I-International Science Council Regional Focal Point yase-Asia nasePacific (I-ISC RFP-AP) bajoyine abalingani abahlanganisa i-OECD Co-operative Research Programme, i-CSIRO, i-Pacific Community (SPC), uMnyango Wezolimo, Ezokudoba Namahlathi Kahulumeni wase-Australia, i-University of Hawaiʻi kanye nabamele ohulumeni basePacific, izikhungo zocwaningo kanye nomphakathi ukuze bahlole izindlela ezisebenzayo zokuqinisa ukuphepha kokudla lapho bebhekene nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ukushaqeka komnotho kanye nezinselele zesifunda ezikhulayo.
Ezinsukwini ezimbili zengxoxo, ama-workshop asebenzisanayo kanye nokushintshana ngolwazi, abahlanganyeli bahlole ukuthi isayensi, ulwazi lwabantu bomdabu kanye nolwazi lwendabuko, ubuholi bomphakathi kanye nenqubomgomo enolwazi ngobufakazi ingasebenzisana kanjani ukwakha ukuqina kokudla kulo lonke elasePacific.
"Ukwakha izinhlelo zokudla eziqinile kudinga ukubambisana okuqhubekayo phakathi kwesayensi, inqubomgomo kanye nobuholi bomphakathi. I-RFP-AP iyaziqhenya ngokuba negalelo enqubweni ebeka izinto eziza kuqala ePacific kanye namazwi ePacific phakathi kwalolu hlelo," kusho uRonit Prawer, uMqondisi we-ISC RFP-AP.
Isikhathi sezingxoxo saba yisikhumbuzo esinamandla sokuphuthuma kwale nselele. Njengoba izihambeli zihlangene eNouméa, umoya ongavamile wesizini kanye nemvula enkulu kwahlasela eNew Caledonia, kwagcwala umhlaba wezolimo futhi kwalimaza izitshalo. Lezi zenzakalo zaqinisa iqiniso lokuthi imiphumela yesimo sezulu isivele ithinta izinhlelo zokudla zasePacific kanye nendlela yokuphila, okugcizelela isidingo sokusuka engxoxweni kuya esenzweni esihlanganisiwe.
Umphumela obalulekile walo mhlangano kwaba ukuzibophezela ekusunguleni i-Pacific Food Systems Community of Practice—inethiwekhi ebambisene ezohlanganisa abacwaningi, abenzi benqubomgomo kanye nabasebenzi ukuze babelane ngolwazi, baqinise ukubambisana futhi bathuthukise izindlela ezisekelwe ebufakazini zokuqina kwezinhlelo zokudla. Lo mkhankaso uhambisana nesifiso somhlangano wokubeka izisekelo zenethiwekhi yocwaningo kanye nenqubomgomo eqhubekayo egxile ePacific engasekela izinto eziza kuqala zesifunda kanye nesenzo esihlangene.
Ngokuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe kuzo zonke izigaba kanye nemikhakha, i-ISC iyaqhubeka nokusekela isayensi ephendula ezintweni eziza kuqala zesifunda futhi enikela ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme kulo lonke elase-Asia nasePacific.