INorthwest European Potato Growers Association (NEPG) ilindele ukuthi kuzosala kuphela isikhala esilinganiselwe emazweni e-EU4 sokutshala amazambane endaweni enkulu ngesizini ezayo yokukhula. Lokhu kunjalo, naphezu kwesidingo esikhulayo, ikakhulukazi, samazambane athosiwe.
I-European Growers Association iphawula ukuthi incane indawo eNetherlands naseBelgium yokutshala amazambane amaningi. Ukwandiswa kwamazambane kuzoba nzima kakhulu ngenxa yezidingo ezengeziwe zokutshala kwe-New Common Agricultural Policy kanye nemikhawulo ehambisana nenqubomgomo ye-nitrogen. Ukukhiqiza amazambane athosiwe kakhulu kungenzeka kuphela uma abalimi besitashi kanye nembewu bekhetha umgomo omusha wokutshala.
Enkulumweni yabezindaba mayelana nokuthuthukiswa kokutshalwa kwamazambane, ikakhulukazi eNetherlands, eBelgium, eJalimane naseFrance, i-NEPG ithi, uma kubhekwa isimo esihle emakethe yamazambane, ukwanda kwendawo ngamaphesenti ambalwa kuvame ukubonakala. Kodwa-ke, ezindaweni ezitshala amazambane eFrance naseJalimane, ukukhiqizwa okuphezulu kwamafrimu aseFrance kumele kuhlinzekwe ngabakhiqizi bamazambane asetafuleni abashintshela komunye umkhiqizo.
Ukutholakala kwamanzi
Kulawa mazwe amabili, i-NEPG ibheka ukuthi akuzona zonke izindawo ezilinywayo ezifanele ukukhiqiza amazambane aqinile ngenxa yamathuba amancane okunisela ngezikhathi zesomiso. Ngaphezu kwalokho, eNyakatho Jalimane nakwezinye izifunda zaseFrance, ibanga lezokuthutha eliya embonini yokukhiqiza eNetherlands naseBelgium liwububi obuphawulekayo.
I-NEPG nayo ikhathazekile ngokwehla kokukhiqizwa kwembewu ku-EU4. Inhlangano yabakhiqizi ixwayisa ngokuthi lokhu kungadala izinkinga ngokutholakala kwezinto ezinhle zomthombo kusukela entwasahlobo ka-2024. Kulindeleke ukuthi ngesizini ezayo indawo etshalwa imbewu kulawa mazwe, kanye naseScotland naseDenmark, izoncishiswa ngamahektha ayi-5,000. Kubakhiqizi bembewu abahlukahlukene, ukukhulisa amafrimu aseFrance kunenzuzo enkulu lapho.
Isitoko samahhala
Okwamanje, awekho amazambane amahhala eNetherlands. I-inventory ye-Verenigde Telers Akkerbouw (VTA) ibonisa ukuthi isitoko samahhala siphansi ngamaphesenti angu-13 kunonyaka odlule kanye namaphesenti angu-20 ngaphansi kwesilinganiso seminyaka emihlanu. Manje njengoba amaphrosesa enyuse amanani entengo yenkontileka yesizini ezayo, abalimi abaningi bamazambane babonakala bekulungele ukuzibophezela ekukhiqizeni kusenesikhathi.
I-NEPG iyakweyisa ukumbozwa okuphezulu kwamazambane athosiwe ama-french. Inhlangano yabakhiqizi ikholelwa ukuthi lokhu ekugcineni kuyingozi ekusebenzeni kwemakethe yamazambane yamahhala. Ikakhulukazi eminyakeni enesivuno esihle futhi ngenxa yalokho ukutholakala ngokweqile, lokhu kungaba nomthelela omkhulu ekwakhiweni kwamanani emakethe yamazambane.