Amanfoɔ a wɔyɛ nsɛmmisafoɔ yɛ nnɔbae a ɛyɛ mpɔtam mu nnɔnkɔn ɔha a ɛto so anum pɛ na sɛɛ nso, sɛ ɛwɔ amannɔne mu a wɔyɛ wɔn ho ɔhyɛnfoɔ wɔ ɔman mu, wɔn adwenkyerɛ ne wɔn ɔman ho adwuma abɛyɛ ɔban ma wiase ho ɔhaw a ɛyɛ den.
Afe bɛyɛ dodow a wɔn nsɛm wɔ wɔn ho hoɔ ani nnkae na wɔanyɛ wɔn ɔman ho ban, wɔatrɛw wɔn ho sɛ wɔn mmrane na wɔama wɔn abɛyɛ neɛ wɔmpɛ, yɛyɛ nkakrankakra retwe yɛn ho aba yɛn ɔmanfoɔ nsɛmmisafoɔ ho. Na sɛ nsɛm yɛ den a, yɛhunu sɛ yɛhia sɛ yɛhwehwɛ abɔsoɔ ho nsɛm.
Ɛyɛ mfeɛ dodow akɛse sɛ yɛresɔre yɛn ho wɔ amaneɛ nsakraeɛ a ɛyɛ ɔhaw kɛse wɔ wiase a ɛka aduan ho nsɛm, nsuo ho yɛn ho ban na ɛka nkwa ho nso. Wɔakyerɛ sɛ sɛnea yɛde yɛn nkwa yɛn ho adwuma sɛ yɛrekɔ yiye na yɛrehyɛ ɔmanfoɔ nsɛm wɔ mfeɛ a ɛreba mu no, yɛtɔɔ yɛn ho mu yɛnnkae sɛ ɛkyɛnsɛn ho yɛ ɔbanbɔ ho nsɛm yɛ ɔhaw kɛse na ɛbɛma yɛn mma ne yɛn mma mma deɛ ɛyɛ sɛyɛ ho a ɛyɛ ɔsom so wɔ nsɛm mu.
Bere a bebree yɛn mu faa sɛ yɛbɛtena nkran akɛseɛ mu, yɛn nnipa a wɔyɛ asaase ho ahemfoɔ no de wɔn nkwa yɛɛ nhyira wɔ nnɛnhyɛnsodeɛ ho. Sɛ yɛyɛɛ Asaase Yaa ho ɔhawfoɔ a yɛredi ne ho yareɛ no, wɔn nso yɛɛ wɔn ho yɛ den sɛ wɔbɛyɛ ɔdɔ yɛn no de nsɛm bɔɔ ban. Na sɛ asaase no yɛ ne ho kɛse na ɛma ne ho nsɛm bi ba no, ɛyɛ nnipa a wɔyɛ asaase ho ahemfoɔ no na wɔn hunu nsɛm a ɛda nsɛm kɛse ho, efisɛ wɔyɛ wɔn ho bɛtete wɔ wɔn ho nsɛm so.
Nokwasɛm ne sɛ, yɛyɛ wɔn ho ɔdɔ sɛ nnipa a wɔyɛ asaase ho ahemfoɔ no na wɔn ho bɔɔ ban ma asase ho a ɔyɔnkoɔ a ɛyɛ 80 percent wɔ wiase nyinaa. Hwɛ sɛnea ɛyɛ! Wɔn ho yɛ nnipa a wɔn mu yɛ 5 percent kɛkɛ wɔ wiase, nanso wɔn yɛ wɔn ho yɛ den sɛ wɔn bɛbɔ ban na wɔapɛ asase yɛn no ho. Sɛ wɔn ho yɛn ho nni hɔ a, ɛno deɛ yɛbɛnya ɔhaw wɔ yɛn ho na yɛ bɛyɛ wɔn ho bɔnsɛm wɔ yɛn ho wɔ nsɛnsɛm ho.
Ɛnnɛ sɛ yɛrehyɛ yɛn ho sɛ yɛbɛyɛ nsɛm a ɛbɛma Asaase no yɛ ahotɔ, ɛyɛ nkɔsoɔ a yɛbɛyɛ akɔkan wɔ asaase ho ahemfoɔ no nsɛm so, wɔ wɔn a wɔyɛ wɔn ho bɔɔ ban sɛ wɔbɛkyerɛkyerɛ yɛn, wɔn ho nsɛm a wɔpɔyɛɛ wɔ nsɛnhyɛnsodeɛ ho nsɛm ne wɔn a wɔbɔɔ nsɛm wɔ nsɛm foforɔ ho ban so.
Mekae bere a mekɔɔ Tagbanua mpɔtam wɔ Sitio Calauit wɔ Palawan. Ɛyɛɛ me nwanwa sɛnea wɔde nnua a ɛyɛ ɔsom sɛ bamboo, dua ne nsɛnkyerɛ ne nsɛsoɔ nsɛm a ɛyɛ ahyɛnsodeɛ yɛ wɔn fie ne wɔn sukuu. Aberante bi a ɔyɛ wɔn deɛ kaa kyerɛɛ me sɛ wɔn yɛ mangroves a wɔto fi wɔ saa mpɔtam yi ho na ɛboa wɔ nsuo so ahyɛsoɔ ne nsɛm bɔ ho ban. Wɔn ho yɛn ho wɔ asase so nkyerɛkyerɛ mu sɛ ɛyɛ wɔn nkwa ho nsɛm.
Wɔ Batanes, mpɔtam a aprɛnsa tɔɔ mu dɔɔso no, Ivatanfoɔ wɔ fie a ɛyɛ wɔn ho tumi sɛ wɔyɛ nsɛm wɔ dua ne nsɛsoɔ ho a ɛyɛ dua pɔnkɔ ne nsɛnkyerɛ wɔ fie dua a ɛda nkrante ne aprɛnsa ano.
Nsɛnkyerɛ wɔ nsɔre ho a wɔfrɛ no regenerative agriculture a ɛkyerɛ sɛ yɛhwɛ asase ho nsɛm no, ɛyɛ ɔkwan bi a ɛde ɔbanbɔ ba nsɛm ho a ɛyɛ sikasɛm ho na ɛnyɛ ɔhaw wɔ wiase ho nsɛm mu. Saa yɛnsɛm yi, a ɛyɛ nsɛnkyerɛ ne agroforestry wɔ asaase so nsɛm mu no, amanamanmuɔ yɛ saa deɛ wɔyɛ wɔn ho so nnwuma.
Nsɛm no mu sɛ yɛrentumi nhu nsɛm kɛse wɔ amanamanmuɔ nsɛm mu. Yɛtumi sua sɛnea wɔyɛ nsɛm a ɛyɛ ɔsom wɔ nsɔre ho, sɛnea wɔyɛ wɔn fie a ɛyɛ den a ɛyɛ ban wɔ ɔhaw ne nsɛm a ɛyɛ ɔman ho banbɔ mu, sɛnea wɔde wɔn ho yɛ wɔn ho na wɔn ho nkwa nyɛ ɔhaw wɔ wiase so, sɛnea wɔhyɛ nnipa nsɛm wɔ wɔn ho adwene ho, sɛnea wɔhwɛ wɔn ho nsɛm ne wiase so nsɛm a ɛyɛ ban, ne sɛnea wɔate nkwa a ɛyɛ ɔsom ho ama mpɛn pii a atwam yi.