WOFIIRA WAPEZA ALIMI ACHINYAMATA

Banja la achinyamata - Braveson Chithope, wazaka 28, ndi Lezina Keliasi, wazaka 25 - ochokera ku Mudzi wa Kumitengo, Nyanja Extension Planning Area (EPA) motsogozedwa ndi Senior Chief Kalumbu ku Lilongwe ali ndi zifukwa zonse zopitira patsogolo pamene nyengo yokolola ya 2025/2026 ikuyandikira. Awiriwa nthawi zonse ankalakalaka kulima m'malo mongogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zochepa, koma mwayi wopeza zinthu zofunikira komanso nthawi yayitali youma nthawi zonse wakhala ukulepheretsa nyengo zapitazi zakulima. Koma banjali lachinyamata likuimba nyimbo yosiyana mu nyengo ya 2025/2026 chifukwa, pofika pa 10 February 2026, munda wa chimanga wa a Chithope unali utatsimikizira kale kuti ukukula bwino, ndipo chimanga chawo chinali ndi zipatso zambiri komanso zathanzi. “Ndi munda wa ekala imodzi ndipo monga mukuonera, zokolola zake ndi zabwino kwambiri,” anafotokoza mkazi wa Chithope, Lezina, paulendo wa atolankhani pakati pa February 2026, ndipo anapitiriza kuti: “Tikuyembekezera osachepera matumba 80 a chimanga kuchokera m'munda uno chifukwa mtundu womwe mukuwona pano ndi wa nthawi yayitali, womwe umabala zipatso zoposa matumba 100 pa ekala.” Mwamuna wake, Braveson, adawonetsanso chiyembekezo chofananacho kale, pakati pa Januwale, pomwe Nduna ya Zaulimi, Roza Mbilizi, adapita ku malo ogulitsira pomwe chimanga chinali pafupi kuyamba. Braveson ndi mkazi wake ndi ena mwa alimi ku Lilongwe omwe adapindula ndi Response to Emergency and Disaster (RED), gawo lodzidzimutsa mkati mwa Sustainable Agricultural Production Programme (SAPP II), lopangidwira kuthana ndi zadzidzidzi ndi masoka omwe angachitike ku Malawi. Ngakhale kuti nyengo youma inali kuopseza alimi m'maboma angapo, kuphatikizapo Lilongwe ndi Balaka, ambiri omwe amalandira RED sanakhudzidwe kwambiri, pomwe chimanga chawo chimalonjeza zokolola zambiri, zomwe zikuwonjezera chiyembekezo cha chitukuko pakati pa alimi achikulire ndi achichepere monga Braveson ndi mkazi wake, Lezina. “Tikakolola chimanga chathu, tikukonzekera kusungira matumba angapo kuti tigwiritse ntchito mpaka zokolola zina ndikugulitsa zotsalazo,” anafotokoza Lezina, ndikuwonjezera kuti: “Kenako tidzayika ndalama zomwe tapeza mu bizinesi yomwe tikufuna ndikupanga phindu lalikulu.” Kumalo ena ku Malingunde EPA, zotsatira zomwe zapezeka za phukusi lothandizira RED zapangitsanso wopindula wina wachinyamata, Kelvin Lyson, kukhala ndi maloto akuluakulu. Lyson ali ndi zaka 23, ndipo wasiya sukulu ya Form One ndipo akufuna kubwerera kusukulu ndikuyambiranso komwe adachokera. Ngakhale kuti chimanga chake chinali patatha masiku ochepa kuti agule pakati pa February, malo olima mbewu anali chinsinsi chotseguka - popeza onse ndi ofanana, Lyson akuyembekezeka kukwaniritsa maloto ake akale. “Kulima sikunakhalepo kosavuta kwa ife chifukwa cha mitengo yokwera ya zinthu monga feteleza ndi mbewu,” anafotokoza Lyson, yemwe amachokera m'banja la ana asanu ndi mmodzi, ndipo ali ndi mayi mmodzi. “Koma chaka chino ulimi wakhala wosavuta kwambiri ndi thandizo la RED ndipo, kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka zambiri, tingakhale ndi chakudya chokwanira banja lonse, komanso chochuluka chogulitsa.” Lyson ali ndi chiyembekezo choti adzatha kubwerera kusukulu atagulitsa chimanga chochuluka, nthawi yokolola ikadzakwana. Nthawi zambiri chithunzichi chili chimodzimodzi pakati pa ambiri mwa omwe adapindula ndi RED Component mu ma EPA asanu ndi limodzi ku Lilongwe: alimi tsopano akudziona akusiya kusowa kwa chakudya, zomwe zapangitsa kuti oyambitsa SAPP II ndi boma azisangalala. “Monga pulogalamu tikusangalala ndi momwe alimi agwiritsira ntchito zinthuzi,” anafotokoza Wogwirizanitsa Pulogalamu ya SAPP II, Rex Baluwa, mu kuyankhulana. “Ziyembekezo zathu ndi zakuti alimi adzakhala ndi zokolola zambiri, zomwe zithandizira kuti pakhale chitetezo cha chakudya m'banja, chitetezo cha zakudya komanso ndalama zambiri,” anafotokoza. Mofananamo, Nduna ya Zaulimi, Ulimi Wothirira ndi Chitukuko cha Madzi, Roza Mbilizi, adawonetsa kukhutira ndi zotsatira zabwino za RED Component poganizira momwe mbewu za chimanga zidzakhalire m'minda yomwe adayendera ku Lilongwe pakati pa Januwale. "Ndikusangalala kwambiri kuti pulogalamuyi yathandiza alimi ochokera m'madera awa - makamaka alimi achichepere," adatero Mbilizi pambuyo poti malo olima chimanga a Chithopes adamukopa mtima. "Zimandipatsa chisangalalo chachikulu kuona achinyamata akuchita nawo ulimi; ndipo ndikuyamikiranso kwambiri International Fund for Agricultural Development pothandizira RED Component pansi pa SAPP II," adapitiliza. Malinga ndi nduna, RED Component ikugwirizana ndi zomwe Purezidenti Peter Mutharika adalengeza za State of Disaster mu Okutobala 2025.

