Public ukuthembela kubalimi baseBrithani kubonakale kukhula ngesikhathi sobhadane lweCovid-19, njengoba umphakathi uya ngokuya uncika 'kubakhiqizi abasebenza kanzima' base-UK, ngokusho kocwaningo olusha.
Abathengi bathembela kakhulu embonini yokudla nokulima ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, abalimi nabathengisi babona ukwanda okukhulu. Ucwaningo olwenziwe yi-European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) luthi ikhono lemboni lokuqhubeka nokugcina amashalofu esitokisini yize kunale nkinga kuholele ekwethembeni komphakathi.
E-UK, abathengisi bokudla, kubandakanya nezitolo ezinkulu ezinkulu, nabo babone ukuthuthuka emazingeni okwethenjwa komphakathi. Abahlanganyeli bathe ukubonakala okusobala okukhulu mayelana nendlela ibhizinisi elaliqhutshwa ngayo, kanye nokulunga kanye nokwenyuka kwekhwalithi yemikhiqizo, kwakubaluleke kakhulu ukwethenjwa.
Kepha uSolwazi Richard Bennett, ohola iphrojekthi ye-EIT ekhokhelwa yi-Grand Challenges, uthe ngabalimi 'abasezingeni eliphezulu emkhakheni wokuthembela'.
Uthe abalimi “bazuzile esithombeni esiqhubekayo sokuba ngabakhiqizi abazimele abasebenza kanzima ababhekene nezingozi eziningi ikakhulukazi e-UK.” "Abathengi basitshela ukuthi izici ezibalulekile zalokho kuthenjwa komphakathi zivela endleleni yokuziphatha," kuchaza uSolwazi Bennett.
“Inhlalakahle yezilwane, ukunciphisa udoti wokudla, ukungabi namanani entengo nokulebula okuthembekile kubonwe njengokuthuthuka okubalulekile izingxenye ezahlukene zomkhakha okumele zigxile kukho. "Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi thina njengabathengi sifuna ukubona amazinga ethu angcono nathe xaxa ekudleni kwethu."
Ubuye wathi: “Sibhekane nesikhathi ebesingaba yisikhathi esilimazayo ekudleni umkhakha, indlela izinkampani ezahlukahlukene nezinxenye zohlelo ezikwazi ngayo ukuqhubeka nokuletha ukudla emashalofini nakumapuleti abantu sekwenze lukhulu ekwethembeni. ”
Kuza njengabantu abaningi bahlela ukuthenga esitolo sabo sendawo esepulazini lo Khisimusi njengoba ubhadane luphoqa ukuguquka kwemikhuba yokuthenga yomphakathi. Ucwaningo lweNFU Mutual, olushicilelwe kuleli sonto, luveza ukuthi umuntu oyedwa kwabane usebenzise izitolo zamapulazi noma abakhiqizi bendawo ngaphezulu ngo-2020.