Kupanga mbatata kukukulira m'malo osankhidwa a Africa ndi Asia. Mu 2019, malowa adakolola matani 368 miliyoni a mbatata - chifukwa cha anthu ochokera ku Vietnam kupita ku Kenya, ochokera ku Andes aku Peru kupita ku Rwanda, akugwira ntchito molimbika kuthandiza kudyetsa anthu 1.3 biliyoni omwe chipangizocho ndichofunika kwambiri.
Asayansi tsopano akugwira ntchito yopanga mitundu yatsopano ya mbatata yomwe imasinthidwa kutentha ndi chilala, yosagonjetsedwa ndi matenda, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti zimapangitsa moyo wa alimi a mbatata wamba kukhala osavuta. Kuchokera pakuwona kwa ofufuza, kuti akwaniritse bwino njirayi, ndikofunikira kubwerera ku mitundu ya "mbadwa" - achibale achilengedwe a mbewu zaulimi.
A Thiago Mendez, woweta ku International Potato Center (CIP), ku Lima, akuti mitundu yambiri yolimbana nayo imapangidwa ndimitundu yosiyanasiyana, ndipo abale ambiri amtchire amalimbana ndi matenda, monga kuchepa kwamatenda.
Asayansi atolera zitsanzo za mitunduyi pansi pa ntchito ya Crop Wild Relatives (CWR). Ntchitoyi idapangidwa zaka 10.
Tikuwonjeza kuti lero malo achitatu pankhani yopanga mbatata kumwera kwa Sahara ku Africa ndi Rwanda. Mbewuyi imathandizira kuti dziko likhale ndi chakudya chokwanira (kugwiritsa ntchito mbatata pachaka ku Rwanda ndi ma kilogalamu 125 pamunthu). Komanso pamndandanda wazopanga zazikulu zaku Africa ndi Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Angola ndi Ethiopia.
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