Lachiwiri, tikupitilizabe kufalitsa zida zapadera kuchokera ku WPC (World Potato Congress), kunena za bungwe la njira yopangira mbatata yabwino m'maiko osiyanasiyana padziko lapansi. Takambirana kale za maiko aku Africa ndi China. Tsopano tiyeni titembenukire ku Philippines.
World Potato Congress idzachitika kuyambira Meyi 31 mpaka Juni 3 ku Dublin, Ireland. Mwambowu uphatikiza akatswiri kuphatikiza olima mbatata, ogulitsa mabizinesi, opaka, otumiza kunja ndi ogulitsa mbewu ndi kunja.
M'sabata ino tikambirana za Philippine Farmers' Association ndikupanga mbewu yambatata yathanzi.
Izi zimaperekedwa ndi Dr. Victoria Demonteverde wa Potato Systems Research and Training Center ndi Dr. Peter Vander Zaag wa Sunrise Potato Systems Institute.
Bungwe la PPVFA (Philippine Farmers' Association) limapangidwa makamaka ndi alimi omwe amakhala osawuka kwambiri okhala ndi malo ang'onoang'ono, osakwana hekitala imodzi pabanja. M’mbuyomu, ankhoswe ankapereka mbewu pa chiwongola dzanja chokwera kwambiri ndipo ankagula mbewu pamtengo wotsika kwambiri kuti athe kubweza ngongole zawo ndipo potero amapeza phindu lalikulu.
PPVFA yomwe yangokhazikitsidwa kumene imalimbikitsa kupanga ndi kutsatsa kokhazikika kwa mbatata, mbatata, masamba ndi mbewu zina. Amalimbikitsanso zaulimi wapamwamba komanso kugwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo kuti akwaniritse zolinga zomwe tafotokozazi. Bungwe la alimi limeneli linakhazikitsidwa mu 2016 ndipo linalembetsedwa mwalamulo ndi Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) pa June 19, 2017.
Mu 2014 ndi 2015, CPF idayamba kugwira ntchito ndi alimi kuwunika mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbatata kuchokera ku Northern Philippine Root Research and Education Center, Benke State University, ndi mayiko ena. Mbande zochokera ku mbewu zenizeni za mbatata zidawunikidwanso ndi alimi. PSRTC (Germplasm Center) idakhazikitsidwa mchaka cha 2016 ndipo yakhazikitsa mapulogalamu ammutu omwe amaphatikizapo kuyambitsa, kusankha ndi kuyesa majeremusi, kafukufuku waukadaulo wapamwamba komanso maphunziro a alimi. Kafukufuku adachitika pa momwe amalima mbatata m'derali ndipo alimi ochokera kumadera omwe amalima mbatata adaitanidwa ku "Research Results Presentation and Planning Dialogue with Farmers" pa Ogasiti 29, 2016 ku PSRTC.
Mgwirizano ndi thandizo la mabungwe atsopano a Farmers Association
Pakukambilanaku, alimi adazindikira kufunika kosunga msika wa mbatata womwe ukuchepa ndipo adazindikira kufunika kopanga bungwe lopititsa patsogolo ulimi wa mbatata. Pambuyo pake, maphunziro angapo akukula mbatata adachitika.
Pofika mwezi wa December 2016, alimi adachita msonkhano wa bungwe ndipo adavomereza Charter kuti akonze bungwe. Pofika Januware, bungweli lidafunsira kuvomerezedwa ndi DOLE ndipo ntchito yake idavomerezedwa mwalamulo pa Juni 19, 2017. Umembala wakula kwambiri ndipo alimi achidwi ambiri amalowa m'gululi pafupifupi sabata iliyonse.
Zapamwamba komanso zathanzi zobzala mbatata
PSRTC imakhala ndi labotale ya chikhalidwe cha minofu kuti izitha kupanga ndikufalitsa zinthu zoyesedwa ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda. PSRTC idatsukanso zitsulo zam'deralo zotengedwa m'minda ya alimi komanso zobzala zofalitsa. Zobzala zidafalitsidwanso ndi CPF kwa alimi mwa njira zochulutsa mwachangu pogwiritsa ntchito nsonga zodulira. Mlimi wina wochokera ku Kabagtasan, Kodkod, amafalitsa ma clones mu wowonjezera kutentha kwake kuti apange ma tubers a G0 ndi G1 kwa alimi ena.