Mayi Wopanda Mnzake Athawa Pachiwopsezo

Mwayi wonse unali woti Makulata Sinkayika wa ku Sonkhwe ku Nyanja EPA ku Lilongwe akumane ndi mavuto. Ngati kuti kukhala wosakwatiwa komanso wopanda ndalama sikunali kokwanira, anavutika ndi mavuto azachuma. Sanathe kupeza ngongole iliyonse yothandizira ulimi wake, makamaka maphunziro a mwana wake. Anadziwika kuti ndi wosowa ndipo analembetsa pulogalamu yothandizira dziko lonse, koma sanathe kugula feteleza chifukwa cha zovuta za pulogalamuyo komanso kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe boma linkawapeza omwe anali kuwafuna. Analibe dongosolo lobwezera. Anakhala m'nyumba yofoleredwa ndi udzu komanso matope. SAPP Ndinabweretsa chiyembekezo chachikulu ndi nkhuku, koma analota zambiri. “Ndinalandira nkhuku 10 kuchokera ku SAPP I. Nkhuku zinachulukana, zinathandiza banja langa ndipo zinathandiza maphunziro a mwana wanga, yemwe tsopano ali mu Fomu 3 kusukulu ya sekondale,” adatero. Poyamba SAPP II, maloto ake akukula. Zakhala bwino kwambiri ndi gawo la RED lothandizidwa ndi International Fund for Agricultural Development. “Tsopano ndikufuna kulima mbewu zambiri zogulitsa kuti ndigule ng'ombe ndi ngolo yogulira ng'ombe,” adatero. Pamene SAPP I inamuthandiza kupanga zambiri ndikupeza ndalama zogulira banja lake, nyengo ya El Niño inawononga kwambiri kupambana kwa zaka zapitazo chifukwa dera lake linakumana ndi nyengo youma zaka ziwiri motsatizana. El Niño Ngakhale adamanga nyumba yabwino yokhala ndi denga lachitsulo, analibe chakudya. Komabe, nkhani yake yasintha. “Mwamwayi mu SAPP II ndapindula ndi zolowetsa zothandizira. Ndabzala mbewu zovomerezeka ndipo ndikuyembekeza kukolola matumba opitilira 80 a chimanga kuchokera ku ekala yanga. Kale, ndinkatha kupeza zosakwana theka la izo. Ndinkalima popanda ntchito zowonjezera ndipo tsopano ndalandira thandizo. “Tsopano ndikudziwa kuti n'zotheka kulima chakudya chokwanira ndipo ndikufunanso kulima nyemba kuti ndigwiritse ntchito ndalama zomwe ndapeza kugula ng'ombe ndi ngolo yogulira ng'ombe,” adatsiriza.

