Mtengo wa mbatata ku UK wakwera kwambiri mwezi uno, malipoti portal edp24.co.uk. Posachedwapa Julayi, mbatata idagula pafupifupi £ 1 pathumba lokhazikika la 2,5kg, mtengo womwe sunasinthe kuyambira Epulo.
Koma tsopano, pa atatu mwa ogulitsa akuluakulu asanu ndi limodzi, mitengo yakwera kufika pa £ 1,49 kapena £ 1,59, kukwera 50% kapena kuposerapo pakapita milungu ingapo. Ndi Asda (99p) ndi Aldi okha (£ 1,09) omwe akugwira mitengo yawo, koma akatswiri akuchenjeza kuti izi sizitenga nthawi yayitali.
Mbatata zakhala zotsika mtengo kwambiri kwa zaka ziwiri, alimi akhala akutaya ndalama kuyambira masika 2020. Tsopano mitengo yangofika kumene.
Kugulitsa mbatata zosaphika kudatsika pomwe ogula adasinthiratu kuzinthu zomwe zidakonzedweratu kapena kukonzedwa, zotengera komanso kudya.
Alimi akuluakulu atatu a mbatata ku Norfolk ati asiya bizinesiyo pakatha chaka chino. Zosonkhanitsa zinali zoipitsitsa kwambiri kuyambira nthawi yotentha kwambiri kuyambira 1976. Opanga ena akuchepetsa malo omwe aperekedwa kwa ma tubers.
Chifukwa chachikulu ndikukwera kwamitengo: mafuta a dizilo akwera mtengo kuwirikiza kawiri, feteleza wakwera katatu, ndipo mitengo yamagetsi yakwera kwambiri.
Wolima mbatata William Gribbon, mkulu wa Heygate Farm ku Swaffham, adati tsopano akuyenera kulipira £ 800 patani ya feteleza wa nayitrogeni, kuchokera pa £ 180 zaka zitatu zapitazo.
William Gribbon anatsindika kuti: “Mitengo ipitirira kukwera, alimi ambiri ayamba kulima zinthu zina. Anthu sadzalima mbatata monga choncho.”