Monga tafotokozera bungwe Reuters, ku Germany, kufunafuna kwa mbatata ndi mbatata zomwe zidatsika panthawi yamatenda a coronavirus, kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa zinthu kumagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chakudya cha nyama kapena kupanga biogas.
Malinga ndi bungwe la Germany for the Horticulture and Potato Processing Industry (BOGK), pakhala kugwa koopsa kochita kugulitsa "kwa zinthu zouma, zobiriwira komanso zouma.
Kumbukirani kuti ku Germany ndiye amapanga kwambiri mbatata ku European Union komanso m'modzi mwa ogula kwambiri.
"Matani mazana ambiri a mbatata omwe sanapangidwe kuti agwiritsidwe ntchito sanagwiritse ntchito," atero a Horst-Peter Karos, Executive Director wa BOGK. "Zakudya zamtengo wapatali zimapita kuzakudya za nyama, kukapanga biogas kapena zimatayidwa m'njira zinanso, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti chuma chiwonongeke, chimayesedwa mamiliyoni mumauro."
Karos adatsimikiza kuti fakitale ya mbatata ku Germany ikufunika thandizo la boma ndipo adati akuyembekeza kuti thandizo lotere liperekedwa ngati gawo la pulogalamu yobwezeretsa chuma.