Izwe lama-blueberry lihamba ngesivinini esiphindwe kabili. Nakuba ukukhiqizwa komhlaba wonke kuqhubeka nokukhula futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kudlule amathani ayizigidi ezintathu ngo-2029, inzuzo kubakhiqizi iba yinto ekhathaza kakhulu. Nokho, eNingizimu Yurophu, izibalo zokusetshenziswa ziveza isithombe esihle kakhulu: iSpain, i-Italy, nePortugal zingenisa inani elikhulu, futhi izithelo eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka sezibe yinto eyinhloko ezitolo.
Ngokusho kwemibiko yakamuva yemboni, ukuphakelwa komhlaba wonke kukhuphuke kwafika kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-2,33 ngo-2025, kanti amahektha angu-45.000 asalokhu etshalwa. Lokhu kusala kwezithelo, kanye nezimo zezulu ezimbi ezithinta amazwe afana nePeru, kubangela izinguquko ezinkulu ezinhlelweni zokuthumela kwamanye amazwe. Okwamanje, iNtshonalanga Yurophu iba yindawo eheha kakhulu abakhiqizi abavela emhlabeni wonke.
Umkhankaso wasePeru uyaphola
Inhlangano yezohwebo iProarándanos ibuyekeze izibikezelo zayo zesizini ka-2026/27 phansi. Ayisalindele ukufinyelela amathani angu-404.000 eyayibikezele ngo-Agasti, kodwa manje ilinganisela isivuno samathani angu-382.000 , ukwehla ngo-6%. Isizathu asiyona enye ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka kwesimo sezulu, lapho i-El Niño iqinisa izikulufo esigabeni sokugcina somjikelezo, okuthinta iPeru, umthengisi omkhulu wama-blueberry emhlabeni.
Ukuqala kwakukhohlisa. Kuze kube yisonto lama-35, iPeru yayithumele amathani angu-95.000 kwamanye amazwe, okungu-48% ngaphezulu kunesizini edlule, kodwa lokho kwanikeza isiqalo esihle kuphela. Ingozi yangempela yavela kusukela ngesonto lama-36 kuqhubeke , lapho inani elitholakalayo lehla kakhulu. Ukuthunyelwa okuphezulu, okwafika ngesizini edlule kumathani angu-20.900 ngesonto elilodwa, manje kwehle kwaya kumathani angu-16.500 futhi kwashintshela ngesonto lama-42. Ngamafuphi, isivinini sokuqala asizange sibonise isivuno esihle, kodwa kunalokho sasheshe safika.

Umkhakha wezinto eziphilayo nawo awushiywanga. Ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwama-blueberry ezinto eziphilayo kwehle ngo-18% kwaya kumathani angu-25.000, kanti isizini ephezulu ihlehlisiwe kwaze kwaba yisonto lama-48, ngamathani angu-1.200 kuphela ngesonto uma kuqhathaniswa namathani angaphezu kuka-1.900 ngonyaka odlule. Imboni ayikuchithi ukubuyekezwa kwesihlanu ngo-Okthoba uma isimo sezulu siqhubeka nokuba sibi.
IYurophu ikhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwemali
Nakuba iPeru inciphisa, iNtshonalanga Yurophu isesimweni sokumunca. Ngokusho kwe-IBO Global Blueberry Report 2026, ukungeniswa kweSpain kukhule ngo-35% kwaya kumathani angu-59.580, cishe u-70% walowo mthamo uvela eMorocco. Kodwa kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi akusikho konke okuthekeliswa kabusha: ukuthengwa ngqo okuvela ePeru kuphindwe kane phakathi kuka-2023 no-2025, okubonisa ukuthi imakethe yaseSpain ilambele ngempela ama-blueberry.
I-Italy ayisekho ngemuva kakhulu: ukungenisa kwamanye amazwe kukhuphuke ngo-45% kwaya kumathani angu-18.580. IPortugal ihamba phambili ngokukhuphuka ngo-55%, yize isuka esisekelweni esincane. Ngokuthakazelisayo, la mazwe awagcini nje ngokungenisa kodwa futhi akhiqiza futhi athumela kwamanye amazwe, kodwa ukusetshenziswa kwasekhaya kukhula ngokushesha kunokunikezwa kwendawo . Izithelo manje sezitholakala unyaka wonke, futhi lokhu kushintshe indlela abathengi baseMedithera abathenga ngayo, befuna ukusizakala ngezinzuzo zama-blueberry.

