Pulojekiti yomwe imapatsa alimi mbewu zambatata zathanzi, zolimidwa pogwiritsa ntchito njira zaukadaulo za labotale ikuchulukitsa zokolola ku Kenya, ulimi akutero katswiri.
Anthony Kibe, wofufuza wamkulu wa polojekiti yofufuza za mbatata yotsogozedwa ndi Anthony Kibe, wanena kuti ku Kenya kukolola mbatata pafupifupi matani khumi pa hekitala imodzi, koma kungathe kuwirikiza katatu kuposa mbeuyo. Bungwe la Regional Universities Forum lochokera ku Uganda la Capacity Building in Agriculture.
Ntchito ya forum ku Kenya - imodzi mwa 11 ku Africa yonse - yapindula ndi alimi ang'onoang'ono pafupifupi 5,000 kuyambira mu 2017. Imapatsa alimi mwayi wopeza bwino, mbewu kudzera mu ndondomeko yotchedwa tissue culture - kulima minyewa ya zomera kapena ziwalo pazitsulo zopangidwa mwapadera. labotale kapena olamulidwa environment.
"Chikhalidwe cha minofu chimapereka njira yabwino kwambiri yofalitsira mbewu mwachangu mbatata, zopatsa zokolola zambiri zopanda matenda,” akutero Kibe.
Tizilombo toyambitsa matenda timapanga timitengo tomwe timadziwikanso kuti apical root cuttings, ndi ma tubers ang'onoang'ono (njere ting'onoting'ono ta mbatata) zomwe zimakhala zoyera komanso zopanda matenda, Kibe akufotokoza, akuwonjezera kuti teknoloji imafulumizitsa kuchulukitsa kwa zinthu kuti athe kufalitsa ndi kubzala kwakukulu.
Tekinoloje ya chikhalidwe cha minofuamagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga zipatso ndi ndiwo zamasamba zopanda matenda komanso zokolola kwambiri ku East Africa, kuphatikizapo nthochi.
Koma mbatata imachitidwa makamaka ndi minda yayikulu yamalonda, makampani opanga mbewu ndi mabungwe ofufuza aboma makamaka chifukwa chamitengo komanso zovuta zaukadaulo, akuwonjezera Kibe, pulofesa wothandizirana ndi agronomy mu dipatimenti ya mbewu, horticulture ndi dothi ku yunivesite ya Egerton ku Kenya.
Izi zikutanthauza kuti mbewu zovomerezeka ndi zokwera mtengo ndipo alimi ang'onoang'ono pafupifupi 800,000 omwe amalima mbatata sizingafike. ulimi ku Kenya.
Zotsatira zake, pafupifupi XNUMX% kapena XNUMX% yokha ya mbatata yobzalidwa ku Kenya ndi yomwe ili ndi satifiketi, malinga ndi International Potato Center, membala wa Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers.
"Izi ndizosiyana ndi alimi otsogola padziko lonse lapansi monga Netherlands ... pomwe 99 peresenti ya alimi amagwiritsa ntchito mbewu zovomerezeka," akufotokoza motero Kibe.
Mbatata, akuti, ndi chakudya chochepa kwambiri pazaulimi ku Kenya kafukufuku dongosolo ngakhale likuthandizira kuthana ndi njala, pomwe 78 peresenti ya kafukufuku wa mbewu zachakudya amapita ku chimanga, mbewu yayikulu kwambiri ku Kenya.
Richard Mbaria, yemwe ali ndi famu ya maekala anayi m’dera la Elburgon m’chigawo cha Nakuru chomwe chili pakatikati pa mapiri olima mbatata ku Kenya, anati kupeza mbewu za mbatata kwa alimi ang’onoang’ono ngati iyeyo n’kovuta chifukwa minda yamalonda imagulitsidwa mochulukira.
"Mlimi wogula mbatata ya timbewu tonunkhira amatha kugwiritsa ntchito kuwirikiza katatu kapena kasanu ndi zomwe amawononga kubzala mbewu wamba," akutero Mbaria. Izi zimakomera alimi akuluakulu, kusiya alimi ang'onoang'ono ndi mbewu zawo zokolola zochepa zomwe adasankha kuchokera m'mbuyomo.
Koma Mbaria ikuwonetsa ubwino wa kudula kwa apical. Akunena SciDev.Net kuti ma apical cuttings 100 amatha kutulutsa ma kilogalamu 100 a mbatata yambewu pafupipafupi.
Kibe akuvomerezana ndi izi, akuwonjezera kuti mitundu yatsopano yopangidwa ndiukadaulo yapangitsa kuti pakhale zokolola zofika matani 30 pa hekitala kuyerekeza ndi matani khumi pa hekitala ya mbewu wamba.
Mike Cherutich, katswiri wa mbatata ku malo opangira mbewu ku Agriculture Development Corporation, Molo ku Nakuru, Kenya, akuti ngakhale mbewu za mbatata zomwe zimapangidwa kuchokera kuukadaulo waukadaulo wa matishu zimakhala zokwera mtengo kuposa ma tubers ovomerezeka kale, luso zimatsimikizira kuti zinthu zomwe zabzalidwa zilibe kachilombo ndi matenda ena akuluakulu monga bacterial wilt.
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