Imigubho yeminyaka iyithuba lokukhumbula okwedlule nokubheka ikusasa. I-International Potato Centre (CIP) isanda kugubha usuku olubalulekile - iminyaka engu-50 yasungulwa. Emcimbini obubizwa "Agrobiodiversity kubantu" ihlanganise ndawonye osolwazi nabasebenzi abavela emhlabeni wonke ukuze bagxile endimeni yesifunda sase-Andean ekuguquleni izinhlelo zokudla ngokusekelwe ezinhlobonhlobo zezolimo ezihlukile.
Lo mcimbi ubuhlanganise izikhulumi ezivela ku-CIP, CGIAR kanye nozakwethu bendawo ababegxile ekubalukeni kwe-agro-biodiversity ukuze kutholakale ukudla nokudla okunomsoco, ukufakwa komphakathi ezinhlelweni zezimakethe kanye nokuvikelwa kwemvelo.
I-CIP iphinde yathatha ithuba lokwethula izincwadi ezimbili ezintsha ezigqamisa iqhaza le-agro-biodiversity ekudleni kwethu. Lezi zincwadi ezihlukile ziwumphumela wokubambisana kwabacwaningi abangaphezu kwe-100, abapheki nabathwebuli bezithombe abavela esifundeni sase-Andean nangale kwayo.
Esitatimendeni sakhe sokwamukela, i-CEO ye-CIP u-Barbara Wells ugcizelele ukuthi intuthuko yezakhi zofuzo eholela ezimpandeni ezithuthukisiwe nezilimo eziyizigaxa kanye nezinhlelo zokudla kwezolimo zenziwe zangenzeka yi-agrobiodiversity. Egcizelela indima yokongiwa kwemvelo, u-Wells waphawula ukuthi ibhange lofuzo le-CIP lihlinzeka ngokuhlangana okungaphezulu kuka-5000 unyaka ngamunye ukusiza abalimi ukuba bakhe amazambane anomsoco namelana nesimo sezulu.
“Ngokusebenzisana nokwakhiwa kwamakhono nabalingani bakazwelonke kanye nezinkampani ezizimele, i-CIP isize abalimi abancane abangaphezu kwezigidi ezimbili ukukhulisa isivuno sabo ngezinhlobo zethu zamazambane,” kusho u-Wells.