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HC Vanlalruata
A TAK RAM TAK TAK
Ṭhahnemngaih avanga kan hriat thuk lam pawh ni ve hauh lo kan thlasik mau puah pui ve phawng phawng châng hi a awm a. Kan vei ve ṭhin êm avâng chauhvin kha lama mithiam leh zir chhuakte nuih leh deuhsawh pawh pawisa lo lui-in kan vei zawng kan sawi ve phawng phawng rei ta hle mai. Chhiartute’n chapo-ah min lo ngai lo ula, mipui, a bikin kuthnathawktute lama ṭan tlat a, a mawm lam (sorkar) do ngat chuan sahriak do an sawi ang mai nih bakah helama keini aia thiam zawkte cheksawlh kan tawk fo bawk.
UT hun lai aṭang tawh khan kan poltical party-te hian an sorkar theihna tura mipui, a bikin kuthnathawktute vote hui theihna atan an thawhrimna chhawkna leh an hlawk theihna tur tawktarhin inthlan dawn apiangin a thlawna pawisa sem an tawktarh chho ta ziah a. Ti ve lo tura intiamte ngei pawhin hming dang vuaha ṭawngkauchheh hrang hret hmangin vote an hmuh theihna tur tih hria-in ‘ai-awt’ ni lo ‘hring-awt’ (mihring awhna tur) an kam zel zawng chu a nih hi a.
Ṭhenkhat lah hian a pawng-a-pui-in “Tlangram lo neih hi bansan/tihbo a ngai a ni,” te hi an han ti puat a. An zingah hian agriculture/horticulture lam zirna sikul chhuakte pawh an tel. Mizoram chauh ni lo, India hmarchhak state tlangram leh khawvel hmun dangah pawh kum za tam tlangrama chengte’n an lo chin ṭhan tlangram lo neih hi tihtawp mai mai chi a ni lova. Ṭhenkhatin ram a tichereu a a tibua an han pawngpaw tih ang ngawt hi a takah chuan a ni lo.
Tun hma khan a ram leilung (tlang pang awih) mila eitur thar chhuak tur hian kawng dang a awm lo a. Europe rama cheng mingo hnam upa zawk pawh kha kan ram anga chhengchhia-ah hian rawn awm se la duhthlan tur an nei bik lovang. Hun a lo kal fe hnu-ah pawh hian a thlâkna tur hi tun thlengin mithiamte pawhin an la hmu chhuak lo a ni chek ang chu. Tlangram lo neih kan tih mai, tlangmite thlawhhma lak dan hi thiamna sang zêlah tihhmasawna changkang zawk leh hei a thar hlawk zawk tura ngaihtuahna sen a ṭul a. Mahse, vawi-leh-khata tihtawp rup tum hi chu thil âtthlâk zet a ni.
Khawvel leilung lo luah hmasatute’n a hnam pum tak meuh meuh a an damkhawchhuahna atana kum sâng/za têl an lo kalpui tawh thilte hi tunlai thiamna chhuanga pawngpaw hnawl ngawt chi a ni hauh lo. Zir chian leh zirbing a ngai a, chumi hma a ngaihdan lo sawi zung zung chi pawh a ni hek lo. “Kan ram ngaw tichereu nasa ber leh kan ram tibuatu ber chu tlangram lo neih hi a ni,” ti a, NLUP, SEDP leh a dangte mipuite tawktarhtute hian belh chian an dawl hauh lo. Anmahni’n zir chiang hmasa ngai pek hek lo.
Hmanni lawk khan social media-ah thil lawmawm tak mai ka hmu a. Tak tak a nih ka’n ring ngawt a. Chutah chuan tlangrama leilet chhawng (terrace) an siam zau leh mawi tham tak mai thlalak hi an tarlang a. Chuta an sawi dan chuan International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), United Nations sum hmanga ruahmanna chi khat Fostering Climate Resilient Upland Farming System in the North East (FOCUS) project hmalakna a Senram zau, Hualtu khua, Serchhip District ah Integrated Farming System (IFS) hnuai a chhungkaw 40 thlan chhuahte tana terrace an laihsak niin an sawi.
Hetiang hi China leh Asia khawmualpui a ram engemawzatin an kalpui tawh a. India hmarchhak a tlangmi awmte zingah pawh tlangram lo neih dan changkâng zawk, lei chung lâng hâng ṭha lai (fertile top soil) luang ral tur vêng zawnga tlangram terrace laih hi lo an ching tawh. Keini hian helam zawnga hmasawn tum lo hian ram pawna hralhchhuah tur sumchang thlai inkawhhmuh lam kan uar a, kan hruaitute’n vote zawnna atan an hmang rei ta hle a. Kuthnathawktute’n a tak ram an thlen phah ngai si lova, kan hnufum phah kumhlun ta hial a nih hi.
A hmalama kan sawi tawh angin tlangram lo neih, vaihovin jhumming ti a min vuahsak, sapṭawnga ‘slash and burn way of destructive shifting hill cultivation’ ti a min sawisak hi tihtawp thut theih a ni lova, tih chi pawh a ni hek lo. MIP leh NLUP tih vêl hmanga tihtawp ngawt theih leh tih chi a ni lo. Tunlai thiamna hmanga tihchangkan a, tihhmasawn dan dap a ngai zawk a ni. Chutianga kan kalpui phawt chuan kan thar hlawk zawk ang a, lei chunglang hang kan humhalh anga, ruahtui (kan ngah em em)-in kan ram lei ṭha lei chunglang luang ral (soil erosion) a vêng bawk ang.
