#PotatoFarming #BruneiAgriculture #FoodSecurity #ClimateChange #SeedPotatoProduction
Mbatata ndi chakudya chofunikira kwambiri m'maiko ambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndipo Brunei ndi wosiyana. Ngakhale kulima mbatata sikunafalikire ku Brunei monga momwe zilili m'mayiko ena, mbiri ya kulima mbatata m'dzikoli inayamba zaka makumi angapo zapitazo.
Mbatata idayambitsidwa koyamba ku Brunei ndi oyang'anira atsamunda aku Britain koyambirira kwa zaka za zana la 20. Komabe, m’zaka za m’ma 1970 pamene ulimi wa mbatata unayamba kutchuka m’dzikoli, alimi ankalima mbatata kuti azidyera pakhomo.
Masiku ano, mbatata imabzalidwa m'malo angapo ku Brunei, kuphatikiza zigawo za Belait, Tutong, ndi Temburong. Mitundu yomwe imalimidwa kwambiri ndi Russet Burbank, Kennebec, ndi Shepody.
Limodzi mwazovuta zazikulu zomwe alimi a mbatata ku Brunei akukumana nazo ndi nyengo yotentha komanso yachinyontho ya dzikolo, yomwe ingasokoneze mtundu ndi zokolola za mbewuyo. Pofuna kuthana ndi vutoli, alimi nthawi zambiri amalima mbatata m'miyezi yozizira ya chaka, kuyambira December mpaka February.
Vuto lina lomwe alimi a mbatata ku Brunei akukumana nalo ndikupeza mbatata yapamwamba kwambiri. Pofuna kuthana ndi izi, boma lakhazikitsa njira zingapo zolimbikitsa ulimi wa mbatata m’dziko muno, kuphatikizapo kupereka thandizo laukadaulo ndi ndalama kwa alimi.
Ngakhale zovuta izi, ulimi wa mbatata ku Brunei ukhoza kutenga gawo lofunika kwambiri pachitetezo cha chakudya komanso chitukuko chachuma. Ndi chithandizo chopitilira boma ndi ena omwe akuchita nawo, ulimi wa mbatata ku Brunei ukhoza kupitiliza kukula ndikukula m'zaka zikubwerazi.