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 kukhazikitsidwa kwa mtengo wowonjezera wa mbatata (kuyika, kukonza) m'maiko aku Africa.
Kupanga mbatata ku Africa kukukulirakulira, monganso m'maiko ena omwe akutukuka kumene. Mbatata zambiri zomwe zimapangidwa zimadyedwa mwatsopano, pomwe mbatata zosinthidwa zimadyedwa padziko lonse lapansi kuposa zatsopano.
Komabe, ngakhale ku Africa, kudyedwa kwa mbatata yokonzedwa kukukula pang'onopang'ono ndi kuchuluka kwa mbatata yokonzedwa m'matauni. Iwo aona kusintha kwakukulu m’madyedwe, ndipo kuona anthu akudya zokazinga za ku France m’misewu sikulinso kwachilendo. Izi zimafuna obereketsa kuti apange mitundu ya mbatata yokhala ndi mawonekedwe abwino aukadaulo ndikupanga zida zapamwamba kwambiri.
Mayiko aku Africa akuyenera kutenga gawo lawo la mbatata yokonzedwa. Komabe, pakali pano chopinga chachikulu pamakampani opanga zinthu ndi kusapezeka kwa zida zabwino zopangira pamaziko okhazikika komanso kukwera mtengo kwake. Kuchulukitsa zokolola kumabweretsa kutsika mtengo kwazinthu zopangira, chifukwa chake zoyeserera ziyenera kulunjika mbali iyi.
M'mayiko ambiri a SSA, mbatata zimagulitsidwa ndi dothi pa tubers, kotero ngakhale kutsuka ndi kulongedza bwino mbatata yosakanizidwa kumabweretsa ndalama zambiri kuposa mbatata zosatsukidwa zomwe sizimapakidwa bwino.
Pali masitolo akuluakulu m'mizinda ikuluikulu ku Africa, kotero mbatata zolembedwa bwino komanso zopakidwa bwino, zomwe zikuwonetsa malo omwe amapangira, zimapanga phindu lowonjezera lomwe limawonjezera phindu.
Kuwongolera pamapangidwe azinthu zonyamula katundu kwachulukitsa kwambiri kugulitsa kwazinthu zaulimi ku Uganda ndi Kenya, ndikusunga zinthu zomwezo.
Choncho, lingaliro la mtengo wowonjezera liyenera kumveka bwino osati logwirizana ndi ndalama zazikulu. Zitha kukhala zophweka ngati kutsuka zinthu ndikuwongolera zoyikapo, kapena zovuta, monga kukonzanso, zomwe zimafuna ndalama zambiri.
Kisima Farm imagulitsa mbatata zotsimikizika zokha. Kuphatikiza apo, mbewu za mbatata zimasungidwa mufiriji ndipo zimayikidwa mwaukadaulo (mwa makina) m'matumba apadera omwe ali ndi chidziwitso chonse chofunikira chokhudza mankhwalawa ndi mtundu wake.