Kukolola mbatata ku Russia mu 2022 kungakule ndi 6-7% poyerekeza ndi 2021. Izi zidanenedwa ku portal "Kufotokozera.rf" Aleksey Krasilnikov, Executive Director wa Potato Union, akuti CHIWANDA.
"Chaka chatha, kudera la mahekitala 280, tidakolola matani pafupifupi 6,8-7 miliyoni a mbatata. Chaka chino, malinga ndi kulosera kwathu, matani 7,2-7,5 miliyoni a mbewu akuyenera kukololedwa,” adatero. Monga tafotokozera mu uthenga wa portal, pafupifupi ndalama zomwezo zimasonkhanitsidwa m'nyumba zapakhomo.
Krasilnikov adanenanso kuti m'zaka zaposachedwa, mothandizidwa ndi Unduna wa Zaulimi ndi boma, alimi awonjezera kuchuluka kwa masitolo amakono a mbatata ndi masamba. Amakulolani kuti muwonjezere moyo wa alumali, kulemekeza ubwino wa mankhwala.
“Dzikoli limafunikira matani 12-15 miliyoni a mbatata pachaka pachaka. Komanso, pakufunikabe mbewu mbatata. Zomwe timagulitsa kunja siziposa matani theka la miliyoni. Ndife dziko lotukuka kwambiri pankhani ya mbatata ndipo tili pachitatu padziko lonse lapansi potengera zokolola zambiri, "adatero Krasilnikov.