Pofika pakati pa 2022, dziko la Pakistan lidzakhala likudzidalira pakupanga mbewu za mbatata zapamwamba kwambiri. Dzikoli likufuna kutulutsa mbewu zambatata zapamwamba zomwe zilibe ma virus pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wa aeroponic kuchokera ku South Korea. Kusunthaku kumachepetsa mtengo wogulitsira mbewu za mbatata kunja, zomwe zimawononga gawo laulimi pafupifupi $ 400 miliyoni pachaka. Izi zanenedwa ndi intaneti portal www.dawn.com.
Pakali pano dziko la Pakistan likuitanitsa njere za mbatata zokwana matani 15 kuchokera kumaiko osiyanasiyana, koma mtundu wa mbewuzo nthawi zambiri umakayikitsa.
Malinga ndi a Dr. Muhammad Azim Khan, wapampando wa Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), chiyembekezo chobweretsa mbewu m'malo mwa nthawi yochepa chaperekedwa ndiukadaulo wopangira mbewu zambatata.
Aeroponics ndi njira yopanda dothi yopezera mbewu zabwino kwambiri mu wowonjezera kutentha komwe kumakhala zokolola zambiri komanso phindu kuposa njira zachikhalidwe. Njira yothetsera michere imapopedwa pamitengo kudzera mumitsuko ya feteleza ndi madzi. Tekinoloje iyi ndiyoyenera kukulitsa ma tubers ndipo imathandizira kupereka mpweya kumadera amizu. ROI pazachuma choyambirira chaukadaulo ndichangu.
Njira ya aeroponic imakulitsa luso la kaphatikizidwe ka mbatata ndikuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa kachulukidwe ka mbeu za mbatata, potero zimachepetsa ziwopsezo ku thanzi la mbewu.
Kusamutsa kwaukadaulo wa aeroponic kudatheka ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Korea Program for International Cooperation in Agricultural Technology (KOPIA) ku National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) ku Islamabad mu 2020.
Mogwirizana ndi mgwirizanowu, KOPIA-Pakistan Center idakhazikitsidwa ndipo nyumba yotenthetsera mpweya idamangidwa. Bungwe la Rural Development Administration (RDA) la ku South Korea linapereka ndalama zothandizira ntchitoyi.
Pakistan ndi South Korea agwira ntchito limodzi kuti athandize luso laumisiri waulimi ndi kakulidwe ka mbewu zomwe zidzafalitse ulimi wanzeru ndikuwonjezera ndalama za alimi ang'onoang'ono.
Mbatata zaku Pakistani zimalimidwa mwamalonda ndipo zimathandizira kwambiri ku GDP. Amakula m'madera okwera komanso m'zigwa ngati mbewu yachilimwe ndi yozizira, zomwe zimasonyeza kufunika kwa mbewuyo kuti ikhale ndi moyo wamagulu osiyanasiyana a alimi.
Pafupipafupi zokolola za mbatata ku Pakistan ndizochepa poyerekeza ndi mayiko ena omwe amalima mbatata.
Mbeu zovomerezeka ndizochepa ndipo zimakumana ndi zovuta zaukadaulo, zachuma komanso kasamalidwe. Malinga ndi membala wa bungwe la PARC Dr. Shahid Hamid, alimi ambiri amadalira mbeu zawo zomwe zilibe luso komanso chidziwitso chofunikira kuti abereke.