Patsiku lomaliza la 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) ku Dublin, Ireland, Purezidenti wa WPC, Romain Coles, mu WPC Dublin Declaration, adapempha omwe atenga nawo gawo pazogulitsa mbatata zapadziko lonse lapansi kuti agwiritse ntchito "njira zothetsera mbatata" kuti apititse patsogolo UN Sustainable. Agenda yachitukuko mpaka 2030. Mu Agenda iyi, bungwe la UN laphatikiza 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), zomwe ndi pempho lapadziko lonse lapansi kuti lithetse umphawi, kuteteza dziko lapansi ndikusintha miyoyo ndi ziyembekezo za munthu aliyense padziko lonse lapansi.
Romain Coles adakumbukira kuti malinga ndi zoneneratu za akatswiri, pofika chaka cha 2050 chiwerengero cha anthu padziko lapansi chidzawonjezeka kufika pa 9,7 biliyoni, ndipo kufunikira kwa chakudya kudzawonjezeka ndi 70%. Kusintha kwanyengo ndi vuto linanso kuti lipititse patsogolo zokolola ndikuchepetsa umphawi wakumidzi. Kuti akwaniritse zolingazi padziko lonse lapansi, mabanja mamiliyoni a alimi ang'onoang'ono akuyenera kukhala otetezedwa ndi chakudya, kuchotsa umphawi ndikuphatikizidwa m'gulu lazachuma.
M'mawu ake otsegulira, Purezidenti wa WPC adatsimikiza kuti ulimi wazakudya makamaka makamaka mbatata m'dziko lililonse uyenera kulimbikitsidwa kuti pakhale chakudya chokwanira komanso kuchepetsa kudalira malonda apadziko lonse lapansi. M'madera ambiri padziko lapansi, mbewu ya mbatata ikhoza kukhala gawo la yankho, monga momwe zasonyezedwera pa mliri wa Covid.
Mizati Inayi
Bungwe la World Potato Congress linaphatikizidwa mu Dublin Declaration mfundo zinayi zazikulu zomwe ndizofunikira kuti ntchitoyi ichitike.
- Kulimbikitsa ubwino mbatata.
Poganizira kuchuluka kwa anthu ku Africa, South America ndi Asia, kuthekera kwa mbatata kumadera awa adziko lapansi kuyenera kuwunikidwa ndikuwonetsedwera mu mfundo zaulimi ndi ndondomeko za dziko lonse lapansi, madera ndi madera.
2. Kukhazikitsa maubwenzi atsopano.
Zinthu ziwiri zitha kuganiziridwa kuti zithetse mavuto ndikugwiritsa ntchito mwayi womwe ukubwera:
- Mabungwe ochita kafukufuku akuyenera kukulitsidwa ndikukonzedwa kuti apange njira zothetsera mavuto opangira zinthu komanso kusintha kwanyengo kumadera akumidzi.
- Mgwirizano uyenera kukhazikitsidwa panjira zonse za mbatata kuti awonjezere mwayi wopeza mbewu zoyera, kukulitsa zokolola komanso kukulitsa mtengo.
Kuti mupange mgwirizano wotere, zofunika izi ziyenera kukwaniritsidwa:
- kupereka chithandizo chachuma kwa anthu akumidzi m'mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene,
- khazikitsani ntchito zamaluso a mbatata,
- gwirani ntchito yodziwitsa anthu za zamalonda muzaulimi,
- khazikitsani mgwirizano kuti mupange maunyolo atsopano.
3. Kulimbikitsa machitidwe abwino.
Pamsonkhano wa 2018 World Potato Congress ku Cusco, Peru, WPC idapereka zida zake zowongolera mapulojekiti atsopano a mbatata m'maiko omwe akutukuka kumene.