Zothandizira pa ulimi Kuthetsa vuto la chakudya, kukulitsa ndalama

Anthu omwe apindula ndi pulogalamu yothandizidwa ndi zipangizo zaulimi pansi pa Sustainable Agriculture Production Programme (SAPP II), yomwe imathandizidwa ndi International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), ayamikira pulogalamuyi ngati njira yosinthira zinthu kuti pakhale chakudya chokwanira m'banja. Kudzera mu pulogalamuyi, mbewu za chimanga zimalipidwa mokwanira ndi pulojekitiyi, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti alimi amalipira popanda kulipira, pomwe feteleza amapezeka pamtengo wothandizidwa wa K10,000 pa thumba la makilogalamu 50, mogwirizana ndi Pulogalamu ya Boma ya Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP). M'modzi mwa omwe apindula, Lezina Keliyasi, anafotokoza kuti atasankhidwa kukhala m'modzi mwa omwe alandira zipangizo zothandizidwa, kukonzekera m'munda mwake wa chimanga kunayamba mwakhama. Anavomereza kuti kale ankalima popanda kusamalira bwino mbewu zake ndipo nthawi zambiri ankagwiritsa ntchito feteleza wosakwanira, koma tsopano njira yake yasintha. "Kubwera kwa feteleza wotsika mtengo kuchokera ku SAPP II kwandithandiza kuigwiritsa ntchito m'munda wanga wa chimanga chaka chino, ndipo chiyembekezo ndichakuti ndidzakolola zambiri zosachepera matumba 80 pa ekala iliyonse. Kuno kudera la Traditional Authority Kalumbu, tinkakolola chimanga, koma sichinali chokwanira kusamalira banja lathu chaka chonse. Nthawi ino, monga banja, tidzakhala ndi chakudya chokwanira komanso zina zogulitsa. Tikuyembekeza kuchita bizinesi yambiri, chifukwa SAPP II ikutilimbikitsa kuti tipeze ndalama zambiri," adatero Keliyasi. SAPP II ikutsatira Pulogalamu Yopanga Ulimi Yokhazikika (SAPP) yakale, yomwe idathandizidwanso ndi IFAD ndipo idathandizira alimi kudzera mu njira zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo pulogalamu yopereka ziweto. SAPP II ikuphatikiza gawo la Response to Emergencies and Disasters (RED), lomwe makamaka limayang'ana kwambiri pakukweza chitetezo cha chakudya cha mabanja. Gawoli limathandizira FISP poyang'ana alimi ang'onoang'ono omwe akhudzidwa ndi masoka. Komabe, ena omwe apindula ndi pulogalamuyi anena kuti mwayi wopeza ndalama kuchokera ku zokolola zawo ukuwonjezeka. Kuyambira pamenepo, Keliyasi walimbikitsa alimi anzake kuti azichita zinthu mwachangu, motsimikiza mtima, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito manyowa achilengedwe pa mbewu zawo kuti asadalire thandizo la boma lokha. Mtsogoleri wa Mudzi wa Senior Group Kalumbu, wochokera ku Traditional Authority Kalumbu ku Lilongwe, wasonyeza kukhutira ndi kupita patsogolo komwe kwachitika. Mtsogoleriyo anafotokoza kuti pamene gawo la RED linayambitsidwa ku Nyanja Extension Planning Area (EPA), opindula omwe adadziwika adalandira mbewu ya chimanga yovomerezeka yaulere ndipo adatha kugwiritsa ntchito feteleza panthawi yake. Mtsogoleri wa Mudzi wa Senior Group Kalumbu adati alimi akuyembekeza kukolola matumba opitilira 80, chifukwa cha malangizo ochokera kwa ogwira ntchito yowunikira omwe adawalimbikitsa kuti ayambe kugwiritsa ntchito njira zabwino zaulimi. Anapemphanso anthu ake kuti achite nawo ntchito zaulimi kuti apeze chakudya chokwanira komanso ndalama zabwino zomwe mabanja amapeza.

