Kachilomboka kakhudza kwambiri mafakitale a mbatata kuyambira pomwe kapezeka ndikufalikira koyambirira kwa chaka chino, alemba Cedric Porter, mkonzi wa magazini ya World Potato Markets.
Covid-19 idakwera pomwe alimi aku Northern Hemisphere akukonzekera kubzala mbatata. Ambiri ku Europe ndi North America abzala mitundu yambiri yama tebulo potengera kuchuluka kwa ogula (anthu amakakamizidwa kukhala kunyumba ndikuphika pafupipafupi). Koma nthawi yomweyo, malo odyera padziko lonse lapansi adatsekedwa, ndipo izi zidapangitsa kuti dera lomwe limamera mitundu yosakira lidachepa: kufunika kwa mbatata izi kudagwa kwambiri.
Zotsatira zake, kupanga mbatata yaku US kudatsika ndi 5%, pomwe kukonza mbatata kunagwa kuposa 10%. Nthawi yomweyo, m'maiko asanu akumadzulo kwa Europe omwe ali ndi malo okulirapo a mbatata (Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands ndi UK), zokolola zidakwera pafupifupi 4% poyerekeza ndi chaka chatha, popeza madera akulu ku France ndi Germany "adachepetsa" kuchepa pang'ono ku Netherlands ndi Great Britain.
Vutoli lidapangitsa kuwonjezeka kwa 20% pakudya mbatata zapabanja mu Epulo-Meyi m'maiko ambiri, kuphatikiza France, Germany, United Kingdom ndi United States. Kugwiritsa ntchito mbatata kwanyumba kunachepa chifukwa zoletsa zimachepetsedwa, ndipo pofika Seputembala zinali zochepa pang'ono kuposa chaka chatha.
Zoletsa zakugulitsa m'malesitilanti mosakayikira zidapangitsa kuchepa kwa kufunika kwa zinthu za mbatata ndi mitundu ya mbatata yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga. Komabe, chiwerengerocho chikuwonetsa kuti kutsika kwafunikirako sikunali koopsa. Kufufuza kwa misika yapadziko lonse kukuwonetsa kuti malonda ogulitsa mbatata ndi mbatata adachepa 3,4% mpaka € 13,240 biliyoni ku Northern Hemisphere kuyambira Ogasiti 2019 mpaka Julayi 2020. Chiwerengerochi chinali chachiwiri kwambiri pambuyo polemba 2018/19. Kugulitsa kwa batala wachisanu kunatsika ndi 5,1%, koma zina 6,3% za mbatata zogulitsa zidatumizidwa kunja.
Monga zoletsa pobwerera, kufunika kwa zakudya zopangidwako kuyenera kucheperachepera, koma makampani apadziko lonse a mbatata akuyembekeza kuti zotayika izi zidzakwaniritsidwa chifukwa chakuwonjezera kugulitsa mitundu yama tebulo yophikira kunyumba. Vutoli lawonetsa ogula ambiri kuti mbatata ndi chakudya chopatsa thanzi, chosunthika komanso chamtengo wapatali. Pomwe anthu akuwakopa kuti apitilize kugula mbatata kuti agwiritse ntchito kunyumba ndikuyamba kuzigulanso pomwe malo odyera adzatsegulidwenso idzakhala ntchito yovuta kwa nyengo yonse ya mbatata ya 2020/21 komanso kupitirira apo.
Cedric Porter, Mkonzi, Msika wa Mbatata Padziko Lonse
kulankhula;
Nambala: + 44 1892 543444, Imelo: cedric@supplyintelligence.co.uk
Webusayiti: www.worldpotatomarkets.com