Kuchedwa kwa mbatata ndi matenda oopsa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndalama zopitilira 10 biliyoni zaku US zimagwiritsidwa ntchito chaka chilichonse polimbana ndi izi padziko lonse lapansi.
Tiyeni tiyankhule za njira yatsopano yoweta mbatata yomwe ingapangitse mitundu yokondedwa ndi alimi kugonjetsedwa ndi choyipitsa mochedwa. Tsopano njira zaposachedwa kwambiri za sayansi ya zakuthambo zikuphatikizidwa ndi njira yakale kwambiri yoswana - kusonkhanitsa majini akutchire kuchokera kwa makolo akutali a mbatata.
“Ku Uganda kuli alimi a mbatata 300. Vuto lakumapeto limachepetsa kwambiri ndalama zomwe amapeza komanso kuwononga thanzi la anthu komanso chilengedwe, "atero Dr. Erik Magembe, Research Fellow ku International Potato Center (CIP). Tsoka ilo, mitundu yotchuka kwambiri pakati pa alimi ndi ogula, monga Victoria, ndiyomwe imakonda kudwala mochedwa.
Asayansi a CIP adatenga majini atatu kuti athe kukana matendawa kuchokera kwa achibale akutchire aku Mexico ndi Argentina (Solanum bulbocastanum и Solanum venturi) n’kuzitumiza ku mbatata zisanu zimene alimi amakonda kuzigwiritsa ntchito kum’mwera kwa chipululu cha Sahara ku Africa. Majini azindikirika ndikusiyanitsidwa ndi asayansi ku Yunivesite ya Wisconsin, Wageningen University ndi Research Laboratory, ndi Sainsbury Laboratory.
Zibale zakutchire za mbewu zimatengera chibadwa cha mbewu zoweta. Alimi amawayamikira nthawi zonse monga gwero la makhalidwe opangira mitundu yatsopano pogwiritsa ntchito njira zachikhalidwe zoweta.
"Chifukwa chakuti tizilombo toyambitsa matenda timasintha nthawi zonse, tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu mwamsanga," anatero Dr. Marc Ghyslain, katswiri wa sayansi ya zamoyo ku CIP. “Kuweta mwachikhalidwe kumatenga nthawi yayitali. Biotechnology imalola mitundu kuti idziwitsidwe m'minda ya alimi mwachangu kwambiri. M’zaka zitatu zokha tachita bwino ku Victoria. Anatchedwa 3R Victoria. Chitsanzochi chimatha kukula popanda kugwiritsa ntchito fungicides. ”
Ghislain akupitiriza kuti: “Tinaitanira alimi ku mayesero a m’minda kuti awone kusiyana kwa sayansi yosinthidwa ndi Victoria yoyambirira. "Zosiyanasiyana zoyambirira za zomerazo zinali zobiriwira komanso zathanzi, ndipo zachiwiri zinafa chifukwa cha kuwonongeka kochedwa."
Kuwonjezera pa kugwira ntchito ku Uganda, mitundu yokonzedwa bwino idzayesedwa ndi kubzalidwa pambuyo povomerezedwa ndi malamulo ku Ethiopia ndi Nigeria.
Ukadaulo waukadaulo wa chibadwa ndi chida chofunikira kwambiri pazakudya zotsatiridwa ndi CIP kuti apindule alimi ku Africa ndi Asia.