#ReducingPotatoLosses #PostHarvestLosses #Potatoes #FoodSecurity #Sustainability #Farming #Storage #SproutInhibitors
Amazambane ayisitshalo esibalulekile emhlabeni wonke, kodwa amanzi awo aphezulu awenza abe lula ekulahlekelweni ngemva kokuvuna ngesikhathi sokulima, ukuphulukiswa, ukuphatha, ukupakisha kanye nokugcinwa. Lokhu kuholela ekuncipheni kokutholakala kokudla kanye nokusimama. Ukuze kuxazululwe le nkinga, ochwepheshe batusa izinyathelo ezihlukahlukene, njengokukhetha uhlobo olufanele lwamazambane, ukwenza kahle inhlabathi nesimo sezulu, nokusebenzisa imishini efanele. Ukusetshenziswa kwesitoreji esibandayo esisezingeni eliphansi kanye nama-sprout inhibitors, njenge-CIPC noma amafutha abalulekile, nakho kunganciphisa ukulahlekelwa. Kodwa-ke, ukusetshenziswa kwe-CIPC kungaba yingozi empilweni futhi kungabangela umdlavuza ezilwaneni.
Ucwaningo olushicilelwe kuPotato Research, olwenziwe yi-ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, okuhloswe ngalo ukuphenya ngezimbangela zokulahleka kwangemva kokuvuna ezinhlotsheni ezimbili zamazambane ezidumile e-India, i-K Chipsona-1 kanye ne-K Pukhraj. Ucwaningo luhlonze amazambane angacoshiwe njengembangela eyinhloko yokulahlekelwa ngesikhathi sokulima, kanye nokuncipha kwesisindo sokuphefumula njengembangela enkulu ngesikhathi sokuphatha, ukuphulukiswa, nokupakisha. Ukugcinwa kwenqwaba kutholwe kuyindlela yokugcina elimaza kakhulu, okuholela esisindweni nasekulahlekeni komswakama. Ucwaningo luncoma ukuthi kugcinwe amazambane ku-10-12°C ngesicindezeli sehlumela ukuze kuncishiswe ukulahlekelwa ngesikhathi sokugcina kanye nemisebenzi yangemva kokugcinwa.
Ukunciphisa ukulahleka kwamazambane ngemva kokuvuna kubalulekile ekwenzeni ngcono ukuvikeleka kokudla kanye nokusimama. Ngokuqonda izimbangela zokulahlekelwa nokuthatha izinyathelo ezithile, singanciphisa ukulahlekelwa futhi sikhulise ukutholakala kokudla.