Isu tinoenderera mberi nekuburitsa zvinyorwa zvega kubva kuWPC (World Potato Congress) nezvesangano rekugadzira mbeu mbatatisi muAfrica.
Chiitiko ichi chichaitika kubva 31 Chivabvu kusvika 3 Chikumi muDublin, Ireland. Chiitiko ichi chichabatanidza nyanzvi dzinosanganisira varimi vembatatisi, vatengesi vezvitoro, vanopakura, vanotenga kunze kwenyika nevatengesi vembeu neware mbatatisi.
Vhiki rino tichataura nezve manejimendi emapurazi, kugadzirwa kwakasimba uye kuchengetedza mbatatisi muEthiopia.
3. Kutarisira purazi uye maitiro ekurima zvirimwa muEthiopiya. Kukosha kwekuvandudza hunyanzvi hwevarimi vekuEthiopia kugadzira mbatatisi dzemhando yepamusoro.
VaGuta vanoita zvekuchinjanisa zvirimwa papurazi ravo, vachihaya minda kubva kune vamwe. Anoshandisa nhambwe inokurudzirwa uye oisa mitengo yefetereza inokurudzirwa. Kudyara kwake anogara achitariswa naye nevamwe vane ruzivo rwakakwana rwekurima mbatatisi. Nekuda kwehunyanzvi hwekutarisira purazi uye nzira dzekurima, anowana goho rinosvika makumi mana t/ha mumazuva zana nemakumi maviri.
Mumwaka wekunaya kwemvura, blight ranonoka ndiro rinova dambudziko rayo guru, kunyangwe zvazvo mhando mbiri (Gudene neBelete) dzinenge dzichikwanisa kushingirira kuchirwere chine njodzi ichi. Anoshandisa systemic fungicide Ridomil Gold kudzora blight yakanonoka (maererano nenyanzvi, anopfapfaidza zvakanyanya kupfuura zvakafanira, uye kugara achiisa systemic fungicide inogona kutungamira mukuramba metalaxyl).
Murimi anozvipira kuita zvidzidzo zvekudzikisira kupfapfaidza uye kutenderedza mishonga. Yakavhurika kune zvese zvitsva uye inokoshesa kudzidziswa kwakapihwa nehurumende neCIP (International Potato Center).
4. Kugadzirwa uye kuchengetedza mbatatisi
Guta inobereka zvirimwa zviviri zvembatatisi pagore. Itiopiya inowanzova nemwaka miviri yekunaya kwemvura: imwe pfupi (Kukadzi kusvika Chivabvu) uye yakareba (Chikumi kusvika Gunyana) mukurima kusiri kudiridza.
Izvi zvinomubvumira kuti ave nembatatisi itsva kwenguva yakawanda yegore. Ane zvitoro zvakawanda zveDiffused Light Storage (DLS) zvembeu dzake dzembatatisi kusvika adzitengesa kana kudyara. Negoho rayo rakanaka uye mhando yakanaka, ine mari yakavimbiswa yakanakisa.
Guta inotengesa mbeu mbatatisi inoita $30/100kg uye ware mbatatisi inoita $17/100kg. Pamusoro pezvo, kudzidzira kwake kuenderera mberi uye hurongwa hwembeu hwakasimba hunobvumira goho repamusoro, zvichiita kuti kurima kwake mbatatisi kuenderere mberi. VaGuta vanoti hupenyu hwavo hwakabatana nembatatisi, uye kunyangwe mutengo we100 kg wembatatisi ukadzika pasi pemadhora ekuAmerica, haamise kugadzirwa kwembatatisi.