Masana sun ce an dauki babban katangar shinkafa a matsayin mafita mai inganci wajen magance matsalar karancin abinci mai gina jiki a Najeriya.
Kwararrun da suka yi magana a wajen wani taron masu ruwa da tsaki da ofishin jakadancin kasar Netherlands da ke jihar Legas ta gudanar kwanan nan, sun ce aikin samar da shinkafa zai yi tasiri kwarai da gaske wajen karancin abinci mai gina jiki a kasar.
Geoffrey Van Leeuwen, ministan kasuwanci da ci gaban Masarautar Netherlands, a wajen taron masu ruwa da tsaki, ya jaddada muhimmancin shinkafa mai karimci a matsayin wani muhimmin bangare a dabarun kasa na yaki da karancin abinci mai gina jiki.
Ya ce, “Muna yabawa Najeriya bisa gagarumin ci gaba da take samu wajen magance matsalolin da suka shafi abinci. Haɗin shinkafa mai ƙarfi wani muhimmin abu ne a cikin dabarun abinci na ƙasar don yaƙar ƙarancin ƙarancin abinci mai gina jiki.”
“Kayan kariyar shinkafa wani muhimmin yanki ne na gwaninta ga DSM-Firmenich wadanda ke ba da hadin kai da tallafawa gwamnati, kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu da kuma ‘yan kasuwa a shirye-shiryensu na bunkasa inganta noman shinkafa a Najeriya,” in ji shi.
Ƙoƙarin haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Babban Ofishin Jakadancin Netherland da DSM-Firmenich ya jaddada aniyar inganta abinci mai gina jiki da magance matsalolin kiwon lafiya masu mahimmanci a Najeriya ta hanyar Taswirar Rice Forification Road Map 2026.
Tella Ayodele Elizabeth, babban manajan shirye-shirye a TechnoServe, wani abu mai fa’ida don ƙarfafa wannan nau’in abinci mai mahimmanci shine cewa sashen shinkafa “an tsara shi sosai. Kuna da manyan masana’anta (kimanin 60-65 daga cikinsu) azaman RIPAN. Kuna da matsakaicin sikelin kamar RIMAN.”
A cewar John Uruakpa, daraktan ma’aikatar lafiya ta tarayyar Najeriya, “Sama da kashi 90 na iyalai na cin shinkafa. Ko kai talaka ne ko mai arziki, shinkafa kake ci.”
“Tsarin inganta shinkafar zai zama abin hawa mai kyau don tabbatar da cewa kuna da shinkafa mai gina jiki akan teburin ku.”
Uruakpa a lokacin da yake kaddamar da shirin na kakkabe, a yayin jawabin da ya gabatar, ya ce yanzu ba labari ba ne, matsalar rashin abinci mai gina jiki ta yi yawa a Najeriya, musamman karancin abinci mai gina jiki.
“Najeriya ce ta biyu bayan Pakistan a fannin rashin abinci mai gina jiki a duniya. Kuma wani bangare na abin da gwamnati ke yi game da shi shi ne kayyade wasu abinci namu, da kuma kari.
“A kan inganta tsaro, Najeriya ta shafe shekaru 20 tana gudanar da harkokin kasuwanci, tare da tabbatar da cewa wasu daga cikin abincinmu suna da katangar dole. Kuma wasu daga cikin wadannan abinci sun hada da gari, da mai, da sukari, da gishiri, wasu ma an yi su biyu ne.”
Duk da haka, ba a cimma manufa da manufofin wannan katangar ba. Binciken NDHS na 2018 ya nuna cewa waɗannan ƙarancin abubuwan gina jiki sun ci gaba, musamman anemia a cikin ciki.
“Bayan wannan binciken, gwamnati ta gano cewa kayan abinci masu ƙarfi ba sa isa yankunan karkara da wadan da ke cikin wahala, kuma idan sun isa, ba za su iya isa ba. An zabi shinkafa a yanzu saboda ita ce abincin da aka fi cinyewa,” in ji Uruakpa.
Abisola Olusanya, kwamishiniyar noma ta jihar Legas, ta bayyana cewa gina katanga ita ce hanyar da za a bi idan aka yi la’akari da irin karancin abinci mai gina jiki a Najeriya.
“Na san cewa gwamnatin tarayya ita ma a shirye take kuma tana son daukar abinci mai gina jiki zuwa mataki na gaba, musamman da abin da muke da shi a cikin kananan yaran mu. Ina fatan za a ci gaba da tattaunawa har sai mun ga zahirin gaskiya a cikin kayayyakin da muke da su a kasarmu,” inji ta.
A cewar rahoton Cadre na 2023, rashin abinci mai gina jiki ya kasance babban batu a Najeriya, wanda ya shafi yara sama da miliyan 35, ‘yan kasa da shekaru biyar, tare da miliyan 12, sun salwanta, miliyan uku, da kuma miliyan 23.5 na fama da rashin lafiya. Mutane miliyan 17.7 ne ke fama da yunwa, tare da miliyan daya da ke fama da matsananciyar karancin abinci.
Hukumar lafiya ta duniya ta ware Najeriya a matsayin mai nauyi mai yawa na tsangwama da almubazzaranci. UNICEF ta kiyasta cewa yara miliyan biyu a Najeriya na fama da matsananciyar rashin abinci mai gina jiki.
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