Amazambane aya ngokuya ethandwa e-Asia, lapho ukukhula kwenani labantu kanye nokufudukela emadolobheni kudala amathuba okuba abalimi abancane bakhuphule umholo wabo.
Imakethe yamazambane aqandisiwe yase-Asia-Pacific ibibiza ngaphezu kwe-US $ 2018 billion ngo-19 futhi kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele ngaphezulu kwama-US $ 23 billion ngo-2030. Izinzuzo zingatholakala esidingweni esikhulayo semikhiqizo manje. Abalimi base-Asia nabase-Afrika badinga izinhlobo zamazambane ezivumelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, ezivunayo futhi ezithambile.
Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, ososayensi be-International Potato Centre (CIP) babambisana nenkampani yaseDutch HZPC ngokubambisana komphakathi nezizimele ukuze kwakhiwe izinhlobo ezikhiqiza kakhulu ezijwayele izimo ezishisayo.
Umsebenzi wasebenzisa izinsiza zofuzo zezakhi zofuzo ezimbili ezihluke kakhulu: amazambane obuchwepheshe bezohwebo HZPCetshalwa ikakhulukazi emapulazini amakhulu anesimo sezulu esipholile kanye nezindawo ezihlala ezindaweni ezishisayo lapho kuthuthukiswe khona izinhlobo zendawo, ezitshalwa izigidi zabalimi abancane e-Afrika nase-Asia.
Ukuphambana kwabazali abakhethekile abavela kuzo zombili izigaba zabantu, ukusetshenziswa kwezimpawu zofuzo, nokukhethwa okusheshayo eVietnam kunciphise isikhathi esivame ukudingeka ukuze kuthuthukiswe izinhlobonhlobo.
HZPC kanye ne-CIP ngokuhlanganyela bazuze lokho abebengeke bakwenze ngokuzimela. Izambane eliwumphumela lihlanganisa ukuvuthwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi, ukumelana nezifo kanye nesikhathi esifushane sokulala.
Izilimo eziyizigaxa zingavunwa ezinsukwini ezingama-80-90 ngemuva kokutshala, okuvumela abalimi ukuthi batshale amazambane phakathi kwezitshalo ezimbili zerayisi, bakhiqize izitshalo ezintathu ngonyaka endaweni efanayo.
NgokukaRobert Graveland, umqondisi HZPC ekuthuthukisweni, inkampani ihlela ukubhalisa izinhlobo ezine zamazambane eVietnam, Indonesia, India naseKenya eminyakeni ezayo ukuze asatshalaliswe kubalimi.
HZPC ikakhulukazi uthengisa imbewu yamazambane emapulazini aphakathi nendawo namakhulu. Kodwa kunamapulazi amancane angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-500 emhlabeni, akhiqiza ukudla okuningi okudliwa e-Afrika nase-Asia. Iqaphela amathuba ebhizinisi, inkampani yakha amasu amasha okungena kule makethe ekhulayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-CIP isebenze nezinhlelo zikazwelonke zokuzalanisa amazambane kubalimi abasafufusa.
Umhlaba udinga ukuphinda kabili ukukhiqizwa kwawo kokudla ngo-2050, futhi lokhu kungenzeka ngezitshalo zamazambane uma abalimi besebenzisa imbewu yekhwalithi yezinhlobo ezizinzile, eziguqulelwe endaweni.
Lesi sinyathelo asikwazi ukuzuzisa abalimi kuphela futhi sigqugquzele ukukhiqizwa kokudla ezindaweni ezishisayo zase-Asia nase-Afrika, kodwa singasebenza njengemodeli yobudlelwane phakathi komphakathi nezinkampani ezizimele kwezinye izitshalo nezifunda.