I Ianuali, hoʻololi ke kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi no nā ʻuala ma Moldova i kēlā me kēia pule ma kahi o 4-4,5 lei/kg ($0,22-0,25/kg), e hōʻike ana ka portal. Hua Hikina. Manaʻo nā lālā o ka Association of Potato Growers o Moldova e hilinaʻi ana ke kumukūʻai i ka wā: pili ka hoʻomehana ʻana me ka piʻi ʻana o ka noi a me ke kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻuala ma nā mākeke o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ke anuanu e koi ai i nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai aku i nā ʻuala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma nā hale kūʻai a me nā mākeke kokoke i ko lākou mau home. .
I kēia pule, e like me ka wānana ʻana i ke aniau, e piʻi aʻe ke anu. No laila, aia ke kumu e wānana ai i ka piʻi iki o nā kumukūʻai ʻuala. Ma ke ala, ma Ianuali 2022, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka pae o ka makahiki i hala ma ka mahina hoʻokahi, nā kumukūʻai wholesale ma lei i lilo i 15-18% kiʻekiʻe. Ma nā'ōlelo kālā,ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ka piʻiʻana ma mua o 1-3%.
Wahi a ka poʻe loea o ka hui, ma waho aʻe o ka paʻa ʻole a me ka palena palena ʻole no ka ʻuala, ʻo ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kumukūʻai no lākou aia nō ma lalo o ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe mai ka "barn potatoes." ʻAʻole hiki ke helu i ka nui o kēia huahana i mālama ʻia e nā ʻohana kuaʻāina a me nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi. Ma ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka nui o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā huahana haʻahaʻa a me ka maikaʻi, aia nō ka nui o ia mau "ʻokoʻa waiwai," ma ke ʻano. A ʻo ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā kumukūʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā kumukūʻai kūʻai ma nā mākeke hāmama o ke kūlanakauhale ʻaʻole nui.
I ka manawa like, i ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai, ʻaʻole i loli nā kumukūʻai kūʻai no ka ʻuala mai ka hopena o Dekemaba. Eia kekahi, hoʻokahi a me ka hapalua a ʻelua mau manawa kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā kumukūʻai "bazaar".