National Potato Council idalandila zomwe USDA idagula pakugula kwa mbatata zotsalira zomwe zimafunikira $ 50 miliyoni zothandizira bizinesiyi pa mliri wa COVID-19 coronavirus. Kugulitsa mbatata, womwe ndi waukulu kwambiri pazogulitsa zonse zapadera, inali gawo limodzi la zinthu zokwana $ 470 miliyoni zomwe bungwe la USDA lidalengeza
"Izi ndiye nkhani yabwino kwambiri kuchokera ku gulu lonse la USDA. Popeza kukula kwa vuto la coronavirus lomwe likukhudza msika wa mbatata, kugula uku ndi gawo loyambirira pazosowa zambiri zamakampaniwo m'njira zothandizira, ndipo tikuyembekeza zina. Posachedwa, izi ndizabwino, chifukwa zikuwunikira momveka bwino zoyesayesa kuthandiza boma komanso zimapatsa alimi mabanja chiyembekezo chothandizira, "watero a Britt Reybold, Purezidenti wa NPC.
"Chifukwa cha kukakamiza, makampani aku US mbatata akuwoneka kuti ali ndi mbatata zochuluka kwambiri zomwe zatsala kuti zikololedwe mu 2019," adawonjezera CEO wa NPC a Cam Quarles.
"Opanga mbatata amodzi ndi mabungwe aboma aboma, ngakhale atayika ndalama, adatumiza mapaundi mamiliyoni a mbatata kwa mabungwe othandiza, mabanki a chakudya m'dziko lonselo. Anathandizira ovutika, ngakhale mliri ukuopseza bizinesi yawo. Tikufunikira kwambiri a Congress ndi a Trump kuti ateteze minda yamafamu aku America pavuto lino, ndipo tikukhulupirira kuti kulengeza lero ndi gawo loyambirira paulendo wawutaliwu, "adatero Quarles.
Malinga ndi chilengezochi, a Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) adzagula zipatso, masamba, nyama, mkaka ndi zakudya zam'nyanja zambiri. Zogulitsazo zidzaperekedwa ku dipatimenti yothandizira chakudya ku US.