Hiki i hoʻokahi mīkini ke pani i nā limahana 100
Hoʻopau nā mea ʻohi kī Kenyan i nā mīkini i lawe ʻia mai e pani iā lākou i nā kūʻē kūʻē e hōʻike ana i ka paʻakikī e kū nei i nā limahana no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻoihana agribusiness e hilinaʻi nei i ka automation e ʻoki i nā kumukūʻai, hōʻike ʻo Semafor Africa.
Wahi a nā moʻolelo nūhou kūloko, ʻoi aku ma kahi o 10 mau mīkini ʻohi kī i puhi ʻia i ke ahi i ka wā kūʻē i ka makahiki i hala. Ma nā hōʻike hōʻikeʻike hope loa, ua pepehi ʻia kekahi mea kūʻē a ua hōʻeha ʻia kekahi poʻe, me 23 mau mākaʻi a me nā limahana mahiʻai. Ua manaʻo ka Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA) i ka waiwai o nā mīkini i luku ʻia ma $1.2 miliona ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o nā mīkini ʻeiwa o Ekaterra, ka mea hana i ka hōʻailona kī Lipton kūʻai maikaʻi loa.
I Malaki, ua ʻōlelo kekahi pūʻulu hana o ke aupuni kūloko i nā hui kī ma Kericho, ke kūlanakauhale nui loa e hoʻokipa ana i nā mea kanu kī o ka ʻāina, e hoʻohana i kahi ratio hou o 60:40 ma waena o ka ʻohi ʻana i ka mīkini a me ka lima. Makemake nō hoʻi ka pūʻulu hana e hoʻoholo ʻia ke kānāwai no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai o nā mīkini ʻohi kī. ʻO Nicholas Kirui, he lālā o ka pūʻulu hana a me ka Luna Nui o KTGA, haʻi iā Semafor Africa ma Kericho County wale nō, 30,000 mau hana i nalowale i ka mīkini i nā makahiki i hala.
"Ua mālama mākou i nā hālāwai lehulehu ma nā kalana a me nā hui like ʻole, a ʻo ka manaʻo nui a mākou i lohe ai ʻo ia ka hele ʻana o nā mīkini," wahi a Kirui.
I ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Kenya i $1.2 biliona waiwai o ke kī, ʻo ia ke kolu o ka mea kūʻai kī nui loa ma ka honua, ma hope o Kina a me Sri Lanka. ʻO nā hui multinational me Browns Investments, George Williamson a me Ekaterra - i kūʻai ʻia e Unilever i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa pilikino i Iulai 2022 - kanu kī ma kahi o 200,000 mau ʻeka ma Kericho a ua hoʻohana lākou i ka ʻohi mīkini.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi mau mīkini e hiki ke pani i nā limahana 100. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sammy Kirui, ka luna hoʻomalu o Ekaterra no nā ʻoihana hui ma Kenya, he "koʻikoʻi" ka mīkini i ka hana o ka hui a me ka hoʻokūkū honua o ke kī Kenyan. E like me ka ʻike ʻana o ka pūʻulu hana o ke aupuni, hiki i ka mīkini ke hoʻemi i ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻohi kī i 3 keneta no ka kilo i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 11 keneta no ka kilokani no ka ʻohi lima.
Hoʻohālikelike ka poʻe loiloi i ka helu hana ʻole o Kenya - ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa ma East Africa - i ka automation o nā ʻoihana me ka waihona kālā a me ka ʻinikua. I ka hapaha hope o 2022, ma kahi o 13.9% o nā Kenyans o ka makahiki hana (ma luna o 16) he hana ʻole a i ʻole he hana lōʻihi.
E hoʻomau wale ʻia ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka wikiwiki breakneck ʻaʻole wale ma ke kua'āina ʻo Kenya, akā i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o nā ʻāina ma ʻApelika - ʻoi aku ka nui me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka naʻauao. ʻO ka huhū ma nā wahi ʻohi kī he hōʻailona mua wale nō ia o nā haunaele e hiki mai ana inā ʻaʻole ʻike nā aupuni a me nā hui i nā ala e kōkua ai i nā limahana.
He ʻōpio ka hapa nui o ka poʻe ʻohi kī, he nui nā wahine, a nele pinepine i nā manawa a me nā mākaukau e hoʻomohala ma waho o ka ʻāpana kī. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ʻana i nā limahana mahiʻai, a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hana hou aʻe a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā ʻoihana o nā kaiāulu ulu kī, ʻo ia ke kī i ka pale ʻana i ka hana ʻino a me ka ulu ʻana o ka huhū.
"Ua paʻa kaʻu ʻoihana i ka wehe ʻana i ka mākeke hana e hoʻonui i nā manawa hana no nā Kenyans," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke Kakauolelo Kuhina ʻOihana ʻo Florence Bore ma kahi huakaʻi i Kericho, mau lā ma hope o ka nalu hou o nā kūʻē i Mei. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, ke hana ʻia nei nā hana e hoʻoponopono i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma waena o nā kamaʻāina kūloko a me nā hui kī.
Hiki i ka ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa ke hana i kahi hana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou ʻana i nā limahana. Ua haʻi ʻo Kirui ua makemake ʻo Ekaterra e hui pū me nā kaiāulu kūloko ma nā papahana e pili ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻenehana a me ka ʻoihana a me nā kikowaena hoʻomaʻamaʻa.
Hoʻomaopopo ka mīkini i ka ʻoihana no nā mea kanu kī a ʻaʻole paha lākou e haʻalele i nā mīkini ʻohi kī e hōʻemi i kā lākou kumukūʻai. Akā e hoʻomau ʻia ke ʻano e hōʻeha i nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina, kahi o nā limahana mahiʻai i ke kikowaena o ka ʻoihana waiwai. E hoʻomau ka poʻe paʻahana a me nā kamaʻāina e kūʻē i kēia mau hoʻololi no ka mea ʻaʻohe o lākou mau koho hana ʻē aʻe.
ʻO Kina ka mea hoʻopuka kī nui loa ma ka honua. I loko o kahi ʻatikala e koi ana i ka mīkini ʻohi kī ma Kina, i paʻi ʻia ma Malaki, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wu Luofa o ka Institute of Agricultural Engineering ma ka Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Science e hōʻike ana ka ʻohi kī kī ma mua o ka hapalua o ke kumukūʻai o ka hana kī.
"ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mīkini ʻohi kī he mea maikaʻi ia e hoʻonui ai i ka huahana hana, hoʻemi i nā kumukūʻai hana, hoʻonui i ka mākeke hoʻokūkū o nā huahana kī a hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana o ka ʻoihana kī," wahi āna.
Wahi a Tabitha Njuguna, ka luna hoʻomalu o African Commodity Exchange AFEX ma Kenya, ʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ʻenehana a me ka mīkini ke kī i ka wehe ʻana i ka hiki o ka mahiʻai ma ʻApelika a no laila pono e apo ʻia ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻoluʻolu o kekahi mau limahana.
"ʻIke mākou he mea hoʻoweliweli ka mea hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia e ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka ʻenehana a me ka mīkini, akā he mea nui ia e ʻike nā mea kuleana āpau (nā hui mahiʻai, nā mahiʻai, nā mea hana) e ʻike iā lākou he mea hiki ʻole ke haʻi iā Semafor Africa.
I Pepeluali, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi palapala BBC i ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana ma nā kīʻaha kī ma Kericho, me 70 mau wahine i hana ʻino ʻia e ko lākou mau mana ma nā mahi kanu e mālama ʻia e nā hui Pelekane ʻo Unilever lāua ʻo James Finlay.
