Inyama iyimfanelo ebalulekile yesiko lenkolo nezenhlalo laseMpumalanga Ephakathi, futhi ingabe bakulungele ukuyishiya ukuze baxazulule izinkinga zezomnotho nezemvelo? U-Amina Tari, isishoshovu sePETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) wadonsa ukunaka kwabezindaba baseJordanian lapho eya emigwaqweni yase-Amman egqoke ingubo ye-lettuce. Ngocingo oluthi “Vumela imifino ibe yingxenye yakho,” wazama ukuvusa isithakazelo ekudleni ngaphandle kwemikhiqizo yezilwane.
I-Jordan yaba yindawo yokugcina ohambweni lwe-PETA lomhlaba, futhi ulethisi mhlawumbe wawuwumzamo ophumelele kakhulu wokwenza ama-Arabhu acabange ngokudla imifino. Emazweni ama-Arab, izimpikiswano zokungadli imifino azivamisile ukuthi zithole izimpendulo.
Izihlakaniphi eziningi zendawo ngisho namalungu ezinhlangano zokuvikela izilwane zithi lokhu kuwumqondo onzima ngomqondo waseMpumalanga. Esinye sezishoshovu ze-PETA, esingadli imifino, sicasulwe yisenzo senhlangano e-Egypt.
“I-Egypt ayikakalungeli le mpilo. Kukhona nezinye izinto ezithinta izilwane okufanele zibhekwe kuqala,” usho kanje.
Futhi nakuba uJason Baker, umqondisi wesahluko se-PETA sase-Asia-Pacific, ephawula ukuthi ngokukhipha inyama ekudleni kwakho, “wenza okwengeziwe ezilwaneni,” lo mbono awuzange uthole ukwesekwa okungako. Ezingxoxweni nezishoshovu lapha eCairo, kwacaca ukuthi ukudla imifino “kuyinto yangaphandle kakhulu” ngekusasa eliseduze. Futhi kungenzeka ukuthi baqinisile.
I-Ramadan isivele iseduze, bese kuba i-Eid al-Adha, iholidi lapho izigidi zamaSulumane emhlabeni wonke zihlaba izimvu zomhlatshelo: kubalulekile ukungabukeli phansi ukubaluleka kwenyama emasikweni ama-Arabhu. Ngendlela, abaseGibhithe lasendulo babephakathi kwabokuqala ukwenza izinkomo ezifuywayo.
Ezweni lama-Arab, kukhona enye inkolelo eqinile mayelana nenyama - lesi isimo senhlalo. Abantu abacebile kuphela abakwazi ukuthenga inyama nsuku zonke lapha, futhi abampofu balwela okufanayo.
Ezinye izintatheli nososayensi abavikela isikhundla sokungadli imifino baphikisa ngokuthi abantu baye badlula endleleni ethile yokuziphendukela kwemvelo futhi baqala ukudla inyama. Kodwa lapha kuphakama omunye umbuzo: asizange sifinyelele izinga elinjalo lentuthuko ukuthi singakwazi ukukhetha ngokuzimela indlela yokuphila - isibonelo, leyo engonakalisi imvelo futhi engabangeli izigidi zabantu ukuba zihlupheke?
Umbuzo wokuthi sizophila kanjani emashumini eminyaka ezayo kufanele uphendulwe ngaphandle kokubheka umlando nokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Futhi ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ukushintshela ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni kungenye yezindlela ezilula nezisebenzayo zokulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
I-UN ithe ukufuywa kwezilwane (noma ngabe isikali sezimboni noma ukulima kwendabuko) kungenye yezimbangela ezimbili noma ezintathu eziyinhloko zokungcoliswa kwemvelo kuwo wonke amazinga - kusukela endaweni kuya emhlabeni jikelele. Futhi yilona kanye ikhambi lezinkinga zokufuywa kwezilwane okufanele kube yilona eliyinhloko ekulweni nokuncipha komhlaba, ukungcoliswa komoya nokushoda kwamanzi, kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Ngamanye amazwi, ngisho noma ungaqinisekanga ngezinzuzo zokuziphatha zemifino, kodwa unendaba nekusasa leplanethi yethu, khona-ke kunengqondo ukuyeka ukudla izilwane - ngenxa yezizathu zemvelo nezomnotho.
EGibhithe elifanayo, amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinkomo athunyelwa kwamanye amazwe ukuze ahlatshwe, kanye nama-lentils nokolweni nezinye izingxenye zokudla kwendabuko yaseGibhithe. Konke lokhu kubiza imali eningi.
Uma i-Egypt ibingakhuthaza ukudla kwemifino njengenqubomgomo yezomnotho, izigidi zabantu baseGibhithe abaswele futhi abakhononda ngokukhuphuka kwentengo yenyama bangaphakelwa. Njengoba sikhumbula, kuthatha ikhilogremu eyodwa yokudla ukukhiqiza ikhilogremu eyi-1 yenyama ethengiswayo. Lena yimali nemikhiqizo engaxazulula inkinga yabantu ababulawa indlala.
UHossam Gamal, isikhulu soMnyango Wezolimo waseGibhithe, akakwazanga ukusho inani eliqondile elalingalondolozwa ngokunqamula ukukhiqizwa kwenyama, kodwa walinganisela “ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane zamaRandi.”
UGamal uyaqhubeka: “Singayithuthukisa impilo nendlela yokuphila yezigidi zabantu ukube bekungadingeki sichithe imali engaka ukuze sanelise isifiso sokudla inyama.”
Ukhomba abanye ongoti, njengalabo abakhuluma ngokuncishiswa komhlaba olungele ukuhlalwa kuwo ngenxa yokutshalwa kwefolishi. “Cishe u-30% wendawo engenaqhwa kule planethi usetshenziselwe ukufuya,” kubhala uVidal.
UGamal uthi abantu baseGibhithe sebeya ngokuya bedla inyama, futhi isidingo samapulazi emfuyo siyakhula. Uthe ngaphezu kuka-50% wenyama edliwayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi iphuma emapulazini ezimboni. Ngokunciphisa ukudla kwenyama, uthi, “singenza abantu babe nempilo enhle, sondle abantu abaningi ngangokunokwenzeka, futhi sithuthukise umnotho wendawo ngokusebenzisa umhlaba wokulima ngenjongo yawo: ukulima izitshalo - udali nobhontshisi - esiwuthenga kwamanye amazwe njengamanje."
UGamal uthi ungomunye wabantu abambalwa abangadli imifino enkonzweni, futhi lokhu kuvame ukuba yinkinga. Uthi: “Ngiyagxekwa ngokungadli inyama. "Kodwa uma abantu abaphikisana nombono wami bengabheka umhlaba ngamaqiniso ezomnotho nezemvelo, bazobona ukuthi kukhona okumele kusungulwe."