Loweruka lino, Meyi 25, ndi Tsiku la Africa - chochitika chapadera chomwe chakhala chikuyimbidwa pakalendala ya LittlePod. Zaka zinayi ndi theka zadutsa kuchokera pamene tinakumana koyamba ndi Irine Hendry, mwana wamkazi wa mlimi wa vanila, paulendo wathu wopita ku Tanzania ku Msonkhano Wapadziko Lonse wa Vanilla wa 2019 ku Moshi. Pa nthawiyo, zinthu zambiri zasintha, ngakhale kuti chinthu chimodzi sichinasinthe. Pofunitsitsa kutsindika kuti madera olima vanila m'madera a Equatorial amadalirabe thandizo lathu, Irine sabata ino adapatsa Paul zosintha. Mawu ake ndi awa:

LittlePod inandithandiza kukwaniritsa maloto anga ndikusintha moyo wanga. Ndinalakalaka kukhala Certified Public Accountant. Koma makolo anga, omwe ndi alimi a vanila, sakanatha kundilipirira maphunziro anga. Pali omaliza maphunziro ambiri omwe ali ndi madigiri a bachelor pano ndipo, popanda ziyeneretso zowonjezera, simungathe kuchita bwino pantchito yomwe ndimafuna. Janet anandipempha kuti andithandizire maphunziro anga, zimene zinandithandiza kupeza ntchito imene ndinkalakalaka kalekale, ndipo panopa ndikugwira ntchito yofufuza za ndalama m’boma la Tanzania. LittlePod samandithandiziranso, koma Janet ndi gulu ku UK akuthandizirabe kusintha miyoyo ya anthu kudzera mu Kampeni Yawo ya Vanilla Yeniyeni.

Kampeni ya LittlePod ya Vanilla Yeniyeni ndiyofunikira kwambiri. Ndikofunikira kwa alimi komanso ndikofunikanso kwa chilengedwe. Chifukwa LittlePod amalankhula ndi alimi mwachindunji, alimi amatha kumvetsetsa kufunika kolima vanila. Amadziwa kuti ali ndi mbewu zomwe anthu amafuna komanso amafunikira. Ndipo amadziwa kuti pali anthu amene amayamikira zimene akuchita. LittlePod ikulimbikitsa alimi kuti apitirize kubzala vanila. Akuphunzitsanso anthu a Kumadzulo komwe vanila imachokera komanso chifukwa chake kuli kofunika kupitiriza kukula.

LittlePod imasintha miyoyo ya alimi a vanila. Moyo wawo umadalira anthu kugula vanila weniweni. Phala la vanila la LittlePod mu chubu silingangowonjezera chakudya chomwe mumapanga kukhitchini yanu, limathandizanso kuthandizira alimi a vanila padziko lonse lapansi. Ndikutsatira LittlePod pa Instagram ndipo ndikusangalala kuwona zomwe anthu amapanga pogwiritsa ntchito phala la vanila ndi zinthu zina. Ndibwino kuti LittlePod ikulimbikitsa anthu kugwiritsa ntchito vanila weniweni m'makhitchini awo m'malo mogwiritsa ntchito njira zopangira. Tifunika izi kuti zipitirire kuti tikwaniritse zosowa zathu zofunika komanso kuteteza chilengedwe chathu.

Makolo anga akhala alimi a vanila kuyambira 2007 - vanila ndi yofunika kwa ine. Kugulitsa vanila kunapangitsa kuti makolo anga azindilipirira sukulu. Ndipo zinali kudzera mu vanila komwe ndidakumana ndi Janet mu 2019 ndikukhala a LittlePod Voice of Africa. Kuyambira pamenepo, zinthu zayamba kusintha. Alimi ambiri pano akubzala vanila ndipo bambo anga awonjezera kukula kwa famuyo, kubzala vanila yambiri ndikuchotsa mipesa yakaleyo, yomwe ikupanga vanila pang'ono. Posachedwapa ifika nthawi yokololanso pano. Izi ndi zomwe timachita pakati pa June ndi August.

Kukolola vanila chaka chatha sikunali bwino. Ndine wokondwa kunena kuti makolo anga ali bwino, koma zokolola za 2023 sizinatulutse vanila wochuluka poyerekeza ndi zaka zapitazo. Izi zili choncho chifukwa kunali mvula yochepa kwambiri kuno. Bambo anga ali ndi dziwe losungiramo madzi amvula ndipo zimathandiza, koma panalibe madzi okwanira kuthirira maluwa a vanila m'nyengo yonse yachilimwe. Ulimi wathu umadalira madzi amvula. Ndikungoyembekezera kuti zokolola za chaka chino zikhala bwino.

Ndikudziwa alimi a LittlePod ku Indonesia amagwiritsa ntchito polyculture system. Iyi ndi dongosolo labwino lomwe limathandiza chilengedwe. Vanila orchid iyenera kukhala pamthunzi. Sizingamere padzuwa lolunjika. Ku Tanzania, tikulima mbewu zina pafamu ya vanila. Pali nthochi ndi mitengo ya mapeyala ndipo izi zimapereka mithunzi yomwe imathandiza vanila kukula. Njira yolima vanila - kuchokera ku ma orchids kupita ku makoko mpaka ku chinthu chomaliza - ndi yokhudza kuteteza chilengedwe. Ichi ndi chifukwa chake anthu apitirize kuthandiza alimi ndi gwiritsani ntchito phala la vanila la LittlePod mu chubu!

Ndili kutali ndi kwathu ndipo makolo anga ali ku famu ya vanila. Kuyambira kalekale Tsiku la Africa, ndayamba ntchito yatsopano ku Kalambo. Apa ndi pa mtunda wa makilomita oposa 1,500 kuchokera ku Moshi, tauni yakwathu. Ndi ulendo wa masiku awiri pabasi. Ndinayamba mu Januware, nditakhala m'gulu la anthu 850 omwe adafunsidwa maudindo 200. Ndine wothokoza kwa Janet ndi LittlePod pondithandizira ndikundithandiza kuti ndifike mpaka pano. Ntchito ikuyenda bwino, ngakhale ndataya laputopu yanga, mwatsoka. Ndikufuna yatsopano, apo ayi ndiyenera kuchedwa kuntchito. Zidzatenga miyezi inayi kapena isanu kuti muthe kupeza wina.

Ndikuyembekezera mwachidwi kukondwerera Africa Day kumapeto kwa sabata ino. Kuno ku Tanzania, Africa Day sitchuthi, ndi tsiku lokhazikika, lantchito. Komatu ndi mwambo womwe udzasangalale makamaka m’masukulu. Sukulu iliyonse idzachita mwambo wa Tsiku la Afirika, ndipo ndizosangalatsa kudziwa kuti ichi ndi chinthu chodziwika padziko lonse lapansi. Ndikadakhala ndi uthenga woti ndigawane nawo pa Africa Day, zikhala izi: kuti phala lachilengedwe la LittlePod la vanila ndiyo yabwino kwambiri ndipo mukaigwiritsa ntchito, mumathandiza alimi a vanila ndi mabanja awo. Zikomo kwa nonse ndi Tsiku Losangalatsa la Africa!