Makampani opanga mbatata ku Ireland akukumana ndi zovuta chaka chino chifukwa alimi ambiri akupeza kuti ali ndi theka la mbatata zomwe amafunikira kuti abzale mbewu zawo zazikulu. Kuperewera kwa mbewu za mbatata uku kukuyembekezeka kukhala ndi zotsatirapo zazikulu pakukula kwa spuds zazikulu zomwe zabzalidwa ndipo zitha kusokoneza zokolola, ndikuwonjezera nkhawa zomwe zilipo m'gawoli.
Niamh Brennan, wamkulu wa mfundo za mbatata ku IFA, adawonetsa kuopsa kwa zinthu, ponena kuti alimi ambiri angolandira 50% yokha ya mbewu zomwe adapempha kwa ogulitsa. Pofuna kuthetsa vutoli, alimi akuyamba kugwiritsa ntchito mbewu zosungidwa kunyumba, mchitidwe womwe ungathe kubweretsa kutsika kwa zokolola zabwino komanso zogulira malonda, zomwe zikuwonjezera mavuto omwe alimi amakumana nawo chaka chino.
Kusokonekera komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha Brexit kwapangitsa kuti zinthu zikhale zovuta kwambiri, makamaka ku Ireland, yomwe kale idadalira Scotland pazakudya zake zambiri za mbatata pamaekala 21,000 a mbewu yayikulu yomwe imabzalidwa pachaka. Kukayikakayika kozungulira kupezeka kwa mbeu sikungobweretsa nkhawa pa nyengo yomwe ikubwerayi komanso kumadzutsa ma alarm a 2025 kubzala, monga momwe Brennan adatsindika.
Vutoli siliku Ireland kokha, chifukwa kusowa kwambewu kwakhala vuto lofala ku Europe chifukwa chakuchulukirachulukira kwamitengo yomwe ikukhudza msika wonse wa mbatata. Ollie Whyte, mlimi wa mbatata yemwe amakhala ku Dublin, adagawana zomwe adakumana nazo pakusowa kwa mbewu, ndikuwulula kuti pakadali pano ali ndi 70% yokha ya mbewu zomwe zimafunikira ndikulonjeza zowonjezera 20%, zomwe sizingakhale zokwanira kukwaniritsa zofunikira.
Izi zakakamiza alimi monga Whyte kuti aganizire zogwiritsa ntchito mbatata zawo kuti atseke zomwe zatsala chifukwa chosowa mbewu. Kusinthaku, komabe, kumawonjezera zovuta zomwe alimi akukumana nazo kale ndi nthawi yochedwa yobzala. Nthawi zambiri, kubzala mbewu zambiri zikadatha pakati pa Epulo, koma zosokoneza zalepheretsa kubzala kwa ambiri, ndikuwonjezera zovuta zaulimi wa mbatata chaka chino.