Mu 2018, kukolola mbatata kwathunthu ku EU kudzachepa ndi 12%. Izi zidanenedwa ndi akatswiri a European Commission munyengo yawo yaposachedwa, malipoti a Internet portal sadyogrody.pl.
Nthawi yomweyo, mu Julayi 2018, akatswiri adaneneratu kuchepa kwa zokolola zosaposa 6%. Malinga ndi EC, kukolola kwakukulu kwambiri kukuchepa, pofika 25%, akuyembekezeka ku Germany, komwe ndiwopanga kwambiri mbatata ku EU.
“Kuphatikiza apo, zokolola za mbatata mdziko muno zitha kukhala zotsika kwambiri pazaka 28 zapitazi. Akatswiri akuwona kuti chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe zidapangitsa kuti zokolola zichepe ndikuchepetsa madera opanga, ”lipotilo likuti.
12% yotsika muzaka zamakono izisonkhanitsanso Belgium ndi Netherlands. Chiwerengero cha kutsika kwa zokolola ku UK, akatswiri amadziwa mu 15-25%. Ku Poland chaka chino, malinga ndi EC, kukolola mbatata kumachepetsedwa ndi 9,4%.
Akatswiri ochokera ku Association of Potato Opanga Northwest Europe (NEPG) akuyembekeza kuti kuchepa kwa mbewu kumabweretsa mitengo yokwanira ya mbatata mkati mwa nyengo. Kumbukirani kuti chilala chadzaoneni kumadera ena a Germany zidapangitsa kuti mbewu zisafike 70%.
Source: https://www.fruit-inform.com