Ba da daɗewa ba bayan gari ya waye a garin Matagelema, wani ƙauye da ke kudancin gundumar Moyamba ta Saliyo, an yiwa mawaƙa na murna daga wani yanki na fadamar da ba a taɓa mantawa da su ba da ke kewaye da dazuzzuka masu zafi.

“Lokacin da muke noma, mutane suna kishi,” yawancin mata manoma suna rera waƙa cikin farin ciki, zurfafa ƙafafu cikin laka a cikin filin da ba a taɓa gani ba.

Ta hanyar aikinsu na baya-bayan nan – sassaƙa shinkafa daga ƙasa mai cike da dazuzzuka – a hankali zaman lafiya da wadata na zuwa a yankin yammacin Afirka mai fama da rikici.

Mamie Achion, shugabar ƙungiyar ‘yar shekara 45, ta yi ishara da ƙayyadaddun tubalan bunds da magudanan ruwa waɗanda ke samar da sabon tsarin ban ruwa.

“Mun yanke itatuwan da hannu. Yana da wuya, akwai zafi,” in ji ta. “Amma wannan dama ce a gare mu kuma mun yi amfani da ita don inganta rayuwar mu.”

Shekaru da yawa, waɗannan matan suna noman tuddai na yankin, galibi suna noma tushen rogo.

Amma rikici yana barkewa a kai a kai tsakanin manoma da masu hakar ma’adinai, wadanda ke hako arziƙin Moyamba na rutile, wani ma’adinan da ake amfani da shi don yin launin fari mai haske a cikin yumbu da fenti.

Gwagwarmayar neman albarkatu ta haifar da tashin hankali, inda aka yi zanga-zangar adawa da hakar ma’adinai da suka hada da shingen hanyoyi da wasu fusatattun mutanen yankin suka yi, da ma gidan wani basaraken yankin da aka kona.

“Ba mu sami fa’ida daga hakar ma’adinai ba,” in ji Achion. “ masu hakar ma’adinai suka yi ya haifar da tafkunan ruwa a cikin gonakinmu, wanda hakan ya lalata amfanin gona. Sun kwato mana kasarmu.”

An haife shi kuma ya girma a Matagelema, Achion – kamar yawancin mata – ya kuma magance matsaloli da yawa baya ga rikici da kamfanonin hakar ma’adinai.

Kasar Saliyo ta dogara kacokan kan aikin noma, wanda ke daukar sama da kashi 60 cikin 100 na al’ummar kasar (PDF) kuma ya kai kusan rabin abin da ake samu a cikin gida (GDP). Mata suna wakiltar kusan kashi 70 na ma’aikatan aikin gona na Saliyo.