I-World Potato Congress iyajabula ukumemezela i-webinar yayo ka-December 2021 ehlanganisa no-Joel VanderSchaaf, Umphathi Jikelele, i-Tuberosum Technologies Inc. ngoDisemba14, 2021 ngo-9:00 am Eastern Standard time (USA/Canada).
Uhlaka Lokwethulwa
Amazambane amancane ingxenye yemakethe ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu yamazambane amasha eNyakatho neMelika futhi bathola intshisekelo emhlabeni jikelele. I-True Potato Seed (TPS) ubuchwepheshe obukhulayo obuthole umfutho omkhulu phakathi komphakathi wocwaningo lwamazambane. Lezi zenzakalo ezimbili ezibonakala zingahlobene zine kanjani indima yokubambisana ekuhlangabezaneni nezimakethe ezintsha kanye nezinselelo zokuvikeleka kokudla emhlabeni?
UJoel VanderSchaaf ubambe iqhaza embonini yamazambane iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20, enolwazi cishe kuzo zonke izigaba zemboni yamazambane kusukela ekuzaleni, ekukhiqizeni, ekupakisheni, nasekukhangiseni. Esebenza eduze noyise, uJacob VanderSchaaf kanye nodadewabo u-Angela Santiago, owasungula i-Little Potato Company (LPC) kanye neTuberosum Technologies Inc (Tuberosum) ngo-1995, uJoel usiza ukuletha amazambane amancane nakhethekile kumthengi waseNyakatho Melika. Ngemva kokusebenza e-LPC kanye namapulazi ahlukahlukene okukhiqiza ahlobene ne-LPC, u-Joel waqala ukusebenza e-Tuberosum ngo-2009. Njengamanje uyiMenenja Jikelele ye-Tuberosum futhi usiza ekuqhubekiseni ukwenziwa kwezinhlelo zokuzalanisa ezisezingeni eliphezulu ze-Tuberosum, ucwaningo kanye nokwethulwa okuhlukahlukene.