Malinga ndi kuneneratu kwa wapampando wa Association of Potato Growers of Moldova, Petr Iliev, mu 2019 malo onse a minda ya mbatata ku Moldova sangadutse mahekitala 17-18. Poyerekeza ndi chiwerengero cha chaka chatha, chidzachepa ndi mahekitala 1,0-1,5. Pafupifupi chaka chomwecho, minda ya mbatata ku Moldova yakhala ikucheperachepera zaka zinayi mpaka zisanu zapitazi.
Chifukwa chachikulu chakuchepa kwapachaka kwa kasamalidwe ka mbatata mdziko muno, malinga ndi tcheyamani wa bungwe lamakampani, ndi phindu lochepa la bizinesi iyi poyerekeza ndi magawo ena akukula kwa zipatso. Mwachitsanzo, chaka chatha mitengo yogulitsa masamba ambiri pamsika waku Moldova idakwera pafupifupi 10-20%. Nthawi yomweyo, mbatata yopangidwa mdziko muno idakwera mtengo ndi 3-7% yokha (kutengera gulu lazogulitsa, mtengo wazinthu zotsuka ndi zopakidwa zidakwera kwambiri). Nthawi yokhayo komanso yotalikirapo kwambiri ya chaka chotsatsa, pomwe ndalama za alimi pogulitsa mbatata zimakhala zochulukirapo, ndi Meyi-June, pomwe mbatata zazing'ono zimalowa pamsika.
Chaka chino, malinga ndi Petr Iliev, mbatata zazing'ono zopanga zoweta zitha kuwoneka pamsika wapakhomo kale kuposa masiku onse, mwina theka lachiwiri la Epulo. Pa nthawi yomweyi, malinga ndi zomwe ananena, alimi a mbatata kumayambiriro kwa nyengo adzayesa kugulitsa zinthu zambiri kuposa kumapeto kwa nyengo. Izi zikhoza kuwonetsedwa pamtengo woyambira, womwe ukhoza kukhala wotsika 10-15% kuposa chaka chatha.