Ma ka Pōʻalua, hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mea kūʻokoʻa mai ka WPC (World Potato Congress), e haʻi ana 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 o ʻApelika a me Kina. I kēia manawa, e huli kākou i ka 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 ka ʻAhahui Mahiʻai Pilipine a me ka hana ʻana i nā hua ʻuala olakino.
Hāʻawi ʻia kēia ʻike e Kauka Victoria Demonteverde o ka Potato Systems Research and Training Center a me Kauka Peter Vander Zaag o ka Sunrise Potato Systems Institute.
ʻO ka PPVFA (Philippine Farmers' Association) ka mea nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai e ola ana me ka ʻilihune loa me nā ʻāina liʻiliʻi loa, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o 1 ʻeka no ka ʻohana. I ka wā ma mua, hāʻawi nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kanu me nā uku ukupanee kiʻekiʻe loa a kūʻai i nā mea kanu ma nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa loa i mea e uku ai i kā lākou hōʻaiʻē a pēlā e loaʻa ai ka waiwai nui.
Hoʻokumu ka PPVFA hou i ka hana hoʻomau a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka ʻuala, ka ʻuala, nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Kākoʻo pū ʻo ia i nā hana mahiʻai holomua a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana e hoʻokō ai i nā pahuhopu i ʻōlelo ʻia. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia hui mahiʻai i ka makahiki 2016 a ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia e ke Keʻena ʻOihana a me nā Hana (DOLE) ma Iune 19, 2017.
I ka makahiki 2014 a me 2015, ua hoʻomaka ʻo CPF e hana me ka poʻe mahiʻai e loiloi i nā ʻano ʻuala like ʻole mai ka Northern Philippine Root Research and Education Center, Benke State University, a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Ua loiloi pū ʻia nā mea kanu mai nā hua ʻuala maoli e ka poʻe mahiʻai. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo PSRTC (Germplasm Center) i ka makahiki 2016 a ua hoʻokō i nā papahana thematic e komo pū ana me ka hoʻomaka, ke koho ʻana a me ka loiloi o ka germplasm, ka noiʻi ʻenehana holomua a me ka hoʻonaʻauao mahiʻai. Ua mālama ʻia kahi haʻawina e pili ana i ke kūlana o ka hana ʻuala kūloko a ua kono ʻia nā mea mahiʻai mai nā wahi kanu ʻuala i ka "Research Results Presentation and Planning Dialogue with Farmers" ma ʻAukake 29, 2016 ma PSRTC.
Kahiʻau a me ke kākoʻo ʻoihana no ka ʻAhahui Mahiʻai hou
I loko o kēia kamaʻilio ʻana, ua ʻike ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka pono e mālama i ka emi ʻana o ka ʻoihana ʻuala kūloko a ʻike i ka pono e hoʻokumu i kahi hui e holomua i ka hana ʻuala. Ma hope o kēlā, ua mālama ʻia kekahi mau hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala.
Ma ka lā ʻo Dekemaba 2016, ua mālama ka poʻe mahiʻai i kahi hui hui a ua hōʻoia i ka Charter e hoʻonohonoho maʻamau i ka hui. Ma Ianuali, ua noi ka hui no ka ʻae ʻana me DOLE a ua ʻae ʻia kāna noi ma Iune 19, 2017. Ua hoʻonui nui ʻia nā lālā a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe mahiʻai hoihoi e komo i ka hui kokoke i kēlā me kēia pule.
Mea kanu ʻuala maikaʻi a olakino
Mālama ʻo PSRTC i kahi keʻena moʻomeheu kikokiko e hiki ke hana a hoʻolaha i nā mea i hoʻāʻo ʻia no nā pathogens. Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe pū ʻo PSRTC i nā clones kūloko i loaʻa mai nā māla mahiʻai a me nā mea kanu hoʻolaha. Ua hoʻolaha hou ʻia ka mea kanu e CPF no ka poʻe mahiʻai ma ke ʻano hoʻonui wikiwiki me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻokiʻoki. ʻO kekahi kanaka mahiʻai mai Kabagtasan, ʻo Kodkod, hoʻolaha i nā clones i loko o kāna hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo e hana i nā ʻuala G0 a me G1 no nā mahiʻai ʻē aʻe.
