SUMMARY
- Kenya yapempha thandizo la Sh656 miliyoni kuchokera ku International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) kuti lipititse patsogolo kafukufuku wokhudza kupanga mbewu za mbatata ndikuchepetsa kudalira katundu.
- Ndalamayi idzagwiritsidwa ntchito kukulitsa kupezeka kwa mbewu zovomerezeka mdziko muno ndikuchepetsa kutumizidwa kwa ma tubers, omwe akuimbidwa mlandu wobweretsa tizirombo tochokera mdziko muno.
Kenya yapempha thandizo la Sh656 miliyoni kuchokera ku International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) kuti lipititse patsogolo kafukufuku wokhudza kupanga mbewu za mbatata ndikuchepetsa kudalira katundu.
Ndalamayi idzagwiritsidwa ntchito kukulitsa kupezeka kwa mbewu zovomerezeka mdziko muno ndikuchepetsa kutumizidwa kwa ma tubers, omwe akuimbidwa mlandu wobweretsa tizirombo tochokera mdziko muno.
Pakadali pano, Kenya ikudalira Netherlands kuti igulitse mbewu za mbatata kuti zitheke chifukwa dzikolo silimapereka zokwanira kupatsidwa kwa alimi. “M'dziko muno sitimapereka mbewu zokwanira za mbatata ndipo nthawi zonse timayenera kuitanitsa kuti zikachuluke tisanazigawe kwa alimi. Ndi ndalamazi, titha kupanga ma tubers abwino ndikupanga zokwanira zosowa zathu, "watero aulimi PS Hamadi Boga.
Polankhula pamsonkhano wothirira mbewu za tuber mdziko muno, zokonzedwa ndi Self Group Africa, Prof Hamadi adati Kenya imangobereka zochepera pawiri peresenti ya mbewu zomwe zingalimbikitsidwe. Anatinso Kenya ikudalira mayiko ngati Tanzania kuti akwaniritse zofuna za mbatata zaku Ireland chifukwa mitundu yomwe alimi akulima sakwaniritsa zofunikira popanga chakudya monga ma fries aku France.
Mbeu zaku Kenya zimayimilira matani 30,000 pachaka koma dzikolo limangopanga matani 6,700, pomwe alimi ambiri amasinthanso mbewu zam'mbuyomu kuti zizigwiritsidwe ntchito ngati mbewu, zomwe akuti ndi zomwe zapangitsa kuchepa kwa dzikolo. Dzikoli limapanga matani pafupifupi mamiliyoni awiri a mbatata chaka chilichonse ngakhale dzikolo limatha kupereka matani miliyoni eyiti.
Asayansi ku Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalo) akhala akupempha kuletsedwa kwa mbewu zonse za mbatata ndipo m'malo mwake akufuna boma lipereke ndalama zochulukirapo pakufufuza kuti zithandizire kupanga mbewu zakomweko ndikupewa matenda ndi tizirombo tomwe timabwera ndikutuluka kwa zinthuzo. Kalro walola kampani ya Kevian Limited kuti igulitse mitundu isanu yamitundumitundu ya mbatata yobala zipatso zambiri pamgwirizano wazaka 15 wopititsa patsogolo mitundu yolondola yomwe amafunidwa ndi mayiko akunja, omwe akhala akudalira zogulitsa zakunja kuti akwaniritse zosowa za makasitomala awo.
Mgwirizanowu wazaka 15 udzawona a Kevian - omwe amapanga Afia ndi Pick N Peel - azilipira ndalama za Kalro pamlingo wa 2.5% wazogulitsa zawo zonse kuchokera ku mbatata. Kevian adzagawira alimi mbewu zabwino kwa alimi akumadera omwe amalima mbatata, ndipo pambuyo pake adzagula zokolola kuchokera kwa alimi omwewo kuti akonze.