Kachilomboka kakhudza kwambiri mafakitale a mbatata kuyambira pomwe kapezeka ndikufalikira koyambirira kwa chaka, alemba Cedric Porter, Mkonzi wa Msika wa Mbatata Padziko Lonse.
Covid-19 adatulukira pomwe olima ku Northern Hemisphere akukonzekera kubzala mbewu zawo za mbatata. Ambiri ku Europe ndi North America adabzala mitundu yambiri yamatebulo potengera kuchuluka kwa ogula chifukwa amakakamizidwa kukhala m'nyumba. Koma kutsekedwa kwa malo odyera padziko lonse lapansi kuti athandize kufalitsa kachilomboka kumatanthauza kuti olima mbatata amachepetsa madera awo chifukwa chakuchepa kwadzidzidzi.
Zotsatira zake ndikuti kutsika kwa 5% pakupanga mbatata ku USA, ndikutsika kwakukonza mbatata zambiri ngati 10%. M'mayiko asanu akumadzulo kwa Europe omwe akulima mbatata (Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands ndi UK) kupanga kuli pafupifupi 4% kuposa chaka chatha chifukwa madera akulu ku France ndi Germany adachepetsa kuchepa kwakung'ono ku Netherlands ndi UK.
Vutoli lidapangitsa kuwonjezeka kwa 20% pakudya mbatata zapakhomo kunyumba mu Epulo ndi Meyi m'maiko ambiri, kuphatikiza France, Germany, UK ndi USA. Pomwe zoletsa kutsekedwa zidachepetsedwa, kumwa mbatata kunyumba kudatsika ndipo pofika Seputembala adangotsala pang'ono chaka chatha.
Zoletsa kugulitsa malo odyera mosakayikira zidapangitsa kuchepa kwa zofuna za mbatata zopangidwa ndi mbatata zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kuzipanga. Komabe, ziwerengero zikuwonetsa kuti kuchepa kwa kufunika sikunali koopsa. Kufufuza kwa Msika wa Mbatata Padziko Lonse zikuwonetsa kuti malonda apadziko lonse a mbatata ndi mbatata adatsika 3.4% mpaka € 13.240 biliyoni munyengo ya mbatata ya Northern Hemisphere ya Ogasiti 2019 mpaka Julayi 2020. Manambala amenewo anali akadali achiwiri pakukula pambuyo pa mbiri ya 2018/19. Kuchuluka kwa ma fries achisanu kunali pansi pa 5.1% koma owonjezera 6.3% a mbatata zogulitsa zidatumizidwa kunja.
Pomwe zoletsa m'malesitilanti zimabwereranso, ndiye kuti kufunikira kwa zinthu zomwe zakonzedwa kuyenera kutayikiranso, koma makampani apadziko lonse mbatata akuyembekeza kuti zitha kukhala bwino pochulukitsa kugulitsa kwa ogula kunyumba. Vutoli lawonetsa kwa ogula ambiri kuti mbatata ndi chakudya chopatsa thanzi, chosunthika komanso chamtengo wapatali. Kutsimikizira ogulawo kuti apitilize kugula mbatata zambiri zogwiritsa ntchito kunyumba ndikuyamba kugulanso pomwe malo odyera adzatsegulidwenso zikhala zovuta nyengo yonse ya mbatata ya 2020/21 kupitilira apo.
Cedric Porter ndiye Mkonzi wazamalonda apadziko lonse lapansi, kupanga ndi mafupipafupi pamtengo Msika wa Mbatata Padziko Lonse. Onani apa kuti mumve zambiri: www.mafoto.rutomarkets.com kapena muthane naye pa + 44 1892 543444 kapena imelo cedric@supplyintelligence.co.uk Msika wa Mbatata Padziko Lonse ili ndi podcast yake yotchedwa PlanetPotato. Amakondwerera zabwino zonse za mbatata ndipo amatha kumvetsera apa: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1028971 kutsatira PlanetPotato pa twitter @PlanetPotatoPod