He maha ngā wā ka kitea te kai mīti hei whiringa whaiaro, engari ko ōna pānga ka horapa atu i tua atu i te pereti tina. Mai i tana mahi i roto i ngā pāmu wheketere ki tōna pānga ki ngā hapori e noho tahaetia ana, he hononga tata te umanga mīti ki tētahi raupapa o ngā take tika pāpori e tika ana kia aro nuihia. Mā te tūhura i ngā momo āhuatanga o te mahi mīti, ka hurahia e mātou te whatunga uaua o te kore taurite, te whakamahi kino, me te whakahekenga taiao e whakanuia ana e te hiahia o te ao mō ngā hua kararehe. I roto i tēnei tuhinga, ka rukuhia e mātou te take ehara te mīti i te whiringa kai anake engari he āwangawanga nui mō te tika pāpori.
I tēnei tau anake, e 760 miriona tāne (neke atu i te 800 miriona tāne) o te kānga me te pīni soya ka whakamahia hei whāngai kararehe. Heoi, ko te nuinga o ēnei hua, kāore e whai hua ki te tangata. Engari, ka riro hei kararehe, ka hurihia hei para, kaua hei oranga. Ko taua witi, ko aua pīni soya—he rauemi i taea ai te whāngai i te tini o te tangata—ka maumauria kētia i roto i te tukanga hanga mīti.
Ka nui ake te koretake o tēnei mahi nā te hanganga o nāianei o te whakaputa kai o te ao, e tahuri ana te nuinga o ngā hua ahuwhenua o te ao ki te kai kararehe, ehara i te kai a te tangata. Ko te mea pōuri tūturu, ahakoa he nui ngā hua e kainga ana e te tangata e whakamahia ana hei whāngai i te umanga mīti, kāore e puta he oranga kai nui ake. Inaa, ko te nuinga o ēnei hua, i taea ai te whāngai i te miriona tāngata, ka whai wāhi atu ki te huringa o te pirau taiao, te whakamahinga rauemi kore pumau, me te whakanui ake i te hiakai.
Engari ehara i te mea ko te para anake te raruraru; engari ko te tipu haere o te kore taurite. E matapaetia ana e te Kotahitanga o ngā Whenua o te Ao (UN) me te Whakahaere mō te Mahi Tahi me te Whakawhanaketanga Ōhanga (OECD) ka piki tonu te hiahia mīti o te ao mā te toharite o te 2.5% ia tau i roto i te tekau tau e whai ake nei. Mā tēnei pikinga ake o te hiahia mō te mīti ka hua ake he pikinga nui o te nui o te witi me te pīni soya me whakatipu me te whāngai ki ngā kararehe. Mā te whakatutuki i tēnei hiahia e tipu haere ana ka whakataetae tika ki ngā hiahia kai o te hunga rawakore o te ao, inā koa i ngā rohe kua raru kē ki te korenga o te kai.
E whakaatu ana te pūrongo a te UN/OECD i tētahi pikitia pōuri mō ngā mea kei te heke mai: Ki te haere tonu tēnei ia, me te mea nei neke atu i te 19 miriona tāne o te kai, e tika ana mō te kai a te tangata, ka tukuna ki ngā kararehe i te tau e whai ake nei anake. Ka piki haere taua tau, ka eke ki te neke atu i te 200 miriona tāne ia tau i te mutunga o te tekau tau. Ehara tēnei i te mea he take koretake noa iho—he take ora, he take mate hoki. Mā te hurihanga o te nui o ngā hua kai hei whāngai kararehe ka nui ake te kore kai, inā koa i ngā rohe rawakore o te ao. Ko te hunga kua tino ngoikore kē—ko te hunga kāore he rauemi hei uru atu ki te kai e ranea ana—ka pikau i te taumahatanga o tēnei aituā.
Ehara tēnei take i te āwangawanga ōhanga anake; he take matatika. I ia tau, ahakoa e whāngaihia ana ngā miriona tāne o ngā hua ki ngā kararehe, e miriona tāngata e hiakai ana. Mēnā ka hurihia ngā rauemi e whakamahia ana hei whakatipu kai mā ngā kararehe ki te whāngai i te hunga hiakai o te ao, tera pea ka āwhina i te whakaiti i te nuinga o te kore kai o nāianei. Engari, ka mahi te umanga mīti i runga i te utu mō te hunga tino whakaraerae o te ao, ka akiaki i te huringa o te rawakore, te kore kai pai, me te whakangaromanga o te taiao.
