ʻAʻole e hoʻonui wale ʻia ka pāpā ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā mea kanu, akā hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia, wahi a ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Botswana ʻo Fidelis Molao, e like me ka Mmegi Online.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke kapikala i ka hālāwai kūkā 40th o ka Botswana Hospitality and Tourism Association, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Molao, ʻo ka pāpā ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu he mea kūpono ia e kākoʻo ai i ka poʻe mahiʻai o ka ʻāina a hōʻoia i ke kūʻokoʻa o ka meaʻai.
Mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, ʻo ka pāpā ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai o nā ʻano mea kanu he 16 ua alakaʻi i nā hemahema i nā mākeke kūloko a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai, e hōʻeha ana i ke kūlana kālā o nā mea kūʻai aku i loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ka poʻe kūʻai aku ʻaʻole hāʻawi mau nā mea kanu mea kanu kūloko i ka maikaʻi o nā huahana, a ʻo ka nāwaliwali o ke kaulahao hoʻolako e alakaʻi i ke kūʻai ʻole ʻana i nā mea kanu kumu e like me nā tōmato, nā aniani a me nā ʻuala.
Ua manaʻo ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa e hōʻoluʻolu ʻia ka pāpā ʻana no ka mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia nā hale ʻaina, nā hōkele a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ākea, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻāpana i hōʻeha ʻia e COVID-19.
Akā naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Molao ʻaʻole e hoʻopau ʻia ka pāpā ʻana mai.
"Aia mākou ma kahi o mākou, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke nānā i hope a kanikau paha," wahi a Molao. "Ua ʻike mākou āpau i ka paʻakikī o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hale kūʻai i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o Covid. Inā mākou e hoʻi i ka wā kahiko, ʻaʻohe mea a mākou i aʻo ai. Inā wehe mākou i nā palena, e nalowale mākou i ka holomua a mākou i hana ai. Ua kanu mua nā mahiʻai i nā hua kanu no ka mākeke hou.
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa hou ke Kuhina he pilikia koʻikoʻi no ka ʻāina, ʻo ka palapala hoʻopuka meaʻai makahiki o Botswana he 9,2 biliona pesos he pilikia nui no ka ʻāina, e hoʻonele ana i ka ʻāina i nā kumuwaiwai a me nā manawa hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he pono ka hana wikiwiki a hoʻoholo.
E hoʻomaikaʻi ka ʻoihana mahiʻai o ka ʻāina inā kākoʻo ka mākeke kūloko iā ia.
“He ʻāina ko mākou, loaʻa nā manawa kūpono, akā ʻaʻohe mākeke. Ke kamaʻilio nei ka poʻe mahiʻai no ia mea. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāina, pono mākou e kiʻi i ka meaʻai mai kā mākou mahiʻai a ʻaʻole hilinaʻi i nā ʻāina ʻē. Pono mākou e hoʻopili i nā kaiāulu kūloko i nā kula e hōʻoia i ko mākou kūʻokoʻa meaʻai, "wahi āna.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Molao, ʻo ka pāpā ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā mea kanu e hāʻawi ana i kahi manawa e hoʻonui ai i ka agritourism ma ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: “Pono mākou e hoʻi i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o ka meaʻai kūloko. "ʻAʻole pono mākou e lele mai ka poʻe mai ʻEulopa a ʻai i nā meaʻai like a lākou e ʻai ai ma ka home."