Mlimi waku Ethiopia: Guta Gudisa from Jeldu Woreda (district) of the Oromia region
Yoperekedwa ndi Dr. Berga Lemaga, CIP
Othandizana ndi Boma ndi Wayiyensi: Ethiopia Institute of Agricultural Research(EIAR) idapereka mbewu, maphunziro & kutsatsa; International Potato Center (CIP) idapereka maphunziro, matekinoloje & zothandizira kubadwa ku EIAR. Bureau of Agriculture idapereka ziphaso zoyenerera mbeu. Mabungwe omwe siaboma kuphatikiza World Vision adagula mbewu zake za mbatata; Kampani yaku Dutch idagula mbewu zake.
1. Mgwirizano ndi kuthandizira mabungwe atsopano kwa bizinesi ya mbatata
Mlimi Guta Gudisa adasiya 9th kalasi chifukwa chosowa thandizo ndipo adaganiza zokhala mlimi wa mbatata. Analandira mbewu za mbatata zamitundu yabwino, maphunziro a kasamalidwe ndi kasamalidwe ka pambuyo pokolola komanso ndondomeko ya bizinesi yokolola mbatata kuchokera ku Holetta Agricultural Research Center ya Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) ndi CIP. Anabzala kambewu kakang'ono kabwino komwe adapeza kuchokera ku EIAR pagawo la 20m x 20m. Iye anachita chidwi ndi zotsatira zake ndipo anabwereka ndalama kwa anthu a m’dera lake ndi chiwongola dzanja chambiri chosavomerezeka kuti abwereke malo oti awonjezere ulimi wa mbatata. Tsopano amakula mpaka mahekitala 22 a mbatata pa nyengo (nthawi zambiri pamakhala nyengo ziwiri), makamaka yolima mbewu komanso amapanganso mbatata. Kuphatikiza pa ulimi wa mbatata, akupanga mabizinesi ena kuphatikiza, kupanga mkaka kuchokera ku ng'ombe zachilendo zomwe adagula ku EIAR, mitengo ya bulugamu, mayendedwe oyendetsa magalimoto pogwiritsa ntchito magalimoto atatu omwe ali nawo, mphero, ndi zina zonse zomwe zidalipiridwa poyambirira mbatata.
Guta amapereka ntchito kwa anthu okhala kumeneko. Ali ndi antchito 18 okhazikika komanso oyambitsa 60 panthawi yamavuto. Komanso, akukonzekera kumanga sukulu ndi hotelo, zomwe zidzathandiza kwambiri anthu ammudzi.
2. Zinthu zobzala zabwino komanso zabwino
Guta imapanga mpaka mahekitala 22 a mbatata kutsata njira yodziwika bwino ya mbeu. Izi zidapangidwa ndi CIP ndi EIAR ndipo zimazindikirika ngati njira yopititsira patsogolo kaphatikizidwe ka mbatata yabwino kwambiri. Minda yake ya mbatata imayang'aniridwa kawiri pakukula ndipo nthawi ina m'malo ogulitsira magetsi ndi oyang'anira ophunzitsidwa bwino ochokera ku bungwe loyang'anira zaulimi ndi zachilengedwe. Maphunziro amaperekedwa kwa oyenderawa ndi EIAR ndi CIP kuti awadziwitse za kayendetsedwe ka minda ya mbatata. Ngati Guta sapeza chilolezo chosonyeza kuti mbewuyo ikukwaniritsa zofunikira za QDS, sangagulitse zokolola zake kuti apeze mbewu. Iye ndi m’modzi mwa gwero lalikulu la mbewu zabwino kwa alimi ozungulira dera lake, komanso ochokera m’madera osiyanasiyana a dziko lino, ena akuchokera kutali kwambiri ndi makilomita oposa 700.