M'mabanja aku US, mbatata zatsopano sizongodya chabe chakudya chamadzulo - ndizofunikira kwambiri pakugulitsa m'madipatimenti opanga zinthu m'dziko lonselo. Malinga ndi zomwe zagulitsidwa zaposachedwa, mbatata imakhala ngati masamba atsopano omwe amagulitsidwa kwambiri, zomwe zikuwonetsa kukula modabwitsa komanso kulimba mtima pamsika. Pamene ogula amafuna kusinthasintha, mtengo, ndi zakudya, mbatata ikupitiriza kukhala ndi malo olimba m'makhitchini aku America, kupanga 9.7% ya mapaundi onse okolola ndi 21.1% ya mapaundi onse a masamba m'masitolo m'dziko lonselo.
Kugulitsa Zosasintha ndi Kukula kwa Voliyumu
M'chaka chathachi, kugulitsa mbatata kwakula, zomwe zikupanga ndalama zokwana $4.4 biliyoni. Mbatata nthawi zonse imakhala pakati pamagulu asanu apamwamba omwe amakolola pogulitsa madola, ngakhale pamsika wampikisano wamagulu 130 a zokolola. Poyerekeza ndi nthawi ya mliri wa June 2018-2019, kuyambira Juni 2023 mpaka Julayi 2024 idakwera $ 1.3 biliyoni pakugulitsa mbatata. Kuphatikiza apo, ogula adagula mapaundi ochulukirapo 322 miliyoni kuposa mliriwu usanachitike, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti nthawiyi ndi yachiwiri kwambiri pakugulitsa mbatata m'zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi.
Kuchulukaku kumachitika chifukwa chokonda ogula masamba atsopano, osinthasintha omwe amakwaniritsa zosowa zosiyanasiyana zophikira. Mbatata ikhoza kukonzedwa m'njira zambiri, kuyambira kukazinga ndi kukazinga mpaka kupukuta ndi kuphika, zomwe zimakopa chidwi chambiri komanso zakudya zomwe amakonda.
Kulowa Kwapakhomo Ndi Kuthekera Kwa Kukula Kwa Msika
Chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino pakugulitsa mbatata ndikulowa kwawo modabwitsa - 85.2% ya mabanja aku US amagula mbatata, ndipo mabanja ambiri amagula pafupifupi 11 pachaka. Kulowa mumsika uku kumapangitsa mbatata kukhala nkhokwe yakukhitchini komanso ngati njira yodalirika yopezera ndalama kwa ogulitsa. Monga Nick Bartelme, Global Marketing Manager of Retail for Potatoes USA, akunenera, kuthekera kwakukula kumakhalabe kwakukulu. "Ngati theka la mabanja omwe amagula mbatata pakadali pano atagulanso kamodzi pachaka, zitha kugulitsa $218 miliyoni ndi mapaundi owonjezera 231 miliyoni, zomwe zikukhudza msika," adatero Bartelme.
Kuzindikira uku kumapereka mwayi wofunikira kwa ogulitsa ndi alimi. Poonjezera kuchuluka kwa magulidwe, ngakhale pogula kamodzi pachaka, ogulitsa amatha kuwona kupindula kwakukulu. Poganizira kuchuluka kwa nyumba zomwe zimagulidwa komanso kugulidwa pafupipafupi, mbatata imatha kupititsa patsogolo phindu la ogulitsa ndikuthandiza alimi kukwaniritsa izi.
Mbatata Monga Malo Ogulitsa Malonda
Kwa madipatimenti opanga, mbatata zatsimikizira kukhala zodalirika, zogulitsa chaka chonse. Ngakhale kuti akukumana ndi mavuto azachuma, iwo amafunabe zinthu zambiri chifukwa cha kukwanitsa kwawo kugula zinthu, kukhala ndi moyo wautali, ndiponso kusinthasintha. Kugulitsa kochulukira kukuwonetsa momwe ogula amakokera ku zakudya zomwe zimapatsa phindu komanso kugwiritsa ntchito kangapo. Izi zimapindulitsa ogulitsa onse, omwe amawona kuchuluka kwa ndalama kuchokera ku malonda a mbatata apamwamba, ndi alimi, omwe amapindula ndi kufunikira kosasintha, kolimba.
Kukwera kwa malonda a mbatata kumatsimikizira kufunika kwa masambawa kwa ogulitsa komanso ogula. Monga wogulitsa kwambiri m'madipatimenti opangira zokolola, mbatata sikuti imangothandiza kwambiri kuti zinthu ziziwayendera bwino komanso kuti zitheke kukula. Ngakhale kukwera pang'ono pakugula pafupipafupi, mbatata zitha kuyendetsa mamiliyoni pakugulitsa kowonjezera, kupindulitsa onse ogulitsa komanso alimi. Kwa ogulitsa, kulimbikitsa kugula mbatata imodzi pachaka pachaka kumatha kubweretsa phindu lalikulu, pomwe kwa ogula, mbatata ipitilira kukhala chinthu chofunikira kwambiri kukhitchini.
