 Marubuci kuma dan jarida Roger Thurow shine babban mai jawabi a taron yanki na bankin albarkatun abinci wanda Coci of the Brothers Global Crisis Fund ta shirya a ranar 15 ga watan Fabrairu. noma da samar da abinci a Afirka na da damar da za su shafi duniya baki daya. Hoto daga Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford |
Shugabannin ayyukan haɓaka sun hallara a wani taro na Bankin Albarkatun Abinci wanda Coci of the Brethren's Global Food Crisis Fund (GFCF) ta shirya a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu. Taron ya tattaro wasu manoma 35 da wakilan majami'u da ke da hannu a ayyukan noma a arewacin Illinois. kudancin Wisconsin.
Ayyukan Bankin Albarkatun Abinci a cikin al'ummomin Amurka suna ba da kuɗi don samar da isasshen abinci da ci gaban aikin gona da shirye-shiryen ilimi da ake gudanarwa a duniya. Ƙungiyoyin ƴan'uwa suna shiga Bankin Albarkatun Abinci ta hanyar ɗaukar nauyin GFCF.
Taron da aka yi a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu a Cocin of the Brothers General Offices na daya daga cikin tarukan lokacin sanyi guda bakwai da mambobin bankin albarkatun abinci suka gudanar a fadin kasar nan. An gudanar da wasu tarurrukan yanki a Akron, Pa.; Archbold, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo.; Decatur, Illa.; Kansas City, Kan.; da kuma San Antonio, Texas.
Membobin Bankin Albarkatun Abinci Gary Cook na Bread na Duniya da Brian Backe na Sabis na Agaji na Katolika sun haɗu da manajan GFCF Howard Royer wajen tsarawa da ɗaukar nauyin bikin Elgin. Babban gabatarwar shine Roger Thurow, mawallafin marubucin "Ya isa: Me yasa Duniya ta fi talauci a cikin Age of Plenty" kuma tsohon ɗan jarida a "Wall Street Journal."
Sha'awar Thurow kan abinci da noma ta fara ne a lokacin da yake tafiya Kenya tare da gungun manoma daga Ohio, kuma ya fara ganin manoman Afirka ta idon manoman Amurka, kamar yadda ya shaida wa taron. Kwarewar ta haifar da aikin rubuce-rubucensa na yanzu, littafi akan ƙaramin manomi na Afirka. Thurow yana ba da lokaci tare da ƙungiyar manoma masu rayuwa a Kenya, don gano yadda rayuwarsu ta yau da kullun ta kasance yayin da suke ƙoƙarin yin noman amfanin gona don ciyarwa da tallafawa iyalansu.
"Mene ne kamar rashin iya noman isasshen abinci don ciyar da iyalinka?" Ya tambaya. Galibin manoman da yake bibiyar wa littafin mata ne, domin mata ne suka fi yawa a cikin kananan manoma a Afirka. Tafiya ta gaba Thurow zuwa Kenya ita ce lokacin shuka, lokacin da zai jira tare da manoma don damina ta zo.
Kalubalen da waɗannan manoma ke fuskanta suna da yawa: ƙananan filaye, matsakaicin ƙasa da kadada ɗaya zuwa kadada ɗaya ko biyu kowace; kadan amfani da matasan iri; karancin ilimi game da yadda ake shukawa da kula da amfanin gona; rashin kyawawan wuraren ajiya; rashin samun kasuwa; matsalolin sufuri da ababen more rayuwa; da raunin yanayi da fari.
"Bacin rai da zaburarwa" shine "mantra" don littafinsa na farko "Ya isa," wanda aka rubuta tare da mawallafin marubuci Scott Kilman: "Bacin rai cewa mun kawo yunwa tare da mu a cikin karni na 21st. Yunwa ɗaya ce daga cikin manyan matsalolin duniya waɗanda za a iya shawo kansu…. Yana iya zama nasara guda ɗaya na zamaninmu, ”in ji shi. "Don haka, ya isa!"
"Karfafawa da ƙarfafawa" shine mantra na littafinsa akan manomi na Afirka. Wannan saboda matsalolin Afirka na iya shafar yanayin abinci a duk duniya, in ji Thurow. Masana sun ce ya zuwa shekara ta 2050 dole ne duniya ta ninka yawan abincin da take nomawa domin hana yawaitar yunwa. "A ina wannan tsallen tsallen zai fito?" Thurow ya tambaya. "Afrika ita ce wurin da irin wannan ci gaban zai iya faruwa."
Taimakon kasa da kasa don bunkasa aikin gona a Afirka yana da matukar muhimmanci, don kawar da nahiyar daga rayuwa zuwa dorewa, in ji shi. Ya kara da yin kira ga gwamnatin Amurka da ta ci gaba da rike kasafin kudinta na ayyukan raya kasa a Afirka ta hanyar taimakon agaji da taimakon raya kasa na Amurka. "Muna da fasaha, don haka abin da muke bukata shine wannan nufin siyasa."
Da yake tsokaci daga manoman Kenya da suka zabi sunan da ke nufin "Mun yanke shawara" ga kungiyarsu, Thurow ya taya bankin albarkatun abinci murna saboda kasancewa cikin wadanda suka yanke shawarar yaki da yunwa. "Abinda na yanke shawarar shine in je in yi yaƙi da ku duka," in ji shi a rufe. "A cikin karni na 21, babu wanda, musamman kananan manoma na Afirka, da ya kamata su mutu da yunwa."
Bayan gabatar da jawabinsa, Thurow ya gabatar da tambayoyi game da wasu batutuwa, da suka hada da yadda farashin abinci ya kamata ya kasance a cikin tsarin tattalin arzikinmu na duniya, zuwa nau'in amfanin gona. Mutane da yawa sun tsaya bayan taron sun ci gaba da yin magana da Thurow kuma su sayi kwafi na “Ya isa,” da ke samuwa ta Brotheran Jarida (kira 800-441-3712).
Don ƙarin bayani game da Asusun Rikicin Abinci na Duniya jeka www.brethren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=go_give_food_crisis. Don ƙarin bayani game da Bankin Albarkatun Abinci jeka http://www.foodsresourcebank.org/ .
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