Tikupitilizabe kufalitsa zida zapadera zochokera ku WPC (World Potato Congress) zokhuza kasamalidwe ka bwino kachulukidwe ka mbatata mu Africa.
Mwambowu udzachitika kuyambira 31 May mpaka 3 June ku Dublin, Ireland. Mwambowu uphatikiza akatswiri kuphatikiza olima mbatata, ogulitsa mabizinesi, opaka, otumiza kunja ndi ogulitsa mbewu ndi kunja.
Sabata ino tikambirana za kasamalidwe kaulimi, kasamalidwe kokhazikika komanso kasungidwe ka mbatata ku Ethiopia.
3. Kasamalidwe kaulimi ndi kulima mbewu ku Ethiopia. Kufunika kokweza luso la alimi ku Ethiopia kuti apange mbatata yabwino.
Guta amachita kasinthasintha wa mbewu pafamu yake, kubwereka malo kwa ena. Amagwiritsa ntchito mtunda womwe waperekedwa ndikugwiritsa ntchito feteleza wovomerezeka. Zobzala zake nthawi zonse zimayang'aniridwa ndi iye komanso anthu ena omwe amadziwa mokwanira za kulima mbatata. Chifukwa cha luso la kasamalidwe ka famu ndi njira zolimira, amapeza zokolola zofikira 40 t/ha m'masiku 120.
M’nyengo yamvula, choipitsa chakumapeto chimakhala vuto lalikulu, ngakhale mitundu iwiri (Gudene ndi Belete) imalimbana ndi matenda oopsawa. Amagwiritsa ntchito mankhwala opha tizilombo a Ridomil Gold kuti athetse vuto lochedwa (malinga ndi akatswiri, amapopera mopitirira muyeso, ndipo nthawi zonse kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala opha tizilombo kungayambitse kukana kwa metalaxyl).
Mlimi ndi wokonzeka kuchita maphunziro otsitsimula kuti achepetse kupopera mankhwala ndi kuzungulira mankhwala. Ndizotsegukira ku chilichonse chatsopano ndikuyamikira maphunziro operekedwa ndi boma ndi CIP (International Potato Center).
4. Kupanga ndi kusunga mbatata kosatha
Guta imatulutsa mbewu ziwiri za mbatata pachaka. Ethiopia nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi nyengo ziwiri zamvula: zazifupi (February mpaka Meyi) komanso zazitali (June mpaka Seputembala) muulimi wosathirira.
Izi zimamupangitsa kukhala ndi mbatata zatsopano kwa nthawi yayitali ya chaka. Ali ndi masitolo angapo a Diffused Light Storage (DLS) a mbewu zake za mbatata mpaka atazigulitsa kapena kuzibzala. Ndi zokolola zake zabwino kwambiri komanso zabwino, zimakhala ndi ndalama zotsimikizika.
Guta amagulitsa mbatata pamtengo wa $30/100kg ndipo ware mbatata pamtengo wa $17/100kg. Kuphatikiza apo, kuphunzitsidwa kwake kosalekeza komanso njira yokhazikika yambewu kumapangitsa kuti pakhale zokolola zambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mbatata yake ikhale yokhazikika. Guta akuti moyo wake umagwirizana kwambiri ndi mbatata, ndipo ngakhale mtengo wa 100 kg wa mbatata utatsika pansi pa 1 dollar yaku US, sangasiye kupanga mbatata.