European Potato Trade Association Europatat chikamu chemubatanidzwa wepasi rose uri kutora chikamu muchirongwa chetsvakiridzo cheADAPT (Accelerated Development of Multiple Stress Potato). Iyi purojekiti ine chinangwa chekugadzira matipi matsva ekugadzira mbatatisi akakodzera kune yakaoma mamiriro ekukura emangwana. Iyo ADAPT chirongwa chakatanga muna Chikunguru 2020 uye ichaita kwemakore matatu nebhajeti yakazara ye5 miriyoni euros, Agrobusiness inoshuma.
Zvinodiwa zvevarimi vembatatisi zvinonyanya kufarira vaongorori, vanodyidzana nemaindasitiri uye varimi vanobatanidzwa muchirongwa ichi. Muongororo yepamhepo, ADAPT yakabvunza varimi kuti vanzwisise shanduko yemamiriro ekunze, zviitiko zvavo nekukanganisa kwemamiriro ekunze pakugadzira mbatatisi, uye kuda kwavo mhando dzembatatisi dzakagadziridzwa.
Pakazara, mubatsiri ane mutoro wekudzidza kweADAPT - iyo Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) - yakagamuchira mhinduro mazana mashanu nemakumi mashanu nenhatu, mazhinji acho aibva kuvarimi vembatatisi muAustria, Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Slovenia, Belgium. Poland, Spain neGreat Britain.
Vanopfuura 80% yevarimi vembatatisi vakaratidza kuti kusanaya kwemvura nekupisa kwakawedzera kukanganisa kugadzirwa kwavo kwembatatisi mumakore gumi apfuura. Zvakare, vangangosvika makumi mashanu muzana vevakaongororwa vakaona shanduko yemamiriro ekunze sengozi huru yekurima mbatatisi mumapurazi avo. Maererano nevarimi vanodarika makumi mashanu kubva muzana, zvipembenene nezvirwere zvinokonzerwa nemamiriro ekunze zvakakonzerawo zvakaipa. Vanopfuura 10% vakacherechedza kukanganisa kwekunaya kwemvura yakawanda. Mhinduro dzakafanana dzakagamuchirwa payakabvunzwa nezvekuipa kunogona kuitika mukugadzirwa kwembatatisi mune ramangwana.