ERBIL, Dera la Kurdistan - Alimi a mbatata ndi akuluakulu aku Kurdistan akuti zoletsa mayendedwe a coronavirus zaumitsa msika wazomera chaka chino.
"Msika wathu waukulu uli m'zigawo zakumwera kwa Iraq ndipo amalonda samatha kuyenda mosavuta [kunyamula katundu wawo]," Dr Amjad Ubeyid, unduna wa zamalimidwe, adauza Rudaw Lamlungu.
Anthu okhala m'chigawo cha Kurdistan amagula pafupifupi matani 90,000 a mbatata chaka chilichonse, pomwe alimi aku Kurdistani amapanga pafupifupi katatu pachaka, malinga ndi kafukufuku wochokera ku unduna wa zamalimidwe. Chifukwa cha kupezeka kwa mbatata kwa alimi kuposa zomwe anthu akufuna mderalo, kusamutsa mankhwalawo m'dera la Kurdistan ndikofunikira.
“Ngati Boma Lachigawo la Kurdistan (KRG) lingatithandizire kugulitsa malonda, lipeza ndalama zambiri kudera la Kurdistan. Sizosiyana ndi mafuta. Kulima ndalama ndikofanana ndi mafuta, ”a Ahmed Mohammed, mlimi wa mbatata m'boma la Duhok ku Shekhan.
Ngakhale zotsalirazo zakhala zikuwonjezeka, Dera limatulutsa 30% ya mbatata mu 2020 kuposa zaka zam'mbuyomu, idatero unduna wa zamalimidwe.
Alimi odziwa zambiri akuti kutumizidwa kwa masamba ochokera ku Iran kwathandizira kuwononga msika wakomweko.
“Timabzala mbatata zochepa m'dzinja. Sitilimba mtima [kubzala zochulukirapo] chifukwa chakugulitsa zinthu kunja [kusefukira pamsika], "Basam Luqman, mlimi wina wa mbatata ku Shekhan, adauza Rudaw.