Siyini isitifiketi se-Rainforest Alliance? Kuyini "ubhontshisi wamaxoxo"?
Uma sikhuluma "ngobhontshisi wexoxo", abantu abaningi bangase bangajwayelene nalo, ngoba leli gama okwamanje liyinto engavamile futhi likhulunywa kuphela kwamanye amabhontshi ekhofi. Ngakho-ke, abantu abaningi bazozibuza, liyini ngempela elithi "ubhontshisi wexoxo"? Ingabe lichaza ukubukeka kwamabhontshi ekhofi? Eqinisweni, elithi "ubhontshisi wexoxo" libhekisela kumabhontshi ekhofi anesitifiketi seRainforest Alliance. Ngemva kokuthola isitifiketi seRainforest Alliance, bazothola uphawu olune-frog eluhlaza ephrintiwe kulo, ngakho-ke babizwa ngokuthi amabhontshi exoxo.
I-Rainforest Alliance (RA) yinhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe engeyona inzuzo yokuvikela imvelo. Umgomo wayo ukuvikela ukuhlukahluka kwezinto eziphilayo nokufeza izindlela zokuphila ezisimeme ngokushintsha amaphethini okusetshenziswa komhlaba, ukuziphatha kwebhizinisi kanye nabathengi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iqashelwa yi-International Forest Certification System (FSC). Le nhlangano yasungulwa ngo-1987 ngumlobi wezemvelo waseMelika, isikhulumi kanye nesishoshovu uDaniel R. Katz kanye nabasekeli abaningi bezemvelo. Ekuqaleni kwakuwukuvikela izinsiza zemvelo zehlathi lemvula. Kamuva, njengoba iqembu likhula, laqala ukuzibandakanya emikhakheni eminingi. Ngo-2018, i-Rainforest Alliance kanye ne-UTZ bamemezela ukuhlangana kwabo. I-UTZ iyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo, engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni, eqinisekisiwe ngokusekelwe kumazinga e-EurepGAP (European Union Good Agricultural Practice). Inhlangano eqinisekisayo izoqinisekisa ngokuqinile zonke izinhlobo zekhofi esezingeni eliphezulu emhlabeni, ihlanganisa zonke izinyathelo zokukhiqiza kusukela ekutshalweni kwekhofi kuya ekucutshungulweni. Ngemva kokuba ukukhiqizwa kwekhofi sekuhlolwe ngokuzimela kwemvelo, kwezenhlalo nakwezomnotho, i-UTZ izonikeza ilogo yekhofi ehlonishwayo enomthwalo wemfanelo.
Inhlangano entsha ngemuva kokuhlanganiswa ibizwa ngokuthi "i-Rainforest Alliance" futhi izokhipha izitifiketi kumapulazi nezinkampani zamahlathi ezihlangabezana nezindinganiso eziphelele, okungukuthi "i-Rainforest Alliance Certification". Ingxenye yemali evela ku-alliance isetshenziselwa nokuvikela izilwane zasendle ezindaweni zokugcina izilwane zasehlathini zasezindaweni ezishisayo kanye nokuthuthukisa izimpilo zabasebenzi. Ngokwezindinganiso zamanje zesitifiketi se-Rainforest Alliance, amazinga akhiwa iminyango emithathu: ukulondolozwa kwemvelo, izindlela zokulima, kanye nomphakathi wesifunda. Kunemithethonqubo eningiliziwe evela ezicini ezifana nokuvikelwa kwamahlathi, ukungcola kwamanzi, indawo yokusebenza yabasebenzi, ukusetshenziswa komanyolo wamakhemikhali, kanye nokulahlwa kwemfucuza. Ngamafuphi, kuyindlela yendabuko yokulima engashintshi indawo yokuqala futhi itshalwe ngaphansi komthunzi wamahlathi endabuko, futhi inenzuzo ekuvikeleni imvelo.
Ubhontshisi wekhofi yimikhiqizo yezolimo, ngakho-ke nawo angahlolwa. Ikhofi kuphela ephumelele ukuhlolwa kanye nesitifiketi engabizwa ngokuthi "iRainforest Alliance Certified Coffee". Lesi sitifiketi sisebenza iminyaka emi-3, lapho ilogo yeRainforest Alliance inganyatheliswa khona emaphaketheni kabhontshisi wekhofi. Ngaphezu kokwazisa abantu ukuthi umkhiqizo uqashelwe, le logo ineziqinisekiso ezinhle zekhwalithi yekhofi uqobo, futhi umkhiqizo ungaba neziteshi ezikhethekile zokuthengisa futhi uthole kuqala. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ilogo yeRainforest Alliance nayo ikhetheke kakhulu. Akuyona ixoxo elivamile, kodwa ixoxo lesihlahla elinamehlo abomvu. Leli xoxo lesihlahla ngokuyisisekelo lihlala emahlathini emvula anempilo futhi angenangcolisi futhi alivamile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaxoxo angenye yezinkomba ezisetshenziswa kakhulu ukukhombisa izinga lokungcoliswa kwemvelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inhloso yokuqala yeRainforest Alliance kwakuwukuvikela amahlathi emvula ashisayo. Ngakho-ke, ngonyaka wesibili wokusungulwa kombimbi, amaxoxo anqunywa ukuthi asetshenziswe njengendinganiso futhi asetshenziswe kuze kube namuhla.
Okwamanje, azikho "ubhontshisi wamaxoxo" amaningi anesitifiketi se-Rainforest Alliance, ikakhulukazi ngoba lokhu kunezidingo eziphezulu zendawo yokutshala, futhi akubona bonke abalimi bekhofi abazobhalisela isitifiketi, ngakho-ke akuvamile. E-Front Street Coffee, ubhontshisi wekhofi othole isitifiketi se-Rainforest Alliance uhlanganisa ubhontshisi wekhofi we-Diamond Mountain ovela e-Emerald Manor yasePanama kanye nekhofi ye-Blue Mountain ekhiqizwa yi-Clifton Mount eJamaica. I-Clifton Mount okwamanje yiyona kuphela indawo eJamaica enesitifiketi se-"Rainforest". Ikhofi ye-Blue Mountain No. 1 yase-Front Street Coffee ivela e-Clifton Mount. Inambitheka njengamantongomane ne-cocoa, ngokuthungwa okubushelelezi kanye nebhalansi iyonke.
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Okthoba-25-2024
