Otsatirawo amakhala ndi nthawi yokwanira kuti akwaniritse zomwe akwaniritsa ndikuwunikira njira yomwe adayenda. Koma amatilimbikitsanso kuti tiyembekezere kuwona zomwe zisanachitike, malo ena omwe tifunika kupita.
Polemekeza zaka 50, International Potato Center (CIP) idachita chikondwerero pa intaneti chomwe chidayang'ana kwambiri zoyesayesa zawo ku Africa komwe imagwiritsa ntchito mbatata ndi mbatata polimbikitsa njira zatsopano zopezera zakudya, chakudya, komanso kukula kwa mamiliyoni a alimi ang'onoang'ono.
"Tasangalala kugwira ntchito ndi CIP chifukwa amatipatsa nthawi yamavuto ndipo amatithandiza kukwaniritsa zolinga zathu," atero a Ruairi De Burca, Director General wa Irish Aid, omwe athandizira ntchito ya CIP ku Malawi komanso mayiko ena ambiri aku Africa. "Tipitiliza kuyang'ana za njala ndi zakudya zopatsa thanzi ndikulimbikitsa chitukuko chokhazikika ...
"Zomwe adzachite m'tsogolo" kuchokera ku Irish Aid ndi othandizira ambiri ndi mabungwe othandizira padziko lonse lapansi zidzawoneka bwino kumapeto kwa chaka chino ku United Nations 'Food Systems Summit, UN Climate Change Conference (CoP 26), ndi Msonkhano wapachaka pa Zakudya Zakudya 4 Kukula.
Pamwambowu, malonjezano awa (komanso zovuta zomwe adakumana nazo) ndizofunikira pazokambirana za anthu anayi zokhudzana ndi ntchito ya CIP ku Malawi ndi anzawo ndi malo ena 11 a CGIAR, omwe amapereka njira zabwino kwambiri pamagulu abwinoko a mbatata ndi mbatata pomwe amapereka zenera labwino kwambiri kudzera momwe tingawonere kuthekera kosintha machitidwe azakudya mzaka 50 zikubwerazi.
Ndipo nthawi yosintha kachitidwe ka chakudya sikungakhale kofulumira kwambiri ku Africa: anthu aku kontrakitala akuyembekezeka kufikira 2.5 biliyoni pofika 2050. Kufunika kopanga chakudya chochuluka popanda zinthu zofunikira zachilengedwe kukuwonjezeka kwambiri. Kupitilira apo, zopanga zasayansi komanso mgwirizano zitha kuthandiza kuti pakhale chakudya chokwanira komanso mwayi wopezera anthu onse aku Africa, makamaka achinyamata.
"Zatsopano kuchokera ku CIP zatenga mitundu yambiri ku Malawi," atero a Wilkson Makumba, Director of the department of Agricultural Research Services. “Kuyambira 2007, tathandizira kukhazikitsa mitundu 10 ya mbatata ndi mitundu 13 ya mbatata, ndipo tapititsa patsogolo njira zambewu ndi ma aeroponics, micropropagation, ndi zofunika pakutsatsa mbewu. Kupita patsogolo kumeneku kwathandiza kuti dziko lathu likhale ndi zakudya zokwanira komanso kuti lipeze ndalama zambiri. ”
Kwa a Regina Kapinga, Mutu wa Zoyimira ndi Kukakamiza Anthu ku International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), zatsopano za mbatata, mbatata ndi mbewu zina za mizu ndi ma tuber sizinakhale zofunikira kuposa nthawi ya mliriwu.
Timawatcha kuti 'COVID-19 absorber absorber.' Chifukwa mbatata ndi mbatata zimatha kumera m'malo ovuta ndipo zimafuna antchito ochepa kuposa mbewu zina, zakudyazi zidathandiza kupulumutsa mabanja ambiri pamavuto. M'tsogolomu, chilala ndi kusefukira kudzachitika, izi zidzakhala mbewu zoyamba kupereka chakudya ndi chakudya. Komanso, mkati mwa mliriwu, mbatata ndi mbatata sizinakhudzidwe ndi kusintha kwamitengo yapadziko lonse, mosiyana ndi chimanga ndi mpunga. ”
Kuchepa kwa ntchito kwa mbatata ndi mbatata kumaperekanso mwayi kwa azimayi ndi achinyamata kutenga nawo mbali pamsika ndikuyika ndalama zambiri muulimi, malinga ndi a Jean Pankuku, Wapampando wa Root and Tuber Development Trust ku Malawi komanso wochita bizinesi ndi bizinesi yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito puree wa mbatata pazinthu zophika. Komabe, akuwonjezera kuti, kulingalira kwakukulu kumafunikira pamaketani amitengo kuti zinthu zazing'ono zitha kukulitsidwa kuti apange misika yamphamvu kwa alimi.
Mfundo yomalizirayi inanenedwa ndi Jane Ininda, Mutu wa Kafukufuku wa Mbewu ndi Kukula kwa Machitidwe ndi Alliance for Green Revolution ku Africa. Anatinso alimi akuyenera kudziwa kuti padzakhala ogula mbatata ndi mbatata asadatsimikize kuti apereka chuma china ku mbewuzo. "Komano," adatero Ininda, "Tikufunikiranso kudziwa bwino zomwe ogula akufuna ndipo tifunika kuwawuza zambiri za thanzi la mbewu izi."
Zitsanzo zonsezi zochokera ku Malawi, atero a Paul Demo, Mtsogoleri Wachigawo ku CIP ku Africa, akuwonetsa mphamvu zamatchulidwe komanso mgwirizano polimbikitsa mabungwe adziko lonse komanso ochita nawo malonda. “Ubale wathu ndi Malawi udali wachichepere poyerekeza ndi mayiko ena aku Africa. Koma tidawona zomwe zikugwira ntchito m'malo ena ndipo tidazibweretsa pano ndizoyenera. Kenako tidalimbikira kukulitsa kuthekera kwa asayansi ndi oweta kuti tiwonetsetse kuti mitunduyi izitha kudzisamalira mtsogolomo. ”
Mwachitsanzo, Demo adatchula Malawi Crop Root and Tuber Development Trust, yomwe idayamba ngati gulu la alimi komanso opanga chakudya ndipo lero ndi bungwe lovomerezeka lomwe likugwira ntchito ndi mabungwe kuti apange njira zopangira mbatata ndi mbatata.
Pomaliza gawoli, Director General wa CIP (komanso CGIAR Global Director wa Genetic Innovation), a Barbara Wells, adawonetsa chisangalalo pothekera kothekera kwa mbatata ndi mbatata kuti igwire gawo lalikulu pakusintha kwa chakudya komwe kukufunika mwachangu kukwaniritsa 2030 Zolinga Zachitukuko Chokhazikika. "Sikokokomeza kunena kuti zopindulitsa ku Africa pazakudya zaulimi ndizofunikira kwambiri pakukweza chakudya ndi chakudya padziko lonse lapansi ... zatsopano ndi mgwirizano womwe wafotokozedwa pano lero upitilizabe kukhala moyo wa ntchito yathu mu One CGIAR." .