A Didier Andrivon a National Institute for Agricultural Research of France (INRA) amalankhula za mikhalidwe yamatenda omwe anapha anthu 1,5 miliyoni ku Ireland: choipitsa mochedwa, chomwe amadziwikanso kuti akatswiri a Phytophthora infestans.
Ndikufuna kunena kuti matendawa, omwe adakula zaka zoposa zana zapitazo, sangathe kukhala vuto masiku ano, koma kwenikweni sizili choncho: kubisa kwa mbatata kukupitilirabe ndikuwonekera m'malo atsopano.
Potato wozizira wa mbatata pano akuwononga European Union (EU) € 1 biliyoni pachaka.
Poganizira pamutuwu, Andrivon amatibweretsera mafunso ofunikira kwambiri: kodi alimi angaletse bwanji kufalikira kwa P. infestans? Kodi chimayambitsa matendawa ndi chani? Kodi malamulo a EU angathandize bwanji kufalikira kwamatenda?
Afotokozeranso kuti kusintha kwa nyengo ndikomwe kukuwonjezera chiwopsezo cha mbewu ku matenda. Komabe, pakadali pano asayansi ali ndi "mafotokozedwe achangu" okhawo omwe amasintha kavalidwe koyipa. Latin America, East Asia ndi East Africa (kumwera kwa Sahara ku Africa) aonapo kuoneka kwa vuto lakale kwambiri, zomwe zikuwonetsa kusadalirika kwa matendawa.
Pomwe kupanga padziko lonse lapansi kukuyembekezeka kukula ndi 2050% pofika 70, kukwaniritsa zotsatira zoonekazi pakuthana ndi chiwopsezo chonsechi kwayamba kukhala kofunikira.
Nkhani yonse apa