Chimodzi mwa tizilombo towononga kwambiri tizilombo towononga zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba ku Mexico chathetsedwa m'chigawo cha Colima, malinga ndi International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Mogwirizana IAEA ndi Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), asayansi kumeneko anatha kugwiritsa ntchito njira yopangidwa ndi UN yopangidwa ndi nyukiliya yochokera ku sterile insect (SIT) kuti athetse tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, zomwe zimadziwika kuti fruit fly.
Kuopseza moyo wa alimi
Mliri wa Colima, womwe udadziwika mu Epulo 2021 padoko lalikulu kwambiri mdzikolo, Manzanillo, udayika chiwopsezo ku mbewu, kuphatikiza magwava, mango, mapapaya ndi malalanje.
Ngati sizikuyendetsedwa mwachangu, Mexico - dziko lachisanu ndi chiwiri padziko lonse lapansi lomwe limapanga komanso kutumiza kunja kwa zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba - likadakumana ndi ziletso zokhazikitsidwa ndi mayiko omwe alibe kachilomboka..
Kukadakhala kovutirapo kwambiri pakuchita malonda m'gawo lonse, zomwe zimapanga ndalama zopitilira 8.8 biliyoni, kapena kupitilira $9.2 biliyoni, pachaka pazogulitsa kunja komanso mamiliyoni antchito zakomweko.
Thandizo lokonzeka
Atalandira pempho la chithandizo chadzidzidzi mu Epulo, IAEA ndi FAO nthawi yomweyo zidatumiza akatswiri kuti akathandize kukhazikitsa ndikuwunika momwe SIT ingagwiritsire ntchito.
"Ichi ndi chitsanzo chimodzi chomwe SIT yagwiritsidwa ntchito bwino popewa, kupondereza ndi kuthetsa tizilombo towononga tizilombo towononga, zomwe zikuthandizira padziko lonse chitetezo ndi chitetezo cha chakudya," anatero FAO/IAEA entomologist, Walther Enkerlin Hoeflich, pa njira ya bungwe la atomiki la UN lomwe linapangidwira membala. States kudzera mu Joint FAO/IAEA Center of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture.
Unsplash/Sahil Muhammed
Kufupi ndi ntchentche, yomwe imadziwika kuti fruitfly.
SIT kupambana
Pamene ma medfly amaikira mazira mu zipatso zakupsa khalidwe la mankhwala akhoza anakhudzidwa, kuwapanga inedible ndi osayenera kugulitsidwa.
Pofuna kuthana ndi mliriwu, dziko la Mexico lidapanga ndikukhazikitsa dongosolo lazadzidzidzi mothandizidwa ndi akatswiri a FAO/IAEA, operekedwa kudzera mu Pulogalamu ya IAEA technical Cooperation.
Asayansi adatulutsa ntchentche zamphongo zopitilira 1,450 miliyoni ku Colima pogwiritsa ntchito njira yothana ndi tizirombo ya SIT, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito mpweya kupha tizilombo.
Amuna akamakwera ndi zazikazi zakutchire atamasulidwa, palibe ana omwe adapangidwa - pamapeto pake zomwe zidapangitsa kuti tizilomboto tithe.
"Mexico yakwanitsa kukhalabe ngati dziko lopanda ntchentche za ku Mediterranean," atero a Francisco Ramírez y Ramírez, General Director of Plant Health wa National Service for Agrifood Health, Safety and Quality (SENASICA) waku Mexico pamwambowu wolengeza izi. kuthetsa tizilombo mu State of Colima.
Chotseketsa labu
Mothandizana ndi FAO, malo achiwiri padziko lonse lapansi owulutsa zipatso ku Mediterranean adatsegulidwa koyambirira kwa chaka chino ndi thandizo la IAEA m'boma la Chiapas ku Mexico kumalire akumwera chakum'mawa ndi Guatemala.
Ndi yachiwiri padziko lonse lapansi ndi mphamvu yopanga biliyoni imodzi imawuluka pa sabata kuthandiza kuti ulimi womwe ukukula mdziko muno ukhale wopanda tizilombo.
Imayang'ana kwambiri kupanga tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndipo, pamodzi ndi malo a El Pino ku Guatemala, amathandizira kusunga chotchinga chomwe chimalepheretsa kuyambitsidwa ndi kufalikira kwa tizilombo kumpoto kwa Guatemala, Mexico, ndi United States.
IAEA ipitiliza kuthandiza ndikugwira ntchito limodzi ndi Mexico kudzera m'ma projekiti amgwirizano waukadaulo wamayiko ndi zigawo, komanso kudzera mu ntchito zake Pulogalamu ya National Fruit Fly, ndi IAEA Collaborating Center.