I te piki haere tonu o te hiahia mō te mīti, ka pāngia te pūnaha kai o te ao e tētahi raruraru uaua haere: mehemea rānei me haere tonu te whakakaha i te umanga mīti, e whai kawenga ana mō te nui o te kai maumauria, te pirau o te taiao, me te mamae o te tangata, me neke rānei ki ngā pūnaha tauwhiro ake, tika ake e whakatairanga ana i te hauora tangata me te haumarutanga kai. He mārama te whakautu. Ki te mau tonu ngā au o nāianei, ka tūpono tātou ki te tuku i tētahi wāhanga nui o te tangata ki tētahi heke mai e tohuhia ana e te hiakai, te mate, me te hinganga o te taiao.
I runga i ēnei matapae pouri, he mea nui kia arotakehia anōtia e tātou te pūnaha kai o te ao. He mea nui kia whakaitihia tō tātou whakawhirinaki ki te whakaputa mīti e nui ana ngā rauemi, kia neke atu ki ngā tikanga whakaputa kai e tika ana, e pumau ana hoki. Mā te awhi i ngā kai tipu, te whakatairanga i ngā mahi ahuwhenua pumau, me te whakarite kia tohatohahia ngā rauemi kai kia tika, ka taea e tātou te whakaiti i te pānga o te pikinga o te tono mīti, te whakaiti i te para, me te mahi ki tētahi heke mai e pumau ana, e tika ana, e hauora ana hoki mō te katoa.
Te Whakamahi Kino i te Mahi i roto i te Ahumahi Mīti
Ko tētahi o ngā momo hē e kitea nuitia ana, e hunaia ana hoki i roto i te umanga mīti ko te tukino i ngā kaimahi, inā koa ko ērā i roto i ngā whare patu kararehe me ngā pāmu wheketere. Ko ēnei kaimahi, he tokomaha nō ngā hapori e noho pōrearea ana, e pāngia ana e ngā āhuatanga mahi uaua me te morearea. He mea noa te nui o ngā whara, te pānga ki ngā matū paitini, me te pānga hinengaro o te tukatuka kararehe mō te patu. Ko te nuinga o ēnei kaimahi he manene me te hunga kiri mangu, he tokomaha kāore e uru atu ki ngā tiakitanga mahi tika, ki te hauora rānei.
Hei tāpiri atu ki tēnā, he roa te hītori o te ahumahi tākai mīti i roto i te whakahāwea, he maha ngā kaimahi e pāngia ana e ngā rerekētanga ā-iwi me ngā rerekētanga ā-ira tangata. He mahi uaua te mahi tinana, ā, he maha ngā wā ka pāngia ngā kaimahi e ngā utu iti, te kore o ngā painga, me ngā whai wāhitanga iti ki te ahu whakamua. I roto i ngā huarahi maha, kua hangaia e te ahumahi mīti āna hua i runga i ngā tuara o ngā kaimahi ngoikore e pikau ana i te taumaha o āna mahi paitini me te kore haumaru.

Te Whakahāwea Taiao me te Pānga ki ngā Hapori Taketake me ngā Hapori Iti te Whiwhinga
He nui te pānga kino o te mahi ahuwhenua wheketere ki ngā hapori e noho tahaetia ana, inā koa ko ērā e tata ana ki ngā mahi ahuwhenua kararehe nui. Ko ēnei hapori, he maha ngā tāngata whenua me ngā tāngata kiri mangu, e pāngia ana e te parahanga mai i ngā pāmu wheketere, tae atu ki te parahanga o te hau me te wai mai i te rerenga paru, ngā tukunga haukini, me te whakangaromanga o ngā pūnaha rauropi o te rohe. I roto i te nuinga o ngā wā, kei te raru kē ēnei hapori i te rawakore me te kore e taea te uru atu ki te hauora, ka nui ake te whakaraerae ki ngā pānga kino o te pirau taiao i puta mai i te mahi ahuwhenua wheketere.
Ki ngā hapori Taketake, ehara i te mea he tūmomo mōrearea taiao te mahi ahuwhenua wheketere engari he takahi hoki i ō rātou hononga ahurea me te wairua ki te whenua. He maha ngā tāngata Taketake kua roa e pupuri ana i ngā hononga hohonu ki te whenua me ōna rauropi. Ko te whānui haere o ngā pāmu wheketere, i runga i ngā whenua he mea nui ki ēnei hapori i roto i ngā hītori, he momo koroni taiao. I te tipu haere o ngā hiahia ahuwhenua kamupene, ka peia atu ēnei hapori, ka tangohia hoki tō rātou kaha ki te pupuri i ngā tikanga whakamahi whenua tuku iho, ka nui ake te whakararuraru i a rātou i roto i te hapori me te ōhanga.
Te Mamae o ngā Kararehe me te Tauritekore Matatika
Kei te ngākau o te umanga mīti te tukino i ngā kararehe. Ko te mahi ahuwhenua wheketere, e whakatipuria ai ngā kararehe i roto i te whare herehere, e tukuna ana ki ngā āhuatanga kino, he momo tukino ā-pūnaha. Ko ngā pānga matatika o tēnei maimoatanga ehara i te mea ko te oranga kararehe anake engari e whakaata ana hoki i ngā rerekētanga pāpori me ngā tikanga matatika whānui. Ko te mahi ahuwhenua wheketere e mahi ana i runga i te tauira e kite ana i ngā kararehe hei taonga hokohoko, e kore e aro ki ō rātou uara tūturu hei mea ora e taea ai te mamae.
