Ucwaningo lwakamuva olwenziwa yi-International Potato Centre luhlola umthelela wendlela ye-PMCA ekukhuthazeni ukuqanjwa kabusha kwemakethe kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwamaketango ahlukahlukene amanani emhlabeni jikelele. Eyasetshenziswa ekuqaleni e-Andes ngeminyaka yawo-2000s, indlela ye-PMCA yaqala izinqubo ezintsha ePeru ezaholela ekuthuthukisweni komkhiqizo okubabazekayo kanye nokwanda kokuthengiswa kwezinhlobonhlobo zamazambane zasendaweni ezazingaziwa kancane kubathengi. Amandla e-PMCA ukuthi ihlanganisa ukusebenza ngokuqondile nababambe iqhaza ukuze baqonde futhi bahlole izidingo nezinkathazo zawo wonke umuntu ochungechungeni lwenani, kusukela kubalimi kuye kubathengisi nabathengisi kuya emindenini.
Ocwaningweni, ababhali bahlole amacala ayisishiyagalombili abhalwe kahle lapho i-PMCA isetshenziswe ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene: i-sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Central Europe, kanye neLatin America. Bathole ukuthi i-PMCA isebenza kangcono ezimeni zezepolitiki ezivumayo. Ithimba liphethe ngokuthi ukusebenzisa izindlela zezinhlelo ezifana ne-PMCA kungasiza izinhlangano ze-R&D ukuthi zisabele kangcono ezidingweni zemakethe.
Umbhali oholayo ocwaningweni uDoug Horton uyaphawula: “Njengoba sesilandele ngokuhlelekile ukusetshenziswa kwale ndlela cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili, samangala lapho sizwa ukuthi i-PMCA selokhu yasetshenziswa emaketangeni emikhiqizo yezolimo engaphezu kuka-20 e-Afrika, e-Asia, eMpumalanga Yurophu nase-Afrika. I-Latin America. America! ”
Imizamo yokuthuthukisa le ndlela emisha yaqala ngaphansi kohlelo lwesifunda lwe-Papa Andina oluholwa yi-CIP. Ngalolu hlelo, i-PMCA isize ekwakheni izixhumanisi phakathi kwabalimi abancane nabanye ochungechungeni lwenani, futhi yafinyelela ezimakethe ezibalulekile zemikhiqizo emisha negayiwe, iningi labo elingabhekwanga kangako futhi esetshenziswa kancane izinhlobo zamazambane endawo.
Igxila ezimakethe zasemadolobheni nezakamuva, i-PMCA yazuza ukuduma ePeru futhi abahlomuli bayo bakhula ngokushesha baba ngaphezu kwe-100 yabalimi abancane nama-ejenti emakethe, nenqwaba yemikhiqizo emnandi eyakhiwe ngokusekelwe kumazambane endawo. Lolu hlu luhlanganisa amashibhi endawo anemibala ehlukile, amazambane agayiwe asheshayo ase-Andean kanye namazambane amnandi e-T'ikapapa, awine indondo ye-World Challenge Award ka-000 kanye ne-Initiative for Promoting Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development (SEED).
Ngo-2004, i-CIP yasebenza nabalimi bamazambane base-Andean nabapheki basePeru ukuze basize ukuthuthukisa isithombe nokusetshenziswa kwamazambane endawo ezindaweni zokudlela. Namuhla izitsha zamazambane zendawo zidumile e-Lima.
I-PMCA eyimpumelelo ithembele kakhulu ekubambisaneni nozakwethu bentuthuko kuwo wonke amazinga. U-André Deveaux, umbhali ngokubambisana walolu cwaningo, uthi: “Ingxenye ebalulekile ukubamba iqhaza kwabalingisi abahlukahlukene be-value chain, okuhlanganisa abakhiqizi abancane, osomabhizinisi abahwebayo nabahlinzeki bezinsizakalo abafanelekile, ukwakha ukwethembana nokukhuthaza ukufunda kontanga ukuze kugqugquzelwe ukuqamba okusha. kulo lonke uchungechunge lwenani. Lokhu sikwenza ngokugxila emathubeni ezimakethe ezihlanganyelwe nangemihlangano yamaqembu kanye nemicimbi yomphakathi ebandakanya iqembu elibanzi njalo lababambe iqhaza ekusungulweni okusebenzisanayo.”
Uma ubambiswano selusunguliwe, i-CIP yenza kube lula inqubo ngokusiza ababambiqhaza ukuthi bahlonze izinto ezintsha zebhizinisi futhi banikeze ukusekelwa kwezobuchwepheshe lapho kudingeka khona ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukukhiqiza nokumaketha. Lo msebenzi ungathatha izinhlobo eziningi, isibonelo ngokwenza ngcono ukulawulwa kwezinambuzane nezifo, ukuhlonza izinhlobo ezifanele kanye nezinhlelo zokuthuthukisa ikhwalithi yembewu, kanye nokusiza ukuthuthukisa ukupakishwa okusha, ukulebula nokufaka uphawu emakethe.
I-PMCA isebenza ikakhulukazi uma isebenza namaqembu asengozini. “Ukusetshenziswa kwe-PMCA kumaketango abalulekile kusize abesifazane nentsha ukuthi babambe iqhaza futhi bahlomule ekukhangiseni kwezolimo. Ithuba lokubamba iqhaza ekuthuthukisweni kwebhizinisi ngokuhlanganyela nabanye ochungechungeni lwenani lisiza abesifazane ukuthi babhalise futhi bandise amabhizinisi abo embewu yemifino e-Central Uganda,” kusho uSara Mayanja, i-CIP Research Fellow yase-Uganda.
Ngokulungiswa ukuze kuhambisane nezimo zendawo, i-PMCA nayo isetshenziselwe ukuqinisa amaketanga enani lamazambane eNtshonalanga Java, e-Indonesia; ikhofi eSan Martin, ePeru; imikhiqizo eminingi yesifunda e-Albania ehlanganisa amakhambi, izinongo, amantongomane, amakhowe namafutha omnqumo.
Nakuba ithimba lithokozile ngemiphumela ephawulwe ocwaningweni, uMqondisi we-RTB u-Graeme Thiele ukholelwa ukuthi maningi amathuba okuqalisa ukusebenza: “Imiphumela ingaba ngcono uma siqhamuka nesu elisebenzayo lokukala ukuze kusetshenziswe kabanzi i-PMCA. Ukukhuliswa okufanele kwezinto ezintsha ezifana ne-PMCA kuyisixazululo esisebenzayo enkingeni osekunesikhathi eside ikhona yokuqalisa izindlela zokusebenzisa izindlela zokubamba iqhaza ocwaningweni lwezolimo nezinhlangano zentuthuko.”