Pambuyo pazaka 36 ndi AHDB ndi mabungwe omwe adatsogola, Katswiri wa mbatata Mike Storey apuma pantchito pa Khrisimasi. Mnzake Adrian Cunnington akuyang'ana kumbuyo ...
Dr RMJ (Mike) Storey wakhala wosewera wofunikira mu mbatata makampani Kwa nthawi yayitali - zaka 36 ndi AHDB ndi mabungwe omwe adatsogola kale komanso zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi pazofufuza za mbatata zisanachitike.
Nthawi yakwana yoti apume pa Khrisimasi ndipo adzamusowa, osati monga wokonda kudya mbatata yokha komanso chifukwa akudziwa zambiri za mbewu zomwe atsala nazo.
Author:
Adrian Cunnington
Mutu wa Sutton Bridge Crop Research (Storage) Ndinakumana koyamba ndi Mike mu 1982. Anali atangolowa kumene mgulu lofufuza za Potato Marketing Board, atagwira ntchito yotupa chotupa cha mbatata kumayunivesite aku UK ndi Netherlands, zomwe ali nazo mpaka pano.
Ku PMB, anali ku ofesi yayikulu ku Knightsbridge, London ndipo anali atapita ku Sutton Bridge - komwe ndimagwira ntchito ngati kanthawi kokakolola - kuti ndikawunikire kuchuluka kwamayesero osiyanasiyana omwe anali gawo la msonkho- pulogalamu yofufuzira yolipidwa kale.
Pomwe ndimalowa nawo ogwira ntchito ku PMB ku Sutton Bridge ku '84, lingaliro lidali litapangidwa kuti asamutse mbali yayikulu ya ntchito ya Board kuchoka ku London kupita ku Cowley m'mphepete mwa Oxford. Mike anali m'modzi mwa anthu ogwira ntchito omwe adasamutsidwa kupita ku nyumba yosavomerezeka ya Pakati pa Towns Road (yotchuka ndi Bill Bryson m'buku lake lotchedwa A Small Island).
Monga Research Officer, ntchito ya Mike idafunikira kuyendera madera onse aku UK (ndi akunja) kuti akawunikire zomwe zikuchitika pakufufuza mbatata pamitu yomwe ikukulirakulira komanso njira zatsopano. Anazitenga zonsezi ndikuyamba kudziwika kuti amatha kusonkhanitsa maphwando kuchokera kudera lonse la boma, maphunziro ndi mafakitale kuti agwirizane pantchito ndikupereka kafukufuku wapamwamba kwambiri pa kilogalamu iliyonse ya omwe amapereka ndalama.
Kudzipereka pantchitoyi sikunakhalepo vuto kwa Mike. Amakhala komweko - nthawi zambiri kuseri, nthawi zina kutsogolo - kuthira mafuta mawilo kapena kuyika bizinesi ya kampaniyo pakakhala kafukufuku watsopano kapena zovuta zina zomwe ziyenera kuthetsedwa, Nduna kuti ikomane kapena nkhani yokhudza ukadaulo yomwe ikuyenera kuyendetsedwa ndi atolankhani.
Kutsatira kwa Tim Dent mu 1988, Mike adapemphedwa ndi Bob Meredith kuti atenge impso ku Sutton Bridge ndipo adagwira ntchitoyi - limodzi ndi ntchito yake yatsopano monga Research Manager - kwa chaka chimodzi kapena kuposerapo, akuchoka kunyumba kwawo ku Oxfordshire kukawononga 2 kapena masiku atatu nafe sabata iliyonse.
PMB idasinthidwa ndi Britain Potato Council ku 1997 ndipo Mike adakwezedwa paudindo wa Director wa R&D kuyang'anira zochitika zazikulu pakufufuza mbatata, kuphatikiza madera ofunikira monga agronomy, DNA-based diagnostics ndi minituber-based production system.
Mwinanso chofunikira kwambiri, adapitiliza kuti kuseri kwawoko ikugwira ntchito yopezera ndalama zatsopano ndi magawo aukadaulo kuti akwaniritse omwe amapereka ndalama za 'bang for buck' wawo pakufufuza mbatata.