M'bokosi lazida ili, WPC yayesera kugawana zambiri zamachitidwe abwino pazinthu zingapo:
- kupereka matekinoloje oyendetsera ntchito zaulimi ndi ulimi wokhazikika wa mbewu mogwirizana ndi mabungwe ofufuza,
- kuchepetsa kuwononga chakudya pamtengo wa mbatata ndikukhazikitsa mwayi wosunga bwino,
- Kukulitsa thandizo lazamalonda (kuphatikiza kukwezedwa, kupezeka pamsika, kuonjezera mtengo, kubwezanso zinthu, kupanga zatsopano, kupanga bwino komanso kuyika).
4. Kuchulukitsa udindo wa World Potato Congress.
M'dziko lomwe likusintha mwachangu, WPC Inc. imagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri posonkhanitsa omwe akukhudzidwa nawo mu unyolo wamtengo wa mbatata, kuyambitsa njira zatsopano kudzera mumagulu ake apadziko lonse lapansi a mabungwe, makampani ndi othandizana nawo.
Zitsanzo zina mwazinthu zoterezi ndi izi:
- Pulogalamu yanthawi zonse ya ma webinars apadziko lonse lapansi pa kafukufuku ndi chitukuko, zachuma, kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka zinthu, malonda, kasamalidwe ka mbewu ndi kusunga,
- Mgwirizano wachigawo ndi akuluakulu aboma ndi mabungwe, kuphatikiza kupereka zoyeserera zachigawo. Bungwe la World Potato Congress limalolezanso zigawo zambiri kulandira mbatata zapadziko lonse lapansi, kugawana nzeru ndi luso, ndikuyambitsa njira zatsopano.
- Mgwirizano wokhazikika. Congress imabweretsa malingaliro amakampani azinsinsi, mabungwe ndi atolankhani.
- Kazembe wa mbatata wa WPC kuti afalitse uthenga.
Pofuna kugwirizanitsa malingalirowa ndi mizati inayi yomwe ili pamwambayi ndi kufalitsa padziko lonse lapansi, Bungwe la World Potato Congress lakhazikitsa makina atsopano a WPC Potato Ambassadors.
Akazembe awiri oyambirira anadziwitsidwa pa kuwonetsera kwa Dublin Declaration.
Tom Arnold anakulira pafamu ya mbatata pafupi ndi Dublin ndipo pano ndi nthumwi yapadera ya Boma la Ireland pa Food Systems ndi Wapampando wa Bungwe la EU Commission's High-Level Expert Group kuti awone kufunikira kwa International Platform for Food Systems Science (IPFSS); Kazembe Wapadera wa Boma la Ireland pa Zadongosolo Zakudya; Membala wa UN Food Systems Summit (FSS) Network of Champions; Membala wa Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems (GloPan); Membala wa Bungwe la Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Membala wa Gulu la Malabo Montpellier; Membala wa Sight and Life Foundation.
M'mbuyomu adakhala Wapampando wa Komiti ya Irish Agri-Food Strategy Committee 2030; EU Commission Task Force on Rural Africa; wogwirizira wa Movement for Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN); Director General wa Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA); Purezidenti wa Ireland Constitutional Convention; Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Worldwide Concern; Wapampando wa OECD Committee on Agriculture, Chief Economist ndi Assistant Secretary General wa Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Marine; ndi woyang'anira EU Commission. Adalandira digiri yoyamba yazaulimi ku University College Dublin (UCD) ndi MA kuchokera ku The Catholic University of Leuven ndi Trinity College Dublin.
Toms Skuyins ndi katswiri wopalasa njinga waku Latvia yemwe pano amakwera UCI WorldTeam Trek-Segafredo.
Toms Skujins nthawi zambiri amatchedwa "mbatata munthu", momwe amafotokozera chikondi chake pa mbatata (chimodzi mwazakudya za ku Latvia), pomwe ambiri mwa anzake amakonda pasitala ngati gwero lazakudya. Nthawi ndi komwe ali, Thoms akuwonetsa chikondi chake pa mbatata ndi mbale za mbatata.
Zambiri: Romain Cools, rcools@telenet.be; twitter: @romaincools