Chiefs Akumwetulira Pamene Ntchito Yothandiza Anthu Pakagwa Masoka Ikuletsa Anthu Omwe Anakhudzidwa ndi Masoka

Posachedwapa, a Lilongwe Senior Group Village Heads (GVHs) Kalumbu ndi Kasoni, motsogozedwa ndi Senior Chief Kalumbu ndi Traditional Authority (TA) Msinde motsatana, adadzipeza okha—mwina mosadziwa—akubwereza mawu a wolemba waku America wa m'zaka za m'ma 1800 John Muir, yemwe adalembapo kuti: "Anthu salamulirika akakhala ndi njala." Gawo la Response to Emergency and Disaster (RED) pansi pa SAPP II, lomwe likugwiritsidwa ntchito m'malo asanu ndi atatu okonzekera Extension Planning (EPAs) ku Lilongwe ndi Balaka, mwina lapangitsa kuti ulamuliro ukhale wosavuta kwa mafumu, chifukwa cha kukolola kwakukulu komwe kunawonedwa pakati pa mwezi wa February. Mu Chitsime ndi Nyanja EPAs pansi pa Senior Chief Kalumbu, ndi mu Nyang'amire EPA pansi pa TA Msinde, minda yonse ya chimanga yomwe idathandizidwa pansi pa RED idapereka uthenga womveka bwino: alimi sadzakhala ndi chakudya chokwanira mabanja awo okha, komanso ndalama zowonjezera zoti azigwiritsa ntchito. "Tatsanzikana ndi njala—dzionere nokha!" anatero Senior GVH Kalumbu, akuwonetsa munda wa chimanga womwe uli bwino wa banja lachinyamata, Braveson ndi Lezina Chithope a ku Kumitengo Village pansi pa Nyanja EPA. Atanyamula matumba awiri a feteleza (NPK ndi Urea), omwe adapezeka pamtengo wothandizidwa wa K10,000 iliyonse, komanso paketi yaulere ya kilogalamu 5 ya mbewu yovomerezeka ya chimanga, alimi pawokha akuyembekeza kukolola matumba pakati pa 50 ndi 80 a chimanga, chilichonse cholemera makilogalamu 50, kuchokera pa ekala imodzi. "Zimene mukuwona m'munda wa chimanga uwu wa a Chithopes ndizomwe mungapeze pakati pa alimi onse a RED omwe sanagwiritse ntchito zolowetsa zokha, komanso adavomereza njira zabwino zaulimi zomwe tidaphunzira kudzera mu SAPP II, makamaka pakubzala mipanda ndi kubzala," anafotokoza Senior GVH Kalumbu. Anapitiriza kuti: "Gawo ili la SAPP II lakhala lothandiza kwambiri kwa alimi athu, ndipo tili ndi chidaliro kuti alimi omwe ali pansi pa ulamuliro wa Kalumbu adzakolola zambiri." "Tangoganizirani zomwe munthu angachite ndi matumba 50 kapena kuposerapo a chimanga! Njala ikanakhala mbiri yakale. Ndipo monga mafumu, sitikanakhala ndi mikangano yambiri yoti tithetse pakati pa anthu athu, chifukwa mikangano yambiri imayamba pamene anthu sangathe kudzidyetsa okha," anawonjezera Kalumbu.