Ukraine, yomwe imadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa atsogoleri atatu pakupanga mbatata, nthawi yomweyo, chifukwa chakuchepa kwamkati kwa mankhwalawa, ndi amodzi mwamayiko ogulitsa kwambiri mbatata.
Andrey Yarmak, katswiri wazachuma ku dipatimenti yazogulitsa ku Food and Agriculture Organisation ya United Nations (FAO), adalankhula izi pagulu lake pa zn.ua.
"Mnyengo imodzi yokha ya 2019/20 (kuyambira Julayi 2019 mpaka Juni 2020 kuphatikiza), pafupifupi matani theka miliyoni a mbatata zatsopano adatumizidwa kuti azidya, kupatula mbewu! Izi zimapangitsa Ukraine kukhala imodzi mwamayiko akuluakulu olowa kunja kwa mbatata pamsika watsopano, chifukwa ena onse otsogola (Belgium, Netherlands, Spain ndi Germany) amalowetsa mbatata makamaka kukakonza kapena kutumizanso kunja. Koma mwalamulo akuti aku Ukraine ndi amodzi mwamayiko atatu opanga mbatata zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kumbuyo kwa China ndi India, "atero a Yarmak.
“Pali dziko limodzi lokha ku Europe komwe amagulitsa mbatata zauve ndi dothi m'masitolo akuluakulu. Inde, iyi ndi Ukraine. Ndiponso - kuchuluka kwa malonda a mbatata m'masitolo akuluakulu aku Ukraine ndizochepera kuposa kuchuluka kwa malonda a malalanje. Izi ndizofunikira kuti timvetsetse chifukwa chomwe "nkhokwe yaku Europe" ku 2020 sinathe kudzipezera "mkate wachiwiri", ndipo ngakhale kugula osati kulikonse, koma kuchokera ku Russia, "katswiriyo adapitiliza.
Woimira FAO adatsimikiza kuti minda yambiri yaku Ukraine yomwe imalima mbatata, ngakhale akatswiri, ilibe zida zobweretsera mbatata kuwonekera pamisika: kuyeretsa, kutsuka, kusanja, kulongedza mizere, ndi zina zambiri.
"Mlimi wathu angakonde kudzala mahekitala owonjezera a 100 a mbatata m'malo moikamo zina. Kupatula apo, mukayamba kumaliza ndikusanja mbatata, zimapezeka kuti zimawoneka zoyipa kwambiri. Chifukwa chake, muyenera kuyika ndalama pazida zokwera mtengo, kusintha mitundu, ndikuyika ulimi wothirira. Ndiye kuti, ndizovuta komanso zotchipa kusintha makina onse opanga, "adatsimikiza wolemba.
Ziyeneretso za oyang'anira m'masitolo akuluakulu ku Ukraine omwe amayang'anira madipatimenti azipatso ndi masamba, malinga ndi Yarmak, nawonso sakhala pamlingo wofunikira.
“Njira yotsika mtengo ya mbatata sinayende. Kupatula apo, oimira msika wa supermarket kapena opanga ku Ukraine samamvetsetsa kusiyana kwakukulu pakati pazopangira ndi zotsirizidwa. Mbatata zimakhala zotsirizidwa pokhapokha zikagulitsidwa kushelufu ya golosale momwe wogula akufuna kugula. Ndipo 99% ya zomwe zidagulitsidwa m'misika yayikulu ku Ukraine ndizopangira, ndipo siziyenera kukhalapo, "katswiriyu analemba.
Ananenanso kuti mbatata zomwe zimalimidwa ku EU pokonza zinthu nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi magawo apamwamba kwambiri kuposa mbatata zomwe zimalimidwa ku Ukraine kuti azidya zatsopano.