Mu 2021, mabungwe asayansi aku Russia, pamodzi ndi mabizinesi omwe ali mu gawo lenileni lazachuma, adapanga matani pafupifupi 20 a nthanga za mbatata zosankhika, zomwe ndi pafupifupi 50% ya zosowa za msika waku Russia, motsatira zomwe za Ural Federal Agrarian. Research Center (UrFARC) ya Ural Nthambi ya Russian Academy of Sciences. Izi zanenedwa ndi bungwe lazofalitsa nkhani Regnum.
Malo onse obzala mbatata ku Russia anali opitilira mahekitala 1,1 miliyoni, ndipo zokolola zidaposa matani 18,2 miliyoni, ndipo ngati mitengo yokolola ikasungidwa, pofika 2025 dziko lathu lidzafika pamlingo wa 100% wapakhomo. mbewu za mbatata za kubalana kwambiri .
Izi zidatheka chifukwa cha njira zomwe mabungwe asayansi ndi mabizinesi a gawo lenileni lazachuma amatengera gawo laling'ono la "Kukula kwa kusankha ndi kupanga mbewu za mbatata ku Russian Federation" ya Federal Scientific and Technical Program. (FSTP) yachitukuko chaulimi cha 2017-2025.
Chiyambireni pulogalamu yaying'ono, mitundu 29 yatsopano ya mbatata yapakhomo (yonse ya tebulo komanso yoyenera kukonzedwa) idalembetsedwa. Zoweta zapakhomozi zikufanana ndi zakunja, ndipo mwanjira zina, monga kubereka komanso kukana matenda, ndizopambana.
Kuphatikiza apo, malo apadera obereketsa adapangidwa pamaziko a Ural Federal Agrarian Research Center (UrFARC) ya Ural Branch ya Russian Academy of Sciences, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti athe kuswana mbatata pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri chifukwa cha MAS. teknoloji - kuswana kokhazikika. Pazonse, pali malo asanu obereketsa otere ku Russia mpaka pano.