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.
Sabata ino tikambirana za msika wa mbatata m'maiko aku Africa.
Kupeza msika ndizomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale mbatata yokhazikika. Ndikofunikira kukhala ndi kufunikira kosalekeza kwa kupezeka kwazinthu zolumikizira alimi ndi amalonda, masitolo akuluakulu ndi mapurosesa.
Pali chitsanzo chabwino cha kulumikizana kwa msika kuchokera ku gulu la alimi la Kabale (Uganda) Nyabyumba (lomwe lidayambitsidwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa ndi CIP pomwe ena monga Africare adalowa nawo bwino) lomwe limapanga mbatata ku malo odyera ofulumira ku Kampala Nandos. Malowa amapangidwa makamaka ndi zokazinga za ku France. Kugwirizana kumeneku kwapangitsa kuti mbatata ikhale yokhazikika, ndipo alimi ndi malo odyera apindula kwambiri.
Momwemonso, kubweretsa alimi ku Bomet, Kenya pamodzi ndi purosesa yotchedwa Tropical Heat (yomwe imatchedwanso DEEPA Industries), yomwe imatumiza mbatata ku UK mchaka cha 2010, inathandiza alimi kupeza msika wokhazikika wa mbatata zawo, zomwe zimawalimbikitsa kupanga zokolola zapamwamba kwambiri. ndi kuwonjezera ndalama zawo.
Kampaniyo idapindulanso pochepetsa kutayika ndikuwongolera zinthu zabwino (chips) ndikupindula. Polimbikitsidwa ndi kupambana kwa kampaniyi, makampani ena angapo anayamba kupanga alimi powapangira makontrakitala. Mgwirizano woterewu umathandiza alimi kukhala ndi ndalama zogulira fetereza ndi zipangizo zina kuti awonjezere zokolola zawo.
Tsoka ilo, alimi amakopeka kuti agulitse mbatata zawo kumakampani ena ngati apatsidwa mitengo yokwera kuposa momwe zafotokozedwera mu mgwirizano. Nthawi zina mapurosesa amakana mbatata zoperekedwa ndi alimi poganiza kuti sizikukwaniritsa zofunikira. Pofuna kuthana ndi mavuto ngati amenewa, misonkhano yanthawi zonse ya alimi ndi okonza mapulani ndi kuunikanso mgwirizano wa makontrakitala miyezi itatu iliyonse kuti asinthe mitengo ndi yothandiza.
Msika wogulitsa kunja, makamaka wa mbatata yokonzedwa, ukukula kwambiri. Mbatata zochulukirachulukira tsopano zikukonzedwa potengera kuchuluka kwa kufunikira kochokera ku malo ogulitsa zakudya mwachangu motsogozedwa ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu akumatauni, zakudya zosiyanasiyana komanso machitidwe omwe sasiya nthawi yokwanira yokolola zatsopano.
Mchitidwewu wachulukitsa kufunikira kwa zakudya zokonzedwa bwino, makamaka mbatata zowuma ndi zouma, zomwe zakhala ndi gawo lochepa m'maiko omwe akutukuka kumene, makamaka pamsika wogulitsa kunja.
Kutumiza kwa mbatata zatsopano ndi zokonzedwa kumayiko otukuka kuchokera ku Africa ndikovuta kwambiri chifukwa cha mitengo yamtengo wapatali yomwe yakhazikitsidwa. Komabe, pali kuthekera kotumiza kumayiko oyandikana nawo ku Africa ndi Middle East.
Chofunikira pakutsatsa kopambana ndikupereka zinthu zabwino nthawi zonse, malo osonkhanitsira, kuphatikiza alimi kuti apange limodzi ndi kugulitsa, kukulitsa luso komanso kulimbikitsa chikhulupiriro pakati pa mamembala. Ngakhale alimi ang'onoang'ono amwazikana komanso okhala ndi malo ang'onoang'ono, malo atha kuphatikizidwa, monga momwe agwiritsidwira ntchito bwino ku Rwanda. Kupanga kophatikizana kumalola kugwiritsa ntchito makina ndikuwongolera bwino tizilombo ndi matenda, kumathandizira kupeza ngongole ndikuwonetsetsa kuti malonda akuyenda bwino.
Ethiopia ikuchitanso zomwezi kudzera mu njira yake ya Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC), yomwe imaphatikizanso kupanga ndikulimbikitsa kutsatsa kwamagulu. Iyi ndi njira imodzi yodalirika yosinthira famu yaying'ono kukhala yamalonda.
Famu ya Kisima ku Kenya imatulutsa pafupifupi matani 4000 a mbatata, ndipo 75% mwa iwo ali mgulu la mbewu. Mbewu zambiri zimagulitsidwa kwa alimi ang'onoang'ono pamtunda wa makilomita 30 kuchokera kumunda. Alimi ang’onoang’ono 400 amene anagula mbewu ku famu ya Kishima ndiponso alimi pafupifupi 12 amene analandira mbewu kuchokera kwa 000 amenewo anapeza KSh 400 miliyoni kumapeto kwa 2013.
Chifukwa cha ubwino wa mbewu zovomerezeka, alimi amapitako ngakhale kuti ndi okwera mtengo. Chifukwa chake, kufunikira kwa mbewu zovomerezeka kukukulira tsiku lililonse.