UDidier Andrivon weFrench National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) ukhuluma ngalesi sifo esake sabulala abantu abayizigidi eziyi-1,5 e-Ireland: isifo esilimazayo esibizwa nangokuthi iPhytophthora Infestans.
Ngithanda ukuqagela ukuthi lesi sifo, esafinyelela umvuthwandaba eminyakeni engaphezu kwekhulu edlule, asikwazi ukuba yinkinga namuhla, kodwa empeleni akunjalo: ukulimaza kwamazambane sekwephuzile kuyaqhubeka nokukhula futhi kubonakale ezindaweni ezintsha.
Njengamanje, ukulimaza kwamazambane sekwephuzile kubiza i-European Union (EU) ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1 ngonyaka.
Ecabanga ngalesi sihloko, u-Andrivon usiletha emibuzweni ebucayi: Abalimi bangakumisa kanjani ukusabalala kwama-P. infestans? Yini ebangela izinguquko ezisheshayo kulesi sifo? Umthetho we-EU ungasiza kanjani ukulawula ukuqubuka kwezifo?
Uchaza ukuthi ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu empeleni kuyimbangela yokwandisa izinga lokungenwa yizifo. Kodwa-ke, kuze kube manje ososayensi "izincazelo zokuqala" kuphela zezinga lokushintsha kokulimaza sekwephuzile. I-Latin America, i-East Asia kanye ne-East Africa (i-sub-Saharan Africa) ibone ukuvela kwe-muted blight sekwephuzile, okubonisa ukungaqiniseki kwalesi sifo.
Njengoba ukukhiqizwa kokudla emhlabeni wonke okulindeleke ukuthi kukhule ngamaphesenti angama-2050 ngo-70, ukuzuza imiphumela ebonakalayo ekulweni nalokhu kusongelwa komhlaba wonke kuya ngokuya kubaluleke kakhulu.
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