UGiorgi Khitarishvili waqala ukutshala amazambane nabazali bakhe lapho eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala. Umkhaya wakubo ngaleso sikhathi wawuhlala eVal, e-Akhaltsikhe, eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeGeorgia. Manje uKhitarishvili oneminyaka engu-25 ungumlimi osemusha owaziwayo eGeorgia ozuze ukwanda okukhulu kweholo nempumelelo ekutshaleni amazambane.
“Kulo nyaka intengo yamazambane iphezulu kakhulu kunaseminyakeni edlule. Ukulima amazambane kuyithuba elihle lebhizinisi esifundeni sethu, ”kusho uGeorgy. Umlimi osemusha uvune amathani angama-1,5 amazambane endaweni engamahektha angu-50 ngesizini edlule.
U-Giorgi Khitarishvili ungomunye wabahlomuli abambalwa bohlelo lwe-USAID Potato Programme e-Georgia, uhlelo lweminyaka emithathu olusekelwa yi-International Potato Centre (CIP). Inhloso yalolu hlelo ukukhulisa ukukhiqizwa kwamazambane ezweni ngokusebenzisa izinhlobo ezithuthukisiwe, ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nokwenyuka kwezimali.
Ukuze uthole isivuno esihle, i-Khitarishvili yatshala izinhlobo eziningana zamazambane (okuhlanganisa i-Arizona, i-Picasso ne-Monaliza). Uphinde watshala iMeskhuri Tsiteli kanye neTskriala ngembewu enikezwe yi-USAID.
U-Khitarishvili ubambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni yokuqeqeshwa kwe-agronomic yamazambane nochwepheshe be-CIP, abahlongoze imibono emisha yokwandisa isivuno ngokuvimbela ukusabalala kwezinambuzane nezifo.
Umlimi osemusha usezojoyina inethiwekhi esanda kwakhiwa yabalimi bamazambane, nayo eyingxenye yohlelo lwe-USAID. Uhlela ukuqhubeka nokuthuthukisa amakhono nolwazi lwakhe ngokutshala amazambane.
Umndeni wakwaKhitarishvili ubheke ngabomvu unyaka ozayo, uhlela ukwandisa indawo ebekelwe amazambane epulazini lawo.
I-USAID's Potato Programme e-Georgia okwamanje isebenza nabalimi abangu-2310 komasipala abathathu: i-Tsalka, i-Akhalkalaki ne-Akhaltsikhe. Cishe i-10% yaleli qembu ngabantu abasha abasebenza ngokubambisana nesizukulwane esidala sabalimi bamazambane.