A AHDB Petitioners - alimi a masamba, maluwa ndi mbatata ku UK omwe adavota kuti athetse chiwongola dzanja chokhazikika pa ulimi wamaluwa ndi mbatata - akuti ndemanga zaposachedwa za Growers Better Levy Group (GBLG) sizimangotsutsana ndi zotsatira za mavoti awiri pa nkhani, koma ali patronizing pouza alimi mmene kudzaza panopa Defra kukambirana.
Simon Redden, John Bratley ndi Peter Thorold adziwika kuti AHDB Petitioners. Onse amakhala ku South Lincolnshire ndipo onse pamodzi amalima mbatata, ndiwo zamasamba, ndi maluwa kudera lonse la mahekitala 2,025 (maekala 5,000), ndi maekala 5.6 (maekala 14) a magalasi; pamodzi amagwiritsa ntchito c. Ogwira ntchito 250 ndipo ali ndi ndalama zokwana £20 miliyoni.
Mlimi wa mbatata ndi masamba ku Lincolnshire a John Bratley akuti, "Pali zovuta zingapo zomwe GBLG yanena, koma chachikulu ndichakuti imanyalanyaza mfundo yakuti pafupifupi 490 omwe amalipira levy adavota kale kuti asapitilize kupereka msonkho. Izi zikugwira ntchito mosasamala kanthu za amene msonkhowo umalipiridwa.
"Mwa kuvomereza kwake, GBLG 'si bungwe losankhidwa mwademokalase' ndipo likuyimira atatu peresenti yokha ya mabizinesi olima mbewu omwe anali oyenerera kuvota kuti apitilize kupereka msonkho kumapeto kwa 2020. Pankhani ya mbatata, zikuyimira alimi atatu okha mwa anthu 1,860 oyenerera kuvota. Apanso, tili ndi ochepera ochepa omwe akuyesera kuwuza alimi ndi Defra zomwe zili zabwino kwa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono komanso osiyanasiyana. Tikudziwa kuchokera pamawu omwe talandira kuchokera kwa alimi ambiri kuti amadziwa zomwe zili zabwino kwambiri pamabizinesi awo. ”
mu Nkhani yatsopano GBLG amavomereza kuti njira ina yotsutsana ndi malingaliro awo ndi yakuti 'ntchito idzalipidwa pamaziko a msonkho waufulu kumene alimi okhawo omwe amalipira adzapindula ndi ntchitoyi.' Izi ndi zomwe alimi ambiri omwe adavota kuti athetse msonkho wovomerezeka akufuna kuti zichitike.
"Nthawi yotsatila kutha kwa AHDB m'gawo la ulimi wamaluwa ndi mbatata yapatsa mabizinesi mwayi wowerengera ndikuyika patsogolo zosowa zawo za R&D," akutero John. "Mwachitsanzo, alimi a zipatso zapamwamba amakhala ndi zovuta zenizeni ndi canker, pomwe ambiri masamba alimi amakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi mitengo ya farmgate m'malo mwa luso laukadaulo pakali pano.
"Olima a post-AHDB ali ndi ndalama zokwana £13 miliyoni zosungidwa (komanso ndalama zokwana £40 miliyoni zomwe Mabungwe Opanga adzalandira pachaka) kuti azigwiritsa ntchito momwe angafunire pazofunikira zawo za R&D. Tiyeneranso kukumbukiridwa kuti misonkho yochulukirapo yomwe ikupezeka pakugwiritsa ntchito ndalama ngati imeneyi itha kutha ndi dongosolo lililonse la msonkho. ”
M'miyezi yaposachedwa mabungwe angapo ochita kafukufuku ndi upangiri ayamba kuyandikira magulu a olima za zosowa zawo zafukufuku, ndipo zizindikilo ndikuti njira yokhazikika komanso yamphamvu yamakampani ku R&D ikuyamba kusinthika. Kukambitsirana kwachindunji kotereku pakati pa alimi ndi ochita kafukufuku kungasokonezedwe ndi kubweretsanso bungwe lina lililonse la misonkho - zomwe zingafunenso nthawi yofunikira yanyumba yamalamulo kuti ipange zida zovomerezeka.
Wolima maluwa opangidwa ndi Spalding a Simon Redden adadzudzula GBLG chifukwa cholephera kuvomereza zotsatira za voti yoyambirira: "Ali ngati Otsalira mu voti ya Brexit omwe sangavomereze zotsatira za demokalase yambiri. Miyezi khumi ndi iwiri pambuyo pa voti ya levy akuyesera kulembanso zotsatira zomveka bwino kuti zigwirizane ndi zosowa zawo, osati zofuna za alimi ambiri. "
Ananenanso kuti "kuuza alimi momwe angayankhire mafunso pamisonkhano yapano ya Defra inali chabe mwano."