Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Giorgi Khitarishvili e ulu i ka ʻuala me kona mau mākua i kona piha ʻana i ʻelima mau makahiki. Noho kona ʻohana ma Val, Akhaltsikhe, ma ke komohana hema o Georgia. I kēia manawa ʻo Khitarishvili, he 25 makahiki, he kanaka mahiʻai ʻōpio kaulana ʻo Georgia i loaʻa i ka piʻi nui o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka kūleʻa i ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala.
"I kēia makahiki ua ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻuala ma mua o nā makahiki i hala. ʻO ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala kahi manawa ʻoihana maikaʻi loa i ko mākou ʻāina, "wahi a Georgy. Ua ʻohi ka mea mahiʻai ʻōpio i 1,5 mau ʻuala mai ka 50 ʻeka o ka ʻāina i ka makahiki i hala.
ʻO Giorgi Khitarishvili kekahi o nā mea i loaʻa i ka USAID Potato Program ma Georgia, kahi papahana ʻekolu makahiki i kākoʻo ʻia e ka International Potato Center (CIP). ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka papahana ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hana ʻuala ma ka ʻāina ma o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole, nā ʻenehana hou a me ka hoʻonui kālā.
No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻohi maikaʻi, ua ulu ʻo Khitarishvili i nā ʻano ʻuala like ʻole (me Arizona, Picasso a me Monaliza). Ua kanu pū ʻo ia iā Meskhuri Tsiteli a me Tskriala me nā hua i hāʻawi ʻia e USAID.
Ua komo ʻo Khitarishvili i kahi papa hoʻomaʻamaʻa agronomic e pili ana i ka ʻuala me nā ʻenehana mai ka CIP, nāna i hāʻawi i nā manaʻo hou e hoʻonui i nā hua ma ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā meaʻeha a me nā maʻi.
ʻO ka mea mahiʻai ʻōpio ke kokoke nei e hui pū me ka ʻoihana hou o nā mea kanu ʻuala, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi ʻāpana o ka papahana USAID. Hoʻolālā ʻo ia e hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kona mākaukau a me ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala.
Ke kakali nei ka ʻohana Khitarishvili i ka makahiki aʻe, e hoʻolālā ana e hoʻonui i ka wahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia no ka ʻuala ma kā lākou mahiʻai.
Ke hana nei ʻo USAID's Potato Program ma Georgia me 2310 mau mahiʻai ma ʻekolu mau kūlanakauhale: Tsalka, Akhalkalaki a me Akhaltsikhe. Ma kahi o 10% o kēia pūʻulu he poʻe ʻōpio e hana pū ana me ka hanauna kahiko o nā mea kanu ʻuala.