Mphotho ya World Potato Congress Industry Awards inapita kwa Dr. John J. Burke, Paul K. Struik, Antoine Wallace ndi Richard W. "Dick" Okrey chifukwa cha zopereka zawo zabwino kwambiri pamakampani apadziko lonse a mbatata.
Dr. John J. Burke
Dr. Burke ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri otsogola ku Ireland pazaulimi wa mbatata.
Dr. Burke adapuma pantchito ku Teagasc (Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority) mu 2007. Atapuma pantchito, adabwerera ku mbewu yomwe ankakonda kukadzipereka ku bungwe la Irish NGO Vita, akugwira ntchito makamaka ku Ethiopia ndi Eritrea pa ntchito zolima mbatata.
Anagwira ntchito mwakhama kuti awonjezere kubwerera kwa mbatata, nthawi zonse amayang'ana kwambiri kukulitsa chidziwitso ndi luso la alimi. Anatsogolera ntchito yobzala mbewu m'malo abwino kwambiri a anthu ku Chenche, Ethiopia, ndikuchita upainiya wolima mbatata kumapiri a Eritrea.
John watsogolera masemina ambiri ndi maphunziro kwa alimi, akatswiri azachuma, owongolera ndi aphunzitsi m'maiko onsewa. Nthawi yomweyo amazindikiridwa ndi kulemekezedwa kwambiri ndi aliyense kuyambira alimi kupita kwa atumiki, chifukwa cha njira yake yomasuka komanso yaulemu yolankhulirana, chidwi chenicheni kwa aliyense amene amakumana naye, ndi chikhumbo chake chosagwedezeka chogawana chidziwitso.
Pamaulendo otalikirapo, kukonza masemina ndi zokambirana ndi alimi ndi aphunzitsi a zaulimi, John adazindikira bwino za kusowa kwa zida zophunzitsira zabwino. Mu 2017, adalemba buku lotchedwa Potato Cultivation, lomwe lakhala limodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino pakupanga mbatata m'maiko omwe akutukuka kumene. Bukuli linasindikizidwa ndi thandizo la Irish Potato Industry ndipo likupezeka kwaulere kwa anthu onse m’mayiko osauka.
Kuyambira pamenepo Kukula Kukolola Mbatata kwamasuliridwa m'zilankhulo zingapo ndipo buku lachidule lapangidwa. Bukuli likupezekanso ngati chida chaulere pa intaneti komanso mumtundu wa pdf.
Maulendo ake ku Ethiopia ndi Eritrea akuyembekezeredwa kwambiri ndipo John amalemekezedwa kwambiri ndi onse amene anakumana naye ndi kuphunzira naye. John akuchirikizanso kafukufuku wa ophunzira angapo omaliza maphunziro ndi omaliza maphunziro awo omwe amagwira ntchito pamitu yotukula mbatata.
Paul K. Struik
Paul K. Struik wakhala Pulofesa wa Crop Physiology ku Wageningen University kuyambira 1986. Panthawiyo, anali pulofesa wamng'ono kwambiri yemwe adasankhidwa ku Wageningen, ndipo mbatata inali mbewu yaikulu pa ntchito yake yonse. Iye wachita kafukufuku wa physiology, kachulukidwe ka mbeu, kakulidwe ka mbewu ndi chitsanzo chabwino potengera QTL, kasamalidwe ka mbewu ndi kasamalidwe kaulimi ku Africa, komanso kulimbikitsa kokhazikika.
Ntchito zake zambiri zofufuza ndi zamitundu yosiyanasiyana ndipo zimachitika mogwirizana ndi akatswiri azamakhalidwe, kuthetsa kusiyana pakati pazachuma cha mbatata ndi zotsatira zachitukuko. Paul wakhala Mkonzi-Mkulu wa Potato Research, magazini ya European Potato Research Association, ndi membala wa EAPR Board muzochitika zosiyanasiyana. Walemba nawo zolemba zasayansi zoposa 500 m'manyuzipepala apadziko lonse lapansi kuphatikiza Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NATURE PLANTS, Trends in Plant Science.
Mndandanda wake wa zomwe wachita umaphatikizanso zofalitsa zasayansi ndi zolemba zopitilira 300 za anthu wamba; ndi mabuku 15 (kuphatikiza ukadaulo wa mbatata ya mbewu).
Mu 2019 Pulofesa Struik adalandira Mphotho ya International Plant Science Award kuchokera ku American Plant Society chifukwa chothandizira kwambiri sayansi. Ndiwonso Wapampando wa Komiti ya Pulogalamu komanso Wachiwiri kwa Wapampando wa Board of Trustees ya Advisory Group ya International Institute for Agricultural Research, ICARDA, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Drylands. Kuwonjezera apo, akupitiriza kuphunzitsa ku Wageningen, kuphunzitsa mbadwo wotsatira wa alimi a mbatata.
