International Potato Tour eRussia: Ulwazi Lokulima Olusha Esifundeni sase-Omsk
Ukuthatha okhiye
- Farm began in 2015 on an open field with ruined pigsties
- First year: 100 ha, own reclamation, first store
- Today 500 ha — 430 potatoes, 70 carrots
- About 20,000 containers, built to Dutch blueprints
- New store for 18,000-20,000 tonnes under way
Kungani kubalulekile
- Kwabalimi
- Green manure twice a summer — oilseed radish, mustard, vetch-oat — disked and re-sown at 45 days, is the fertility routine behind the yields.
- Okwamaphrosesa
- Container storage with in-house washing, polishing and packing means the farm sells finished product, not field-run.
- Kwabatshalizimali
- All profit is reinvested annually into the production base; the stated goal is 1,000 hectares, half of it reached.
60-isekhondi isifinyezo
The International Potato Tour visited the Omsk Region and the family farm run by Aleksey Knysh. The founding brothers came from logistics and sales; the idea to grow potatoes arose in 2015 through Aleksey’s mentor Mukhtorzhon Umaraliev. Their starting point was an open field with ruined pigsties — the only site the district allocated. In the first year they took 100 hectares, built their own reclamation system over winter drawing water from the Irtysh, put up a vegetable store in summer and made their first 5,000 containers themselves. Nine years on the farm works 500 hectares, 430 under potatoes and 70 under carrots, with about 20,000 identical containers manufactured in-house to Dutch blueprints. Early facilities held 5,000 tonnes; a phased project for 18,000-20,000 tonnes with sorting and processing zones is under way, with washing, polishing and packing lines including Upmann machinery running 24/7, in halls built without internal supporting columns.



Njengengxenye yohambo lwamazambane lwamazwe ngamazwe, ithimba livakashele iSifunda sase-Omsk ukuze lijwayelane namabhizinisi ezolimo ahamba phambili esifundeni. Esinye sezindawo ezibalulekile zomzila kwakuyipulazi lomndeni eliphethwe ngu-Aleksey Aleksandrovich Knysh. Leli bhizinisi libonisa ngokucacile ukuthi ubuchwepheshe besimanje kanye nendlela ehlelekile yokutshalwa kwezimali kungakha kanjani ibhizinisi lezolimo elisezingeni lomhlaba ngesikhathi esifushane kakhulu.
Kusukela Ezingodweni Zezingulube Eziwohlokile Kuya Ebhizinisini Lezolimo Lanamuhla
Umlando waleli pulazi uyisibonelo esihle sendlela isibindi nomdlandla ongaguqula ngayo izindawo ezilahliwe. Ngaphambi kokungena kwezolimo, abafowethu abasungula leli pulazi basebenze emikhakheni ehlukene ngokuphelele: ezokuthutha kanye nezokuthengisa. Umqondo wokuqala ukutshala amazambane wazalwa ngo-2015 ngenxa yomngani nomeluleki ka-Aleksey, uMukhtorzhon Mamadaliyevich Umaraliev. Bephefumulelwe ubukhulu bomsebenzi ohilelekile ekubekeni amapayipi okuvuselela umhlaba kanye nokwakha izindawo zokugcina izinto, abafowethu banquma ukuzama isandla sabo kukho.
Indawo yokuqala kwabo kwakuyindawo evulekile enezibaya zezingulube ezindala, ezichithekile—okuwukuphela kwendawo eyabelwe intuthuko yinhloko yesifunda. Ngonyaka wabo wokuqala, abazalwane:
Izinsuku zeviki. Zikhiphe ohlwini ngokuchofoza okukodwa.
- Bathole umhlaba wabo wokuqala ongamahektha ayi-100.
- Baqhuba uhlelo lwabo lokuvuselela umhlaba ebusika, bekha amanzi ngqo eMfuleni i-Irtysh.
- Bakha indawo yabo yokugcina imifino yokuqala ehlobo futhi bazenzela ngokwabo izitsha zabo zokuqala zokugcina imifino ezingu-5,000.
Ingqalasizinda Yesimanje kanye Nezindinganiso ZaseDashi
Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye yentuthuko eqhubekayo, ibhizinisi lifinyelele izinga elimangalisayo. Namuhla, ipulazi liphatha amahektha angu-500 omhlaba, amahektha angu-430 anikezelwe kumazambane kanye namahektha angu-70 anikezelwe kumakhaphethi.
