Bungwe lodziwika bwino la International Potato Center (CIP) lomwe lili ku Peru likukhazikitsa malo atsopano ku India, omwe amathandizira alimi osati m'maiko olima mbatata monga Uttar Pradesh, Bihar ndi West Bengal komanso mayiko ena aku South Asia.
Pambuyo pa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kuchokera pamene China idalandira likulu la CIP, India tsopano yakonzeka kulandira CIP-South Asia Regional Center (CIP-SARC), yomwe ikuyembekezeka kukhala ku Agra.
Lingaliro lokhazikitsa CIP-SARC lapeza malo pazokambirana zamasiku 100 za Unduna wa Zaulimi ndi Ubwino wa Alimi, pokonzekera kukhazikitsidwa kwa boma pambuyo pa Juni 4.
Zokambirana zapakati pa akuluakulu aku India ndi Peru zatha bwino, ndikukonzekera kusaina pangano poyembekezera kuvomerezedwa ndi nduna ya Union.
Ntchito yomwe ikuyembekezeredwa ikuyenera kuwononga $20 miliyoni (pafupifupi Rs 160 crore), pomwe India ikupereka $13 miliyoni (Rs 108 crore) ndipo yotsalayo ndi ndalama za CIP. Boma la Uttar Pradesh lalonjeza kuti lipereka mahekitala 10 pamalo omwe akufuna.
CIP-SARC ikufuna kuyang'ana kwambiri pakupanga mitundu ya mbatata yolimbana ndi nyengo, yolimbana ndi matenda ndi mbatata yoyenera kukonzedwa. Idzakulitsa luso la sayansi yapadziko lonse lapansi, njira zambiri zopangira zinthu zatsopano, komanso zida zamtundu kuti zipititse patsogolo kafukufuku waulimi m'derali.
Mukuyenda mwanzeru, kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa kwa likulu lake loyamba la Asia ku China mu 2017, CIP ikukulitsa kupezeka kwake ku India, malo ofunikira kwambiri azaulimi m'derali.
CIP-SARC yomwe ikufunsidwa idzawonetsa kuwonjezera kwakukulu pa kafukufuku waulimi wapadziko lonse ku India, kutsatira kukhazikitsidwa kwa chigawo cha International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) ku Varanasi mu 2017, mothandizidwa ndi Unduna wa Zaulimi.
Kujambula kufanana ndi kupambana kwa IRRI-SARC, gwero linawonetsa kuthekera kwa CIP-SARC kupititsa patsogolo kafukufuku waulimi ndi chitukuko m'dzikoli, mogwirizana ndi machitidwe abwino padziko lonse lapansi.
Pakadali pano, India ili ndi malo awiri ofufuza omwe ali pansi pa Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) omwe amayang'ana kwambiri mbewu za tuber. Pomwe ICAR-CPRI ku Shimla imagwira ntchito pa kafukufuku wa mbatata, ICAR-CTCRI ku Thiruvananthapuram idadzipereka pakufufuza za mbatata. Kuwonjezeredwa kwa CIP-SARC kuli pafupi kulimbikitsanso kafukufuku waulimi ku India, makamaka pankhani ya mbewu za tuber.