Ma waho o ke kau inoa ʻana i nā manawa maopopo, ua hoʻolālā ʻo Syngenta e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea kūlohelohe kūmole i glyphosate inā wehe ʻia ka make manuahi ākea ākea mai ka mākeke.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo John Parr, ka pelekikena o ka mālama ʻana i ka mea kanu no ka hua a me ka mea ʻoihana nui ʻo Syngenta, e ʻōlelo ana i nā huahana kemika hou ʻole koho (ʻo kahi mea hou i ka glyphosate) paha i ka poʻe mahiʻai i ʻelima a ʻehiku mau makahiki.
ʻOiai ʻo John Parr ʻaʻole i manaʻo nui e pili ana i nā hoʻoweliweli e pili ana i ka launa make glyphosate Bayer nui, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka mea kaha o kēia makahiki e hoʻonui i ka nānā ʻana o ka lehulehu a me nā kaomi kaomi.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Kelemānia a me Palani i nā kumumanaʻo e pāpā aku i ka lāʻau kīhāpai i ka 2023, me ka makaʻu i kāna hopena maikaʻi ʻole e pili ana i ka ʻenekona, a ua hōʻemi kekahi mau ʻāina ʻē i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka glyphosate. ʻO ka nīnau no ka hoʻopiʻi hou ʻana i ka United States mai nā hoʻopiʻi e nā poʻe i manaʻo ʻia e pili ana i ka pilina lōʻihi me ka glyphosate e wehe mau nei.
ʻOiai ma kahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i Australia, ʻike ʻo Parr i ka poʻe mahiʻai o Ausetalia āna i hālāwai ai e noi ana inā hiki i ka ʻoihana ke loaʻa kahi kū no nā huahana o nā mea kanu ʻole i koho ʻia, ka mea nui o ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻoweliweli i ka palena o ka glyphosate.
ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo ua loaʻa nā glyphosate herbicides i lalo o kahi mākaʻikaʻi ma Australia, a ua ʻike ʻia ke keʻena o ka ʻoihana o Victoria, ʻĀina, Waiwai a me nā Hoʻolālā pehea e hoʻohana ʻia ai nā huahana ma nā ʻāina ākea. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻoholo ʻia ka nui o nā hana me ka eco-activists.
Manaʻo ʻo Parr e hana pono nā mea kanu kūloko i koho a mālama ʻia.
"Akā inā ua kaupalena ʻia a lawe ʻia aku paha lākou, a laila ma kahi o ka manawa e loaʻa nā mea ʻē aʻe," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā mea kanu kūpono maikaʻi a hoihoi i nā mea mahiʻai e loaʻa ai i nā kahelehele āpau. He huahana hou kēia e kū mai paha i loko o ʻelima a ʻehiku mau makahiki, ”ua hoʻohui ʻo ia.
"Maopopo iā mākou ke koʻikoʻi o ke kahe o ka hana hou i kā mākou ʻoihana a me kā mākou ʻoihana, a ua hana nui mākou i nā holomua i loko o ʻekolu mau makahiki i hala," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Parr no kā Syngenta kūleʻa. "Ua kūleʻa nui mākou me kekahi mau molekiola maikaʻi, e like me ka canola a me ka horticultural fungicide i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala, a nā mea mahiʻai i ʻike he nani loa. E hōʻoia, ke piʻi nei nā mea pale i nā mea hana hou a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hoʻopaʻa inoa e kū nei. I nā makahiki 1990, ua ʻike mākou i ka ʻoihana e hoʻopaʻa inoa i nā huahana hou he nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki, akā i kēia manawa e ʻōlelo wau e ʻoi aku ka nui o kēia kiʻi i hoʻokahi mau helu. Makemake kūpono ka poʻe i nā kumu kūʻai liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka palekana, akā ʻo ia kā mākou e hana ai i kā mākou ʻoihana. "
(Nā Kumuhana: Farm Online. Kau ʻia e Andrew Marshall).