Tsiku lomwe ndidakhala mlimi, ndidayamba kuchepa pamaso pa anthu ena komanso pagulu-ndipo zomwe zidandichitikirazi zidandipangitsa kuti ndimvetsetse kufunika kofotokoza nkhani zaulimi komanso kufunikira kokhala ndi ulemu kwa alimi.
Ili linali phunziro lovuta kwambiri m'moyo wanga. Ndidachoka kunyumba kwanga ku India kupita ku United States kukaphunzira Food Science and Technology, ndikuphunzira ku University of California, Davis. Ntchito yanga yomaliza inali yogwiritsira ntchito tchipisi tating'onoting'ono tomwe kale tinatchedwa kuti Pringles.
Panthawiyo, yemwe ndimagona naye limodzi adandifunsa funso lodabwitsa: Chifukwa chiyani ophunzira aku India ambiri sabwerera kudziko lakwawo? Kodi ndiyopanda pake komanso yosauka?
Sindinagone usiku womwewo, ndikuganizira zomwe ananena ndikudziwa kuti abambo anga adamenyera ufulu wa India ndipo andiphunzitsa kunyadira dziko lathu.
Tsiku lotsatira, ndinasiya ntchito. Patatha milungu ingapo, ndidabwerera ku famu yamabanja, kumwera kwa Mumbai m'boma la Raigad ku Maharashtra. Kwazaka khumi zotsatira, ndidadzionera ndekha kuti alimi aku India samalandira ulemu.
Nthawi zina timanena kuti zinthu zitatu ndizofunikira kuti tikhale ndi moyo: chakudya, pogona, ndi zovala. Koma pali chinthu chachinayi: ulemu.
Ulemu ndi kuyamikiridwa ndi ena. Itha kubwera kuchokera kwa munthu m'modzi kapena pagulu lonse. Simungathe kuzipempha. Muyenera kulipeza. Kwa alimi ku India, izi ndizovuta kwambiri.
Kwa ine, ulemu udabwera kudzera mu bizinesi ya zokopa alendo. Tidatenga zathu famu yogwira ntchito ndipo adatsegulira anthu, kuphatikiza maphunziro a zosangalatsa ndi zosangalatsa. Ndi kufotokoza nkhani yathu, tidaphunzitsa anthu za zovuta ndi mwayi wolima —ndipo tikadutsa izi, tidapezanso ulemu womwe timakhulupirira kuti alimi onse akuyenera.
Munda wathu ndi maekala 55. Mbewu yathu yaikulu ndi mpunga, koma timalimanso mapira, nyemba, sweetcorn, ndiwo zamasamba, mtedza, mango, kokonati, ndi zina zambiri. Ntchito zina zimaphatikizapo kulima maluwa, mkaka, ulimi wam'madzi, ndi ulimi wam'munda.
Chilichonse ndichophatikizidwa, ndi dera limodzi lothandizana ndi lina. Mwachitsanzo, tikapuntha mpunga wathu, timatenga udzuwo m'malo mouwotcha, monga momwe alimi ambiri amachitira, timadyetsa ng'ombe zathu. Icho chimakhala chithandizo. Ng'ombe zikamatulutsa ndowe, timaziyika mumunda wa biogas, ndikupanga mafuta ophikira ndi manyowa a feteleza.
Anthu omwe amabwera kufamu yathu amawona zonsezi, nthawi zambiri kwanthawi yoyamba. Ambiri a iwo amakhala m'tauni. Sadziwa zomwe alimi amachita. Ndipo izi zikutanthauza kuti sadziwa komwe chakudya chawo chimachokera kapena mavuto omwe alimi amakumana nawo kuti apange. Amatitenga mopepuka.
Akabwera kuno, amayamba kuphunzira. Amazindikira momwe zimakhalira mkaka wa ng'ombe, kubudula chiponde pansi, ndikumanga magulu aziphuphu kuti apange mungu. Timawawonetsa zinthu monga kuthirira madzi ndikulankhula za kusamalira madzi ngati chida chothana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Timawaphunzitsa pakufunika kwa zinthu zotetezera mbeu komanso momwe njira zathu zopanda ntchito zimasungira nthaka, kuipangitsa kukhala ndi mpweya wabwino. Nthaka yolemera ndi kaboni imapangitsa nyengo yaulimi kukhala yanzeru komanso osadalira mafuta.
Anthu ambiri ochokera mumzinda sanawonepo kapena kukumana ndi izi. Amangodziwa kuti akafuna chakudya, amagula. Iwo sakudziwa komwe zimachokera.
Ana ndi okonda kwambiri. Amakonda kuwona nyama za pafamu ndikukhudza nsomba zamoyo. Chokopa chachikulu ndi "WB Ride," yomwe ikukwera njati zamadzi. Famu yathu ili pamtsinje ndipo kukwera njati zamadzi ndizowonekera paulendo uliwonse wopita kumunda wathu.
Alendo achikulire amasangalalanso ndi nthawi yawo. Ambiri mwa iwo adakulira kumafamu akumidzi ndipo ngakhale adachoka, akufuna kuti ana awo ndi zidzukulu zawo amvetsetse cholowa cha mabanja awo paulimi.
Poyendera famu yathu, alendo athu amakhala ndi nthawi yabwino ndikupeza chidziwitso.
Mofananamo, timakhala ndi ulemu womwe alimi ambiri aku India amasowa. Zimachokera kuwonedwe kwa anthu omwe amabwera kuno, ndikuwunikira kwawo kumene zomwe timachita komanso zovuta zomwe timakumana nazo kuti tipeze chakudya chomwe dziko lathu likusowa.
Kudyetsa dziko la anthu opitilira 1 biliyoni ndi ntchito yayikulu, yofunika ntchito ya alimi ambiri. Timadalira chilichonse kuyambira nyengo mpaka ukadaulo. Komabe kupambana kwathu kumadalira kwambiri zomwe zitha kukhala zachilengedwe: ulemu.
Chandsrashekhar (Shekhar) Bhadsavle amalima mpunga, mapira, nyemba, sweetcorn, masamba, mtedza ndi zipatso monga mango, sapota, coconut ndi zina zambiri pafamu yamabanja yophatikizidwa m'boma la Raigad, Maharashtra State, India. Famuyo, Saguna Baug, ndi mpainiya wokaona zaulimi ku India. Shekhar ndi membala wa Global Farmer Network. www.globalfarmworkwork.org