Ndi chisangalalo chachikulu, World Potato Congress Inc. (WPC) yalengeza kuti msonkhano wa 13th World Potato Congress udzachitikira ku Kenya mu October-November 2026. Chigamulochi chikutsatira mgwirizano pakati pa Polish Potato Federation ndi WPC kuti aletse chochitika chomwe chinakonzedweratu ku Gdansk, Poland, mu June 2026.
Kenya idapatsidwa ufulu wokhala ndi Congress, koma mu Meyi 2024, WPC idayenera kuyimitsa lingaliroli kuti lipatse dzikolo nthawi yolimbitsa mapangano ake ndi mabungwe. Komabe, chifukwa chakuchitapo kanthu motsimikiza komanso kukonzekera kwapamwamba, Kenya yapezanso chidaliro komanso mwayi wochititsa chimodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri pagawo la mbatata padziko lonse lapansi.
Purezidenti wa WPC Peter VanderZaag adati:
"Kukonzekera msonkhano wa World Potato Congress kumafuna njira yoganizira. Komiti ya ku Kenya yomwe inachititsa msonkhanowo inayankha mofulumira komanso mwaluso pazovuta zazikulu, zomwe zinapangitsa kuti mwambowu uchitike mdziko muno. Tikukhulupirira kuti izi zipambana padziko lonse lapansi."
Congress ya 2026 idzachitika pansi pamutuwu:
"Kupanga Mgwirizano wa Mbatata Padziko Lonse Pazakudya Zowonjezereka, Chitetezo Chakudya, ndi Malonda Padziko Lonse."
Otsogolera akuluakulu a Congress aphatikiza:
- National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK) - kuyimira mafakitale a mbatata
- Malingaliro a kampani FreshCrop Ltd. - kuyimira mabungwe apadera ndi chithandizo chaukadaulo ndi bungwe
- Padziko Lonse Mbatata (CIP) - kugwira ntchito ngati mnzake wa sayansi
Wachira Kaguongo, CEO of NPCK and WPC International Advisor, said:
"Mothandizidwa ndi omwe akuchita nawo mbatata padziko lonse lapansi komanso akumaloko komanso othandizira makampani, takwanitsa kupeza zofunikira kuti tichitire mwambo wapadziko lonse lapansi."
Malingaliro a kampani FreshCrop Ltd. motsogozedwa ndi Woyambitsa ndi Managing Director Chris Gasperi, wakhala akuchita nawo WPC. Kampaniyi imathandizira alimi ang'onoang'ono 15,000 ku Kenya kudzera munjira yopangira malo, omwe amapereka mwayi wopeza mbewu zovomerezeka, mankhwala agrochemicals, makina, ndalama, ndi misika. Mu 2023, FreshCrop idalandira Mphotho ya National Presidential Farmers. Tsiku lawo lapachaka la Farmers Field Day limakoka anthu masauzande ambiri ndi makampani ambiri - chochitika chapadera chomwe akufuna kuchita nawo paulendo wapambuyo pa Congress mu 2026.
International Potato Center (CIP) imathandizira kwambiri ulimi wa mbatata mu Africa monse kudzera mu kafukufuku ndi luso.
"Congress iyi si mwayi wongowonetsa mayankho okhudzana ndi sayansi, komanso nsanja yolimbitsa mgwirizano ndi atsogoleri amakampani," adatero Dr. Joyce Maru, Mtsogoleri Wachigawo cha CIP ku Africa.
Mwambowu ukuyembekezeka kuchitika pakati pa kumapeto kwa Okutobala ndi pakati pa Novembala 2026. Nthawiyi imapewa nyengo yazambiri zokopa alendo ku Kenya komanso nthawi yayikulu yobzala kapena kukolola ku North America ndi ku Europe, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti anthu otenga nawo mbali padziko lonse lapansi azitha kupezeka.
Congress idzakonzedwa ndi Mtengo wapatali wa magawo PCO, okonza msonkhano wa akatswiri kuseri kwa chochitika chopambana cha 2022 ku Dublin. Zambiri monga malo, kulembetsa, ndi mwayi wothandizira zidzalengezedwa pofika Ogasiti 2025.
Kenya adzakhala dziko loyamba kum'mwera kwa Sahara ku Africa kuchititsa World Potato Congress - mbiri yakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ya mbatata.
Zomwe Muyenera Kuyembekezera ku 2026 World Potato Congress:
- Nthumwi zoposa 1,000 zochokera padziko lonse lapansi
- Thematic pre-conference workshops, ziwonetsero, ndi plenary sessions
- Maulendo a Post-Congress kupita kumafamu ndi malo opangira mbatata
- Kuyang'ana kwambiri paulimi wokhazikika, chitetezo cha chakudya, komanso luso lazogulitsa mbatata
Monga mtsogoleri pakufufuza ndi kupanga mbatata ku East Africa, Kenya singopereka luso lokha komanso kuchereza alendo komanso chikhalidwe chambiri, kuwonetsetsa kuti nthumwi zonse zikhale zosaiŵalika komanso zothandiza.
