Ma ka Pōʻalua, hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mea kūʻokoʻa mai ka WPC (World Potato Congress), e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi kaulahao hua kanu hua maikaʻi ma nā ʻāina like ʻole o ka honua. Ua kamaʻilio mua mākou e pili ana i nā ʻāina ʻApelika a me Kina. Ua hoʻomaka mākou e kūkākūkā i ke kūlana ma Philippines.
E mālama ʻia ka World Potato Congress mai Mei 31 a Iune 3 ma Dublin, Ireland. E hui pū ana ka hanana i nā poʻe ʻoihana e like me nā mea kanu ʻuala, nā mea kūʻai nui, nā mea packer, nā mea lawe mai a me nā mea hoʻopuka i nā hua a me nā ʻuala.
I kēia pule e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i nā hana hoʻokele mahiʻai, ka hana ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻuala, ke kūʻai aku a me ka hoʻohui waiwai o nā ʻuala ma Philippines.
ʻO ka hoʻokele mahiʻai a me nā ʻano hana ulu
Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo PSRTC (Potato Germplasm Center) i ka noiʻi ʻāina a me ka mahiʻai i ke kaʻina hana ʻuala. ʻO ka mua, ʻo ia ka loiloi ʻana i ka germplasm kūpono no ia wahi, a ke alakaʻi nei ʻo ia i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā mea kanu rotational i hiki ke kanu ʻia i nā ʻōnaehana kanu ʻuala. Hāʻawi ʻia kā lākou mau hua i ka poʻe mahiʻai no ka hoʻololi ʻana i kā lākou māla ponoʻī.
Ua hāʻawi aku nā ʻoihana kūʻokoʻa Kanada i nā kālā i ka poʻe mahiʻai Pilipino e kākoʻo i ka hoʻohua ʻana ma o ka waihona hōʻaiʻē e hiki ai i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke hōʻaiʻē kālā no nā hua ʻuala a me nā mea hoʻokomo mahiʻai ʻē aʻe ma ka uku uku. Me ka ʻenehana, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka hana ʻana e nā mea hoʻokomo mahiʻai i loaʻa. Hele mau nā limahana PSRTC i nā mahina ʻai a nānā i nā māla mahiʻai.
ʻO ka hana ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻuala
ʻO ka hihiʻo o PPVFA (Potato Systems Research and Training Center) ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻuala a me ka ʻoihana kūʻai. Hoʻololi mālie ka ʻike. Me nā hua mai Kabagtasan, ua hiki i kekahi mau mahiʻai ke kanu i nā ʻanoano maʻemaʻe o nā clones i koho ʻia e ka ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi CPF 34 a me CPF 35, i kapa ʻia ʻo Choi white a me Choi violet.
I ka wā mua, mālama ʻia nā ʻuala hua ʻuala i loko o kahi hale mālama māmā i hana ʻia me ka ʻohe me nā lau GI ma ke ʻano he hale. E hana pū ana kekahi hale waihona mea anu liʻiliʻi me LGU-Canlaon City. Me kēia mālama ʻana, hiki i ka poʻe mahiʻai ke mālama maikaʻi i kā lākou ʻuala a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe a kūʻai aku iā lākou ke kiʻekiʻe ke koi.
Ke kūʻai aku ʻana
Hana ʻia ka kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻuala ma ke ʻano e hiki ai i nā huahana mahiʻai ke loaʻa kahi mākeke paʻa. Ke kiaʻi nei nā limahana PSRTC i kēia hana me ka hui pū ʻana me nā mahiʻai. Ke ʻimi ʻia nei nā mākeke hou aku, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻuala liʻiliʻi.
Ka hana ʻana i ka waiwai hoʻohui (packaging, mālama kūpono maikaʻi, ka lawe ʻana)
Hāʻawi ʻo CP&F i nā mea kanu maʻemaʻe i kahi hui o nā mahiʻai e hoʻopuka ana i ka hua maikaʻi ma kahi wahi hou i ʻike ʻia a kaʻawale. Ua piʻi aʻe ke kumukūʻai o nā ʻuala hua ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi no ka hua maikaʻi mai nā mahiʻai ʻē aʻe. Ke kūkulu ʻia nei kahi hui no ka hana ʻuala ma ka pae kauhale, e lilo ia i kumu waiwai hou a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe.