Amagagasi okushisa abonakale eSpain phakathi naleli hlobo akuthinte kakhulu ukukhiqizwa kwamazambane. Ukwehla kokuvunwa kwamazambane kulindeleke, kubika i-portal. www.campogalego.es.
"Lona unyaka onzima kakhulu ngenxa yamazinga okushisa aphezulu, kanye namanzi amancane okunisela, kanye nokwehla kwezitshalo kulindelekile," kusho u-Amador Diaz Penin, umlimi nomongameli we-Potato Growers Association yesifunda.
Izilinganiso ze-Ourense Institute for Economic Development, nazo ezibambe iqhaza ekukhiqizeni amazambane e-Lima Basin, ziqinisekisa ukwehla kwesivuno.
“Isonto ngalinye lapho izinga lokushisa lingaphezu kwama-degree angu-35, lalidala umonakalo enanini elingaba ngu-10 000 kg lomkhiqizo ehektheleni ngalinye,” kulinganiselwa ukuthi u-Servando Alvarez, umqondisi we-Inorde Agricultural Development Centre.
“Lapho isitshalo samazambane sichayeka emazingeni okushisa angaphezu kwama-degree angu-30, umjikelezo wokumila uyancipha futhi awuqhubeki kuze kube yilapho izinga lokushisa lehla. Ngakho, lapho kushisa cishe izinsuku ezingu-20 zilandelana emazingeni okushisa anjalo, izitshalo zazigcina iziqongo kuphela, kodwa azizange zikhule izilimo eziyizigaxa,” kuchaza u-Alvarez.
Eminyakeni yakamuva, abalimi bamazambane bashintshile besuka ezinhlobonhlobo ze-Kennebec baya ezinhlobonhlobo ze-Agria, ezisetshenziselwa ikakhulukazi ama-french fries. Ezimweni zokushisa nesomiso, i-Agria ezalaniswa nama-Dutch ihlupheke kakhulu kune-Kennebeck, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi isivuno se-Agria sizoba ngaphansi kuka-35 kg ngehektha ngalinye esikhundleni se-000 elindelwe, u-Alvarez ulinganisela.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ngokusho kukaKennebeck, nakuba izinhlobonhlobo zitshalwa ezindaweni ezincane, isivuno sihlala sijwayelekile futhi sifana neseminye iminyaka.
Ngaphezu kwamazinga okushisa aphezulu, umkhankaso wamazambane wamanje eSpain ubonakala ngokukhuphuka kwezindleko zokukhiqiza. Ngakho, umanyolo, obiza cishe amasenti angu-30 ngekhilogremu ngesizini edlule, ufinyelele i-euro engu-1 kulo nyaka.
"Kulo mkhankaso, izindleko zokukhiqiza zikhuphuke cishe ngo-40%, kokubili okokufaka kanye nomanyolo noma uphethiloli," kusho u-Amador Diaz, umlimi wamazambane.
Manje, ngaphambi komkhankaso wokuvuna nokuthengisa, abalimi banethemba lokuthi amanani entengo anele azofinyelelwa. “Ake sibone ukuthi amanani azokhokha yini ukutshalwa kwezimali,” kusho uDiaz. Ukhumbule ukuthi isenti ngalinye le-euro elengezwa ekuthengisweni kwamazambane libaluleke kakhulu, njengoba lokhu kushintshashintsha okuncane kunquma ukuthi isivuno sizosimama yini kwezomnotho.
Abalimi esifundeni saseLima balindele ukuthuthukiswa okuthenjisiwe ohlelweni lokunisela, okuzokwengeza amahektha angu-4000 okukhiqiza ezolimo kanye nokushintshanisa izitshalo ezihlukahlukene.