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Europatat, European Potato Trade Association, yawonetsa kukhudzidwa ndi lingaliro la European Commission loletsa kulongedza masamba osakwana 1.5kg. Lingaliroli likufuna kuchepetsa zinyalala za pulasitiki, koma Europatat ikunena kuti kulongedza kumagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri poteteza masamba ang'onoang'ono panthawi yoyendetsa ndi kusunga. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa University of Florida, kulongedza zinthu kumatha kuchepetsa kuwononga chakudya ndi 80%. Choncho, m'pofunika kuganizira ubwino wa kulongedza katundu musanagwiritse ntchito chiletso.
Kafukufuku wa University of Florida adapeza kuti kulongedza kumatha kuchepetsa kwambiri zinyalala za chakudya poteteza zokolola kuti zisawonongeke, kusintha kwa kutentha, komanso kutaya chinyezi. Izi ndizofunikira makamaka kwa masamba ang'onoang'ono, monga tomato wa chitumbuwa ndi kaloti zamwana, zomwe zimakhala zosavuta kuwonongeka panthawi yoyendetsa ndi kusunga. Kupaka kumathandizanso kukulitsa moyo wa alumali wa zokolola, kuchepetsa kufunikira kwa kukonzanso pafupipafupi ndipo pamapeto pake kumachepetsa kuwononga chakudya.
Ngakhale lingaliro la European Commission likufuna kuchepetsa zinyalala za pulasitiki, ndikofunikira kulingalira momwe chilengedwe chimakhudzira kuwonongeka kwa chakudya. Malinga ndi Food ndi Agriculture Organisation of United Nations, gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a chakudya chonse chomwe chimapangidwa padziko lapansi chimatayika kapena kutayika. Izi sizimangowonjezera kutulutsa mpweya woipa komanso kuwononga zinthu zamtengo wapatali monga madzi ndi nthaka.
Ngakhale kuchepetsa zinyalala za pulasitiki n'kofunika, n'kofunikanso kuganizira ubwino wolongedza masamba ang'onoang'ono. Kupaka zinthu kumagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri poteteza zokolola panthawi yoyendetsa ndi kusunga, kuchepetsa kuwononga chakudya, ndipo pamapeto pake kumachepetsa kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe ndi zinthu zomwe zawonongeka. Chifukwa chake, ndikofunikira kupeza kukhazikika pakati pa kuchepetsa zinyalala zapulasitiki ndikuwonetsetsa kuti chakudya chathu chili chabwino komanso chitetezo.