M'madera amapiri a Nepal ndi Bhutan, komwe kumakhala kovutirapo komanso nyengo yapadera yaulimi, mbatata zakhala mbewu yofunika kwambiri. Sikuti amangothandiza kwambiri kuti pakhale chakudya chokwanira, komanso amathandizira alimi komanso amagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri m'misika yamayiko ndi kunja. Ku Bhutan, mabanja opitilira 22% a alimi amadalira kulima mbatata, amatulutsa pafupifupi matani 38,000 pachaka, ambiri omwe amatumizidwa kumayiko oyandikana nawo. Momwemonso, ku Nepal, mbatata ili ngati mbewu yachinayi yofunika kwambiri pambuyo pa mpunga, chimanga ndi tirigu, zomwe zimathandizira kupitilira 6% ku GDP yadziko.
Mbatata ndizofunika kwambiri m'madera okwera ku Nepal, komwe amapereka zakudya zofunikira m'madera omwe mbewu zina zimavutikira kukula. Kukwera kosalekeza kwa kadyedwe ka mbatata kukuwonetsa kufunikira kwa mbewu m'maderawa. Pakadali pano, zokolola ku Nepal zimachokera ku matani 10 mpaka 17 pa hekitala, koma pali kuthekera kuwirikiza kawiri ziwerengerozi ndikukhazikitsa njira zabwino zaulimi ndi mitundu yatsopano ya mbatata.
Apa ndi pamene ntchito ya International Potato Center (CIP) imakhala yovuta. CIP yakhazikitsa njira yolimbikitsira kupanga mbatata ku Nepal ndi Bhutan pophunzitsa asayansi akumaloko umisiri wapamwamba kwambiri wopangira mbewu komanso njira zotsimikizira zabwino. Ntchitoyi ikufuna kukonzekeretsa magulu a National Potato Programme ndi chidziwitso ndi zida zofunikira kuti apititse patsogolo kachulukidwe ka mbeu komanso kupeza mitundu yapamwamba komanso yolimba.
M'maphunziro aposachedwa omwe adachitika ku Bangalore, India, ophunzira ochokera ku Bhutan ndi Nepal adadziwitsidwa zaukadaulo wamakono monga ma apical cuttings (RAC) ndi ma Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP). Ukadaulo wa RAC umalola kuchulutsa mwachangu kwa mitundu yatsopano ya mbatata pogwiritsa ntchito timitengo tating'onoting'ono tomwe timatulutsa, kuchepetsa kwambiri nthawi yofunikira popanga mbewu. Njirayi imathandizanso kuchepetsa kufala kwa matenda obwera m'nthaka, kuonetsetsa kuti mbeu za mbatata zathanzi komanso zotsika mtengo kwa alimi.
Ukadaulo woyeserera wa LAMP ndi chida chowunikira chomwe chimazindikira tizilombo toyambitsa matenda msanga, zomwe zimapatsa alimi kuthekera kodziteteza matenda asanafalikire. Izi ndizofunikira makamaka m'madera okwera kwambiri, komwe kuzizira kumatha kukulitsa zovuta zaumoyo. Ndi zida zatsopanozi, CIP ikuthandiza alimi kuthana ndi zovuta monga matenda, tizirombo, ndi kusinthasintha kwa zokolola, pomwe ikulimbikitsa kutengera mitundu ndi njira zotsogola.
Pulogalamu yophunzitsa, yomwe inatsogoleredwa ndi akatswiri monga Dr. Kalpana Sharma, Bambo Ravindranath Reddy, ndi Bambo Elly Atieno, adaphatikizansopo maphunziro othandiza. Ophunzira adaphunzira zaukadaulo komanso zamanja pakupanga kwa RAC komanso kutumiza zoyeserera za LAMP. Kuphatikizidwa kwa ophunzira ochokera ku yunivesite ya Horticultural Sciences Bagalkot kunawonjezeranso mwayi wophunzira, kulimbikitsa mgwirizano m'mayiko onse.
Ntchitoyi ndi gawo la ntchito yayikulu yolimbikitsa mbewu ku Nepal, Bhutan, ndi India, kuthandiza alimi kukulitsa zokolola ndikukwaniritsa kufunikira kwa mbeu. Poyang'ana kwambiri za khalidwe la mbeu ndi kasamalidwe ka matenda, ntchito ya CIP ikuthandizira chitukuko chokhazikika cha anthu akumidzi ndikuthandizira chitetezo cha chakudya ku Himalayas.
Kukhazikitsidwa kwaukadaulo wopangira mbewu komanso njira zowunikira matenda, monga RAC ndi LAMP assays, zikuthandizira kusintha ulimi wa mbatata ku Nepal ndi Bhutan. Pokhala ndi njira zowonjezeretsa mbeu, alimi ali okonzeka kulima mbatata zokolola zambiri, zosamva matenda, kuonetsetsa kuti chakudya chili chokhazikika komanso bata pachuma. Kupita patsogolo kumeneku sikungowonjezera zokolola zaulimi komanso kupatsa mphamvu alimi akumaloko kuti akwaniritse kufunikira kwa mbatata mderali.
