Chaka chilichonse, dziko lapansi likamayamba kuganiza za kukolola kwatsopano, alimi a ku India amabzala mwachidwi mbewu zawo za mbatata, poyembekezera kuti zidzakolola zochuluka. Koma kuseri kwa ziwonetsero, gulu lankhondo lomwe lili chete la ngwazi zosadziwika limachita gawo lofunikira pakuwonetsetsa kuti ma spuds athu okondedwa ali ndi thanzi komanso thanzi. Izi ndi achifwamba, ndipo mmodzi wa akatswiri awo otchuka ndi Akbar, ndi mainjiniya opanga anatembenuka wonong'ona wa mbatata.
Ulendo wa Akbar kupita kudziko lankhanza unayamba kwinakwake 2006 pamene adawona mwayi m'mbali yolima mbatata iyi yomwe anthu ambiri amainyalanyaza. Atate ake, Mughal Azam, kale nawo ntchito mbatata ndi Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) ku Jalandhar, Punjab, anali kukambirana za mgwirizano waukulu, ndipo Akbar adatenga mwayi kuti agwirizane naye ndikupanga Akbar Agribusiness, bizinesi yokhazikika pazambiri za Potato roguing.
Lero, Akbar akutsogolera gulu la 500 ankhondo omwe amagwira ntchito molimbika kuposa kuposa 22,000 maekala minda ya mbatata ku Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, ndi West Bengal. Ukatswiri wake wakhala ukufunidwa kwambiri ndi makampani akuluakulu monga Mahindra HZPC, PepsiCo, McCain, Hyfun, ndi Greenfay, komanso mafamu otchuka ngati Dhillon Farm (Zira, Ferozpur), Karanvir Farm (ndikukhulupirira), ndi Noor Farm (Haryana), dalirani timu ya Akbar pazosowa zawo zovuta.
Koma kodi kuwononga ndi chiyani kwenikweni? Ndi njira yosamala yomwe imaphatikizapo kuzindikira ndi kuchotsa mbewu zambatata zamwano ku mbewu zina zathanzi. Zomera zonyansazi zitha kukhala chilichonse kuyambira udzu wosafunikira mpaka mbewu zamitundu yolakwika, kapenanso zomwe zili ndi matenda monga virus kapena blackleg. Pamapeto pake, roguing imathandizira pakupanga zokolola zabwino, imapewa kusakaniza mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya mbatata m'mibadwo yotsatira ndikupewa matenda.
Gulu la Akbar laphunzitsidwa kuzindikira osati mitundu ya mbatata yokha komanso thanzi lake. Amayang'anitsitsa chomera chilichonse, kuyang'ana zizindikiro za matenda kapena zopunduka, kuonetsetsa kuti zomera zathanzi komanso zofunika kwambiri zimakhalabe. Ntchito yosamala imeneyi, yomwe nthawi zambiri imachitika m'mikhalidwe yovuta, ndiyofunikira kwambiri kuti mbewu za mbatata zisamayende bwino.
Ngakhale kuti ntchitoyi ingawoneke ngati yosavuta, imafuna kukhala ndi diso lakuthwa komanso kumvetsetsa kwambiri mitundu ya mbatata ndi matenda. Gulu la Akbar limaphunzitsidwa mozama kuti likhale akatswiri pakuzindikira mbewu zathanzi kuchokera kwa achinyengo. Ntchito yawo ndiyofunikira pakuwonetsetsa kuti minda ya mbatata ikuyenda bwino, ndipo pamapeto pake, popereka ogula mbatata yathanzi komanso yokoma.
Nkhani ya Akbar ndi chitsanzo kwa ngwazi zosadziwika bwino zomwe zimagwira ntchito mosatopa kuti tipeze chakudya chathu. Iye ndi chitsanzo chowala cha momwe kudzipereka, luso, ndi chilakolako cha khalidwe zingakhudzire kwambiri ntchito yaulimi. Pamene tikusangalala ndi mbatata yathu ya mbatata kapena mbatata yosenda, tiyeni tikumbukire khama la anthu monga Akbar ndi gulu lake, omwe amaonetsetsa kuti mbale zathu zadzazidwa ndi mbatata yabwino kwambiri.
