Ma muli o nā wā i ʻōlelo ʻia o ka ua a me ka wai o ka ua, i kēia makahiki ʻaʻole e loaʻa kahi ʻohi uala e like me nā makahiki i hala, hōʻike ʻo TV3. ʻAʻole kūpono kekahi o kaʻuala i ke kālepa.
"Ma muli o ke ʻano o ke aniau, ʻaʻole nui ka nui o nā tubers e like me kā mākou e makemake ai," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Aiga Kraukle, ke poʻo o ka papa o ka Union of Potato Growers and Processors.
ʻO ka Late blight i kēia makahiki ka mea i ʻoi aku ma mua. Wahi a ka ʻikepili o ka Service Protection Plant, ʻo ka hanana maikaʻi loa ma Latgale, kahi e loaʻa ai ka maʻi he 60% o nā mea kanu, a ma kekahi mau kahua a hiki i ka 90%. I Zemgale, kuhi ʻia ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hopena o ka hopena i 36%. Hiki i kēia maʻi ke ʻoki i nā mea kanu i ka hapalua.
“Ke kanu nei lākou i kaʻuala i maʻi. A laila ulu kēia maʻi maʻi ma ke koʻokoʻo, ʻike ʻia nā kiko ma nā lau, a ʻeleʻele ke poʻo. Ke ua, hāʻule nā spores mai nā lau i loko o ka lepo, hiki i ka paipū a hoʻopili pū iā lākou, "wahi a ka loea lawelawe ʻo Evelina Freimane.
ʻAʻole e piʻi aʻe ke kumukūʻai
ʻO ka ʻoi loa ʻana o ka hōʻiliʻili i kēia makahiki ma mua o ka hope ʻaʻole ia he kumu e kiʻekiʻe ai ke kumukūʻai ma muli o kēia, no ka mea ke hoʻokūkū ikaika nei nā mea kanu ʻuala me nā ʻuala i lawe ʻia mai Polani. No laila, ʻaʻole kuhi ʻia ke kumukūʻai e nā mahiʻai Latvian, akā na nā kumu kūʻai kūʻai nui.
"Inā makemake ʻoe e kūʻai aku i kaʻuala, haʻi lākou iā ʻoe i ke kumukūʻai. Pono ʻoe e kūʻai aku no ke kumu kūʻai a lākou e kūʻai ai, ”wahi a Kraukle.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i nā māla nui e hōʻemi nei i nā māla potato.
ʻO ka hana mana o ke koho ʻana
Ke kōkua nei nā Breeders e hakakā i nā ʻano maʻi like ʻole e hoʻoweliweli nei i kaʻuala. ʻO kahi laʻana, aia ma ka liʻiliʻi he ʻekolu mau ʻano hou i Latvia i hiki ʻole i ka hopena o ke ahi a me nā maʻi ʻē aʻe.
"Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ʻo ke kolu kēia o ka makahiki ke hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kekahi mea. ʻO nā hanauna hou o kaʻuala he hua nui a pale ʻia mai ka hopena hope loa, "wahi a ka mea nona ka mahiʻai ʻo Kalnares ʻo Ilgvars Krumins.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole pale ka koho mai nā nalo beet Colorado.
"ʻAʻole wau e ʻōlelo e pili ana nā āpau āpau, akā ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā makahiki i hala," i ʻōlelo ʻo Kraukle.
I ka manawa like, he kakaikahi nā manawa kūpono e kaua aku i nā nalo, no ka mea ke pāpā malie nei ka European Union i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi mau mea no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea kanu, a me nā hopena ʻē aʻe i kūpono ʻole.