I-Brexit ingaholela ekushodeni okukhulu kwamazambane kubathengi base-Ireland ngo-2023, ochwepheshe baxwayise. Kunengqondo ukuthi abalimi bamazambane baxhumane nabakhiqizi bembewu manje ukuze bahlele imbewu entsha yesizini ka-2023, njengoba ukungqubuzana kwe-Brexit kungabonisi zimpawu zokulula.
Lokhu kuzonika umkhiqizi wembewu ukuzethemba ekukhuliseni amanani embewu adingekayo, ukuze athole imakethe aqinisekile ukuthi ikhona. Uma kungenjalo, bathatha ubungozi obukhulu, ukukhulela imakethe okungenzeka ibe khona noma ingabi khona.
Ngaphambi kokusuka kwe-UK e-EU, iningi lembewu yamazambane esetshenziswa abalimi base-Ireland izinhlobo ezifana ne-Kerr Pinks, Golden Wonders kanye ne-British Queens yayithathwe kwamanye amazwe. Scotland.
Kepha ngaphansi kwemithetho ye-post-Brexit kanye nokulandela ukusuka kwe-UK emakethe eyodwa, ukuthunyelwa kwembewu yamazambane - lawo angasetshenzisiwe kodwa asetshenziselwa ukutshala amanye amazambane - ukusuka eScotland kuya e-Ireland akusavunyelwe.
Abalimi eGarretstown, eCo Cork, betshala amazambane embewu yezindlovukazi zaseBrithani ngonyaka odlule. (Izinkani: uDenis Boyle) Yize lokhu kulungile, abalimi kumele baqaphele ukuthi ngenxa yokungezwani kwe-Brexit phakathi kwe-EU ne-UK ekuthengisweni kwembewu evela eScotland naseGreat Britain, le ndlela yembewu ayibukeki sengathi izotholakala. esikhathini esizayo esiseduze.
Shay Phelan, isazi samazambane e-Ireland's Agriculture and Food Development Authority:
"Kuyindida, uma sikhuluma iqiniso sinezilimo ezilinganiselwe zembewu ezikhula lapha futhi ukuthengwa kwembewu yamazambane e-UK akuvunyelwe."
“Kuke kwafunwa uthuli lwezimbewu ukuze kukhishwe imbewu kodwa kwangaphumelela lokho kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu kwabanye abalimi. Uma singathola ithuba lokuhlanekezelwa abalimi bembewu singavala izikhala, kodwa nalokho kungathatha unyaka noma emibili.”
Abalimi abaningi kufanele babe nembewu eyanele kulo nyaka kulandela isivuno esinamandla sezitshalo, okusho ukuthi mancane amathuba okuba abathengi babone umthelela omkhulu kuze kube u-2023, kusho uMnu Shay.
UJohn Carroll, umlimi e-County Louth:
“Kuzoba yinkinga enkulu ngaphandle uma kukhona okwenziwayo ngemboni yembewu. Asiyilondolozi imbewu ngoba ihluke ngokuphelele, yingakho bembalwa abalimi bembewu e-Ireland ngoba kunzima ukuyilungisa.”
Izinhlobo eziphakeme ezomile ezithandwa abalimi bamazambane e-Ireland azidumile ezwenikazi, okubangela ukuthi bambalwa abalimi bembewu e-Europe abakulungele ukubeka engcupheni izinhlobo ezikhulayo abangase bangazidayisi.
Ngakho-ke, ukuze unikeze imakethe yase-Ireland, ngalezi zinhlobo zezinhlobonhlobo, okuwukuphela kwenketho yangempela ukukhiqiza imbewu e-Ireland.
Ungqongqoshe wezolimo wase-Ireland uCharlie McConalogue uthembise ukusiza ukuvuselela imboni yamazambane yase-Ireland, ngale mizamo incike kakhulu ekukhiqizweni epulazini locwaningo, iTops Farm. Kepha uMnu Carroll uxwayise ngokuthi kuzothatha iminyaka eminingana ukuvala igebe elishiywe yiBrexit.
UThomas McKeown, owayengusihlalo wamazambane kazwelonke we-Irish Farmers Association's (IFA):
“Ithuba elihle lapha kubalimi bembewu, kodwa kuzothatha iminyaka emithathu, futhi kuzoba buhlungu. Asikho isixazululo esisheshayo.”
UBob Carruth, umkhulumeli we-NFUS:
“Nakuba ukuthunyelwa kwembewu yamazambane kusuka eGreat Britain kuya eNyakatho ye-Ireland nakho sekuvinjelwe, i-DUP phambilini ike yacaphuna amazambane njengokudla okukhiqizwa kwawo okuqinile kwasekhaya kusho ukuthi kufanele kuphephe ekushodeni.
Khonamanjalo, iNational Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) ixwayise ngokuthi "ukulahleka kwemakethe yaseYurophu kubaluleke kakhulu" enyakatho yomngcele.
“Azikho izisulu eziningi ezinkulu ezalimala esivumelwaneni seBrexit, kodwa imbewu yamazambane ngokungangabazeki ingenye yazo ngoba akukho ukuhwebelana.
Ngakho-ke akuyona inkinga maqondana namaphepha noma izikhathi zokuhamba, alikho ithuba lokuthumela imbewu yamazambane, ngakho-ke leyo yinto esisaqhubeka nokuzama ukuyisebenza ezingeni laseYurophu. ”
Ngaphambi kweBrexit, iBrithani yathumela amathani angaba ngu-30,000 amazambane embewu - abiza i-GBP engu-13.5 m (cishe ama-USD 16,9 m) - ezweni laseYurophu unyaka ngamunye, iningi lawo okwakuyizitoko zezempilo eziphakeme ezitshalwe eScotland, ngokusho kwe-NFUS.
UCarruth uthe iningi labalimi abatshala amazambane embewu bazoba nezinye izinto ebhizinisini labo, okungenzeka bakhulise izitshalo ezihlukene futhi bagcine imfuyo.
Njengabo bonke abalimi baseScotland, abalimi bamazambane bazobe bezabalaza ukubhekana nokukhuphuka okungakaze kubonwe kwamanani okokufaka, njengoba izindleko zikamanyolo zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-300 ezinyangeni eziyi-18 futhi intengo yemikhiqizo yokuvikela izitshalo iphindeke kabili.