Pofuna kusintha momwe amalima komanso kulimbikitsa kukula kwachuma, boma la Nigeria lawulula ndondomeko yazaka zisanu yomwe ikufuna kulimbikitsa ulimi wa mbatata m'dziko lonselo. Dongosololi, lomwe limadziwika kuti National Potato Strategy, likuyembekezeka kukhazikitsidwa kuyambira 2023 mpaka 2028, ndi cholinga chofuna kusintha bizinesi ya mbatata yaku Nigeria ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale gawo lalikulu pazaulimi mdziko muno.
Kukhazikitsidwa kovomerezeka kwa ndondomekoyi kunachitika ku Jos, Plateau State, kumene akuluakulu akuluakulu a boma, ogwira nawo ntchito ochokera m'madera osiyanasiyana, ndi akatswiri a zaulimi anasonkhana kuti awonetsere izi. Senator Abubakar Kyari, nduna ya zaulimi ndi kasungidwe kachakudya, adati kudzipereka kwa boma pakulimbikitsa ulimi wa mbatata ngati chothandizira kukula kwachuma. Polankhula pamwambowu, adatsindika za ubwino wambiri womwe ndondomekoyi idzabweretse ku Nigeria.
Nduna Kyari adawona kuti ndondomekoyi ikufuna osati kukulitsa ulimi wa mbatata komanso kukhazikitsa mwayi wopeza ntchito ndikupititsa patsogolo moyo wa achinyamata ndi amayi mdziko muno. Izi zikugwirizana ndi zoyesayesa za boma zogwiritsa ntchito luso laulimi ngati njira yothetsera ulova ndi kulimbikitsa chitukuko chophatikizana.
Pofotokoza za kuthekera kwa kulima mbatata m'maboma 12 ku Nigeria konse, Minister Kyari adawona tsogolo lomwe gawo la mbatata mdziko muno lidzakhala gawo lazamalonda lomwe lingakhale gawo lazachuma pazaulimi. Adatsindikanso kufunikira kwachitetezo chokhazikika chazakudya ndi zakudya komanso kuyika mbatata zaku Nigeria ngati chinthu chofunikira kwambiri kugulitsa kunja. Masomphenya amenewa akugwirizana ndi chikhumbo cha boma chofuna kusokoneza chuma chake ndi kupititsa patsogolo msika waulimi padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndunayi yatsindika kudzipereka kwa boma pothana ndi mavuto omwe akukumana nawo pazaulimi. Njira zikukhazikitsidwa kuti zithandizire kupanga kwakukulu, kukonza, kuonjezera mtengo, ndi chitukuko cha zinthu, zomwe zidzakhale maziko oyendetsera kukula kwa mafakitale ku Nigeria. Ananenanso kuti izi zikugwirizana ndi lamulo laposachedwa la Purezidenti lolimbikitsa ulimi wothirira, ndikuyika kulima mbatata kukhala malo oyamba.
Caleb Mutfwang, Bwanamkubwa wa Plateau State, anathokoza boma chifukwa chodzipereka pantchito yopititsa patsogolo ntchito yolima chakudya. Plateau State, yomwe imadziwika chifukwa chopanga mbatata yolimba, ikuyembekezeka kutenga gawo lalikulu pakukwaniritsa bwino dongosolo lazakudya za mbatata. Bwanamkubwayo adalonjeza thandizo lathunthu kuchokera ku kayendetsedwe kake kuti awonetsetse kuti ndondomekoyo ikuyenda bwino, ndikugogomezera kufunikira kwa mgwirizano kuti agwirizane ndi chuma ndi kukwaniritsa zolinga zofanana.
Kukhazikitsidwa mwalamulo kwa dongosolo lazaulimi la mbatata lazaka zisanu kudachititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi omwe akuchita nawo zaulimi ku Nigeria, kuphatikiza National Potato Multi-Stakeholders Forum, GIZ, National Agricultural Seed Council, ndi akuluakulu a National Root Crop Research Institute. Kukhalapo kwawo kumatsimikizira khama logwirizana lomwe likufunika kuti apititse patsogolo chitukukochi.
Pomaliza, ndondomeko ya zaka zisanu ya dziko la Nigeria yolima mbatata ili ndi lonjezo lakukweza chuma, kupanga ntchito, komanso kupititsa patsogolo chakudya. Pokhala ndi masomphenya omveka bwino komanso kudzipereka kwa omwe akukhudzidwa nawo, makampani opanga mbatata ku Nigeria ali ndi mwayi wopikisana nawo padziko lonse lapansi, kutengera mphamvu zomwe dzikolo likuchita popanga. Ntchitoyi ikuwonetsa gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakukwaniritsa chitukuko chokhazikika chaulimi komanso chitukuko chachuma ku Nigeria.