Kutenga ndalama kuchokera ku Boma kwakhala luso lapadera; pogwiritsira ntchito ndalama zochepa zomwe ankapereka Mike nthawi zambiri zimalimbikitsa mabungwe omwe amapereka ndalama kuti awonjezere ndalama zochulukirapo pamapulogalamu othandizana nawo kuti athandize onse.
Pafupifupi nthawi imeneyi Mike adachitanso chidwi ndi European Association for Potato Research, pomaliza pake adalowa nawo Khonsolo ndipo, atapuma pantchito a Douglas McRae (wakale wa SCAE / SAC), adasankhidwa kukhala wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Association, ntchito yomwe adagwira mpaka chaka chatha. Adakali mkonzi wa magazini ya Association, Potato Research ndipo wakhazikitsa maulalo apadziko lonse lapansi ofufuza aku mbatata aku Britain padziko lonse lapansi.
BPC idasinthira ku Potato Council pakukhazikitsidwa kwa AHDB ku 2008 ndipo, ngakhale adasamukira kwina, nthawi ino kupita ku Stoneleigh ku Warwickshire - Mike adapitiliza kutsogolera ntchito yake ya Research, mpaka 2015. Ntchito yodziwika bwino yomwe adayang'anira mgawoli ntchito yake idaphatikizapo kupanga mapu amtundu wa mbatata omwe adamalizidwa mu 2012.
Mofananamo panthawiyi, adakhalanso mpando wa Potato Industry CIPC Stewardship Group pomwe kukhazikitsidwa kwa njira zopangira makampani kuti ateteze mphukira yofunika iyi. Gulu lopambana mphotho lathandiza kwambiri kupeza mankhwalawa kwazaka zopitilira khumi ndipo akupitilizabe kukhala wapampando wawo lero.
Posachedwapa, pokonzanso ntchito zaukadaulo za AHDB m'magulu azigawo zosiyanasiyana, Mike adakumana ndi vuto loyambitsa gulu la Resource Management, akugwira ntchito m'magawo onse kuyambira ziweto mpaka kulima, dothi, madzi ndi michere.
Kukhazikitsidwanso kwa RB209 kalozera wazakudya za mbatata komanso kampeni ya AHDB Great Soils zakhala zikuwatsogolera gulu lake. Koma, nthawi yomweyo, wakhala akugwira nawo ntchito yolumikizana ndi mbatata kudzera mu R&D Committee yomwe imayang'anira mapulogalamu ogwira ntchito kumayunivesite ambiri komanso malo ofufuza mbatata monga James Hutton Institute, NIAB CUF, SASA, SRUC ndi Sutton Bridge.
Komiti iyi yathandizira pakufufuza kofunika kwambiri pamakampani omwe Mike anali nawo, akugwira ntchito ndi mipando yodziwika bwino yomwe yakhala ikugwira ntchito monga Jim Godfrey, Jim Cruickshank, Tony Bambridge, Janet Bainbridge, Fiona Fell ndipo, posachedwa, Alastair Redpath.
Mike wakhala akugwira nawo ntchito yoyang'anira Sutton Bridge kwazaka makumi atatu ndipo andipatsa thandizo lofunika panthawiyi yomwe ndimayamika kwambiri.
Mu 2009 Mike adapatsidwa Mphotho ya PBGA ya James Hardie; mu 2012, adapatsidwa Mphotho ya Britain Potato ndipo mu 2017, adalandira John Green Memorial Trophy (pansipa) chifukwa chothandizira kwambiri pamsika waku Britain wa mbatata. Kuzindikira bwino ntchito yabwino. Munthawi yake yopuma, amasangalala ndi moyo wabanja, kuyenda, kuyenda ndikuyang'anira mbalame, kwinaku akuyang'anitsitsa zochitika za Newcastle United kuti zimukumbutse za mizu yake ku Geordie.
Tikufuna kuti iye ndi mkazi wake, Barbara, apume pantchito yayitali, yopindulitsa komanso yosangalatsa, yomwe yakhala yolimbikira ntchito komanso yoyenerera.