Bungwe la US National Potato Council (NPC) likuti ndalama zothandizira kafukufuku woweta mbatata mdziko muno zafika pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri m'mbiri, zikuwonetsedwa pa portal Potatoworld.eu.
NPC inanena kuti pa Julayi 28, Komiti Yoyang'anira Nyumba ya Senate idatulutsa mtundu wake wa Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Bill Funding Fund, yomwe ipereka $ 4 miliyoni pakufufuza zoweta mbatata.
Ndalamayi imaperekanso ndalama zothandizira chitukuko cha kumidzi, kuyang'anira zakudya ndi mankhwala a ukhondo, kuyankha pamavuto a nyengo, ndi zina zotero - ndalama zokwana madola 27,2 biliyoni zidzaperekedwa pazifukwa izi, zomwe ndi 8 peresenti kuposa zaka zapitazo.
"Makampani a mbatata amayamikira kuti Komiti Yoyang'anira Nyumba Yamalamulo ya Seneti yapereka chidwi kwambiri pakuweta mbatata. Tapanga pulojekitiyi kukhala yofunika kwambiri pazachuma chilichonse, ndipo kugwirira ntchito limodzi mwamphamvu kumabweretsa phindu, "atero RJ Andrus, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa NPC pazamilandu.
Dziwaninso kuti chaka chatha National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) idapereka ndalama zinayi zofufuzira mbatata kudzera mu Pulogalamu Yake Yothandizira Kafukufuku Wapadera. Bungweli lati likuika ndalama pakuweta mbatata kuti lithandizire "kafukufuku wopangidwa ndi kuyesa mitundu ya mbatata yapamwamba kwambiri pogwiritsa ntchito kuswana kwakanthawi komanso njira zapamwamba zama cell ndi biotechnology."