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Emhlanganweni obalulekile esikhungweni seRwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) eRubirizi, esifundeni saseKicukiro, ochwepheshe be-International Potato Center (CIP) baveze ukubaluleka okubalulekile kokuhlukahluka kwezinhlobo zamazambane eRwanda. Iholwa uDkt. Hugo Campos, umqondisi wezocwaningo we-CIP, izingxoxo bezigxile ekusetshenzisweni okuphezulu kakhulu kwamazambane e-Rwanda kanye nesidingo sokwandisa igebe lezwe lamazambane.
Amazambane, adume ngomsoco wawo ocebile okuhlanganisa amavithamini namaminerali abalulekile njenge-zinc, okusansimbi, ne-magnesium, adlala indima ebalulekile ekulweni ne-anemia nasekukhuthazeni ukukhula okunempilo kwezingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu. UDkt. Campos ugcizelele isidingo semizamo yokusebenzisana nezikhungo ezifana ne-RAB ukwakha uhlelo oluqinile lokuzalanisa amazambane, ukuqinisekisa ukutholakala okungaguquki kwamazambane ahlukahlukene futhi anomsoco emakethe yaseRwanda.
UPatrick Karangwa, inhloko yocwaningo kwa-RAB, uthembise ukweseka lolu hlelo futhi wazwakalisa ukuzimisela ukusebenzisana nezinhlangano ezifana ne-USAID ukuthola uxhaso lokuqalisa uhlelo lokuzalanisa amazambane olusheshayo ngaphansi kwe-CIP. UDkt. Campos uchaze izinhlelo zokufushanisa inqubo yokuzalanisa ibe yiminyaka eyi-7, ehlose ukunciphisa kakhulu isikhathi esithathwayo ukwethula izinhlobo zamazambane ezintsha kubathengi.
Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwabo, ithimba le-CIP lihlole izikhungo zocwaningo ezehlukene esiteshini sokuzalanisa eMusanze, okuhlanganisa nelebhu yezifo zezitshalo, ilebhu yesiko lezicubu, kanye nendlu yesikrini se-aeroponic. Ukwengeza, bahlole izinhlelo zokwengeza inani esifundeni, bevakashela i-Hollanda FairFoods, abakhi be-Winnaz crisps. Naphezu kwemizamo yabo, ukuthola uhlobo lwamazambane olufanele lokukhiqiza ama-crisps kuseyinselele. Njengamanje, i-Kinigi iyinhloko abayikhethayo, kanti iRwanguma neSangoma zisebenza njengezinye izindlela ngesikhathi sokushoda.
Ikhwelo elivela kochwepheshe lokutshalwa kwezinhlobonhlobo zamazambane eRwanda libonisa isinyathelo esibalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuvikeleka kokudla kanye nokwenza ngcono isimo somsoco wesizwe. Ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bezinhlangano ezifana ne-CIP kanye nokukhuthaza ukusebenzisana nezikhungo zasendaweni, iRwanda isilungele ukutshala ikusasa lapho izinhlobo zamazambane ahlukahlukene futhi anothile ngezakhi zidlala indima ebalulekile ekukhuthazeni impilo nempilo yezakhamizi zayo.