Pièce de éarfafawa

A ƙarshe, Ina nan, a cikin Quebec City, zuciyar Faransa Kanada. Yanzu, idan zan iya ci gaba da kalmomi shida na Faransanci da na koya daga Kyakkyawa da dabba, komai zai yi kyau.

An yi min maraba sosai kuma an shigo da ni ofisoshin Éasar Québec, babbar kasuwar dankalin turawa a lardin. Na zauna tare da Shugaba Pierre Chouinard, babban manajan Audrey Boulianne, da manajan tallace-tallace iri Laurence Côté don samun ɗan taƙaitaccen bayani game da kamfanin da kuma zayyano mako na zagaya masana'antar dankalin Turawa ta Quebec. 

Québec Parmentier kamfani ne mai mallakar shaye-shaye da aka kafa a cikin 2012 don ƙoƙarin ingantawa da sayar da dankalin turawa mai inganci a duk lardin da kuma cikin babban Toronto da manyan kasuwannin Gabashin Amurka na Amurka Kamar yadda Chouinard ya nuna min taswira daga inda gonakin dankalin turawa suke a fadin lardin mai dumbin girma amma mai girman gaske, ba abu bane mai wahalar tunanin me yasa masu shuka zasu so kafa hadaddiyar kungiya don samun amfanin gona zuwa kasuwa.

Chouinard ya ce: "Duk wadannan masu noman sun yi nisa da kasuwa." “Haƙiƙa mun rasa manoma da yawa a cikin shekaru 15 zuwa 20 da suka gabata saboda farashin kaya ya yi yawa. Don haka yana da sauƙi a gare ni in bayyana wa manoma hangen nesan da muke da shi na ƙirƙirar wannan kamfani. Tare, suka yanke shawarar shiga tare da kafa Québec Parmentier. ”

A cikin 2012, Parmentier ya tallata kusan kadada 3,500 na dankali. Wannan adadin ya karu zuwa kusan 8,000 a shekarar 2019 - kusan rabin yankin da ake da dankalin turawa.

Chouinard ya ce "Sabbin kwastomomi suna son wani abu mai kayatarwa, mai dadi, mai dacewa." “Dankali ne sexy, kuma muna so mu sanya su a matsayin kayan kwalliya. ”

Kimanin tafiyar mintina 45 daga ofishin Parmentier shine gidan André Gagnon, wanda ya mallaki kuma yake aiki Farashin 2001, gonar bincike da aka sadaukar domin inganta masana'antar dankalin turawa a cikin Quebec da ko'ina cikin Kanada. Gagnon ƙarami ne, mai kuzari kuma, da alama, yana da ɗanɗano game da dankali. Tare da murmushi mai yaduwa, ya ba ni babban yawon shakatawa. 'Yan yadi dari daga bankunan na St. Lawrence River, wanda aka rufe shi daga kallon direbobi a babbar hanyar da ke kusa da gandun daji, ya zauna a gidan ciyayin na Gagnon, inda, in ji shi, tsirrai na ƙarni na farko da ke sama da nau'in dankalin turawa sama da 100 suna zaune. Gidajen filayen da ke kusa da gidan kamar yadda suke da ban sha'awa iri-iri, duk ana kiyaye su saboda karfin su da rashin karfin su a cikin yanayin Quebec da kasa. 

Gagnon tsohon soja ne a masana'antar dankalin turawa kuma ya goge kafaɗa tare da manyan sunaye a cikin ilimin ilimin dankalin Turawa na Arewacin Amurka. Yana da ayyuka a cikin ayyuka ga ƙungiyoyi da yawa, kuma ya yi imanin da gaske cewa Quebec na iya ci gaba da inganta matsayinta mai ƙarfi sosai a matsayin yanki mai samar da dankalin turawa ga retaan kasuwar Arewacin Amurka da masu sayayya.

Na hau daga motar ina musafaha tare da Kevin Rivard. Côté ya riga ya yi magana da shi: "Kevin bai riga ya cika shekaru 30 ba, ya sami MBA ne kawai, yana da mata da yara uku, kasuwancin da ke bunkasa apolog" Bayan ya nemi afuwa saboda rashin fahimtar Turanci, Rivard ya ci gaba da tattaunawa cikin Turanci yafi ni - wanda ake zargi da aikin aikatawa na yaren - na iya fatan hakan.

Yana ba ni labarin gonar danginsa: yadda mahaifinsa da kakansa suka kasance cikin mutanen farko da suka yi noma a Saint-Ambroise; yadda aka share mafi yawan filayen da ake nomawa yanzu daga dazuzzuka kuma suka shirya tsaf dan dasa dankali; yadda a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata suka kara yawan dankalin turawa daga kasa da kadada 100 zuwa sama da 600.

