Ukukhiqizwa kwamazambane kuyanda ezindaweni ezikhethiwe zase-Afrika nase-Asia. Ngo-2019, le ndawo yavuna amathani ayizigidi ezingama-368 amazambane - sibonga abantu abavela eVietnam baya eKenya, kusukela e-Andes yasePeru kuya eRwanda, besebenza kanzima ukusiza ukondla abantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.3 lowo mkhiqizo oyisisekelo sabo.
Ososayensi manje basebenzela ukudala izinhlobo ezintsha zamazambane ezijwayelene kakhulu nezimo zokushisa nezomiso, ezingazweli ezifweni, okusho ukuthi zenza impilo yabalimi bamazambane bendawo ibe lula kakhulu. Ngokombono wabaphenyi, ukuze baphumelele kule ndlela, kuyadingeka ukuthi ubuyele ezinhlotsheni "zomdabu" - izihlobo zasendle zezitshalo zezolimo.
UThiago Mendez, umfuyi we-International Potato Center (CIP), osendlunkulu yakhe eLima, uphawula ukuthi izinhlobo eziningi ezingamelana kahle zidalwa ukuhlukahluka kofuzo, futhi izihlobo eziningi zasendle zezitshalo ngokwemvelo ziyamelana nezifo, njengokuhlaselwa yisifo sekwephuzile.
Ososayensi bazoqoqa amasampula alezi zinhlobo ngaphansi kwephrojekthi yeCrop Wild Relatives (CWR). Iphrojekthi yakhelwe iminyaka eyi-10.
Sengeza ukuthi namuhla indawo yesithathu mayelana nokukhiqizwa kwamazambane e-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara yiRwanda. Lesi sitshalo siqinisekisa ukutholakala kokudla ezweni (ukusetshenziswa kwamazambane minyaka yonke eRwanda ngamakhilogremu ayi-125 umuntu ngamunye). Futhi ohlwini lwabakhiqizi abakhulu base-Afrika kukhona iNigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Angola ne-Ethiopia.
Kususelwa ezintweni ezivela kumazambane.izindaba