Mbatata dziri kuramba dzichizivikanwa muAsia, uko kukura kwehuwandu hwevanhu uye kuvandudzwa kwemadhorobha kuri kugadzira mikana kune varimi vadiki kuti vakwidze mihoro yavo.
Musika weAsia-Pacific wakaoma mbatatisi waive wakakosha kudarika US $ 2018 bhiriyoni muna 19 uye unotarisirwa kusvika pamusoro peUS $ 23 bhiriyoni panosvika 2030. Mabhenefiti anogona kutorwa kubva mukudiwa kuri kukura kwezvigadzirwa izvozvi. Varimi vekuAsia neAfrica vanoda mhando dzembatatisi dzinoenderana nekusanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, dzinobereka goho uye dzinochinjika.
Makore mashanu apfuura, masayendisiti kubva kuInternational Potato Center (CIP) akabatana nekambani yeDutch HZPC mukudyidzana kweveruzhinji nevega vega kugadzira mhando dzinopa goho repamusoro dzinoenderana nemamiriro ekunze.
Iro basa rakashandisa zviwanikwa zvemajini maviri akasiyana emajini: mbatatisi dzekutengesa tekinoroji HZPCinorimwa zvikuru mumapurazi makuru ane mwero wakadzikama uye munzvimbo dzinopisa dzinopisa dzakaderera umo marudzi eko akagadzirwa, akarimwa nemamiriyoni evarimi vadiki muAfrica neAsia.
Kuyambuka kwevabereki vevakuru kubva muvanhu vese vari vaviri, kushandiswa kwemajini mamaki, uye kusarudza nekukurumidza muVietnam kwakaderedza nepakati nguva inowanzodiwa kugadzira akasiyana.
HZPC uye CIP vakabatana vakawana zvavangadai vasina kuita vakazvimirira. Iyo mbatatisi inoguma inosanganisa kuibva kwekutanga, kurwisa chirwere uye nguva pfupi yedormancy.
Machubhu anogona kukohwewa mazuva 80-90 adyarwa, izvo zvinoita kuti varimi varime mbatatisi pakati pezvirimwa zviviri zvemupunga, vachigadzira zvirimwa zvitatu pagore pamunda mumwe chete.
Maererano naRobert Graveland, mutungamiriri HZPC pabudiriro, kambani inoronga kunyoresa mhando ina dzembatatisi muVietnam, Indonesia, India neKenya mumakore anotevera kuti dzigoverwe kuvarimi.
HZPC anonyanya kutengesa mhodzi dzembatatisi kumapurazi ari pakati nepakati uye makuru. Asi kune mapurazi maduku anopfuura mamiriyoni 500 munyika, uye anobudisa zvokudya zvakawanda zvinodyiwa muAfrica neAsia. Ichiziva mikana yebhizimisi, kambani iri kugadzira mazano matsva ekupinda mumusika uyu uri kukura. Ukuwo, CIP yagara yakashanda nehurongwa hwekuuchika mbatatisi kuvarimi vadiki.
Pasi rose rinoda kupeta kaviri kugadzirwa kwechikafu panosvika gore ra2050, uye izvi zvinogoneka nembeu dzembatatisi kana varimi vakashandisa mbeu dzemhando yepamusoro dzembeu dzinogara dziripo, dzakagadziridzwa munyika.
Chirongwa ichi hachingobatsiri varimi chete uye kukurudzira kugadzirwa kwechikafu munzvimbo dzinopisa dzeAsia neAfrica, asi chinogona zvakare kushanda semuenzaniso wekudyidzana kweveruzhinji nevega kune zvimwe zvirimwa nematunhu.