Pa nthawi yomwe CPRI idakhazikitsidwa, mchaka cha 1949, India idapanga mbatata yokwana 1.54 miliyoni kuchokera kudera la 0.234 miliyoni pakupanga kwapakati pa 6.58 t/ha. Malinga ndi FAOSTAT, mbatata ku India mchaka cha 2013 inali 45.34 miliyoni t kuchokera ku 1.99 miliyoni mahekitala ndi zokolola za 22.76 t/ha. Ndi ntchito yolimbika ya alimi a mbatata, asayansi ndi opanga mfundo kuti malo a mbatata, kupanga ndi zokolola zidakwera pazaka 6 ndi 8.5,29.4 ndi 3.5 nthawi, motsatana. Kuthandizira kwa CPRI kwadziwika bwino ndi dziko kangapo, komabe, mbatata ku India ikuyenera kusintha kuchoka pamasamba owonjezera kukhala njira yopezera chakudya. Kuthekera kwa mbatata kupanga zakudya zopatsa thanzi komanso zowuma pagawo lililonse komanso nthawi yake, pakati pa mbewu zazikuluzikulu zazakudya, zapangitsa FAO kulengeza kuti ndi mbewuyi kuti ithetseretu chitetezo cha chakudya padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuthetsa umphawi m'chaka cha 2008. Kuchuluka kwa mabanja ogwira ntchito, kukwera msanga kwa mizinda, chizolowezi chodya kunja, kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe anthu amapeza komanso malo ofunikira ogula mbatata pazakudya zamtsogolo, kupangitsa kuti pakhale zakudya zabwino kwambiri zamtsogolo.
Chiyerekezo chofuna mbatata ku India ndi 122 miliyoni t mu 2050. processing Mbatata yabwino ikwera kuchokera pa 2.8 miliyoni t kufika pa 25 miliyoni t mchaka cha 2050. Zikutanthauza kuti kufunikira kukuyembekezeka kukwera ndi 6% ACGR mpaka 2050, pomwe mbatata yowuma idzakhala ndi ACGR yapamwamba kwambiri (11.6%) kutsatiridwa ndi flakes/ufa wa mbatata (7.6%) ndi tchipisi ta mbatata. Momwemonso, kufunikira kwa zakudya za mbatata zatsopano kudzakwera kuchokera pa 4.5 miliyoni t kufika pa 30 miliyoni t mu 78 pa ACGR ya 2050%.
Chikalata cha 'CPRI Vision 2050' chimapereka kusanthula kwatsatanetsatane kwa zopinga ndi zovuta kuti tikwaniritse zolinga zathu zamtsogolo. Chikalatacho chili ndi njira zothana ndi mavutowa komanso kuchepetsa zopingazi. Kuwunika mphamvu, kukonzekera ndi chikhalidwe cha ntchito za bungweli zimandipangitsa kukhala ndi chidaliro chonse kuti bungweli silidzakwaniritsa zoyembekeza izi zokha komanso kukhazikitsa miyezo yatsopano yapadziko lonse lapansi.
Tikuthokoza Dr. S. Ayyappan, Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa ICAR ndi Mlembi, DARE, ndi Dr. NK Krishna Kumar, Wachiwiri kwa Mtsogoleri Wamkulu (Horticulture Science) poganizira kufunikira kwa ndondomeko ya kafukufuku wanthawi yayitali komanso kutilimbikitsa kutulutsa 'CPRI Vision 2050'. Ndikuthokoza Dr.T. Janaki Ram, Assistant Director General (Horticulture Science), chifukwa chotenga nawo mbali mosalekeza pakuwongolera chikalata cha Vision iyi. Ndemanga ndi malingaliro amtengo wapatali a wapampando wa CPRI wa RAC Dr. GL Kaul anatithandiza kukonza Vision-2050 kwambiri. Komanso, ndikufuna kufotokoza zoyesayesa za Dr. Rajesh K Rana, Principal Scientist, Division of Social Sciences, Dr. PM Govindakrishnan, Wogwirizanitsa Ntchito, AICRP (mbatata) ndi Dr. VK Dua popereka zofunikira za sayansi kuti chikalatachi chiwonekere. Udindo wa akuluakulu a PME cell, Dr. Brajesh Singh popereka zomwe zili mu chikalatachi kwa onse okhudzidwa ndi ovomerezeka. Ndili ndi chikhulupiliro kuti chikalatachi chikhala ngati chowunikira popereka njira zomveka bwino kuti tikwaniritse kafukufuku wa mbatata ndi chitukuko ku India.