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East Anglia, imodzi mwa zigawo zazikulu zaulimi ku UK, ikukumana ndi zoopsa za chilala chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo. Alimi m’derali amakakamizika kupeza njira zatsopano zothanirana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Nkhaniyi ikufotokoza momwe kusintha mbewu kungakhalire njira yabwino kwa alimi kuti achepetse zovuta za chilala ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ali ndi moyo.
Malinga ndi zidziwitso zaposachedwa kwambiri kuchokera ku UK Met Office, East Anglia yakhala yotentha komanso yotentha m'zaka zaposachedwa. Izi zawonjezera ngozi ya chilala, zomwe zikuwopseza kwambiri alimi m'derali. Chifukwa cha zimenezi, alimi ambiri asintha mbewu zawo n’kuyamba kugwiritsa ntchito mitundu yopirira chilala yomwe imafuna madzi ochepa.
Chitsanzo chimodzi ndikusintha kuchokera ku mbatata kupita ku shuga beet. Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwapa lochokera ku British Beet Research Organisation, beet ndi mbewu yopirira chilala yomwe imafuna madzi ochepa kuposa mbatata. Zotsatira zake, zikuchulukirachulukira alimi ku East Anglia akusintha kukhala beet shuga, yomwe yakhala yotchuka m'malo mwa mbatata.
Mbewu ina yomwe yatchuka m’derali ndi pulses. Zipatso, monga nandolo ndi nyemba, zimadziwika kuti zimatha kukonza nayitrogeni m’nthaka, zomwe zingathandize kuchepetsa kufunika kwa fetereza. Amafunanso madzi ochepa kusiyana ndi mbewu zina, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale njira yabwino kwa alimi omwe ali m'madera omwe akugwa chilala.
Ngakhale kuti kusintha kwa mbeu kuli ndi ubwino wake, palinso mavuto amene alimi amakumana nawo. Chimodzi mwazovuta zazikulu ndi kusowa kwa chidziwitso komanso luso lolima mbewu zosiyanasiyana. Alimi ayenera kuphunzira njira zatsopano zolimira ndi kuzolowera njira zatsopano zolima, zomwe zingatenge nthawi komanso zowononga ndalama zambiri.
Kusintha mbewu kungakhale njira yabwino kwa alimi aku East Anglia kuti athe kuthana ndi zoopsa za chilala zomwe zimadza chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo. Posintha mbewu zambiri zopirira chilala, alimi atha kutsimikizira moyo wawo ndikuthandiza kuti gawo laulimi likhale lokhazikika. Komabe, kuti njirayi igwire ntchito, alimi amafunikira thandizo lachidziwitso, zothandizira, ndi ndalama zowathandiza kusintha mbewu zatsopano.