Qu Dongyu, Director-General weFood and Agriculture Organisation yeUnited Nations (FAO), akapa hurukuro yakakosha paWorld Potato Congress muIreland, iyo yakaitika kubva Chivabvu 30 kusvika Chikumi 2, sekureva kweFederal Journal yeAgribusiness.
Mbatata ine mukana wekupa mupiro wakatokura munhoroondo yepasirese uye kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu chepasirese, uye kugadzirwa kwese kwechirimwa ichi chikafu kunogona kupeta kaviri mumakore gumi anotevera. Izvi zvakataurwa muhurukuro yake yakakosha neFAO Director-General Qu Dongyu pa10th World Potato Congress muDublin.
Nhasi, mbatatisi, iyo ine midzi midzi muSouth America, inorimwa paanopfuura mamirioni makumi maviri mahekita munyika zana nemakumi mashanu, uye kugadzirwa kwepasirese muna 20 kwaive matani emamiriyoni mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu. Mamirioni matani muna 150, akadaro FAO Director-General.
"Mbatatisi ichava chimwe chezvirimwa zvinobatsira muhurongwa hwekuchengetedza chikafu chepasi rose kana goho rezvimwe zvirimwa rave pedyo nemuganhu," akadaro Qu Dongyu. Akataurawo kuti Asia neAfrica ndiwo matunhu ari kukurumidza kukura mukugadzira mbatatisi parizvino, ukuwo kugadzirwa kuri kudzikira muEurope neNorth America. Pasi rose, kugadzirwa kwembatatisi kwakawedzera kunyangwe acreage yadzikira, zvichiratidza basa regoho repamusoro.
Achiona kukosha kwemabasa ekumaruwa ane hunhu, kudya kunovaka muviri, uye kusimbisa kudiwa kwemitemo inosanganisirwa, zvirongwa uye zviito, akadana kuwedzera rutsigiro rwekuvandudzwa kwematatisi genetic uye mapfupi ekupfuya mbatatisi, pamwe nekukosha kwaungangoita mbatatisi isina hutachiona. hurongwa hwembeu.
Iyo genebank yeLima International Potato Center yakachengetedza anopfuura zviuru zvinomwe emarudzi akasiyana emuno uye hama dzemusango dzine huwandu hwakasiyana hunhu, kusanganisira kugona kuchinjika kune akasiyana kugadzirwa mamiriro uye kudzivirira tupukanana nezvirwere zvakasiyana. Qu Dongyu akasimbisa kuti kudiwa kwakadzikira kwembatatisi yezviwanikwa kunoita kuti ive chirimwa chakakosha chekudya kuti vanhu vararame nenzara nenjodzi dzinongoitika dzoga. KuChina, mbatatisi inoonekwa sechirimwa chesarudzo mukuwedzera mari uye kuderedza hurombo, akadaro, achicherechedza kuti kugoverwa kwenzvimbo yenyika kunoenderana nekwaimbove nharaunda dzine urombo, kunyanya makomo.