Ukuveliswa kwamaqanda ehlabathi kuyaqhubeka nokukhula
Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, imveliso yamaqanda yehlabathi ibone ukukhula okuncomekayo. Ngokwedatha evela kwi-FAO imveliso yeqanda iyonke ikhule ukusuka kwi-61.7 yezigidi zeetoni ngo-2008 ukuya kwi-76.7 yezigidi zeetoni ngo-2018 - ukwanda okuphawulekayo kwe-24% kwiminyaka elishumi. Umzobo 1 ubonisa ukuphuhliswa kwemveliso yeqanda ukususela ngo-2000, ebonisa ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwemveliso yamaqanda yehlabathi.
Ngo-2018, i-China yavelisa amaqanda angama-466 ebhiliyoni (i-34% yemveliso yehlabathi), okwenza ukuba abe ngumvelisi omkhulu ngokude. I-China ilandelwa yi-EU, i-USA kunye ne-Indiya, kunye nale mimandla iphezulu emine ivelisa phantse i-60% yamaqanda ehlabathi. Umzobo wesi-2 uchaza uluhlu lwabavelisi bamaqanda abaphezulu abali-10, nto leyo eyenza i-76% yemveliso yamaqanda ehlabathini.
Kukho umahluko omkhulu ekusetyenzisweni kweqanda phakathi kwamazwe. Xa imveliso yehlabathi iyonke yamaqanda kwi-2018 ihlukaniswe ngabantu behlabathi be-7.6 yezigidigidi zabantu, ukusetyenziswa okuqhelekileyo ngamaqanda angama-161 ngomntu ngamnye ngonyaka. Idatha ye-IEC yonyaka we-2018 ibonisa umahluko kunye nokusetyenziswa kweqanda eliphezulu eMexico (amaqanda angama-368) kunye neJapan (337) kunye nokusetyenziswa okuphantsi eMzantsi Afrika (130). Amazwe anabemi abaninzi ahluke kakhulu ngokusetyenziswa kweqanda eTshayina ngamaqanda angama-255 kunye namaqanda angama-76 eIndiya. Umyinge we-EU ngamaqanda angama-210 ngomntu ngamnye ngonyaka, nangona ngaphakathi kwedatha yokusetyenziswa kwe-EU ikwahluka ukusuka phezulu eSpain (amaqanda angama-273) naseDenmark (248) ukuya kumanqanaba asezantsi ePoland (amaqanda angama-145) nasePortugal (amaqanda angama-146).
UPeter van Horne nguMhlalutyi wezoQoqosho we-IEC kwaye yingcali yezoqoqosho kwiYunivesithi yaseWageningen kunye noPhando eNetherlands. Uyinkulumbuso yaseYurophu yeNkukhu yezoQoqosho kwaye ugxile kwiiprojekthi zophando lwenkukhu kurhulumente kunye neshishini eligxile kakhulu kuqoqosho lwentlalontle yezilwanyana, ukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo, impilo yezilwanyana kunye nokhuphiswano lwamazwe ngamazwe.