Manoman Ecuadorian suna fatan kula da shukar dankalin turawa na asali yana shungo (baƙar zuciya) da puca shungo (jaƙar zuciya) ta hanyar samar da guntu.
An yi noman waɗannan ciyayi na tsawon shekaru a wurare kamar Plaro da Quero, da kuma a gundumomin Juan Benigno Vela da Pilahuan a Ambato, amma manoma ba su sami kwarin gwiwa ta farashin kayan amfanin gona ko ajiya ba. Idan aka kwatanta da kasashe kamar Colombia da Peru, inda yawan amfani da tuber na shekara zai iya kaiwa kilogiram 50 ga kowane mutum, Ecuador tana da matsakaicin matakin. Ya fadi kasa da kilogiram 20 ga kowane mutum a kasar.
Masu kera kayayyaki sun yi tsammanin haɓaka tambarin su bayan 2020, da farko sun yi niyya ga yankunan karkara don gamsar da kasuwar yankin. Don kiyaye noman samfurin, samar da kasuwa ga manoma don siyar da bambance-bambancen su, da haɓaka amfani a tsakanin jama'ar yankin, an ƙirƙiri alamar Yapu Chips ta wannan hanya.
Ciniki da cin abinci da aka sarrafa azaman abun ciye-ciye ana turawa tare da gabatar da Chips Yapu, wanda takensa shine "Taskar al'adunmu." A cikin 2022, samfurin ya sami karbuwa sosai yayin taron kasuwanci na gaskiya a Belgium da kuma a Majalisar Dankali ta Duniya a Ireland.
A cewar littafin The Universe na Luis Montesdeoca, shugaba, kuma masani a fannin Agropapa Tungurahua, wasu manoma suna adana dankalin turawa, musamman don cin gashin kansu.
Ya jadadda cewa, duk shekara ana siyan irin ciyawar cikin farashi da aka kayyade daga masu noman, wadanda galibinsu ba su da fili fiye da hekta daya ko biyu. Ganin cewa babu buƙatun kasuwa ga waɗannan bututun, ana biyan masu noman tsakanin dalar Amurka 0.16 zuwa dalar Amurka 0.17 a kowace kilo, don tabbatar da samun kwanciyar hankali.
Tare da su, ana kuma inganta amfani da ma'ana na agrochemicals don ci gaba a cikin layin tsabta da samar da kwayoyin halitta.
Antioxidants da Gina Jiki Suna Zuwa Tare da Dankalin Ƙasa
Nazarin da Cibiyar Nazarin Aikin Noma ta Ƙasa (Iniap) da Cibiyar Ƙasa ta Duniya ta Dankali (CIP) suka gudanar tun 2006 sun ƙaddara cewa dankalin turawa yana ba da antioxidants da abubuwan gina jiki kamar baƙin ƙarfe da zinc saboda asalinsu ja, purple, ko launin baki. Don haka ana iya samun ƙwarin gwiwar cin abinci da kyau a cikin abincin yara.
Sakamakon ayyukan haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Iniap da CIP, an adana da kuma adana nau'in dankalin turawa na asali yana shungo (baƙar zuciya) da puca shungo (jajayen zuciya). Dukansu sun yi aiki a kan kiyaye nau'in wannan samfurin, musamman a lardunan Bolvar, Chimborazo, da Tungurahua.
Ma’aikatar noma da ta samar da wurin tattara kayayyakin a cocin Montalvo da ke Ambato, ta goyi bayan ra’ayin sarrafa dankalin turawa, yayin da Trias da gwamnatin lardin Tungurahua suka ba da tallafi ga wasu kayan aikin.