umfuyi wamazambane HZPC kusuka eJure, eFriesland, ilindele ukwethula uhlobo lwayo lokuqala oluyingxube ngo-2025, kubika ingosi ethi www.nieuweoogst.nl. La mazambane atshalwa ngoba asakazwa ngembewu yangempela yezitshalo, kusho umfuyi uPeter Vos.
HZPC ilindele ukwethula uhlobo lwembewu yokuqala e-Afrika eminyakeni emithathu naseNetherlands eminyakeni eyishumi. Ngokuvumelana ne HZPC, amazambane embewu abukeka njengamazambane ama-tuber. UVos ubalula ukuthi imbewu yamazambane ayithinteki kakhulu kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezifo, kodwa futhi ishibhile kakhulu.
“Ngokwesilinganiso, kudingeka amathani angu-1 embewu ngehektare elilodwa lamazambane,” uyazi, “ngembewu yamazambane, amagremu angama-2,5 ehektheleni anele. Lokhu kuyinzuzo enkulu ezindaweni ezikhulayo okunzima ukufinyelela kuzo.” Umfuyi ubhekisela emazweni asathuthuka, lapho amasimu awo ngezinye izikhathi okungelula kakhulu ukufinyelela kuwo ngeloli nembewu yamazambane, kulula kakhulu ngesaka lembewu. "Ngaleyo ndlela bangakwazi ukufinyelela izinto zomthombo wekhwalithi ephezulu."
Enye inzuzo yokuzalanisa okuxubile ukuthi inqubo ilula kakhulu ezingeni le-diploid kunezinga le-tetraploid. Lena indlela yesimanje yokutshala izinhlobo zamazambane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuzalanisa ezingeni le-tetraploid kuthatha iminyaka eyishumi, okude kakhulu kunezinga le-diploid, okuthatha cishe iminyaka emihlanu.
HZPC ikhuthaza ukuhlelwa kofuzo ukuthi kuvunyelwe e-Europe. “Inqobo nje uma kuvinjelwe umthetho, ngeke sikwenze,” kusho uVos.
“Kodwa singakwazi. Lesi yisixazululo esihle sokusabela ngokushesha endaweni eshintshayo,” kuqhuba yena. “Ngokuhlela izakhi zofuzo, singakwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezinhlobonhlobo ngaphandle kokulimala, kusenze singazweli ezifweni ezithile futhi sidinge ukusetshenziswa kancane kwamakhemikhali okuvikela izitshalo. Ngale ndlela, izinhlobonhlobo zingashintshwa phakathi neminyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu.”
UVos uphinde wakhuluma ngezinjongo zentuthuko ezisimeme, okuthi HZPC isethelwe iminyaka eyishumi ezayo. Kuze kube ngu-2024, lokhu kusho ukuthuthukisa ukuhlolwa kwe-Fusarium, ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lokulawula i-Rhizoctonia nokuqonda izindlela zokumelana nokucindezeleka kwe-abiotic: isomiso, ukushisa, i-nitrogen nosawoti.
Ngo-2030 HZPC uhlela ukuba namaphesenti angama-75 ezinhlobo ezintsha ezimelana negciwane le-Y kanye nokulimaza sekwephuzile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani yokuzalanisa ifuna ukwandisa inani lezinhlobonhlobo futhi ithuthukise uhlelo lokuzalanisa lokumelana nemilenze emnyama kumazambane.