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Ƙasar noman dankalin turawa ta Burtaniya tana fuskantar gagarumin canje-canje yayin da sauyin yanayi ke ƙara tsananta ƙalubalen da masu noma da masu samar da kayayyaki ke fuskanta. Yayin da ambaliyar ruwa da fari suka zama ruwan dare a cikin shekaru shida da suka gabata, nau'ikan gargajiya irin su Maris Piper, King Edwards da Maris Pere suna ƙara yin wuyar kiyayewa.
A cewar Paddy Graham-Jones, manajan siyan dankalin turawa a Albert Bartlett, haɗarin kuɗi da ke tattare da haɓaka irin waɗannan nau'ikan na da mahimmanci. Bukatar yin amfani da ruwa mai tsafta don kwasfa Maris Piper kafin tattarawa yana ƙaruwa farashin samarwa, wanda ke sa duk wani ƙarancin amfanin gona ya yi lahani ga ribar manoma.
Dangane da waɗannan ƙalubalen, ƙungiyar masana aikin gona ta Albert Bartlett tana jagorantar ƙoƙarin gano wasu nau'ikan da suka dace da sauyin yanayi. An mayar da hankali kan nau'ikan da ba kawai dandano mai kyau ba, amma kuma suna buƙatar ƙarancin albarkatu, kamar ruwa da taki, yayin da ke nuna juriya ga matsanancin yanayi.
Tasirin tattalin arziki na waɗannan matsalolin da sauyin yanayi ke haifarwa yana bayyana a cikin hauhawar dankalin turawa farashin a manyan dillalai. Binciken mujallar masana'antu The Grocer ya nuna farashin buhun 2kg na dankalin Maris Piper zai tashi sosai a farkon 2024, yana kara damuwa game da samuwa da kwanciyar hankali na wadata.
Tim Rooke, shugaban kungiyar manufofin dankalin turawa na kungiyar manoma ta kasa (NFU), ya danganta dalilin karuwar wadannan farashin da fari da aka yi a shekarar 2022, wanda ya haifar da raguwar amfanin dankalin turawa da kuma raguwar noman dankalin turawa. Matsalolin yanayi na baya-bayan nan, da suka hada da jinkirin shuka da katsewar girbi, ya kara dagula lamarin, wanda ya haifar da rashin daidaito tsakanin wadata da bukata.
Magance waɗannan ƙalubalen yana buƙatar hanya mai yawa, kamar yadda shugabar NFU Minette Butters ta jaddada. Kiraye-kirayen inganta tsaron ruwa da saka hannun jari a albarkatun ruwan gona na nuna bukatar daukar matakan da suka dace don dakile tasirin sauyin yanayi kan noman dankalin turawa.
Koyaya, duk da waɗannan ƙalubalen, akwai kyakkyawan fata game da nan gaba. Martin Emmett, Shugaban NFU na Noma da Dankali, ya nuna mahimmancin saka hannun jari a shirye-shiryen kiwo na tsire-tsire don ƙirƙirar nau'ikan da za su iya jure yanayin canjin yanayi. Koyaya, ƙuntatawar samar da iri masu alaƙa da Brexit suna haifar da ƙarin shinge ga ƙirƙira, yana nuna gaggawar amintar da ma'amalar iri tare da abokan tarayyar Turai.
Neman nau'in dankalin turawa masu juriya yana nuna buƙatar gaggawar yin aiki tare tsakanin manoma, masu samar da kayayyaki, masu tsara manufofi da masu bincike. Ta hanyar kirkire-kirkire da daidaitawa, masana'antar dankalin turawa ta Burtaniya za ta iya magance guguwar sauyin yanayi da kuma tabbatar da dorewar makoma ga al'ummomi masu zuwa.