M'nkhaniyi, tikufufuza kafukufuku waposachedwa kwambiri wochokera ku Wageningen University & Research (WUR) omwe akuwunikira ubwino wochedwa kukolola mbatata. Dziwani mmene lipoti lochititsa chidwi limeneli likuvumbula kuti kukolola pambuyo pake sikumangowonjezera zokolola zokha komanso kumathandiza kwambiri kuchepetsa kutsika kwa nthaka, kupereka chidziwitso chamtengo wapatali kwa alimi, akatswiri a zachuma, akatswiri a zaulimi, eni mafamu, ndi asayansi m'madera a ulimi.
Malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa la Wageningen University & Research (WUR), kuchedwetsa kukolola mbatata kwatsimikizira kukhala njira yabwino kwa alimi komanso chilengedwe. Zomwe zachitikazi zikuwonetsa kuti kuchedwetsa kukolola mbatata sikungowonjezera zokolola komanso kutsika kwapang'onopang'ono kwa nthaka, komwe kungakhale ndi phindu lalikulu paulimi wokhazikika.
Kafukufuku wambiri wa WUR akuwonetsa kuti kuchedwa kukolola mbatata kumapangitsa kuti mbewu zifike kukhwima, zomwe zimapangitsa kukula kwa tuber ndi zokolola zambiri. Kusintha kwa zokololaku kungakhudze chuma chaulimi, kupatsa alimi phindu lalikulu komanso chitetezo chokwanira cha chakudya.
Komanso, lipotilo likuwonetsa kuti kukolola mbatata pambuyo pake kumathandizira kwambiri kuchepetsa kutsika kwa nthaka. Leaching imachitika pamene madzi ochulukirapo amatsuka m'nthaka zomanga thupi ndi agrochemicals, zomwe zitha kuipitsa matupi amadzi omwe ali pafupi ndikuwononga chilengedwe. Polola mbatata kuti ikule kwa nthawi yayitali, mbewuzo zimapitilizabe kudya michere m'nthaka, kuchepetsa kutsika kwamphamvu ndikuteteza nthaka kukhala yathanzi.
Zotsatirazi zimakhala ndi tanthauzo lalikulu pa ulimi wokhazikika. Kugwiritsa ntchito njira zochedwa kukolola sikumangowonjezera zokolola za mbatata komanso kumalimbikitsa kusamalira nthaka moyenera. Pochepetsa kuchepa kwa michere ndi mankhwala ofunikira, alimi atha kutengapo gawo lalikulu pakuteteza madzi abwino komanso kuthandizira zachilengedwe m'madera omwe amalima.
Pomaliza, lipoti la WUR likugogomezera kufunikira kolandira kuchedwa kukolola mbatata ngati njira yabwino paulimi wamakono. Mchitidwewu sikuti umangokulitsa zokolola za mbatata, zomwe zimathandizira kuti alimi atukuke pachuma komanso amapatsa mphamvu alimi kuthana ndi vuto la chilengedwe. Mwa kukhathamiritsa nthawi yokolola, alimi, akatswiri azachuma, mainjiniya aulimi, eni mafamu, ndi asayansi onse atha kuyambitsa kusintha kwabwino pofunafuna chakudya chokhazikika komanso chokhazikika.
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