Alimi a mbatata za mbewu akuti akuchitiridwa ngati zidole pamasewera andale omwe ali ndi mapaundi 13.5 miliyoni akutumiza kunja kukayika kumapeto kwa nthawi yosintha ya Brexit. Olima akhala akugwira ntchito molimbika kuti atumize mbewu za mbatata za chaka chino kumayiko aku Europe nthawi yosintha isanathe pa 31 Disembala.
Onaninso: Alimi a mbatata ya mbewu akukumana ndi lamulo loletsa kunja kwa Brexit
Monga membala wa EU, UK yatumiza kunja 30,000t ya mbatata zaku Britain zamtengo wapatali $ 13.5m kupita ku mainland Europe nthawi iliyonse yachisanu. Koma malonda omwe akupitilira ndiwokayika chifukwa EU yakana kupatsa mwayi dziko la UK Dziko Lachitatu la mbatata zambewu - udindo wofunikira kuti zotumizira zipitilize. Kutumiza kuchokera ku Great Britain kupita ku Northern Ireland kulinso kokayikitsa chifukwa cha malire amalire ndi Ireland. Mlimi wa Dundee Andrew Skea amayendetsa bizinesi ya mbatata ya Skea Organics kuchokera pafamu yake ku East Mains Farm, Auchterhouse.
Wotsogolera wogulitsa Mbatata ya mbewu
Kampaniyi ndi yomwe ikutsogolera kugulitsa mbatata za mbewu kwa alimi ku UK ndi Europe, komanso madera ena akutali. Pafupifupi 45% yamalonda a Mr Skea amapita ku Europe - ngakhale misika yayikulu ili ku North Africa, pomwe Egypt ndiye yayikulu kwambiri kuposa onse. A Skea, yemwenso amatsogolera komiti ya Brexit ku Britain Potato Trade Association, adati zidamutengera zaka 20 kuti amange bizinesi yake mpaka lero.
Anatinso amatumiza mbatata ngati yamisala kwa miyezi iwiri yapitayo - amatumiza zinthu ku Germany, Ireland, France ndi Sweden chaka chino.
"Kwenikweni, msika umatseka kwa ife pakatha sabata imodzi," a Skea adauza BBC Radio 5 Live. Ananenanso kuti: "Tikukhulupirira kuti mitu ina idzaphwanyidwa ndipo idzakonzedwa - sitikudziwa ngati zitenga milungu ingapo, miyezi kapena zaka. "Ndithudi idzasankhidwa." Kuperewera kwa chitsimikizo cha boma kuti alimi aku UK apitiliza kutsatira miyezo ya EU atha kukhala kuti agwirizana za mbatata, atero a Skea.
"Nthaka yomwe timabzala mbewu za mbatata imayenera kuyezetsa matenda osiyanasiyana asanadzalemo," adatero. “Ndipo mbewuzo zimayang'aniridwa munjira zosiyanasiyana nyengo yakulima ndiyeno pamakhala zowunikira zina zisanatumizidwe. “Ndiye pali malamulo ambiri oyeserera ndikuchepetsa matenda. Ndi ntchito yamaluso kwambiri. ”
A Skea adati anali "wokhumudwa kwambiri" kuti amalandidwa bizinesi yawo popanda chifukwa. "Zimangokhala ngati tili pamasewera andale."