Mbatata ichirimwa chakakosha chekudya uye chekuchengetedza hutano musub-Saharan Africa. Asi pane dambudziko rakakura - kushomeka kwekuwana mhodzi dzemhando yepamusoro.
Mamiriro acho haana kusiyana muCameroon, uko kugadzirwa kwembatatisi pagore kunongori 300 matani - zviri pasi pekufungidzira kudiwa kwenyika. Uye zvakare, nekuwedzera kwekugadzirwa, varimi veCameroonia vaigona kuwana purofiti kubva kumikana yekutumira kune dzimwe nyika dzakavakidzana seChad, Gabon neCentral African Republic.
Zvakadaro, kuwaniswa kwembeu yembatatisi yakatemerwa kwakadzikira zvakanyanya (<5%), zvichireva kuti varimi vazhinji vanogadzirazve mhodzi dzembatatisi dzakasakara kuti dzizodyarwa, dzichibereka avhareji ye7-10 tonnes pahekita (t/ha), iri pasi pegoho rakakodzera. pa 20-30 t/ha.
Asi kubudirira kuchangoburwa muKenya (mumbeu dzembatatisi) - inotsigirwa neInternational Potato Center (CIP) - ine chivimbiso chikuru kuCameroon nedzimwe nyika dzeSSA, uko mbatatisi inogona kutora chikamu chepakati mukuchengetedza chikafu.
Kushanda nevadyidzani vekuKenya, CIP yakabatsira kuvaka nekubatanidza kugadzirwa uye kuwana zvinhu zvekutanga kugadzira mbeu yakasimbiswa kubva kuminitubers. Zvishandiso izvi zvinosanganisira macrones ekutanga uye test-tube zvirimwa zvemhodzi dzakagadziridzwa, izvo zvinoburitsa goho repamusoro uye zvinomiririra mikana yekuwana mari inoyevedza kuvarimi vadiki.
Kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezve nyaya yebudiriro yeKenya, CIP neGreen Innovation Centers for Agriculture and Food Project (ProCISA) yakaronga rwendo rwenhume gumi nembiri dzeCameroonia, kusanganisira vaongorori veInstitute for Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), vakuru veBazi rezvekurima. uye Rural Development (MINADER) uye vagadziri vembeu vakazvimiririra kubva kumatunhu akasiyana kuti vadzidze zvakawanda nezvekuvaka huwandu hwekugadzira mbatatisi nehunyanzvi hwazvino.
“Kenya yafambira mberi mukurima mbatatisi nekusimudzira kugona. Tauya kuzodzidza nekuona kuti tingatora mamodheru here. Zvose zvichashanduka. Kumisikidza marabhu embeu ingori kutanga,” anodaro Julie Teh Nguh, Mutevedzeri weMukuru weMINADER.
Cameroon mamiriro
Varimi vembeu dzembatatisi kuCameroon parizvino vanopinza mbeu yavo zhinji kubva kuNetherlands neFrance kuti igokuriswe nekutengesa. Zvakadaro, mbeu yembeu iyi inogona kubereka kwemwaka miviri chete yobva yatadza kubereka mushure meizvi. Pamusoro pazvo, mbeu dzavanogadzira dzinowanzodhurira varimi vakawanda munyika.
Nhumwa dzakabva kuCameroon dzakadzidza kuKenya nzira dzokugadzira marabhoritari uye masisitimu ekugadzira mhodzi dzembatatisi dzemhando yepamusoro dzinogona kutengeswa nemutengo wakaderera asi dziri pamusoro pembeu dzinobva kunze kwenyika.
KuKenya Agricultural Research and Livestock Organisation (KALRO), nhumwa yakaona mafambisirwo anoitwa mbesa dzembeu dzine mhodzi dzine utano. Nekuda kweizvozvo, varimi vekuKenya vaona kudzikira kunoshamisa kwekuvava kwebhakitiriya muzvirimwa zvavo zvembatatisi.
“Zvese zvinotangira murabhoritari yedu. Hatingakundike panguva ino… “Sezvo kudiwa kwembeu yakachena kuri kukura, varimi vachange voda zvekushandisa kuti varime zvirimwa mumachubhu ebvunzo akawanda. Isu tinofanirwa kuparadzira zvirimwa nekukurumidza uye pasi peyakanakisa aseptic mamiriro. Ndinoda kuti chikwata changu chizive zvidzidzo zvandakadzidza kubva parwendo urwu,” akadaro Rauwitta Omabit, nyanzvi munyaya dzematissue kuIRAD.
Mushure mekushanyira lab, nhumwa dzakaenda kuKisima Farms, purazi rembeu rakazvimiririra muMeru County iro rinoshandisa aeroponics kugadzira mbatatisi, uye Stockman Rozen Kenya, imwe kambani yakazvimirira inoshanda neyakagadziridzwa test tube zvirimwa nevarimi veko kuti vabudise mbeu dzakachena. .
MuKenya, 15-25 machubhu anogona kuwanikwa kubva kune imwe yakagadziridzwa chubhu chirimwa, uye katatu kakawanda anogona kuwanikwa mumunda.
“Chiito changu chekutanga ndechekuvaka marabhoritari. Ndinoda kutanga bhizinesi rekushambadza nekutengesa akagadziridzwa test tube zvirimwa uye kugovera kuvarimi. Imwe tekinoroji yakadai seaeroponics inoda kuronga kwenguva refu.",akadaro Norbert Kenfak, sachigaro wemubatanidzwa wekurima wePROPOTEM kumadokero kweCameroon.
Mhando dzinodiwa pamusika
Asi mbeu dzakachena hadzina kukwana kuvandudza kugadzirwa. Kuwedzera kwegoho hakugadzirise nyaya dzezvekudya nekudya kunze kwekunge mhando dzakagadzirwa dzakatengwa nevatengi pamusika (N. Ronoh/CIP).
Kambani inouchika mbeu yeKALRO yakabura varimi mhando dzakawanda dzinopa goho repamusoro zvichienderana netsvakiridzo yemusika yaifungidzira kufarirwa kwadzo. Unica rudzi rutsva runofarirwa nevarimi.
“Tinofanirwa kuvandudza nekuvandudza mhando dzemhando dzemuno. Tinoda mhando dzemakwikwi. Mazhinji emhando dzedu dzakakosha, akadaro Clement Vara, anozvimiririra anogadzira mbeu. "Tinoda kuti Unica nedzimwe mhando dzeCIP dziwedzerwe kukhathalogi yedu yenyika."
Pakupedzisira, nhumwa dzakabva kuCameroon dzakakurudzirwa kusimudzira kuumbwa kwemapoka evarimi kuti vakurumidze kuparadzira mazano matsva nemhando dzakasiyana munharaunda.
Wachira Kagungo, CEO weNational Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK), akati kubudirira kwavo kunobva pakuedza kushambadzira nekusimudzira mbeu dzemhando yepamusoro. Digital mapuratifomu akaitwa kuti awanikwe kukwirisa uye kuronga ruzivo;
"Viazi Soko Yedu (webhusaiti) inopa ruzivo rwekupedzisira-kusvika-kumagumo nezve kukosha kweketani kubva pakugadzirwa kusvika pakushambadzira mbatatisi, pamwe nekupa mazano ezvemamiriro ekunze kune vese vanobatana. Kuburikidza nechirongwa ichi, varimi vanokwanisa kuhodha mbeu pachine nguva uye NPCK inoronga kutakura mbeu dzakarongwa,” vakadaro VaKagungo.
Chikwata cheCameroon chakapedza mazuva mashanu ari muKenya.