Cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingama-55 babhekene nokungavikeleki kokudla nokudla okunomsoco emazweni aseNtshonalanga naseCentral Africa phakathi nenkathi yokuncipha kwezinyanga ezintathu yalesi sifunda kusukela ngoJuni kuya ku-Agasti, i-UN World Food Programme (WFP) kusho uLwesihlanu.
Lokhu kuwukunyuka kwezigidi ezine esibalweni sabantu njengamanje ababhekene nenkinga yokuntuleka kokudla kuleso sifunda.
I-Mali ibhekene nesimo esibi kakhulu - cishe abantu abayizi-2,600 lapho okucatshangwa ukuthi babhekene nendlala eyingozi - I-IPC yesigaba sokuhlukaniswa kokudla kwesigaba sesi-5 (funda umchazi wethu ohlelweni lwe-IPC lapha).
"Isikhathi sokuthatha isinyathelo manje. Sidinga bonke ozakwethu ukuthi basukume, bahlanganyele, basebenzise futhi basebenzise izinhlelo ezintsha zokuvimbela isimo ukuthi singalawuleki sibe siqinisekisa ukuthi akekho osalayo,” kusho uMargot Vandervelden. I-WFPIbamba likaMqondisi wesifunda saseNtshonalanga Africa.
Izinselelo zomnotho kanye nokungeniswa kwamanye amazwe
Idatha yakamuva kakhulu ibonisa ukuthi isiyaluyalu somnotho kuhlanganise ukukhiqizwa okumile, ukwehla kwamandla emali, ukukhuphuka kwamandla emali kanye nezithiyo zohwebo kuye kwabhebhethekisa inkinga yokudla eNigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, naseMali.
Lezi zinselele zomnotho kanye nezindleko zikaphethiloli nezokuthutha, unswinyo lwenhlangano yesifunda ye-ECOWAS kanye nemikhawulo ekugelezeni kwemikhiqizo ye-agropastoral, kube nomthelela ekwenyukeni okukhulu kwamanani okusanhlamvu okuyisisekelo esifundeni sonke - ukwenyuka ngamaphesenti angaphezu kwe-100 kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
Kuze kube manje, ukukhiqizwa okusanhlamvu kwesizini yezolimo ka-2023-2024 kubonakale kushoda amathani ayizigidi eziyi-12 kuyilapho ukutholakala kwama-cereals kumuntu ngamunye kwehle ngamaphesenti amabili uma kuqhathaniswa nesizini yokugcina yezolimo yesifunda.
Njengamanje, iNtshonalanga ne-Afrika ePhakathi ithembele ekuthengeni kwamanye amazwe ukwanelisa izidingo zokudla kwabantu, kodwa ubunzima bezomnotho bukhuphule izindleko zokuthenga ngaphandle.
UNksz Vandervelden weWFP uthe lezi zindaba zidinga ukuthi kube khona a ukutshalwa kwezimali okuqinile “ekwakheni ukuqina kanye nezixazululo zesikhathi eside ngekusasa laseNtshonalanga Afrika.”
Amazinga aphezulu ashaqisayo
Ukungondleki eNtshonalanga naseCentral Africa kukhuphuke kwafinyelela izinga eliphezulu ngokushaqisayo nge Izingane eziyizigidi ezingu-16.7 ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu zinenkinga yokungondleki.
Imizi engaphezu kwezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu idonsa kanzima ukuthola ukudla okunempilo futhi izingane eziyisishiyagalombili kweziyi-10, ezisukela ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya kwezingama-23 azikudli ukudla okubalulekile ekukhuleni nasekuthuthukeni kwazo.
“Ukuze izingane esifundeni zifinyelele amakhono azo ngokugcwele, kudingeka siqinisekise ukuthi intombazane nomfana ngamunye uthola ukudla okunomsoco nokunakekelwa, uhlala endaweni enempilo nephephile, futhi unikezwa amathuba okufunda afanele,” kusho uGilles Fagninou UNICEF UMqondisi Wesifunda.
Izingxenye ezisenyakatho yeNigeria nazo zibhekene nezigameko eziningi zokungondleki kahle cishe kumaphesenti angama-31 abesifazane abaneminyaka engu-15 kuya ku-49.
UNksz Fagninou wachaza ukuthi ukuqinisa “imfundo, impilo, amanzi nokukhucululwa kwendle, ukudla, nezinhlelo zokuvikela umphakathi,” kungabangela ukungezwani okuhlala njalo ezimpilweni zezingane.
Izixazululo eziqhubekayo
Izinhlangano ze-UN, i-Food and Agriculture Organization (I-FAO), i-UN Children’s Fund i-UNICEF kanye ne-WFP, bacela ohulumeni bamazwe, izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe, izinhlangano zomphakathi kanye nezinkampani ezizimele, ukuba zisungule izixazululo ezisimeme zokuqinisa nokusekela ukuvikeleka kokudla nokwandisa umkhiqizo wezolimo.
Lezi zixazululo kufanele futhi zidambise imiphumela emibi yokuntengantenga komnotho, basho.
Kukhona futhi okulindelekile ukuthi ohulumeni nezinhlaka ezizimele kufanele bahlangane ukuze kuqinisekiswe ilungelo lomuntu lokudla kwabo bonke abantu.
I-UNICEF ne-WFP bahlela ukwelula izinhlelo zikazwelonke zokuvikela umphakathi e-Chad naseBurkina Faso, njengoba izigidi zabantu eSenegal, Mali, Mauritania, naseNiger zihlomule ezinhlelweni ezinjalo.
Ukwengeza, i-FAO, isikhwama sokuthuthukisa ezolimo IFAD, kanye ne-WFP babambisene kuyo yonke i-Sahel ukuze kwandiswe “ukukhiqiza, kanye nokufinyelela ekudleni okunomsoco ngezinhlelo zokwakha ukuqina.”
UDkt. Robert Guei, Umxhumanisi Wesifunda Esincane se-FAO yaseNtshonalanga Afrika naseSahel, uthe lapho kuphendulwa lezi zimo zokungavikeleki kokudla nokudla, kubalulekile ukukhuthaza nokusekela izinqubomgomo ezizokhuthaza “ukuhlukahluka kwezitshalo, izilwane kanye ukukhiqizwa kwamanzi kanye nokucubungula ukudla kwendawo”.
Uthe lokhu “akubalulekile nje kuphela ukuqinisekisa ukudla okunempilo, okuthengekayo unyaka wonke, kodwa futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuvikela izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo, namandla okunciphisa imiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kanye ngaphezu kwakho konke ukulwa namanani aphezulu okudla futhi kuvikelwe izimpilo zabantu abathintekile”.
