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M'madera okwera ku Kenya, komwe mbatata ndi chakudya chofunikira komanso mbewu yandalama, gulu la akatswiri ofufuza akunja komanso ochokera kumayiko ena akuchita bwino kwambiri pothana ndi vuto lomwe limayambitsa matenda ochedwa choipitsa. Dr. Catherine Taracha, Principal Investigator wa polojekiti ku Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), akuwonetsa kuopsa kwa nkhaniyi, ndi 30 mpaka 60% ya mbewu ya mbatata ya pachaka imatayika chifukwa cha kuchedwa.
The Confined Field Trials (CFTs) yomwe ikuchitika ku Muguga, Njabini, ndi Molo ikufuna kuwunika mitundu inayi ya mbatata yosinthidwa chibadwa. Deta yomwe yasonkhanitsidwa m'mayeserowa iwonetsa mitundu yomwe ikupita ku National Performance Trials (NPTs), gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakubweretsa mitundu yolimbana ndi choyipitsa mochedwa. alimi.
Kuthana ndi matenda mochedwa ndi vuto lalikulu kwa alimi ang'onoang'ono, omwe nthawi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito kupopera mankhwala ophera tizilombo pafupipafupi mpaka 20 pa nyengo kuti ateteze mbewu zawo. Dr. Taracha akugogomezera za ntchito ya mitundu ya sayansi ya sayansi ya zakuthambo posamalira bwino matenda, makamaka kwa alimi omwe alibe chuma.
Bungwe la National Biosafety Authority (NBA) lavomereza ma CFTs, kulola ofufuza kuti ayesetse kwa nyengo zitatu kuti apeze zambiri. Erick Korir, mkulu woyang'anira chitetezo chachilengedwe ku NBA, akugogomezera kufunikira kwa njira zokhwima zachitetezo chachilengedwe, poganizira zakusintha kwa mbewu.
Kuthekera kutulutsidwa kwa mitundu ya mbatata ya biotech kwa alimi kumapereka chiyembekezo pakusintha kwaulimi wa mbatata. Mafunde achiwiri a Multi-Location CFTs (ML-CFTs) akuwonetsa zotsatira zabwino, ndi mbatata ya biotech yomwe ikuwonetsa zokolola zambiri komanso kukana kudwala mochedwa popanda kufunikira kopopera mankhwala.
Ntchito ya Feed the Future Global Biotech Potato Partnership, yoyambira ku Kenya, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Indonesia, ndi mayiko ena, ndi ntchito yogwirizana yotsogozedwa ndi Michigan State University. Mgwirizano ndi mabungwe monga International Potato Center (CIP), KALRO, ndi AATF umatsimikizira kufunika kwa ntchitoyi padziko lonse lapansi.
Kupambana komwe kwachitika mu polojekiti ya mbatata ku Kenya kukuwonetsa kupambana pankhondo yolimbana ndi choipitsa mochedwa, zomwe zikupereka tsogolo lowala la ulimi wa mbatata. Chiyembekezo chopatsa alimi mitundu yolimbana ndi choyipitsa mochedwa m'zaka ziwiri sichinangowonjezera kukolola komanso kuthandiza kuti pakhale chakudya chokwanira komanso kuthetsa umphawi m'derali.