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. Chochitikacho chidzasonkhanitsa akatswiri, kuphatikizapo opanga mbatata, ogulitsa, opakira, ogulitsa kunja ndi ogulitsa mbewu ndi zakudya mbatata.
Sabata ino tikambirana za kupanga ndi kusunga mbatata mokhazikika m'maiko aku Africa.
A bwino mbatata makampani amafuna mosalekeza kupanga ndi kusunga mbatata. Izi ziwonetsetsa kupezeka kwa mbatata zogwiritsidwa ntchito mwatsopano komanso zokonzedwa chaka chonse, zomwe zidzakulitsa chitetezo cha chakudya komanso ndalama zomwe anthu akukula tsiku ndi tsiku. Kukonzekera kwa mbatata kumafuna kupezeka kosalekeza kwa zipangizo zabwino zopangira chaka chonse. Izi zimafuna kulima mbatata kawiri kapena katatu pachaka komanso kukhala ndi masitolo ozizira abwino. Dera la South Africa lili ndi agro-ecology yoyenera ndi kuchuluka kwa mvula yofunikira, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zotheka kupanga mitundu ingapo ya mankhwala pachaka, makamaka pamene pali mwayi wothirira.
Ethiopia ikukonzekera kukulitsa dera lomwe lili pansi pa nthaka yothirira kuchokera pa mahekitala 2,7 miliyoni omwe alipo pano. mpaka mahekitala 4,1 miliyoni. Dzikoli lajambula madzi apansi panthaka omwe angagwiritsidwe ntchito kuthirira limodzi ndi madzi ena monga mitsinje, madzi amvula ndi zina zotero.
Famu ya Kisima imapanga mbewu za mbatata kawiri pachaka kudera la mahekitala pafupifupi 100 panyengo iliyonse. Ndi malo osungiramo ozizira ozizira omwe amatha pafupifupi matani 1000, amatha kupereka mbatata zambiri zovomerezeka pafupifupi chaka chonse. Kuyika mufiriji kumatsimikizira kuti zotayika pambuyo pa kukolola, matenda ndi kuwonongeka kwa tizilombo ndizochepa. Kupeza kwa alimi mbewu zabwino kuchokera kwa alimi ang'onoang'ono omwe amalima njere za certification kuchokera ku Kisima kumawonjezera kupezeka kwa mbatata kuti zidyedwe mwatsopano komanso kukonzedwa.