Bungwe la North West European Potato Growers Association (NEPG) lafalitsa lipoti la kapangidwe ka mbatata ku Europe ndi zoneneratu za chaka chamawa. Akatswiri a bungwe akukhulupirira kuti 2021 inali chaka chovuta kwa alimi a mbatata (nthawi yotentha yamvula ku Europe, mikhalidwe yovuta yokolola mu kugwa idawonedwa ku Belgium, Holland ndi Germany). Chokhacho chinali France.
Alimi anayesa kuchedwetsa masiku okolola poyembekezera nyengo yabwino, koma izi zinangochepetsa liwiro la ntchito.
Olima mbatata apeza zokolola zambiri. Kutengera maiko ndi madera, zokolola zambiri zinali zabwino, koma zokolola zimachepa chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kwa minda, kuwonongeka kwa tuber chifukwa cha nyengo yamvula, komanso zovuta zosungira.
Mu 2021, malo obzala mbatata amakampani a NEPG adatsika ndi mahekitala pafupifupi 24, kuchokera pa mahekitala 000 mpaka 522. Kupanga kwapadziko lonse lapansi kukuyembekezeka kufika matani 000 miliyoni (mt). Chaka chino (kukolola 498) mitengo ya mgwirizano yatsika (kuchokera ku 000 euro / 22,7 kg mpaka 2021 euro / 0,50 kg poyerekeza ndi chaka chatha, kutengera mitundu ndi dziko).
Akatswiri a NEPG amakhulupirira kuti mitengo ya mgwirizano wa 2022/2023 iyenera kuwonjezeka ndi 3-4 euro / 100 kg kuti kupanga kukhale kopindulitsa. Ngati izi sizichitika, ndiye kuti mu 2022 titha kuyembekezera kuchepetsedwa kwa malo obzala mbatata.
Ndalama zopangira zinthu zakhala zikukwera nyengo yonse yatha. Tikukamba za mafuta a dizilo ndi magetsi. Kuphatikiza apo, mbewuzo zimayenera kuthandizidwanso ndi choipitsa mochedwa; mtengo wa feteleza udakwera ndi 50% (potaziyamu) ndi 200-300% (nitrogen). Komanso mu 2021, mavuto okhudzana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo padziko lonse adawonekera.
Mitengo ya alimi yambewu ndi mbewu zogwiririra nayonso yakwera, zomwe zapangitsa mbewuzi kukhala zocheperako. Kuphatikiza apo, kulima kwawo kumalumikizidwa ndi zoopsa zochepa poyerekeza ndi mbatata. Choncho, ambiri alimi akhoza kusankha rapeseed ndi mbewu pa mbatata chaka chamawa.