Tikupitilizabe kufalitsa zida zapadera za WPC (World Potato Congress), zonena za bungwe la unyolo wopangira bwino wa mbatata ku Africa.
World Potato Congress idzachitika kuyambira Meyi 31 mpaka Juni 3 ku Dublin, Ireland. Mwambowu uphatikiza akatswiri kuphatikiza olima mbatata, ogulitsa mabizinesi, opaka, otumiza kunja ndi ogulitsa mbewu ndi kunja.
Ku Africa, mlimi akhoza kupeza chithandizo cha akatswiri ngati akufuna kuthana ndi mbewu za mbatata. Tiyeni tione zitsanzo zingapo.
1. Mgwirizano ndi mabungwe othandizira alimi a mbatata ku Ethiopia
Mlimi Guta Gudisa adasiya sitandade 9 chifukwa chosowa thandizo ndipo adaganiza zokhala wolima mbatata. Analandira mbewu zabwino za mbatata, maphunziro a kasamalidwe ndi kasamalidwe, komanso ndondomeko ya bizinesi yopangira mbatata kuchokera ku Holetta Agricultural Research Center ya Ethiopia Institute for Agricultural Research (EIAR) ndi International Potato Center (CIP).
Iye anabzala kambewu kakang’ono kabwino kamene analandira kuchokera ku EIAR pagawo la 20m x 20m. Iye anachita chidwi ndi zotsatira zake ndipo anabwereka ndalama kwa anthu a m’dera lake pa chiwongola dzanja chambiri chopanda chiwongola dzanja kuti abwereke malowo kuti achulukitse zokolola.
Tsopano amakula mpaka 22 ha mbatata pa nyengo (nthawi zambiri nyengo ziwiri), makamaka zopanga mbewu, komanso mbatata ware. Kuonjezera apo, akugwira ntchito zina, kuphatikizapo kupanga mkaka wa ng'ombe zachilendo zomwe adagula kuchokera ku EIAR, kulima mitengo ya bulugamu, makampani oyendetsa magalimoto oyendetsa magalimoto pogwiritsa ntchito magalimoto atatu omwe ali nawo, omwe poyamba adalandira ndalama kuchokera ku mbatata.
Guta imapereka ntchito kwa anthu amderalo. Ali ndi antchito 18 okhazikika komanso othandizira 60 munthawi yomwe ikukwera kwambiri. Kuonjezera apo, akukonzekera kumanga sukulu ndi hotelo zomwe zingabweretse phindu lalikulu kwa anthu ammudzi.
2. Zobzala zapamwamba komanso zathanzi
Guta imapanga mpaka mahekitala 22 a mbatata yambewu molingana ndi mtundu womwe walengezedwa.
Minda yake ya mbatata imawunikiridwa kawiri pakukula komanso kamodzi posungirako kuwala ndi oyang'anira ophunzitsidwa bwino kuchokera ku Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resources. EIAR ndi CIP amapereka maphunziro kwa oyenderawa kuti awapatse chidziwitso chapadera pakuwunika minda ya mbatata.
Ngati Guta salandira chiphaso chosonyeza kuti mbewuyo ikukwaniritsa zofunikira za QDS, sangagulitse mbewu yake kuti ipeze mbewu. Iye ndi m’modzi mwa gwero lalikulu la mbewu zabwino kwa alimi a m’dera lake, komanso ochokera m’madera osiyanasiyana m’dziko muno, ena mwa madera otalikirana ndi makilomita oposa 700.