Alimi aku US adayamba kutumiza mbatata zatsopano mkati mwa Mexico mu Meyi, pafupifupi zaka 20 pambuyo poti mgwirizano woyamba udasainidwa pakati pa mayiko awiriwa.
Kwa San Luis Valley - dera lachiwiri lalikulu lomwe limalima mbatata mdziko muno - msika waku Mexico ukhoza kubweretsa mamiliyoni a makasitomala atsopano, koma alimi palibe otsimikiza kuti mgwirizanowu upitilira, malinga ndi Jim Ehrlich, wamkulu wa Colorado Potato Administrative Committee ku Monte Vista.
Jim Ehrlich, director wamkulu wa Colorado Potato Administrative Committee ku Monte Vista:
"Tikukayikira kuti Mexico sipeza chifukwa chotsekeranso msika."
Zolepheretsa msika wa mbatata ku Mexico zikuwoneka kuti zidatsika pambuyo poti Khothi Lalikulu ku Mexico ligamula kuti chaka chatha chololeza mbatata zaku US kuti zigulitsidwe m'dera lonselo.
M'mbuyomu, alimi aku US amangogulitsa mbewu zawo m'dera lalikulu la makilomita 26, lomwe lili pafupifupi mamailo 16, kungodutsa malire akumwera.
Mgwirizanowu zaka 20 zapitazo unagwedezeka kuti ulole kugulitsa mkati mwa 26-kilomita zone. Patapita zaka zingapo, mbatata iyenera kugulitsidwa m'dziko lonselo.
Kutsatsa kwa mbatata za Colorado zomwe zidapentidwa m'mphepete mwa shedi ku Center, Colo. pa June 30, 2022. (Mwaulemu: Michael Elizabeth Sakas/CPR News)Ehrlich akuti gulu lamphamvu la alimi a mbatata ku Mexico lathandizira kuletsa kutumiza mbatata kuti isakule. gawo loyamba la mgwirizano.
Jim Ehrlich:
"Tidakhala ndi makilomita 26 (malire) kuyambira 2003 mpaka posachedwa."
Kutumiza mbatata koyamba kudadutsa malire a makilomita 26 pafupifupi miyezi iwiri yapitayo, ndipo Ehrlich adati adamva malipoti okhudza kutumiza pafupifupi 120 popanda vuto lililonse.
Mabungwe omwe amathandizira msika wa mbatata ku US akuyerekeza kuti msika wonse waku Mexico ukhoza kukulitsa mtengo wambatata watsopano ndi $ 190 miliyoni pachaka.
US pakadali pano imatumiza mbatata zatsopano pafupifupi $ 60 miliyoni ku Mexico chaka chilichonse, malinga ndi National Potato Council.
Ngakhale msika ku Mexico ukhoza kukhala wopindulitsa kwa alimi a ku San Luis Valley, omwe amasangalala ndi alimi ku Idaho chifukwa cha kuyandikira kwawo kumalire, Ehrlich akuti alimi sakungoyamba kumene kubzala mizere yatsopano.
Chifukwa chimodzi, amakayikira kuti mgwirizanowu udzachitika, makamaka pambuyo pa zaka 20 zosatsimikizika.
Jim Ehrlich:
"Zokolola zatsopano zikangobwera mu Seputembala ndipo titha kutumiza mabuku okulirapo, tikuyembekeza kuti abweretsa zopinga zina."
Alimi a mbatata ku Mexico asiya mpikisano waku America kudzera m'makhothi kwazaka makumi awiri, ndipo Ehrlich akuti sangawaimbe mlandu chifukwa chofuna kuteteza msika wawo wakutali.
Madzi ochepa m'chigwa cha San Luis ndi vuto linanso kwa alimi, ngakhale msika waku Mexico utseguke mokwanira.
Pakali pano, mbali yaikulu ya chigwachi ili m’chilala, malinga ndi kunena kwa bungwe la US Drought Monitor.
Jim Ehrlich:
“Tikusowa madzi kuno.”
"Ndikuganiza kuti ndizotheka kubzala zambiri, koma osati nthawi yomweyo."
Chigwa cha San Luis pakadali pano chimabzala pafupifupi maekala 50,000 a mbatata, kutsika kuchokera pa 73,000 pomwe Ehrlich adasamukira kuchigwa zaka 26 zapitazo.
Ngakhale ndi msika kumwera womwe ukhoza kukula ndi mazana mamiliyoni a madola, Ehrlich sakuyembekezera kuwona kusintha kwakukulu kwa chigwachi.
Jim Ehrlich:
"Ngati msika ukhala wotseguka nthawi yonse yokolola ya 2022, ndipo mu Meyi 2023 ngati zinthu zikuwoneka bwino, ndiye kuti zitha kubzalidwa zina."
"Ndi zokayikitsa, koma mwina."
Zitenga miyezi yopitilira kutumiza bwino kukopa alimi a San Luis Valley kuti ayambe kubzala mbatata zambiri, malinga ndi Ehrlich.
Koma, akuti, ngati mgwirizanowo udzakhazikika, ma Colorado spuds atha kupita kumwera kwa malire.
Gwero: https://www.potatopro.com