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Ku Mexico, ulimi wa mbatata wadziko lonse ukukumana ndi mpikisano waukulu kuchokera ku mbatata yochokera kunja kuchokera ku United States. Mogwirizana ndi gawoli, ziwerengero ngati wazamalonda Roberto Garza akuyerekeza kutayika kwa 10% pamsika, kudzutsa nkhawa zakuwonongeka kokhudzana ndi tizirombo ndi zovuta zina.
Kupanga mbatata ku Mexico sikumangokhalira kulimbana ndi chithandizo chochepa chaboma komanso zovuta pakukulitsa ndalama zoyendetsera bwino komanso kuwongolera tizilombo, koma kuyambira pakati pa 2023, zakumananso ndi kukwera kwa katundu wochokera ku United States.
Malinga ndi Roberto Garza Villarreal, CEO wa Agropecuaria El Arranque, tuber yaku America yakhala yowopsa kwa opanga aku Mexico kuyambira pakati pa chaka chatha.
Ananenanso kuti opanga aku US amalandira thandizo lalikulu, kuphatikiza ndi mwayi wokhala ndi madzi ambiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti malo awo azikhala opindulitsa.
Komabe, adachenjeza kuti mbatata izi zimabwera ndi tizirombo ndi matenda omwe sapezeka Mexico, chophatikizidwa ndi chakuti amatha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati mbewu za mbatata.
"Ndi nkhani yomwe boma lomwe lilipo lidalola chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mitengo kapena mliri, koma zitha kukhudza kwambiri ulimi wonse, chifukwa matenda oyambitsidwa ndi mbatata zaku America sangakhudze mbatata zakunyumba zokha komanso tomato, tsabola, ndi zina zonse. mbewu zofanana,” adatero Garza.
Garza adatsimikiza kuti ngakhale kunali pakati pa chaka chatha pomwe mbatata zaku America zidalowa mdziko muno, tsopano ali ndi gawo lalikulu la 10% pamsika.
"Ndikukhulupirira kuti pakapita nthawi, adzatikankhira kunja," anawonjezera.
Ananenanso kuti panalibe zotsatira zamtengo wapatali mu 2023. Komabe, lero, mbatata zaku Mexico zimagulitsidwa m'masitolo odzipangira okha MXN 29 (USD 1.7) pa kilogalamu (pamene opanga dziko amagulitsa MXN 10 kapena 14 (USD 0.42 kapena 0.82). ), ndipo mbatata zaku America zimagulitsidwa MXN 14 (USD 0.82), popeza alibe zolembera zambiri.
Pamapeto pake, ngakhale masitolo odzipangira okha akugulitsa mbatata zaku Mexico pamtengo wowirikiza kawiri womwe amagula kuchokera kwa opanga dziko, Garza adatsimikiza kuti palibe chomwe angachite chifukwa izi ndizochitika pamsika.
Kuzindikira Kupambana
Atatha kutenga nawo gawo pa Msonkhano Wapachaka Wogulitsa wa PepsiCo Foods Mexico, a Roberto Garza Villarreal adati adaitanidwa kukhala mlimi kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka 20.
Ndi ntchito kuyambira ku San Rafael, Nuevo León, mpaka ku Huachichil kudera lamapiri la Saltillo, Agropecuaria El Arranque ili ndi mahekitala 320, ndipo 70% ya mbatata imapita ku Sabritas.
Ananenanso kuti zokolola zimachitika pakati pa Seputembala mpaka Disembala, zomwe zikupanga ntchito 300, pomwe ntchito yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi imachitika kuyambira February mpaka Meyi.
Garza Villarreal adatchula zaka 10 ngati othandizira a Sabritas, ndikuwunikira kufunikira kwawo osati m'chigawo chokha komanso m'dziko lonse, kuthana ndi chikoka cha PepsiCo paulimi wadziko chifukwa cha miyezo yabwino yomwe imatsatira.
Kuchuluka kwa mbatata zaku America ku Mexico kumabweretsa zovuta kwambiri kumakampani akumbatata, zomwe zimakhudza msika komanso chiwopsezo chomwe chingakhalepo chifukwa cha kufalikira kwa tizilombo. Ngakhale kuti pali nkhawa zokhudzana ndi tsogolo la olima m'nyumba, mgwirizano pakati pa ogwira nawo ntchito m'mafakitale ndi thandizo la boma kungakhale kofunikira kwambiri pothana ndi zovutazi ndikuwonetsetsa kuti ntchito zaulimi ku Mexico zikuyenda bwino.