Tsutsotsi na iya ƙara yawan samar da abinci a duniya da tan miliyan 140 a kowace shekara

Masana kimiyya na Amurka sun gano cewa tsutsotsi na iya bayar da gudummawar tan miliyan 140 na abinci a duk duniya kowace shekara, ciki har da kashi 6.5% na hatsi da kashi 2.3% na wake. Masu bincike sun yi imanin cewa saka hannun jari a cikin manufofi da ayyukan muhalli na noma waɗanda ke tallafawa yawan tsutsotsi da kuma bambancin ƙasa gabaɗaya yana da mahimmanci don cimma burin noma mai ɗorewa.

Tsutsotsi masu mahimmanci ne wajen gina ƙasa mai kyau kuma suna tallafawa ci gaban shuke-shuke ta fannoni da dama, kamar shafar tsarin ƙasa, samun ruwa, zagayowar kwayoyin halitta, da wadatar abinci mai gina jiki. Tsutsotsi masu yawa na iya haifar da shuke-shuke don samar da hormones masu haɓaka girma, wanda ke taimaka musu su tsayayya da ƙwayoyin cuta na ƙasa. Amma ba a tantance gudummawar da suke bayarwa ga samar da amfanin gona a duniya ba tukuna.

Domin tantance tasirin tsutsotsi a duniya kan muhimman amfanin gona, Steven Fonte da abokan aikinsa daga Jami'ar Jihar Colorado sun yi nazarin taswirar yawan tsutsotsi a duniya, halayen ƙasa, da kuma yawan amfanin gona daga bayanan da suka gabata. Sun gano cewa tsutsotsi a duniya suna ba da gudummawa kusan kashi 6.5% na yawan hatsi a duniya (gami da masara, shinkafa, alkama, da sha'ir), da kuma kashi 2.3% na yawan hatsi (gami da waken soya, wake, wake, lentil, da alfalfa), daidai da sama da tan miliyan 140 na hatsi a kowace shekara. Gudummawar tsutsotsi a duniya tana da yawa musamman a kudancin duniya, tana ba da gudummawa kashi 10% ga yawan hatsi a yankin kudu da hamadar Sahara na Afirka da kuma kashi 8% a Latin Amurka da Caribbean.

Waɗannan binciken suna daga cikin yunƙurin farko na auna gudunmawar da ƙwayoyin ƙasa masu amfani ke bayarwa ga samar da amfanin gona a duniya. Duk da cewa waɗannan binciken sun dogara ne akan nazarin bayanai da yawa na arewacin duniya, masu bincike sun yi imanin cewa tsutsotsi na ƙasa suna da mahimmanci wajen samar da abinci a duniya. Mutane suna buƙatar yin bincike da haɓaka ayyukan kula da noma na muhalli, ƙarfafa dukkan ƙwayoyin ƙasa, gami da tsutsotsi na ƙasa, don tallafawa ayyuka daban-daban na yanayin ƙasa waɗanda ke haɓaka dorewa na dogon lokaci da juriyar noma.