Mitundu ya mbatata yomwe yangotulutsidwa kumene ikuyembekezeka kuthana ndi zosowa za omwe akukhudzidwa ndi unyolo wa mbatata, kuphatikiza zokolola zambiri m'dera limodzi, kukhwima msanga komanso kulolerana ndi tizirombo tambiri ndi matenda pakuchuluka kwanyengo.
Dipatimenti Yofufuza Zaulimi (Othandizira) ku Ministry of Agriculture mogwirizana ndi International Potato Center (CIP) yalengeza Lachiwiri kuti komiti yoyeretsa ukadaulo waulimi yavomereza mitundu yatsopanoyi kuti ipangidwe ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito ku Malawi.
Mitundu yatsopano, Mpatsa, Mtukulapakhomo, Ufulu ndi Kaso, yapangidwa pansi pa zaka zisanu za Muzu ndi Tuber Crops for Agricultural Transformation in Malawi (RTC Action) Project yothandizidwa ndi Irish Aid.
M'mawu omwe Dars ndi IPC atulutsa akuti mabungwe awiriwa akudzipereka pakupanga mitundu yodzala kwambiri yomwe imalolera matenda obwera chifukwa cha kuchepa.
Malinga ndi chikalatacho, cholinga cha ntchitoyi ndikulimbikitsa zopereka za mizu ndi ma tubers ku gawo laulimi losiyanasiyana, labwino komanso lolimba lomwe limapereka chakudya, chakudya, ndalama ndi ntchito ku Malawi.
“Pofika msinkhu wosakhwima (masiku 90 mpaka 110 mutabzala), Mpatsa ali ndi kuthekera kotulutsa matani 36 pa hekitala. Imachita bwino m'maboma ambiri omwe amapanga mbatata m'Malawi. Mitengoyi imakhala yotalika komanso yowoneka bwino, "watero.
Ikuwonjezeranso kuti mtundu wa Mtukulapakhomo nawonso ukukula msanga ndipo uli ndi kuthekera kotulutsa ma tonni 30 pa hekitala malinga ndi momwe alimi aku Malawi alili ku Malawi pomwe mtundu wa Ufulu akuti umakhwima m'masiku 90 mpaka 110 ndipo utha kupereka matani 30 pa hekitala.
“Kaso ali ndi kuthekera kotulutsa ma tonni 30 pa hekitala malinga ndi momwe alimi aliri. Ndimasamba okhwima (masiku 90 mpaka 110 mutabzala), osagona masiku 60, "akutero a Dars ndi CIP.
Iwo akuwonjezeranso kuti kuwunika pang'ono kwa mbatata kwawonetsa kusintha kwa zaka zambiri ndipo pafupifupi akukwera kuchoka pa K1.2 miliyoni kufika pa K1.7 miliyoni ndipo zosakwana K1 miliyoni kufika K1.1 miliyoni za mbatata za mbewu ndi tebulo, motsatana.
"Kuchita bwino kumeneku kukuwonetsa kuthekera kwa mbewuyo monga njira yopezera ndalama olimawo, potero ikuthandizira kulimbikitsa alimi," akutero chikalatacho.