Pofuna kuti alimi adziwe izi, pamsonkhano wa Isinya, alimi adatengedwa kudzera muulimi wa mbewu zomwe zimapereka zokolola zambiri.
Ulimi wa mbatata wakhala ukuchitidwa m'malo omwe mvula imagwa kwambiri. Alimi akumadera ouma komanso ouma kwambiri sachita manyazi kubzala mbewu za mbatata chifukwa amaganiza kuti sizichita bwino. Koma chosangalatsa ndichakuti, mbatata imatha kutukuka m'malo ouma komanso ouma ngati mwachita bwino. Izi zidawonekera patsiku la alimi ku Latia Resource Center ku Isinya, County Kajiado, pomwe alimi adatenga zitsanzo za mbatata zathanzi zomwe zidalimidwa mderali pogwiritsa ntchito kuthirira. Orien Herweijer, Woyang'anira Mabizinesi ku Agrico East Africa adati lingaliro lonse ndikusintha malingaliro a alimi kuti mbatata sizingachite bwino m'malo ouma.
- WERENGANI ZAMBIRI
- 1. Kuti mukhale ndi zokolola zabwino pazolimo za mbatata, gwiritsani ntchito makina ofunika
- 2. Chifukwa chomwe alimi a mbatata amakhalabe otaya mtima ngakhale atakhala othekera
Omwe akuchita nawo ntchitoyi ndi Latia Agribusiness Solutions Ltd, Arysta / UPL, Baraka Fertilizer (Toyota Tsusho), Koppert ndi Potato Services Africa Ltd (Agrico EA). Akatswiri amavomereza kuti alimi atha kupeza mbatata zochulukirapo poyerekeza ndi madera omwe kale kumakhala mvula yambiri.
Pamsonkhanowu, Herweijer adawona kuti awona kuti alimi a mbatata akupeza matani 3 mpaka 4 pa ekala yomwe ndiyotsika. Malinga ndi iye, kuti apange phindu labwino, alimi ayenera kupeza matani oposa 10 a mbatata pa ekala. "Vuto ndiloti alimi ambiri alibe chidziwitso choyenera cha momwe angayendetsere famu yawo ya mbatata ndikupeza zokolola zambiri," Herweijer adauza The Smart Harvest and Technology. Pofuna kuti alimi adziwe izi, pamsonkhano wa Isinya, alimi adatengedwa kudzera muulimi wa mbewu zomwe zimapereka zokolola zambiri.
Gwiritsani ntchito mbewu zovomerezeka
Choyamba, zimayamba ndikugwiritsa ntchito mbewu zovomerezeka. Herweijer adalongosola kuti munthu akagwiritsa ntchito mbewu zabwino komanso zotsimikizika, amatsimikizika kuti adzapeza zokolola zambiri.
“Tikulangizanso alimi kuti asasunge nthangala kwa masiku opitilira asanu. Mbatata sayenera kusungidwa pamalo pomwe mbatata zina kapena zakudya, mankhwala kapena feteleza zimasungidwa. Malo osungira amafunika kuti azikhala ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda asanagwiritsidwe ntchito, "adatero Herweijer, ndikuwonjezera kuti kugwiritsa ntchito mbewu zoyera kumatetezeranso matenda a fungus, makamaka Late Blight. Analangizanso alimi kuti azigwiritsa ntchito mbewu zomwe zitha kupirira nyengo yovuta. Momwemo, mitundu yololeza nyengo imakhala yotentha. Kukhazikitsa madzi okhazikika pantchito yothirira ndikofunikira kwa alimi akumadera ouma, chifukwa pakulima mbatata yathanzi, chomeracho chimafuna madzi okwanira
Pofuna kuthirira madzi m'malo ouma, akatswiri amalimbikitsa kuthirira madzi chifukwa mbewu zimapeza madzi molunjika ku mizu ndipo samangowonongeka madzi. "Pogwiritsa ntchito njira yothirira, palibe madzi omwe amatayika chifukwa cha nthunzi ndipo nthaka imakhala yabwino," atero a Victor Obuchere, katswiri wazolima ku Latia Resource Center. Anachenjeza kuti kugwiritsa ntchito njira yothirira ina monga sprinkler imadzipangira dothi linalake komanso mpweya wa oxygen umakhala chovuta chomwe chimapangitsa mbatata kukula pang'onopang'ono.
Chofunika china pakulima mbatata ndikuyesa nthaka kapena sampuli kuti muwone michere yofunikira m'nthaka. Akayesa dothi, mlimi amakhala ndi mwayi wodziwa feteleza uti komanso kuchuluka kwake. A Sospeter Muturi, ochokera ku Baraka Fertilizer adazindikira kuti feteleza wamba samathandizanso alimi kuti athe kupeza bwino.
Yankho adati, alimi apite ku feteleza wolimba kwambiri. “Tili ndi feteleza wofanana ndi mbewu zina. Zimapangidwa ku Kenya ndipo zimagwirizana ndi dothi lathu, ”adatero. Pazokolola zambiri, alimi amalangizidwanso kuti aone kuchuluka kwa pH ya famu yawo, chifukwa imatsimikizira kupambana kwa zokolola.
Kasinthasintha ka mbeu
Obuchere anachenjezanso kuti mbatata zimakonda kuukiridwa ndi matenda osiyanasiyana a mbatata ndi tizirombo. "Mbatata zimera m'masabata awiri, ndipo mumayamba kupopera mankhwala nthawi yomweyo kuti mupewe matenda," adatero. Analangizanso alimi kuti azisinthana mbewu kuti achepetse kuukira kwa ma nematode.
Katswiri wa ulimi wamaluwa a Charles Macharia komanso General Manager Koppert Biological Systems ati mbatata zobzalidwa m'malo ouma zimatha kukula bwino. "Kumalo otentha komanso otsika, mbatata sizikhala ndi matenda pang'ono poyerekeza ndi zomwe zimalimidwa kumadera omwe kumagwa mvula yambiri," adatero Macharia.