M'minda ya Kabardino-Balkaria, adayamba kututa mbatata, zomwe chaka chino akhala ndi mahekitala 8,3, omwe akufanana ndi gawo la chaka chapitacho.
Mpaka pano, mbatata zakumbidwa kuchokera ku dera la mahekitala 1,1. Zokolola wamba ndi 203 centers pa hekitala iliyonse kapena 101,5% poyerekeza ndi nthawi yomweyi chaka chatha. Mu 2019, kututa mbatata konseku kunakwana matani chikwi 196. Chaka chino, akuyembekezeka kupeza mbewu ya mbatata osachepera chaka chatha.