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Munzvimbo dzinonakidza dzeUttarakhand, kurimwa kwembatatisi kune nhoroondo yakapfuma inoramba ichibudirira. Nguva pfupi yadarika, Samarendu Mohanty, Mukuru weAsia Dunhu kuInternational Potato Center (CIP), akatanga rwendo runofadza kuburikidza nematunhu ari kukura mbatatisi eUttarakhand. Pamwe chete nevashandi veDhipatimendi reHorticulture uye Rural Enterprise Acceleration Project (REAP), vakaongorora matunhu akasiyana ehurumende, vachibatana nevarimi, vakuru vakuru vehurumende, uye vachiona nyika inonakidza yekurima mbatatisi. Chimwe chinhu chinoshamisa chakacherechedzwa panguva yerwendo urwu kuenderera mberi kurimwa kweminda yenzvimbo, kunyanya mhando dzeTumrhi neUp-to-Date, nevarimi vadiki munzvimbo dzezvikomo dzeKumaon neGarhwal. Kuzvipira kwevarimi kuchengetedza minda iyi kuri kukonzerwa nekukwira kwemitengo yavanotenga pamusika.
Kuongorora iyo Local Landraces:
Sezvineiwo, kuwanda kweTumrhi uye Up-to-Date landraces inosiyana mumatunhu akasiyana, zvichikurudzira kumwe kuongorora mune yavo chaiyo maitiro nemazita edunhu. Zvisinei nekuvandudzwa kwekurima kwechizvino-zvino uye kuwanikwa kwembeu dzakauchikwa, zvinofadza kuona varimi vakabatirira paminda yepasi iyi nekuda kwehunhu hwavo hwakasiyana uye nehupfumi hwavanopa. Izvo zvinonaka zvakasiyana, kuchinjika kumamiriro enzvimbo, uye kukwezva kwavo kune vatengi zvinobatsira mukuenderera mberi nekurima uye kudiwa kwemhando dzechinyakare idzi.
Mamiriro Evarimi Vakakura Mbatatisi:
Ndichiri kunyura mune inoyevedza mbatatisi ecosystem, timu yakasanganawo nevarimi vakakura vembatatisi muKashipur. Ava varimi vanoita basa, vane minda yakakura kubva pa80 kusvika ku100 mahekita, vanonyanya kutarisa nezvekugadzirwa kwembeu kumakambani ane mukurumbira embeu muPunjab. Sezvineiwo, ivo vanopawo mbeu kumatunhu ezvikomo eUttarakhand, vachiona kuwanikwa kwezvinhu zvekudyara zvemhando yepamusoro kune vadiki. Uhwu hukama hwesymbiotic pakati pevarimi vakuru nevadiki hunosimudzira kugadzirwa kwembatatisi uye kunosimudzira budiriro yekurima mudunhu.
Kutsvaga Kupfuma kweUttarakhand:
Kunze kwekusangana kwekurima, rwendo rwekuUttarakhand rwakapa mukana wekugamuchira runako rwedunhu uye kunakidzwa zvinonaka zvepahadi ndiro. Kubva pachaunsa daal inonaka kusvika kune inonaka yejakhiya aloo uye chokoreti inonaka mithai, chiitiko chega chega chekubika kwaive kuongorora kunofadza kwechikafu cheko. Aya anonakidza gastronomic haangopa muviri muviri chete asiwo anoratidza tsika yenhaka uye kusiyana kweUttarakhand.
Kufunga uye Mhedziso:
Rwendo rwaSamarendu Mohanty kuburikidza nematunhu anorimwa mbatatisi eUttarakhand rwakapa nzwisiso yakadzama mukukosha kwekuchengetedza nzvimbo dzenzvimbo. Kuzvipira kwevarimi kurima mbeu dzemuno dzakaita seTumrhi neIp-To-Date kunoratidza kusimba, huchenjeri, uye kuziva kukosha kwakadzikwa mukurima kwechinyakare. Idzi nhangemutange dzinoshanda senge genetic treasure trove, ichipa inogona chengetedzo yehunhu iyo inogona kubatsira kune ramangwana zvirongwa zvekupfuya mbatatisi uye kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu.
Sezvo isu tichipemberera nhaka yakapfuma yekurima mbatatisi kweUttarakhand, zvinove zvakakosha kuti tizivise nezve kukosha kwekuchengetedza nzvimbo dzenzvimbo uye kutsigira varimi vadiki. Kushanda pamwe chete kunobva kumasangano ehurumende, masangano ezvekurima, uye vatengi vanogona kugadzira magariro echinyakare uye echizvino-zvino maitiro ekurima anowirirana, kuve nechokwadi chekuchengetedzwa kwezvipenyu zvakasiyana-siyana, kuzvitonga kwechikafu, uye kubudirira kwehupfumi munharaunda dzevarimi.