Zibone ngeso lengqondo uhlezi phansi ukuze uthole ukudla okumnandi, ujabulela njalo ukulunywa, lapho kungazelelwe uhlaselwa umcabango osangulukisayo: Kuthiwani uma ngingakutshela ukuthi kona kanye ukudla okudlayo kungase kube nomthelela ekubhujisweni kweplanethi yethu? Kuyiphilisi elinzima ukuligwinya, kodwa indima yokulima ngezilwane ekufudumaleni komhlaba ngokuvamile ayinakwa. Kulokhu okuthunyelwe, sizongena emthelela ongenakuphikwa ezolimo zezilwane ekuguquguqukeni kwesimo sezulu futhi sihlole izixazululo ezisimeme zekusasa eliluhlaza.
Ukuqonda Iminikelo Yokulima Kwezilwane Ekufudumeni Kwembulunga yonke
Uma kukhulunywa ngokukhishwa kwesisi esibamba ukushisa, ukulima kwezilwane kuyimbangela enkulu. Imfuyo, ikakhulukazi izinkomo, ikhiqiza inani elikhulu le-methane ne-nitrous oxide. Eqinisweni, i-methane ekhiqizwa imfuyo iphila isikhathi eside ngokuphindwe izikhathi ezingu-28 kune-carbon dioxide (CO2) futhi iphumelela ngokuphindwe izikhathi ezingu-25 ekubambeni ukushisa emkhathini. Lokhu kukodwa kubenza babe negalelo elikhulu ekukhuphukeni kokufudumala kwembulunga yonke.
Kodwa akugcini lapho. Ukulima kwezilwane nakho kuhlotshaniswa ngokuqondile nokugawulwa kwamahlathi. Izindawo eziwudedangendlale zamahlathi ziyagawulwa ukuze kwenziwe ukukhiqizwa kokudla kwemfuyo, njengobhontshisi wesoya noma ummbila. Lokhu kushintsha kokusetshenziswa komhlaba kukhipha inani elikhulu le-CO2 emkhathini futhi kucekele phansi amasinki ekhabhoni abalulekile, okubhebhethekisa umphumela we-greenhouse. Ukwengeza, isimo esijulile sokufuywa kwemfuyo sinomthelela ekulimazeni umhlabathi, kunciphisa amandla awo okuthatha ikhabhoni ngempumelelo.
Izinqubo zokusebenzisa amandla kanye nezinsiza zokulima kwezilwane nazo zinomthelela emvelweni. Ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ngokweqile, okuhambisana nokunukubezeka okuphuma kumfucumfucu, kubangela usongo olukhulu emizimbeni yamanzi nasezinhlelweni zemvelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthuthwa kwemfuyo, ukudla, kanye nemikhiqizo yenyama kudla inqwaba yamafutha ezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi, okubuye kube nesandla ekukhiqizweni kwekhabhoni.
