N'ime Ọgọst 29 - Septemba 4 izu, nkezi ọnụ ahịa nduku kwa izu na South Africa rigoro ihe ruru 22% ruo USD4.72 maka akpa 10kg, n'ihi mmebi ntu oyi nke metụtara ihe ubi Limpopo na njedebe nke Julaị.
Ọnụ ego ahụ dị 7% karịa afọ gara aga n'otu oge ahụ, Dr. Johnny van der Merwe, onye isi njikwa mgbasa ozi ugbo Agrimark Trends (AMT), kwuru na vidiyo YouTube ya kwa izu nke na-enyocha ọnụ ahịa ahịa maka ihe ọhụrụ na South Africa. , nke Business Insider zoro aka na ya.
Limpopo, bụ́ ebe bụ́ isi na-amịpụta poteto n'oge a n'afọ, nwere ihu igwe na-ekpo ọkụ na Julaị bụ́ nke butere ntu oyi nke mere ka ihe ọkụkụ ụfọdụ mebie.
Ka ọ na-erule ngwụsị nke August, ndị ọrụ ugbo nọ na-ezipụ obere mpịakọta n'ihe ọkụkụ ọhụrụ ahịa, na n'aka nke ya, na-eme ka ọnụ ahịa dị elu maka ụfọdụ ngwa ahịa akwụkwọ nri.
N'ime iri afọ gara aga, mmepụta nduku South Africa etoola nke ukwuu, site na tọn 1.2m na 1990 ruo nde tọn 2.5 na 2015. N'otu oge ahụ, ebe a na-akọ poteto gbadara, site na 63,000 ha ruo 52,000 ha. Ọtụtụ n'ime ugbo 532 na-eto nduku (2017) bụ ugbo buru ibu, na-arịwanye elu n'okpuru ogbugba mmiri n'ubi (ugbu a gburugburu 80%), na-amịpụta ihe dị ka tọn 34 kwa hectare.
South Africa nwere ụlọ ọrụ nduku dị ọkaibe yana - ekele n'ụzọ dị ukwuu n'ihi mmụba ngwa ngwa nke obodo - ngalaba nhazi nduku na-arụ ọrụ, nke na-eji ihe dị ka tọn 400,000 nke poteto kwa afọ (2015), ọkachasị maka fries na ibe oyibo nke French. Nri nduku kwa afọ bụ ihe dịka kilogram 30 kwa onye.
Ụdị nduku a na-ahụkarị na South Africa bụ Mondial na Sifra (2017). Ụdị ndị ọzọ a kụrụ na South Africa gụnyere Markies, Avalanche, Valor, Lanorma, Fabula, Innovator, Hertha, na Frito-Lay cultivar FL2108.