Yayin da muke haurawa zuwa motarsa, sai ya nemi afuwa game da abin da ya faru, kuma ina tabbatar masa cewa ba matsala; bayan duk, wannan babbar motar gona ce.

"Ee," Rivard ya amsa da murmushi, "amma wannan ma babbar motar birina ce."

Abin sha'awa, kusan rabin dankalin Rivard ana shuka shi don iri kuma rabi na kayan tebur. An shimfiɗa gonar kuma yanayin haɗin gwiwa ya isa cewa zai iya kiyaye amfanin gonar ya zama mai ƙoshin lafiya.

Rivard ya ce "Babban burinmu shi ne samar da dankali iri daya a nan kasa da eka 10 cikin XNUMX". "Tare da inganta nau'ikan, ban ruwa da sarrafawa, ina ganin za mu iya yin hakan a cikin shekaru hudu ko biyar."

Gaston Bouchard ba mai yawan magana da Ingilishi bane, kuma, kamar yadda muka riga muka ambata, kalmomin Faransanci na samo asali ne daga finafinan yara. Amma tare da Côté da ke aiki a matsayin mai fassara, girman kai Gaston, ɗansa Matieu, da 'yar Matieu' yar shekara 17 Ophélie suna da rawar da suke takawa a masana'antar yankin dankalin turawa. Mahaifin Gaston ya zauna a yankin sama da shekaru 80 da suka gabata, kuma gonar tana cikin dangi tun daga lokacin. A yau, Bouchards suna noma wasu kadada 400 na potatoesan itacen iri iri masu inganci iri iri 15.

Kusa da kayan kwalliyar Propur shine gwanin Gaston a farkon 1960s. Ya sayar da wasu masu shuka uku a kan saka hannun jari a ciki, kuma duk da cewa gonar da kanta tana shuka iri, dangin har yanzu suna da hannun jarinsu a cikin masana'antar hada kayan. A zahiri, Matieu shine shugaban shukar na yanzu.

Matieu ya ce: "Gidan ajiye kayan yana nan a bayan gidanmu," “Gida ne. Mu ne dangilar aikin, kuma har yanzu zuciyata da ruhina ce. ”

Yayin da muke cin karo da gonakinsu, Matieu da Gaston sun nuna tagar, suna narkar da nau'ikan da ke shuke-shuke da yashi mai yashi: “Wannan wani wuri ne mai launin rawaya, mai laushi mai laushi Obama. A nan akwai Chieftain, GoldRush, Superior, Kateri, Dark Red Chieftain, Frontier Russet, Envol, Andover… ”

Bouchards sun sanya sunayensu akan abubuwa biyu: bidi'a da mutunci. A cikin 1970s, sune farkon masu noman a cikin Quebec da zasu yi amfani da mahimman ban ruwa da shuke-shuke. Matieu ya ce: "Mu masu son kamala ne." "Mu mutane ne da, lokacin da muka fadi maganar mu, musafiha kwangila ce."

Kuma suna da niyyar ci gaba da wannan al'adar. A bayyane yake cewa Ophelie yana da sha'awar koyo da aiki, kuma tana jin daɗi da girmamawa daga mahaifinta da kakanta a gonar.

Pierre-Luc Chouinard saurayi ne mai sautin murmushi da murya mai ƙarfi. Kuma gonarsa da ke gabashin gabar kogin St. Lawrence - wanda yake kusan mil 10 faɗi a wannan lokacin - yana cikin wuri mafi kyau da za ku iya tunani. Can bayan ƙauyen Saint-Arsène, ƙasar tana birgima a hankali daga kogin; babu tabo da yawa a wurin Chouinard wanda baza ku iya ganin ruwan ba.

Duk da wannan, duk da haka, Chouinard ya yi ta gwagwarmaya cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata don ya hana kadada hekta 800 — 250 a cikin dankali iri-ya shayar. Kusan kashi arba'in cikin ɗari na gonarsa aka kafa tare da ban ruwa. Yawancin lokaci yanayin muhali, Quebec ya ga shekaru biyu a jere kamar bushe kamar yadda kowa zai iya tunawa.

"Lokacin ba sauki a nan," in ji shi. “Muna da gajeren lokaci sosai, kuma idan bamu sami ruwan sama ba, zai iya zama da wahala sosai.

“Amma ina son noman dankali,” Chouinard ya ci gaba da wannan murmushin. “Ina son yin aiki a filin. Ina son aiki tare da kungiyarmu. Ina son kasancewa mai yanke shawara. Ina matukar jin dadin kula da gonaki, amfanin gona, da mutane baki daya. ”

Tafiya tayi kyau. Kuma kun sani, Ina son waɗannan mutanen a cikin Quebec. Sun san yadda za su kula da saurayi da kyau, suna zaune a cikin kyakkyawan wuri, kuma sun tabbata kamar yadda heck ya gano yadda ake noman dankali. Ina tsammanin wata rana zan dawo.

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