European Potato Trade Association Europatat ndi gawo la mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi womwe ukuchita nawo kafukufuku wa ADAPT (Accelerated Development of Multiple Stress Potato). Ntchitoyi ikufuna kukhazikitsa njira zatsopano zopangira mbatata zoyenera kuthana ndi zovuta zomwe zikukula mtsogolo. Ntchito ya ADAPT idayamba mu Julayi 2020 ndipo ipitilira zaka zitatu ndi bajeti yonse ya 5 miliyoni euros, malipoti a Agrobusiness.
Zosowa za olima mbatata ndizofunikira kwambiri kwa ofufuza, ogwira nawo ntchito m'mafakitale komanso oweta omwe akuchita nawo ntchitoyi. Pa kafukufuku wapaintaneti, ADAPT idafunsa alimi kuti adziwe kusintha kwa nyengo, zokumana nazo ndi zovuta zakuthambo pakupanga kwa mbatata, komanso kufunika kwawo kwa mitundu ya mbatata.
Ponseponse, wothandizana naye pa kafukufuku wa ADAPT - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) - adalandira mayankho 553, ambiri mwa iwo anali ochokera kwa alimi a mbatata ku Austria, Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Slovenia, Belgium. Poland, Spain ndi Great Britain.
Oposa 80% a olima mbatata adawonetsa kuti chilala ndi kutentha zakhudza kwambiri kupanga mbatata pazaka 10 zapitazi. Kuphatikiza apo, pafupifupi 50% mwa omwe adafunsidwa adazindikira kusintha kwa nyengo ngati chiwopsezo chachikulu pakulima mbatata m'minda yawo. Malinga ndi alimi opitilira 50%, tizirombo ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tomwe timayambitsidwa ndi nyengo sizinasokonezenso. Oposa 40% adazindikira kukhudzidwa kwa mvula yambiri. Mayankho omwewo adalandiridwa atafunsidwa za kuwonongeka kwa mbatata mtsogolo.