Pofuna kuchepetsa kudalira mbatata za ku Ireland zomwe zimachokera kunja, boma la Zimbabwe laika maganizo ake pa kulimbikitsa ulimi wamba, zomwe zachititsa kuti anthu ayambe kudya mbatata, makamaka pakati pa achinyamata.
Unduna wa Za nthaka, Ulimi, Usodzi, Madzi, ndi Chitukuko Chakumidzi udawonetsa kuchuluka kwazakudya za mbatata zaku Ireland ndi mpunga, makamaka pakati pa achinyamata, m'makalata aposachedwa.
Pofuna kuthandizira kukulaku, malo opangira ndalama za mbatata adakhazikitsidwa mu 2021, kutengera kulengeza kwa mbatata ngati chakudya chanzeru.
Mu Meyi 2022, Boma lidakhazikitsa Potato Value Chain Financing Facility ku Parklands Farm ku Norton, ndicholinga chothana ndi vuto la kusowa kwa mbatata lomwe m'mbuyomu lidapangitsa kuti dzikolo litengeko gawo lalikulu lazofunikira, makamaka kuchokera ku South Africa.
Ziwerengero zochokera ku Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) zawonetsa kuwonjezeka kwakukulu kwa mbatata yatsopano kapena yoziziritsa, kukwera kuchokera ku US $ 2.6 miliyoni mu 2019 kufika ku US $ 12.9 miliyoni mu 2022.
Pofuna kuteteza ulimi wa pakhomo, Boma lidakhazikitsa lamulo loletsa kuitanitsa mbatata kuchokera ku South Africa mu Januware 2024 kutsatira kufalikira kwa kachilombo ka tsabola wa ringspot mdziko muno. Mlembi wamkulu mu unduna wa za malo, ulimi, usodzi, madzi ndi chitukuko cha kumidzi, Professor Obert Jiri, anatsindika kufunika kwa malamulowa pofuna kuteteza malonda a mbatata ndi alimi. Boma tsopano likuyang'anira mwatcheru ma protocol a mbatata ochokera kunja ndi mbewu za mbatata kuti zitsimikizire chitetezo ndi kukula kwa gawo la mbatata.
Pazaka zapitazi, dziko la Zimbabwe lakhala likuchulukirachulukira pakupanga mbatata pachaka, ndipo ziwerengero zakwera kuchoka pa matani 400,000 munyengo ya 2013/14 kufika pa matani 600,000 munyengo yokolola ya 2019/20.