I-Jamaica Tourism Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX) iprojekthi yokulinga incede amafama asekuhlaleni angama-400 ngokuthengisa malunga ne-360,000 kg yemveliso yezolimo exabisa ngaphezulu kwe-$39 yezigidi.
I-ALEX, inyathelo elihlanganyelwe liSebe lezoKhenketho kunye neGunya loPhuhliso lwezoLimo lwaseMaphandleni (i-RADA), liqonga lokuqala le-intanethi elilolu hlobo kweli lizwe. Izisa abanikazi beehotele ukuba banxibelelane ngokuthe ngqo namafama kwaye, ngokulandelayo, inciphise ukuvuza kwaye igcine ngakumbi izibonelelo zezoqoqosho zokhenketho eJamaica.
Iqonga, elinokufumaneka kwi-agrilinkages.com, livumela amafama ukuba acwangcise ngokufanelekileyo ukujongana nexesha lonyaka kwizityalo; kunye nokubonelela ngolwazi ngokunxulumene nendawo yezityalo ezithile.
Ethetha ngolwesiThathu, ekuvulweni kweTourism Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX) Centre, ekwiofisi yeRADA eSt Andrew, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett uthe, “Siyalivuyela eli phulo kuba lisusa imiba yonxibelelwano ekhoyo. Kusibeka kwimeko yokuba naphi na apho abalimi bakhona, bangavelisa kwaye bathengisele iihotele kuba i-ALEX ikhona ukuze idibanise nawe.”
Ukwaphawule ukuba, “Iza kususa iingxabano kubanini-hotele abathi 'Andazi ukuba ziphi iimpahla zenu okanye andazi ukuba ngoobani na abalimi benu.' Imema inqanaba lombutho, ukuze nangona i-ALEX idibanisa amafama ngamnye, ingqiqo yelungiselelo iya kuphakamisa ukuba amafama angadibana kunye nokudala ubunzima obuza kwenza ukuba kubekho ubungqina bokuhamba kwishishini ngamaxesha onke. "
UMphathiswa ukwasebenzise eli thuba ukukhuthaza amafama ukuba aphuhlise amandla okuvelisa iimpahla ezininzi kumgangatho womgangatho kunye nexabiso ukuze ahlale enokhuphiswano.
“Singavelisa ngaphezulu kakhulu…kodwa iindleko zokuvelisa iimpahla kunye neenkonzo eJamaica kufuneka zitshintshe kakhulu ukuze sikwazi ukukhuphisana. Ukhuphiswano lwamaxabiso lubalulekile ukuze ukwazi ukufunxa imfuno yokhenketho kunye namanye amashishini alolu hlobo.
Singasoloko sithetha ngento enokwenziwa, kodwa kufuneka siyile indlela yokuyenza ukuba yenzeke. Iindleko zethu kufuneka zibe ngaphantsi. Amaxabiso ethu kufuneka akhuphisane. Umgangatho wethu kufuneka ube kwelona nqanaba liphezulu kwaye ukufumaneka kwethu ekuboneleleni kufuneka kufane,” utshilo uMphathiswa.
Ethetha ngempumelelo yeli phulo, iCEO yeRADA uPeter Thompson, wabelane ukuba oko kwasungulwa i-ALEX, inani labathathi-nxaxheba kunye namabali empumelelo akhula ngokuqhubekayo.
“Besijolise amafama angamakhulu amabini kuvavanyo kodwa siphumelele kumakhulu amane. Inani labathengi kunye nabarhwebi ebesijolise kubo bebeyi-200 kodwa ngoku bakwi-400. Sinxibelelane neehotele ezingama-80, abarhwebi bangaphandle abasi-100, iindawo zokutyela ezisi-55, iiprosesa zezolimo ezingama-8. kunye neevenkile ezili-7. Amanani asakhula,” utshilo uThompson.
UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, ngeNgxowa-mali yokuPhucula uKhenketho walungisa iZiko le-ALEX waza wenza ikhontrakthi yomphuhlisi wewebhusayithi ngexabiso le-7,728,400 yeedola.
Ngeli ziko lotshintshiselwano, amafama aya kuba nokufikelela kwindawo ebonakalayo ezinikele ekutsaleni umnxeba okanye ukuthumela i-imeyile ngemveliso abanayo ukubonelela icandelo lezokhenketho. Eli Ziko liya kuthi ke lithengise olu lwazi kwicandelo lokwamkela iindwendwe kwaye linike inkxaso kwabanye abachaphazelekayo abaphambili kwezolimo.
UMphathiswa uqaphele ukuba eyona njongo iphambili iya kuba kukwandisa ngama-20% inani lamafama anobudlelwane obuthe gqolo borhwebo kunye necandelo leehotele nokhenketho kunye nokunciphisa nge-15% imveliso esanda kuthengwa evela kumazwe angaphandle kwicandelo leehotele nelokhenketho.