IMexico neChile bafuna indawo yokuhlala
Ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic, iMexico iphinda ithole amandla ayo okuthumela kwamanye amazwe. Ama-Aneberries aqinisekisa ukuthi amathani angu-72.900 athunyelwa e-United States nakwezinye izimakethe ngonyaka odlule, okuwukwenyuka okungu-15% kunesizini edlule. Isihluthulelo bekuwukusebenzisa izikhala zokunikezwa eCalifornia ngenxa yezimo zezulu, futhi manje isu ligxile ekukhuleni okuphakathi, cishe ngo-5%, kugxilwe kakhulu kwikhwalithi ephezulu kanye nezinhlobo ezintsha.
IChile, yona, isanda kuvula imakethe yayo eBrazil futhi manje inenye indawo eNingizimu Melika: iParaguay. Kusukela mhla lu-1 kuMandulo, ama-blueberry aseChile angangena ezweni ngomhlaba ngenxa yenqubo yokuhlanzeka kwezitshalo eyenza izinqubo zibe lula. Ukuthutha okufushane kusho ukungonakali okuncane kanye nesimo esingcono lapho ufika , okubalulekile esithelweni esibolayo kangaka. Vele, kuzomele kuqaliswe ukulawulwa okuqinile ngokumelene ne-European grapevine moth, kodwa imakethe eseduze isivele idonsela isithakazelo sezitolo ezinkulu ezinkulu.

Inselele kubakhiqizi baseYurophu
Ngenxa yalesi simo, abakhiqizi baseYurophu kufanele bathole izixazululo zokudala. IPoland, umkhiqizi omkhulu kunabo bonke kuleli zwekazi, ikhiqiza amathani aphakathi kuka-62.000 no-64.000 cishe kumahektha ayi-13.000, kodwa ubukhulu bepulazi obujwayelekile bungaphansi kwamahektha ayi-1.5. Lokhu kuhlukana kuvimbela ukutshalwa kwezimali ekuqandisini, ekuhlungeni imishini, kanye nobuchwepheshe bokuvuna. Ngakho-ke, ikusasa lisekwakheni amaqembu, ukwabelana ngengqalasizinda, kanye nokuthengisa ndawonye ukuze kufezwe umnotho omkhulu ngaphandle kokwandisa indawo yabo.
Ukusondelana nezimakethe zaseYurophu kuyinzuzo okungekho muntu oncintisana naye kude anayo. Kodwa lokho akwanele: kubalulekile ukukhetha izinhlobo ezingamelana nokuthuthwa kanye nokuphila isikhathi eside, kanye nokutshala imali ekusetshenzisweni kwemishini kanye nokunisela ngokunemba. Ikhwalithi izoba yisona kuphela isikhali sokuncintisana nezifunda ezikhiqiza ngentengo ephansi futhi ngobuningi obukhulu, ngisho nokufaka izinhlobo ezintsha zofuzo.

Ngamafuphi, ama-blueberry aseyibhizinisi lomhlaba wonke lapho ukuwakhiqiza nje kungasanele; ukuhlela, ukuhlanganisa, kanye nokuzivumelanisa nezidingo zemakethe kubalulekile. Isizini ezayo ithembisa ukuba mnandi, lapho iPeru ilahlekelwa khona indawo, iYurophu ithola amandla, futhi abakhiqizi abangasungula izinto ezintsha bazoba nomthelela omkhulu.