UPope Francis ukhala ngokuthi kunenqwaba yokudla okulahlwa kude njengoba abantu belamba
Emlayezo we-video woSuku Lokudla Lomhlaba ngoLwesihlanu, uPapa Francis uzwakalise ukukhathazeka kwakhe ngokuthi kulahlwa amathani okudla njengoba abantu beqhubeka nokufa ngokuswela ukudla.
"Ebuntwini, indlala akuyona inhlekelele nje kuphela, kodwa futhi iyihlazo," kusho uPapa Francis kwividiyo ethunyelwe ngo-Okthoba 16 ku-United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Upapa uphawule ukuthi siyanda isibalo sabantu abalwa nendlala kanye nokuntuleka kokudla nokuthi ubhadane olukhona manje luzobhebhethekisa le nkinga.
“Inkinga yamanje isikhombisa ukuthi kudingeka imigomo nezenzo eziqinile ukuqeda indlala emhlabeni. Kwesinye isikhathi izingxoxo ezimbaxayo noma zemibono zisusa ekufezekiseni le nhloso futhi zivumela abafowethu nodadewethu ukuthi baqhubeke nokufa ngenxa yokushoda kokudla, ”kusho uFrancis.
Uveze ukusweleka kotshalomali kwezolimo, ukwabiwa kokudla ngokungalingani, imiphumela yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu nokwanda kwengxabano njengezimbangela zendlala emhlabeni.
“Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kulahlwa amathani amaningi okudla. Sibhekene naleli qiniso, asikwazi ukuhlala sikindiki noma sikhubazekile. Sonke sinomthwalo wemfanelo, ”kusho upapa.
Usuku Lomhlaba Lokudla Lwe-2020 luphawula isikhumbuzo sama-75 sokusungulwa kwe-FAO, eyazalwa ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe II futhi ezinze eRome.
“Kule minyaka engama-75, i-FAO ithole ukuthi akwanele ukukhiqiza ukudla; Kubalulekile futhi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi amasistimu okudla ayaqhubeka futhi ahlinzeke ngokudla okunempilo futhi okungabizi kubo bonke. Kumayelana nokwamukela izixazululo ezintsha ezingaguqula indlela esikhiqiza futhi sidle ngayo ukudla ukuze inhlalakahle yemiphakathi yethu neplanethi yethu, ngaleyo ndlela kuqiniswe ukuqina nokusimama kwesikhathi eside, ”kusho uPapa Francis.
Ngokombiko wakamuva we-FAO, isibalo sabantu abahlaselwe yindlala emhlabeni jikelele besilokhu sikhula kusukela ngo-2014.
INhlangano Yezizwe ilinganisela ukuthi abantu abayizigidi ezingama-690 bahlushwa yindlala ngonyaka wezi-2019, okuyizigidi eziyi-10 ngaphezu kuka-2018.
Umbiko we-FAO, okhishwe ngoJulayi walo nyaka, ubuye ubikezele ukuthi ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 luzodala indlala engapheli kubantu abayizigidi eziyi-130 emhlabeni wonke ekupheleni kuka-2020.
Ngokombiko we-UN, i-Asia inesibalo esikhulu sabantu abangondlekile, kulandele i-Afrika, iLatin America neCaribbean. Umbiko uthi, uma izitayela zamanje ziqhubeka, i-Afrika kulindeleke ukuthi ibe sekhaya labangaphezu kwesigamu sabantu abalambile njalo emhlabeni ngonyaka ka-2030.
I-FAO ingenye yezinhlangano eziningi ze-UN ezinze eRoma, kanye ne-UN World Food Programme, esanda kuklonyeliswa nge-2020 Nobel Peace Prize ngemizamo yayo “yokunqanda ukusetshenziswa kwendlala njengesikhali yempi nengxabano ".
"Isinqumo esinesibindi kungaba ukusetshenziselwa imali esetshenziselwa izikhali nezinye izindleko zamasosha 'isikhwama somhlaba' ukuze sinqobe indlala futhi sisize ukuthuthukiswa kwamazwe ampofu kakhulu," kusho uPapa Francis.
"Lokhu kuzogwema izimpi eziningi kanye nokufuduka kwabafowethu abaningi nemindeni yabo baphoqeleke ukuba bashiye amakhaya abo kanye namazwe abo beyofuna impilo enesithunzi"