Qu Dongyu, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa Food and Agriculture Organization ya United Nations (FAO), anakamba nkhani yaikulu pa World Potato Congress ku Ireland, yomwe inachitika kuyambira May 30 mpaka June 2, malinga ndi Federal Journal of Agribusiness.
Mbatata imatha kuthandiza kwambiri mbiri yapadziko lonse lapansi komanso chitetezo cha chakudya padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo kuchuluka kwazakudya kumeneku kutha kuwirikiza kawiri pazaka 10 zikubwerazi. Izi zidanenedwa m'mawu ake ofunika kwambiri a Director-General wa FAO a Qu Dongyu pa msonkhano wa 11th World Potato Congress ku Dublin.
Masiku ano, mbatata, yomwe idachokera ku South America, imamera mahekitala opitilira 20 miliyoni m'maiko 150, ndipo kuchuluka kwapadziko lonse lapansi mu 2020 kunali matani 359 miliyoni. Matani miliyoni mu 500, adatero Director-General wa FAO.
"Mbatatisi idzakhala imodzi mwa mbewu zopindulitsa m'dongosolo la chitetezo cha chakudya padziko lonse pamene zokolola za mbewu zina zili pafupi ndi malire," adatero Qu Dongyu. Ananenanso kuti Asia ndi Africa ndi madera omwe akukula mwachangu kwambiri pakupanga mbatata pakadali pano, pomwe kupanga kukucheperachepera ku Europe ndi North America. Padziko lonse lapansi, kupanga mbatata kwachulukirachulukira ngakhale maekala akucheperachepera, zomwe zikuwonetsa gawo la zokolola zambiri.
Pozindikira kufunika kokhala ndi ntchito zabwino zakumidzi, chakudya chopatsa thanzi, ndikugogomezera kufunikira kwa mfundo zophatikizira, mapulani ndi zochita, adapempha kuti pakhale chithandizo chothandizira kusintha kwa chibadwa cha mbatata ndikufupikitsa kuswana kwa mbatata, komanso kufunikira kwa mbatata yopanda kachilomboka. kachitidwe ka mbeu.
Banki ya gene ya Lima International Potato Center yasunga mitundu yopitilira 7 yamitundu yosiyanasiyana yakutchire ndi achibale akutchire omwe ali ndi mikhalidwe yosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza kuthekera kosintha momwe amapangira komanso kuthana ndi tizirombo ndi matenda osiyanasiyana. Qu Dongyu adatsindika kuti kusowa kwa zinthu zachilengedwe kwa mbatata kumapangitsa kuti ikhale chakudya chofunikira kuti anthu apulumuke panjala komanso masoka achilengedwe. Ku China, mbatata imatengedwa ngati mbewu yosankha pakuwonjezera ndalama komanso kuchepetsa umphawi, adatero, ndikuzindikira kuti kugawa kwamalo mdziko muno kumagwirizana kwambiri ndi madera omwe anali osauka, makamaka mapiri.