Malinga ndi Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nigeria, Mustafa Baba Shekhuri, dzikolo likhala limodzi mwa mayiko atatu apamwamba kwambiri omwe amalima mbatata pofika chaka cha 2025.
Panopa dziko la Nigeria ndi lomwe lili patsogolo pa ulimi wa mbatata ndi chinangwa ku Africa ndipo ili pa nambala 7 pakupanga mbatata.
Undunawu udazindikira mavuto omwe alimi mdziko muno akamalima mbatata amakumana nawo: mbewu zotsika mtengo, malo okhala ndi matenda ambiri, njira yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi makina osakwanira. Mavuto akuyenera kuthetsedwa m'maboma a federal ndi boma.
Pofuna kuthana ndi mavuto amtundu wa mbeu, akukonzekera kukhazikitsa malo aulimi ku National Root Research Institute (NRCRI) ku Jos. Akukonzekera kupanga njira yothirira m'dera la mahekitala 20 kuti apange mbewu, komanso kumanga malo ozizira.
Shekhuri adawunikira zoyesayesa zamayiko omwe amapanga mbatata monga Adamawa, Kano, Kaduna, Cross River ndi ena.
Dziwani kuti pakusanja kwa opanga mbatata padziko lonse lapansi, Nigeria ikadali pa 35th, yomwe ili ndi mphamvu ya matani 1,4 miliyoni.