Antoine Wallace
Atamaliza maphunziro a uinjiniya wa zomangamanga, Antoine Valleys, limodzi ndi mnzake wa bizinesi komanso katswiri wazamalimi a Luc Raes, anakhazikitsa fakitale yokonza mbatata ya Agristo ku Hulst/Harelbeek (Belgium). Onse Antoine ndi Luc anali ana a alimi, ndipo okwatirana anali okangalika mu dipatimenti yoyang'anira kampani, kusandutsa kukhala bizinesi weniweni banja.
Kuyambira pachiyambi cha ntchito yake, wakhala akugwira ntchito ku Belgian association kugulitsa ndi kukonza mbatata, Belgapom. Adakhala wapampando wa gulu lazachilengedwe, adalimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwaukadaulo watsopano wotsuka ndikugwiritsanso ntchito madzi, ndipo gawo lake pakukula kwamakampani a mbatata ku Belgian ndi imodzi mwazinthu zomwe zidapita patsogolo kwambiri.
Monga Purezidenti wa Belgapom (2006-2012), adachita nawo gawo lalikulu pakukula kwa Belgian Industrial Federation. Iye anali membala wa board wa European Potato Processors Association.
Antoine analinso purezidenti woyamba wa Vegaplan, pulogalamu yachitetezo chazakudya ndi mbewu yaku Belgian yomwe yatsimikizira alimi opitilira 10 ndipo idatsimikiziridwa ndi golide ndi Sustainable Agriculture Initiative.
Kampani yake Agristo, yomwe idapanga malo opangira zinthu zatsopano ku Tilburg (Netherlands) mu 2001, Nazareth mu 2011 ndi Vilsbeek mu 2017, yakhala m'modzi mwa osewera ofunikira kwambiri aku Belgian omwe amatumiza zinthu za mbatata ku Europe ndi padziko lonse lapansi.
Richard W. "Dick" Okrey
Richard W. "Dick" Okrey anabadwira ku Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Kuyambira 1982-2020, adagwira ntchito ku Okrey Family Farms ku Plover, akulima maekala 7750 a mbewu zabwino kwambiri ku Central Wisconsin, makamaka mbatata zatsopano. Famuyi idakhazikitsidwa ndi banja lake zaka 110 zapitazo. Atapuma pantchito mu 2020, amakhalabe eni ake famu yabanja yomwe idalandira mphotho yadziko lonse chifukwa chakuchita bwino pakuchepetsa kuopsa kwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo.
Makampani opanga mbatata padziko lonse lapansi apindula kwambiri ndi utsogoleri wa Dick Okrey. Adatumikira mu Executive Committee ya US Potato Council (yomwe tsopano imadziwika kuti Mbatata USA) ndipo anali kazembe wamakampani a mbatata ku United States, kupita nawo pamisonkhano yambiri ya World Potato Congress ku China, Scotland, New Zealand ndi Peru.
Iye ndi mkazi wake Carol anathandiza kwambiri kupeza ndalama zomangira zitsime zingapo m’midzi yosauka pafupi ndi Cameroon, Africa. Iwo anakonza chochitika cha WellersWalk ku Stevens Point, Wisconsin, kumene otenga nawo mbali adadzaza ndi kunyamula mitsuko ikuluikulu yamadzi kumzinda watawuni, kudziwitsa anthu za mtengo wamtengo wapatali womwe anthu ambiri a m'midzi mu Africa amawononga tsiku lililonse kuti azipereka madzi kwa mabanja awo. Ndalama zomwe zinapezeka pamsonkhano wapachaka zinagwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga zitsime m'madera akumidzi ku Cameroon, kupititsa patsogolo miyoyo ya anthu zikwizikwi akumidzi.
Wogwira ntchito m'dera lake ndi mafakitale, Dick wakhala akugwira ntchito m'mabungwe ndi mabungwe ambiri, kuphatikizapo: Wisconsin Migrant Labor Council; Economic Development Corporation ya Central Wisconsin; United Potato Growers of Wisconsin ndi United Potato Growers of America. Dick amalemekezedwanso kwambiri chifukwa cha ntchito zake zachifundo, akutumikira mu Bungwe la Atsogoleri a St. Michael's Hospital Foundation, Edward J. Oakray Charitable Foundation, ndi Farming for the Future Foundation yomwe yangokhazikitsidwa kumene.
Dick adakhala wapampando wa International Committee of the US Potato Board. Adatumikiranso ku Wisconsin Potato Industry Board 2015-2020 (anali Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Board).
Walandira Mphotho ya WPVGA Agri-Communicator ndi Portage County Business Council's Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture Award, komanso Mphotho yapamwamba ya Alumni ya University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Mu 2019, adalowetsedwa ku Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Association Hall of Fame.
Zabwino zonse kwa onse opambana pa Mphotho ya Makampani a World Potato Congress!