Mbatata ikuchulukirachulukira ku Asia, komwe kukwera kwa chiwerengero cha anthu komanso kukula kwamatauni kumapereka mwayi kwa olima ang'onoang'ono kuti akweze ndalama zawo.
Msika wa mbatata waku Asia-Pacific unali woposa $ 2018 biliyoni mu 19 ndipo akuyembekezeka kufika $23 biliyoni pofika 2030. Phindu litha kupezeka pakukula kwa zinthu zomwe zikukula pano. Alimi aku Asia ndi ku Africa amafunikira mitundu ya mbatata yomwe imatha kusintha nyengo, yololera komanso yodalirika.
Zaka zisanu zapitazo, asayansi ochokera ku International Potato Center (CIP) adagwirizana ndi kampani ya Dutch HZPC mumgwirizano wapagulu ndi wabizinesi kuti apange mitundu yokolola kwambiri yogwirizana ndi nyengo zotentha.
Ntchitoyi idagwiritsa ntchito ma genetic amitundu iwiri yosiyana kwambiri: mbatata zaukadaulo wazamalonda HZPCAmalimidwa makamaka m'minda yayikulu yotentha komanso kumadera otentha kumene mitundu yamtunduwu idapangidwako, yomwe imalimidwa ndi alimi ang'onoang'ono mamiliyoni ambiri ku Africa ndi Asia.
Kuphatikizika kwa makolo osankhika ochokera m'mitundu yonse iwiri, kugwiritsa ntchito zolembera zamtundu, komanso kusankha mwachangu ku Vietnam kwachepetsa nthawi yomwe nthawi zambiri imafunikira kupanga mitundu yosiyanasiyana.
HZPC ndipo CIP akwaniritsa mogwirizana zomwe sakanatha kuchita paokha. Mbatata yomwe imabwerayi imaphatikiza kukhwima koyambirira, kukana matenda komanso nthawi yochepa ya dormancy.
Ma tubers amatha kukololedwa patatha masiku 80-90 atabzala, zomwe zimathandiza alimi kulima mbatata pakati pa mbewu ziwiri za mpunga, kutulutsa mbewu zitatu pachaka pamtunda womwewo.
Malinga ndi Robert Graveland, wotsogolera HZPC pa chitukuko, kampani ikukonzekera kulembetsa mitundu inayi ya mbatata ku Vietnam, Indonesia, India ndi Kenya m'zaka zikubwerazi kuti igawidwe kwa alimi.
HZPC makamaka amagulitsa mbewu za mbatata kumafamu apakatikati ndi akulu. Koma padziko lapansi pali minda yaing’ono yoposa 500 miliyoni, ndipo imapanga chakudya chochuluka chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito ku Africa ndi ku Asia. Pozindikira mwayi wamabizinesi, kampaniyo ikupanga njira zatsopano zolowera msika womwe ukukula. Komano, a CIP akhala akugwira ntchito ndi ndondomeko zoweta mbatata za dziko lonse kwa alimi ang'onoang'ono.
Dziko lapansi liyenera kuwirikiza kawiri chakudya chake pofika chaka cha 2050, ndipo izi ndizotheka ndi mbewu za mbatata ngati alimi agwiritsa ntchito mbewu zabwino zamitundu yokhazikika, yosinthidwa kwanuko.
Izi sizingapindulitse alimi okha komanso kulimbikitsa kupanga chakudya m'madera otentha a ku Asia ndi Africa, komanso zikhoza kukhala chitsanzo cha mgwirizano pakati pa anthu ndi mabungwe amtundu wa mbewu ndi madera ena.