Iqholo elikhulu lepulazi lisekuhlelweni kwalo okuhlelekile kohlelo lokuthutha kanye nokugcina:
- Isitoreji Sesitsha: Le nkampani ithembele kuphela ohlotsheni lokugcina olusekelwe esitsheni. Zonke izitsha zenziwa ngaphakathi endlini ngokusekelwe kumiklamo yaseDashi enembile. Njengamanje, imikhumbi yazo inamayunithi afanayo angaba ngu-20,000.
- Izindawo Ezinkulu: Izakhiwo ezakhiwe ekuqaleni zazinomthamo wamathani angu-5,000, kodwa iphrojekthi enkulu ehlelwe ngezigaba yendawo yokugcina izinto enekhono lamathani angu-18,000–20,000, okuhlanganisa nezindawo zokuhlunga nokucubungula, manje iyaqhubeka.
- Imishini Yobuchwepheshe Obuphezulu: Izakhiwo ezinkulu zihlonyiswe ngezintambo zesimanje zokuwasha, zokupholisha, kanye nezokupakisha, okuhlanganisa nemishini evela kumkhiqizo we-Upmann othembekile. Le mishini isebenza ngaphansi komthwalo osindayo amahora angama-24 ngosuku, izinsuku eziyi-7 ngesonto.
- Ukwakhiwa Okusha: Izakhiwo ezintsha zokukhiqiza zakhiwa ngaphandle kwekholomu eyodwa yokusekela yangaphakathi, okuvumela ukusebenza kahle kwamahhala nokusebenza kahle okukhulu ekuhleleni imigqa yokukhiqiza.
Ukunakekelwa Kokuvunda Kwenhlabathi kanye Nesistimu Yokuvuselela Ehlukile
Isivuno esikhulu asinakwenzeka ngaphandle kokuphathwa kwenhlabathi ngokucophelela. Epulazini lika-Aleksey Knysh, umquba oluhlaza (izitshalo ezimboza) usetshenziswa ngenkuthalo ukwandisa ukuzala nokuvimbela izifo zezitshalo. Lawa ma-fertilizer aluhlaza (i-radish enembewu kawoyela, i-mustard, kanye nengxube ye-vetch-oat) ahlwanyelwa kabili ehlobo: ezinsukwini ezingu-45 ngemva kokuhlwanyela kokuqala, ngaphambi nje kokuqhakaza, insimu iyahlukaniswa, ilinganiswe, bese ihlwanyelwa futhi.
Ukuqinisekisa ukutholakala kwamanzi angaphazanyiswa ukuze kuniselwe, kwadalwa uhlelo oluyinkimbinkimbi lwe-hydrotechnical. Amanzi adonswa ngamaphampu afakwe e-pontoon ngqo eMfuleni i-Irtysh. Kodwa-ke, ukuze kudalwe indawo yokugcina umswakama futhi kufudunyezwe amanzi kusengaphambili, kwakhiwa izindawo zokugcina amanzi endaweni eyayikade inamanzi. Indawo yokuqala enjalo igcina amanzi angama-cubic metres angu-60,000, kanti ama-carp fingerling afakwa kuwo ngamabomu ukuze asekele imvelo.
Esikhathini esingaphansi kweminyaka eyishumi, ipulazi selishintshe kusukela embonweni onesibindi wabathandi, ngokuvuma kwabo, ekuqaleni “ababengaqondi nokuthi bayaphi,” laba ngomunye wemisebenzi evelele yokulima imifino yaseSiberia. Yonke inzuzo itshalwa kabusha minyaka yonke ekuthuthukiseni isisekelo sokukhiqiza. Iphupho lokuqala labafowethu kwakuwukulima amahektha ayi-1,000 omhlaba. Ingxenye yalolu hambo isiqediwe ngempumelelo kakade, futhi ibhizinisi liyaqhubeka nokufeza umgomo walo wokugcina.
Isifinyezo Samazambane Omhlaba Wonke
Izindaba ezinhlanu eziphezulu, amanani, izexwayiso zezifo kanye nemicimbi. Ekuseni phakathi nesonto, akukho ukukhangisa.
Imithombo
- Aleksey Knysh, farm manager — International Potato Tour field report
Kuxhunywe kulokhu okuqukethwe
- Izwe
- Russia
- Izinkampani
- U-Upmann
- Ubuchwepheshe
- Container storage; washingpolishing and packing lines; green manure rotation; pontoon-pumped irrigation with storage reservoirs
- izigaba
- IPT


