Kufunika kwapachaka kwa msika waku Bolivia wa mbatata ndi matani 5 miliyoni, koma matani 1,1 miliyoni okha amabzalidwa mdziko muno. Mbatata zina zonse zimatumizidwa kunja (makamaka kuchokera ku Peru) kapena kuzembetsa dzikolo.
Zikudziwika kuti mu 2018 mtengo wa mapaundi 25 (pafupifupi 11,4 kg) wa mbatata za arroba zakomweko udatsika kuchokera ku 100 bolivianos ($ 14,5) mpaka 40 bolivianos ($ 5,8), zomwe zitha kupangitsa kutsika kwakukulu kwakupanga. Alimi am'deralo amakonda kulima mitundu ya mbatata yamalonda yochokera ku Dutch yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito muzokazinga za ku France, ngakhale ma tubers am'deralo ndi otchuka m'misika yaku Europe ndi Asia.
Mbatata ndi imodzi mwa mbewu zomwe zimadyedwa kwambiri ku Bolivia, komwe chakudya chatsiku ndi tsiku ndi nkhuku ndi zokazinga za ku France. Pafupifupi, aliyense wokhala mdziko muno amadya 90-100 makilogalamu a mbatata pachaka. Dera lolima mizu ndi mahekitala 200.
M'mbuyomu, FruitNews idalemba kuti Unduna wa Zaulimi ku Bolivia, limodzi ndi National Institute for Forestry and Agriculture Research (INIAF), ipereka thandizo kwa opanga mbatata kuti apikisane ndi mbatata yochokera ku Peru /
Source: https://fruitnews.ru