#ReducingPotatoLosses #PostHarvestLosses #Potatoes #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #Farming #Storage #SproutIhibitors
Mbatata ndi mbewu yofunika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, koma kuchuluka kwake kwa madzi kumapangitsa kuti zitha kuonongeka pambuyo pokolola panthawi yaulimi, kuchiritsa, kusamalira, kulongedza, ndi kusunga. Izi zimabweretsa kuchepa kwa kupezeka kwa chakudya komanso kukhazikika. Pofuna kuthana ndi vutoli, akatswiri amalangiza njira zosiyanasiyana, monga kusankha mbatata yoyenera, kuwongolera nthaka ndi nyengo, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zoyenera. Kugwiritsa ntchito kosungirako kuzizira kocheperako komanso zoletsa mphukira, monga CIPC kapena mafuta ofunikira, kungachepetsenso kutayika. Komabe, kugwiritsa ntchito CIPC kumatha kubweretsa zoopsa paumoyo ndipo kungayambitse khansa mu nyama.
Kafukufuku wofalitsidwa mu Potato Research, wopangidwa ndi ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, cholinga chake ndi kufufuza zomwe zimayambitsa kutayika pambuyo pokolola mumitundu iwiri yotchuka ya mbatata ku India, K Chipsona-1 ndi K Pukhraj. Kafukufukuyu adawonetsa mbatata zosasankhidwa ngati zomwe zimayambitsa kutayika panthawi yaulimi, komanso kuchepa thupi kwanthawi yayitali monga chifukwa chachikulu pakusamalira, kuchiritsa, ndi kunyamula. Kusungirako milu kunapezeka kuti ndiyo njira yowononga kwambiri yosungirako, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti thupi likhale lolemera komanso kutaya chinyezi. Kafukufukuyu amalimbikitsa kusunga mbatata pa 10-12 ° C ndi chopondereza mphukira kuti muchepetse kutayika panthawi yosungira ndi kusungirako.
Kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa mbatata pambuyo pokolola ndikofunikira kuti chakudya chikhale chotetezeka komanso kuti chikhale chokhazikika. Pomvetsetsa zomwe zimayambitsa kutaya ndi kuchitapo kanthu, tikhoza kuchepetsa kutayika ndikuwonjezera kupezeka kwa chakudya.