He maha ngā wā kāore e kitea tēnei mahi whakatoi pūnaha e ngā kaihoko, inā koa i te Tai Tokerau o te ao, e whakamahi ana te umanga mīti i te mana ōhanga me te mana tōrangapū hei tiaki i a ia anō mai i te tirotiro a te marea. Mō te tini o te tangata, inā koa ko te hunga i roto i ngā hapori e noho pōrearea ana, ka noho te mamae o ngā kararehe hei hē huna, he mea e kore e taea e rātou te mawhiti nā te āhua whānui o te mākete mīti o te ao.
Hei tāpiritanga, ko te kai nui rawa o te mīti i ngā whenua whai rawa e hono ana ki ngā tauira o te kore taurite o te ao. Ko ngā rauemi e whakamahia ana ki te whakaputa mīti—pērā i te wai, te whenua, me te whāngai kararehe—ka tohatohahia kia kore e ōrite, ka mutu ka pau ngā rauemi taiao i ngā whenua rawakore. Ko ēnei rohe, he maha ngā wā kua pāngia e te koretake o te kai me te kore pumau o te ōhanga, kāore e taea te uru atu ki ngā painga o ngā rauemi e whakamahia ana mō te whakaputa mīti papatipu.

Ngā Rerekētanga Hauora e Hono Ana ki te Kai Mīti
Ko ngā rerekētanga hauora tētahi atu wāhanga o ngā āwangawanga mō te tika pāpori e pā ana ki te kai mīti. Kua honoa ngā mīti tukatuka me ngā hua kararehe i ahu mai i te wheketere ki ngā raruraru hauora maha, tae atu ki te mate manawa, te momona, me ētahi momo mate pukupuku. I roto i te maha o ngā hapori iti te whiwhinga moni, he iti te urunga atu ki ngā kai hauora utu tika, engari he ngāwari ake te wātea o ngā mīti tukatuka utu iti. Ka whai wāhi tēnei ki ngā kore taurite hauora e noho ana i waenga i ngā taupori whai rawa me ngā taupori e noho tahaetia ana.
Heoi anō, ko ngā pānga taiao o te mahi ahuwhenua wheketere, pērā i te parahanga o te hau me te wai, ka whai wāhi atu ki ngā take hauora i roto i ngā hapori tata. He maha ngā wā ka pāngia ngā tāngata e noho tata ana ki ngā pāmu wheketere e ngā mate manawa, ngā mate kiri, me ētahi atu mate e pā ana ki te parahanga e puta mai ana i ēnei mahi. Ko te tohatoha kore taurite o ēnei mōrearea hauora e whakaatu ana i te hononga o te tika pāpori, i te wā e huihui ai ngā kino taiao me ngā kore taurite hauora ki te whakanui ake i ngā taumahatanga ki ngā taupori ngoikore.
Te Neke Atu Ki Te Ao Tūroa e Hangai Ana Ki Ngā Tipu
Ko te aro atu ki ngā āwangawanga mō te tika pāpori e pā ana ki te kai mīti me whai huringa pūnaha. Ko tētahi o ngā huarahi tino whai pānga ki te aro atu ki ēnei take ko te whakaiti i te hiahia mō ngā hua kararehe me te neke ki ngā kai tipu. Ehara i te mea ka whakaiti noa ngā kai tipu i te kino o te taiao i puta mai i te ahuwhenua wheketere engari ka āwhina hoki ki te aro atu ki te tukino i te mahi mā te whakaiti i te hiahia mō te whakaputa mīti tukino. Mā te tautoko i ngā momo kai tipu, ka taea e ngā kaihoko te wero i ngā kore taurite kua mau tonu i roto i te umanga mīti.
Hei tāpiri atu ki tēnā, ka taea e ngā kai tipu te whai wāhi atu ki tētahi pūnaha kai ā-ao e tika ake ana. Mā te arotahi ki ngā hua e whakarato ana i te kai totika me te kore e pāngia te taiao e te ahuwhenua kararehe, ka taea e te pūnaha kai ā-ao te neke ki ngā mahi pumau me te tika ake. Ka tukuna hoki e tēnei nekehanga he whai wāhitanga ki te tautoko i ngā hapori Taketake i roto i ā rātou mahi ki te whakahoki mai i te whenua me ngā rauemi mō ngā momo ahuwhenua pumau ake, me te whakaiti i te kino i puta mai i ngā mahi ahuwhenua ahumahi nui.





