu amathandizira kwambiri pazachuma komanso chikhalidwe. Timatumiza kunja zambiri zomwe timapanga, kubweretsa ndalama ndi chitukuko m'dziko lathu. Timalemba ntchito anthu osowa ntchito. Timapanga mgwirizano wa anthu m'midzi ya kumidzi. We have the world’s highest standards for animal welfare.
Atsogoleri athu aboma akuti akufuna kuchepetsa mpweya wa nayitrogeni pakati 2030. Kuti akwaniritse cholinga ichi, they’re forcing farmers to slash their use of nitrogen products. Kudera langa, we’re supposed to reduce nitrogen by 47 peresenti. Madera ena amalembedwa kuti achepe 70 peresenti ndipo ochepa akuyenera kukwaniritsa kuchepetsa 95 peresenti. Alimi ambiri amakayikira kuthekera kwa cholinga mu 2030.
Izi ndikuwonjezera zomwe EU ikuyesera kale kutikakamiza Kuchita Zobiriwira ku Europe ndi zake Farm to Fork zomwe zikuphatikizapo malamulo okhudza nitrate, madzi abwino komanso manyowa.
Palibe chilichonse mwa izi chomwe chingakhale chomveka m'nyengo yamtendere ndi kuchuluka, but it’s especially misfocused at a time when the world’s chakudya chokwanira ikuwopseza ndi Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ndi zotsatira kusowa kwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri.
Timafunikira chakudya chochuluka, osati zochepa.
Tiyeneranso kuzipanga mwanzeru munthawi ya udindo wanyengo. Alimi amakonda malamulo olinganiza kufunika kopanga chakudya ndi kuteteza chilengedwe. Kumene, ndife okonzeka kuchita mbali yathu. Pamenepo, tachepetsa kale kwambiri komanso kupatsa boma mapulani athu ndi malingaliro athu ochepetsa utsi wochulukirapo.
Mzaka zaposachedwa, Pamenepo, we’ve adapted our farm to modern realities. We’re doing much more with a lot less.
Timagwiritsa ntchito njira zaulimi wolondola kuti tisunge feteleza. Timapereka chida chofunika kwambiri chokulira mbewuchi molingana ndi momwe chiyenera kupita kuti chithandizire mbewu zathu. Izi zimathandiza kuti tikule zomwe timafunikira komanso nthawi yomweyo kuchepetsa kuthamanga kulikonse, kuteteza madzi.
Timabzalanso mbewu zotchingira kuti titeteze nthaka kuti isakokoloke komanso kuti tikole carbon. We’re even rebuilding the floor in our barn to reduce emissions of ammonia.
Timachita izi chifukwa timathandizira malo abwino. Timachitira dziko lathu ndi dziko lapansi. We also do it for ourselves and for the future of our children. Farmers live closer to nature than anybody. When it comes to sustainability, we have the most to gain from conservation practices.
But we shouldn’t have to carry this burden by ourselves. Other industries have a huge stake in this environmental goal as well. The best solution would be to come up with an integral plan that the Netherlands entire industry and agriculture sector can work on together, moganizira zaukadaulo ndi njira zatsopano zochepetsera mpweya wa nayitrogeni ndi ammonia. Njirazi zilipo kale. Titha kugwirira ntchito limodzi chifukwa titha ndipo tikufuna kutero.
M'chaka chamawa, maboma azigawo akuyenera kubwera ndi mapulani enieni ochepetsa nayitrogeni. That’s why these protests will continue. Koma kukambirana ndikofunikanso. Ndikofunikira kwa opanga mfundo komanso anthu kuti amve mawu athu kuti adziwe kuti ulimi ndi gawo lothetsera mavuto. Pali tsogolo la tonsefe.