Kupanga mbatata kukukulira m'malo ena a Africa ndi Asia. Matani 368 miliyoni a mbatata adakololedwa padziko lonse lapansi mu 2019, pomwe anthu ochokera ku Vietnam kupita ku Kenya, Andes aku Peru kupita ku Rwanda adatulutsa masamba osiyanasiyana, ndikuthandizira kudyetsa anthu pafupifupi 1.3 biliyoni omwe amawadalira ngati chakudya chachikulu.
Ofufuzawa akugwira ntchito yopanga mitundu ya mbatata yosavomerezeka nyengo yomwe imalimbana ndi matenda komanso kusintha kwa nyengo, kuphatikiza kutentha ndi chilala, ndipo ichi ndichinthu chomwe chingapangitse tsogolo labwino kwa alimi aku Africa omwe nthawi zonse akhala akuvutika kupeza mbewu zabwino.
A Thiago Mendes, woweta mbatata ku Kenya wokhala ndi International Potato Center (CIP), yomwe ili ku Lima, posachedwapa akuti mitundu yolimba kwambiri ikupangidwa kudzera m'mitundu yosiyanasiyana.
Ntchito ya Crop Wild Relatives (CWR), yomwe ikugwira ntchito zaka 10, ikutsogozedwa ndi Crop Trust kuti asonkhanitse mitundu yofunikira yazomera zakutchire, kuwonetsetsa kuti isungidwa nthawi yayitali, ndikuwathandiza kugwiritsa ntchito kubzala mbewu zatsopano, zabwino.
Anati mbewu zambiri zomwe zimayambitsa matendawa zimatha kulimbana ndi matendawa mochedwa.
Rwanda ndi gawo lachitatu la mbatata zazikulu zopezeka kum'mwera kwa Sahara ku Africa, komwe kumalimbikitsa chitetezo chazakudya mdziko muno, chomwe chimagwiritsa ntchito makilogalamu 125 pachaka pamunthu. Opanga ena aku Africa ndi Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Angola ndi Ethiopia.