Chaka chino, chilala chinawononga kwambiri ulimi waku Russia, zomwe zidakhudza kwambiri zokolola za mbatata. Kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa United States, chilala ndi vuto nthawi zonse, kotero zomwe zikuchitika mdera lino ndi mbatata ndizosangalatsa komanso zofunikira kwa alimi m'dziko lathu.
Pa Ogasiti 9, 2021, bungwe la UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lidatulutsa lipoti latsopano. Olemba ake adanena kuti nyengo ya Kumwera chakumadzulo kwa America idzakwera posachedwapa ndi madigiri a 2, ndipo chilala chidzakhala chofala kwambiri m'zaka makumi angapo zikubwerazi. Kuwonjezeka kwa mvula yamphamvu kwambiri yomwe ingayambitse kusefukira kwa madzi kumanenedweratu, monga zikuwonekera ndi zochitika za mvula yamkuntho ya chilimwe ku Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico ndi Utah.
Potengera izi, asayansi ndi atsogoleri a madera aku America aku Utah ayambitsa kampeni yokhazikitsanso mitundu ya mbatata yopirira chilala yotchedwa Solanum jamesii ngati njira yothetsera chakudya kwa anthu omwe akhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo.
Mtundu umenewu umatha kumera pamalo owuma kwambiri ndipo umakhala ndi mapuloteni owirikiza katatu komanso kashiamu wochuluka kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa mbatata yomwe tazolowera. Imatha kukhalanso mwakachetechete kwa zaka zambiri m'malo owuma ndipo imatha kupirira kuzizira kwambiri.
Zomera izi zidalimidwa ndi anthu amtundu, kuphatikiza Amwenye a Hopi, zaka zoposa 11 zapitazo, malinga ndi Lisbeth Louderback, woyang'anira anthropology ku Utah Museum of Nature.
Pakadali pano, Utah Diné Bikéyah, bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe cholinga chake ndikuteteza ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe ndi zachilengedwe za mayiko a Native America, likukhazikitsa ntchito yolima "mbatata zamakolo." Mwachizoloŵezi, amwenye amasamalira bwino zomera za mbatata ndipo makamaka amaziyamikira. Mothandizidwa ndi asayansi ndi anthu amtundu uwu, mbatata yamtunduwu imakhala ndi mwayi wochira.