Kan rama kuthnathawktute lo neih/thlawhhma lak dan, a bikin tlangram lo neih kan tih mai hi pawngpaw tihtawpsak (abolish) mai chi a ni lova. Tihhmasawna tihchangkan (improve/upgrade) zawk tur a ni a. Chu mi atan chuan tunlai science thiamna hman ṭangkai a ngai. Sihphir khaw bula Neihbawih khua-ah khian tunlai thiamna hmanga lo neih dan zirbingna (scientific agriculture farming) hi kum tam tak an lo kalpui ve tawh na a, kan rama kuthnathawktute chhawr tur an la zir chhuak rih lo a ang khawp mai.
A bik takin tun hma aṭang tawhin Mizoram agriculture department hian kuthnathawktute tan a taka hnathawh a nei tlêm hle a. An thawh ṭhat ber chu khawl (power tiller leh tractor) hmanga loneitute an ṭanpui hi a ni mai awm e. Hei bâkah hian leilet siam theihna hmun ni a an hriat a, leilaihna khawl hmanga kuthnathawktute tana lei an laih zawl sakte hi a ni mai a. Officer ṭhenkhat thawk ṭha deuh an ṭangkai bawk. A department pum anga kum 50 chhunga an hnathawh hi chu ropui taka sawi a harsa a ni.
Hmana Sihphir khaw daifema thlai ilo dahṭhatna tur cheng tam tak sênga (cold storage) an din, hman ṭangkai hma a hluihlawn leh takte, insulated van an tih mai, thlai, sangha leh a dangte him dam taka phurh theihna atana tih man to uchuak taka 4 an lei lah chu a chhung a vawt hauh lo. Pakhat kha Buhchangphai a kan thianpa sangha dil sahna-ah 1990s khan kan keng a, a uih deuh vek a, pawn lam boruak ai-in a chhung kha a lum zawk. Khatiang kha tunhma lama kan kalphung chu a ni. An department leh an hnathawh tur hriat theih nghalte hian mipui hmasawnna atan an thawk tlem êm êm a, a thawktu zinga tam tak an hausa lutuk thung. Mizo mipui hian kan veng/khaw mi officer/engineer-te hi kan ngaihtuah chian duh chuan kan hre lutuk.
Lo huan/ram enkawl kawngah pawh hian he ramah hian a lo thlawna sum luang ral hi a tam takzet tih mi tam takin kan hria a ni. Khawvel thiamna tunlai ber ber (state-of-the-art agriculture technology) hmanga kan rama lo leh huan enkawl (scientific farming) kalpui ve tawh chu sawi loh, tlangram lo neih (jhumming/shifting cultivation) tihhmasawn leh changkang leh hlawk zawka kalpui hret tak ngial pawh mahni puala sorkar leh assembly hrang nei a kum 50 chuang kan awm ve tawh hnu-ah pawh kan la buaipui pha lo chu a nih hi.
Kan ramah hian zawl a tlêm êm êm tih leh hlawk zawka buh thar theihna tura leilet siamna tur kan nei tlem hle tih hre turin B. Sc. (Agri.) zir chhuah kher pawh a ngai lo. Mahse, kan ram tiat vel lek, keini aia a let engemawzat mihring cheng tam leh a ram za zela 20 bawr vel chauh buh leh bal, thlai leh thei chinna nei Israel ramin buh-bal, thlai leh thei mamawh zawng zawng deuhthaw phuhru tur khawp a thar theih lai leh khawvel ram dangte’n an agriculture technology an leisak huai huai lai a kan la entawn pha lo tih kan hria.
Israel entawn hrim hrim hi kan sawi tum a ni kher lo. Chutih rual erawh chuan Mizorama FOCUS-in an hnathawh, Hualtu rama Senram zau ang tal hi chu hmun hrang hrang, a bikin tlangram chawi velah kan kalpui vek a hun tawh a ni. A bik takin buh bâka thlai ching hlawhtling tur chuan lei chunglâng hâng ṭha luangral lo tura humhalh chunga hlawk zawka thar chhuak tura ṭan lâk hi kan thupui ber tur chu a ni mai. FOCUS tihdan hi hman zui a ngai a. Tuilâk (irrigation) hi a pawimawh êm êm bawk. Tui tel lovin buh/bal leh thlai a puitlingin ei a tling thei si lo.
Pawisa thei sem tawktarha kuthnathawktute vote hmuhna (thuneihna an chelh theihna) atâna hman ai a an thawh rah an hmuh a, he ram hi a tak taka a lo changkan’ leh hmasawnna atan a tak ram tak tak kan luhchilh hi a hun tawh a. An ram enkawlna tur bul ṭansak a, lei chung lâng hâng lei ṭha luang ral lo leh buh leh bâl leh thlai chawmtu tur tui an lâkna tur sorkarin a ngaihtuahsak a. An tharchhuah a tam tham hlauh a, a hralhna tur zawnsak bakah an tharchhuah hralh kawnga sum an hloh lohna tura dawmkan lam hi sorkar hiana mawhphurhna-ah dah tawh teh se.